-Building a Brand-New Campus Network That Is Superfast, Intelligent, Open, and 
Service-Centric for the Wi-Fi 6 Era-

Huawei announced a major leap in campus networking by unveiling 16 new models 
of CloudEngine S-series access, aggregation, and core switches. Of these 
releases, CloudEngine S12700E, a brand-new campus core switch, uses the Solar 
chipsets to increase switching capacity to a record high of 57.6 Tbit/s. The 
feature-rich CloudEngine S12700E is an integral part of Huawei's end-to-end 
offerings that are tailored for the Wi-Fi 6 era. Additionally, with upgraded 
network automation and AI-powered intelligent O&M capabilities, Huawei's 
CloudCampus Solution will vastly increase service rollout efficiency and help 
enterprises of all sizes to quickly build service-centric campus networks.

Kitty Fok, Managing Director of International Data Corporation (IDC) China, 
said in her keynote speech: "Digital transformation has entered a new phase. 
IDC predicts that by 2020, approximately 55 percent of enterprises will have 
'digital decision-making' capabilities to achieve insights, intelligence, 
autonomy, and collaboration at scale." In this kind of digital enterprise, the 
network will be ubiquitous and as available as the air we breathe, with 
management simpler than ever before.

"Campus networks, which serve as the foundation for constructing a future-proof 
digital platform for enterprises, are shifting their focus from data 
connectivity to service connectivity. As such, building intent-driven campus 
networks are at the top of our agenda," said Zhao Zhipeng, President of the 
Campus Network Domain, Huawei's Data Communication Product Line. "In the Wi-Fi 
6 era, campus networks should take on new characteristics, including 
ultra-large capacity, 10-millisecond ultra-low latency, zero-configuration 
service rollout, and self-healing from network faults. Campus networks should 
also use an open architecture, facilitating smooth evolution from traditional 
campus networks to networks that are intelligent and simplified."

Huawei's Next-Generation CloudEngine S-Series Campus Switch Portfolio

The newest CloudEngine campus switches are available in 16 models: CloudEngine 
S5700 series (intelligent GE access switches), CloudEngine S6700 series (10GE 
routing aggregation switches), and CloudEngine S12700E series (innovative core 
switches with the highest performance in the industry). As verified by Tolly 
Group, CloudEngine S12700E delivers six times the switching capacity of the 
industry average and features the largest single-slot bandwidth, highest 100GE 
port density, and largest switching capacity among all comparable products. 
Huawei CloudEngine S-series is also the first of its kind with an optimal mix 
of wired and wireless convergence capabilities, a threat deception engine, and 
telemetry support.

Intelligent and Simplified Campus Network Centered on Service Connectivity

A service-centric network should provide not only ultra-broadband connectivity, 
but also offer highly automated management and intelligent O&M to accelerate 
service rollouts while ensuring high service quality and experience in real 
time.

-Automated management: With the extensive use of mobile office and cloud 
applications, network policy management is becoming more complex than ever. In 
response, Huawei CloudCampus Solution provides a one-stop network management 
center that automates network planning, deployment, policy, and monitoring 
across WLAN, LAN, and WAN through Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs), without the 
need for traditional Command Line Interfaces (CLIs). As a result, network 
management efficiency can be improved by more than 80 percent. 
-Intelligent O&M: Faults can be accurately and quickly rectified only when 
users' network experiences can be quantitatively measured. That's why Huawei 
has upgraded its Machine Learning (ML)- and AI-powered intelligent O&M system. 
This new system provides quantitative experience evaluation, root cause 
analysis, and intelligent fault prediction, enabling network faults to be 
located and resolved in minutes. 
-All-layer openness: In addition to such compelling network automation and 
intelligence features, Huawei CloudCampus Solution is designed with all-layer 
openness to simplify the upgrade and evolution of enterprise networks. 
Currently, Huawei has verified successful multi-vendor interoperability with 
more than 800 models of network devices from mainstream vendors worldwide; 
cooperated closely with over 40 partners in network management, authentication, 
security, and other fields; and developed joint solutions with more than 30 
business partners around the world. Huawei has also built 26 Joint Validation 
Labs (JVLs) globally that enable quicker and smoother rollout of services 
through joint solution verification.

Huawei is a leading global technology and solution provider in the campus 
network field and provides services to customers in 150 countries and regions 
worldwide. According to IDC, Huawei has maintained the top spot in China's 
campus switch market for four consecutive years and has ranked second in the 
global campus switch market for the third year in a row. Huawei campus network 
offerings have helped customers in education, finance, government, large 
enterprise, healthcare, manufacturing, and other sectors to achieve their 
digital transformation goals.

SOURCE: Huawei