Huawei S5731-H48T4X 48-Port Enhanced Access Switch

Brand: Huawei | Category: Network Switches

SKU: HUAWEIS5731H48T4XENHANCEDACCESSSWIT | Part #: HUAWEIS5731H48T4XENHANCEDACCESSSWIT | MPN: SKU-HUAWEIS5731H48T4XENHANCEDACCESSSWIT

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Huawei's S5731-H48T4X is a purpose-built access switch engineered for enterprise campus networks, branch offices, and edge data centre deployments requiring high-density Gigabit connectivity. This 48-port enhanced access switch (part number SKU-HUAWEIS5731H48T4XENHANCEDACCESSSWIT) combines a switching capacity of 176 Gbps with a forwarding rate of 131.25 Mpps to deliver wire-speed performance across all ports simultaneously. The addition of four 10 Gbps SFP+ uplink ports provides flexible, high-bandwidth aggregation to core switching infrastructure, making the S5731-H48T4X ideal for organisations deploying mixed 1GbE access with 10GbE spine connectivity. Its compact 1U form factor, redundant power supplies, and Layer 2/3 routing capabilities make it equally suited to server room deployments, distributed office networks, and secure IoT edge environments where reliability and density matter.

Key Features

• Port density: 48 x 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ45 ports with four 10 Gbps SFP+ uplink ports for flexible bandwidth aggregation and core network integration
• Switching capacity: 176 Gbps non-blocking throughput enabling simultaneous wire-speed forwarding across all ports
• Forwarding performance: 131.25 Mpps packet processing rate sufficient for high-traffic access and IoT device concentrations
• Network layer support: Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing capabilities enabling VLAN segmentation, inter-VLAN routing, and dynamic routing protocol integration without additional modules
• Power resilience: Redundant dual power supply design with approximately 250W power consumption per unit, ensuring continuous operation during single power source failure
• Form factor: 1U rackmount chassis (440 mm x 330 mm x 44 mm) optimised for standard 19-inch rack deployment in data centres and network closets
• Management flexibility: Command-line interface (CLI), web-based GUI, and SNMP support for diverse operational and monitoring requirements across enterprise toolsets
• Environmental tolerance: Operating temperature range 0°C to 45°C with humidity tolerance of 10–90% non-condensing, suitable for controlled data centre and branch office environments

Typical Use Cases

• Campus access networks: High-density Gigabit connectivity for university, corporate, and multi-building campuses where individual access switches aggregate departmental traffic to core 10GbE switches
• Branch office aggregation: Centralised switching for distributed office locations requiring local server access, VoIP, wireless controller connectivity, and uplink redundancy to regional data centres
• Data centre edge access: Rack-level switching for blade server environments, hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) clusters, and storage arrays where 48 ports consolidate multiple device connections within a single 1U footprint
• IoT and sensor networks: Concentrated device access for industrial IoT deployments, building management systems, and environmental monitoring where hundreds of low-bandwidth devices converge at a single aggregation point
• Wireless controller and AP aggregation: Backbone switching for enterprise Wi-Fi deployments, supporting multiple access points and wireless controllers with dedicated uplinks to redundant core infrastructure
• Virtualised environment support: Access layer switching for VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, and KVM hypervisor clusters requiring low-latency, high-density connectivity to guest VM workloads

The S5731-H48T4X delivers enterprise-grade switching performance in a compact, power-efficient package, combining 176 Gbps throughput with straightforward management and operational resilience. Omnixon Global stocks and sources Huawei networking equipment across the UAE, GCC region, and beyond. Contact our technical sales team to request a quotation, verify availability for your deployment timeline, or discuss integration support for your network infrastructure project.