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Features and benefits
Quality of Service (QoS)
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Powerful QoS features
– Flexible classification
creates traffic classes based on access control lists (ACLs), IEEE
802.1p precedence, IP, and DSCP or type of service (ToS)
precedence; supports filter, redirect, mirror, remark, and logging
– Feature support
provides support for strict priority queuing (SP), weighted fair
queuing (WFQ), weighted deficit round robin (WDRR), SP+WDRR
together, configurable buffers, explicit congestion notification
(ECN), and weighted random early detection (WRED)
Data center optimized
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Flexible high port density
the 5900 switch series enables you to scale your server edge with
1GbE and 10GbE ToR deployments to new heights with high-density
48-port solutions delivered in a 1RU design; the high server port
density is backed by 40GbE QSFP+ uplinks to deliver availability of
needed bandwidth for demanding applications; each 40GbE QSFP+
port can also be configured as 4 x 10GbE ports using a
40G-to-10GbE splitter cable
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High-performance switching
cut-through and nonblocking architecture delivers industry-leading
low latency (~1 microsecond for 10GbE) for very demanding
enterprise applications; the switch delivers high-performance
switching capacity and wirespeed packet forwarding
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Higher scalability
HP Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology simplifies the
architecture of server access networks to reduce cost and overall
complexity; up to four HP 5900 switches can be combined to deliver
unmatched scalability of virtualized access layer switches and
flatter, two-tier networks using IRF
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Advanced modular operating system
Comware v7 software's modular design and multiple processes
bring native high stability, independent process monitoring, and
restart; the OS also allows individual software modules to be
upgraded for higher availability, and supports enhanced
serviceability functions like hitless software upgrades with
single-chassis ISSU (In Services Software Upgrade)
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TRILL and EVB/VEPA
Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) is supported to
increase the scale of enterprise data centers; EVB/VEPA provides
connectivity into the virtual environment for a data center-ready
environment
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Reversible airflow
enhanced for data center hot-cold aisle deployment with reversible
airflow—for either front-to-back or back-to-front airflow
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Redundant fans and power supplies
1+1 internal redundant and hot-pluggable power supplies and dual
fan trays enhance reliability and availability
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Lower OPEX and greener data center
provide reversible airflow and advanced chassis power
management
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Data Center Bridging (DCB) protocol
supports IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority Flow Control (PFC), Data Center
Bridging Exchange (DCBX), and IEEE 802.1Qaz Enhanced
Transmission Selection (ETS) for converged applications
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FCoE support
support for FCoE includes expansion, fabric, trunk VF, and N ports,
and aggregation of E-port, N-port virtualization; fabric services such
as name server, registered state change notification, and login
services; per-VSAN fabric services, FSPF, soft and hard zoning, Fibre
Channel traceroute, ping, debugging, and FIP snooping
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Jumbo frames
with frame sizes of up to 10,000 bytes on Gigabit Ethernet and
10-Gigabit ports, high-performance remote backup and
disaster-recovery services can be enabled
Manageability
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Full-featured console
provides complete control of the switch with a familiar CLI
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Troubleshooting
– Ingress and egress port monitoring
enable network problem solving
– Traceroute and ping
enable testing of network connectivity
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Multiple configuration files
allow multiple configuration files to be stored to a flash image
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sFlow (RFC 3176)
wire-speed traffic accounting and monitoring
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SNMP v1, v2c, and v3
facilitate centralized discovery, monitoring, and secure
management of networking devices
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Out-of-band interface
isolates management traffic from user data plane traffic for
complete isolation and total reachability, no matter what happens
in the data plane
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Remote configuration and management
is available through a secure command-line interface (CLI) over
Telnet and SSH; role-based access control (RBAC) provides multiple
levels of access; configuration rollback and multiple configurations
on the flash provide ease of operation; remote visibility is provided
with sFlow and SNMP v1/v2/v3, and is fully supported in HP
Intelligent Management Center (IMC)
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ISSU and hot patching
provides hitless software upgrades with single-unit In Services
Software Upgrade (ISSU) and hitless patching of modular OS
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Autoconfiguration
provides automatic configuration via DHCP autoconfiguration
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