SVF Technical Characteristics

A traditional campus network has the following characteristics:

Core and aggregation devices have fixed services.
Access devices are widely distributed.
Access devices use simple, similar service configurations.
Access devices have many ports.
The trend towards wired and wireless convergence grows for access devices.

Management and configuration of access devices are time-consuming due to the preceding characteristics. Super Virtual Fabric (SVF) technology effectively simplifies management and configuration of access devices.

Figure 1 SVF networking diagram

As shown in Figure 1, SVF simplifies campus network management and maintenance. According to characteristics of campus networks, SVF technology allows you to configure and maintain access devices as well as manage access users in a uniform manner.

In an SVF system, a parent manages and configures the SVF system. Client refers to all access devices, including wired access devices (ASs) and wireless access devices (APs).

SVF has the following technical characteristics:

Manages wired and wireless users on the parent in a uniform manner.
Configures services of access switches (ASs) through the parent. For the configurable services and service configuration modes, see SVF Service Deployment Limitations.
Maintains the status of ASs and access points (APs) through the parent, including device registration status and heartbeat, version and patch status, important alarms, port status, and user status of all ASs and APs.
Supports at most two levels of ASs (level-1 and level-2 ASs) and one level of APs. When eSight is used to manage the SVF system, SVF can better simplify device management.

The following table lists SVF hardware and software requirements.

Select APs whose type and version are supported by the parent, and see the version mapping of the device model for the parent to determine which APs the parent supports.

**Table 1** Supported parent and AS switch models
Parent Version	Supported Parent Switch Models	AS Version Requirements	Supported AS Switch Models
V200R007C00	S12708, S12712 S7703, S7706, S7712 S9703, S9706, S9712 S5720-HI	V200R007C00	S2750-EI, S5700-LI, S5700S-LI, S5720-EI
V200R008C00	S12704, S12708, S12712 S7703, S7706, S7712 S9703, S9706, S9712 S5720-HI	V200R008C00	S2750-EI, S5700-LI, S5700S-LI, S5710-X-LI, S5720-SI, S5720S-SI, S5720-EI
V200R009C00	S12704, S12708, S12712 S7703, S7706, S7712 S9703, S9706, S9712 S5720-HI S6720-EI, S6720S-EI	V200R009C00	S2720-EI, S2750-EI, S5700-LI, S5700S-LI, S5710-X-LI, S5720-SI, S5720S-SI, S5720-EI, S6720-EI, S6720S-EI
V200R010C00	S12704, S12708, S12710, S12712 S7703, S7706, S7712 S9703, S9706, S9712 S5720-HI S6720-EI, S6720S-EI	V200R010C00	S2720-EI, S2750-EI, S5700-LI, S5700S-LI, S5710-X-LI, S5720-LI, S5720S-LI, S5720-SI, S5720S-SI, S5720-EI, S6720-EI, S6720S-EI S600-E
V200R011C00	S5720-HI S6720-EI, S6720S-EI	V200R011C00	S2750-EI, S5700-LI, S5700S-LI, S5710-X-LI, S5720-LI, S5720S-LI, S5720-SI, S5720S-SI, S5720-EI, S6720-EI, S6720S-EI, S6720-LI, S6720S-LI, S6720-SI, S6720S-SI S600-E
V200R011C10	S12704, S12708, S12710, S12712 S7703, S7706, S7712 S9703, S9706, S9712 S9303, S9306, S9310, S9312 S5720-HI S6720-EI, S6720S-EI S6720-SI, S6720S-SI	V200R011C10	S2720-EI, S2750-EI, S5700-LI, S5700S-LI, S5710-X-LI, S5720-LI, S5720S-LI, S5720-SI, S5720S-SI, S5720-EI, S5730-SI, S5730S-EI, S6720-EI, S6720S-EI, S6720-LI, S6720S-LI, S6720-SI, S6720S-SI S600-E
V200R012C00	S12704, S12708, S12710, S12712 S7703, S7706, S7712 S9703, S9706, S9712 S9303, S9306, S9310, S9312 S5720-HI, S5730-HI S6720-HI S6720-EI, S6720S-EI S6720-SI, S6720S-SI	V200R011C10 V200R012C00	S2720-EI, S2750-EI, S5700-LI, S5700S-LI, S5710-X-LI, S5720-LI, S5720S-LI, S5720-SI, S5720S-SI, S5720I-SI, S5720-EI, S5730-SI, S5730S-EI, S5730-HI, S6720-EI, S6720S-EI, S6720-LI, S6720S-LI, S6720-SI, S6720S-SI S600-E
V200R013C00	S12704, S12708, S12710, S12712 S7703, S7703 PoE, S7706, S7706 PoE, S7712 S9703, S9706, S9712 S9303, S9306, S9310, S9312 S5720-HI, S5730-HI S6720-HI S6720-EI, S6720S-EI S6720-SI, S6720S-SI	V200R011C10 V200R012C00 V200R013C00	S2720-EI, S5720-LI, S5720S-LI, S5720-SI, S5720S-SI, S5720I-SI, S5720-EI, S5730-SI, S5730S-EI, S5730-HI, S6720-EI, S6720S-EI, S6720-LI, S6720S-LI, S6720-SI, S6720S-SI S2750-EI, S5700-LI, S5700S-LI, S5710-X-LI (running only V200R011C10 or V200R012C00) S600-E
V200R019C00	S12704, S12708, S12710, S12712 S12700E-4, S12700E-8, S12700E-12 S7703, S7703 PoE, S7706, S7706 PoE, S7712 S9303, S9306, S9310, S9312 S5720-HI, S5730-HI, S5731-H, S5731S-H, S5732-H S6720-HI, S6730-H S6720-EI, S6720S-EI S6720-SI, S6720S-SI S6730-S, S6730S-S	V200R012C00 V200R013C00 V200R019C00	S2720-EI, S5720-LI, S5735-L, S5735S-L, S5735S-L-M, S5720S-LI, S5720-SI, S5735-S, S5735S-S, S5720S-SI, S5720I-SI, S5720-EI, S5730-SI, S5730S-EI, S5730-HI, S5731-H, S5731S-H, S5732-H, S5731-S, S5731S-S, S6730-H, S6730-S, S6730S-S, S6720-EI, S6720S-EI, S6720-LI, S6720S-LI, S6720-SI, S6720S-SI S2750-EI, S5700-LI, S5700S-LI, S5710-X-LI (running only V200R012C00) S600-E
V200R019C10	S12704, S12708, S12710, S12712 S12700E-4, S12700E-8, S12700E-12 S7703, S7703 PoE, S7706, S7706 PoE, S7712 S9303, S9306, S9310, S9312 S5720-HI, S5730-HI, S5731-H, S5731S-H, S5732-H S6720-HI, S6730-H, S6730S-H S6720-EI, S6720S-EI S6720-SI, S6720S-SI S6730-S, S6730S-S	V200R012C00 V200R013C00 V200R019C00 V200R019C10	S2720-EI, S5720-LI, S5735-L, S5735S-L, S5735S-L-M, S5720S-LI, S5720-SI, S5735-S, S5735S-S, S5735-S-I, S5720S-SI, S5720I-SI, S5720-EI, S5730-SI, S5730S-EI, S5730-HI, S5731-H, S5731S-H, S5732-H, S5731-S, S5731S-S, S6730-H, S6730S-H, S6730-S, S6730S-S, S6720-EI, S6720S-EI, S6720-LI, S6720S-LI, S6720-SI, S6720S-SI S2750-EI, S5700-LI, S5700S-LI, S5710-X-LI (running only V200R012C00) S600-E