The HPE FlexFabric 12900E Switch Series is a next-generation modular data center core switch designed to support virtualized
data centers and the evolving needs of private and public cloud deployments.
• VxLAN, IRF, and TRILL support for virtualized and cloud deployments
• High GbE, 10GbE, 40GbE, and 100GbE density across 46 Tb/s switch fabric
• Enhanced modularity with control and data plane separation
• SDN-enabled with OpenFlow1.3 support
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The FlexFabric 12900E switch delivers unprecedented levels of performance, buffering, scale, and availability with high-density
GbE, 10GbE, 40GbE and 100GbE. The HPE FlexFabric 12900 Switch Series includes 16
Software
advanced features such as Virtual Extensible LAN (VxLAN), TRansparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) and Intelligen
Resilient Fabric (IRF), which provide the ability to build large, resilient switching fabrics. Th
also supports fully redundant and hot-swappable components to complement its other enterprise-class capabilities.
Features and benefits
Product architecture
Performance
Data center optimized
Virtual Application Network innovation that provides a Layer 2 extension across the data
and IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority Flow Control (PFC) for converged fabrics
-, 10-, 8- 4-, 2-, and 1-slot chassis.
-defined networking (SDN) enabled with OpenFlow 1.3, the switch supports full Layer 2 and 3 features, including
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e HPE FlexFabric 12900 Switch Series
• Modern scalable system architecture
provides nonblocking, lossless Clos architecture with VOQs and large buffers with the flexibility and scalability for future
growth
• Distributed architecture with separation of data and control planes
delivers enhanced fault tolerance and facilitates continuous operation and zero service disruption during planned or
unplanned control-plane events
• Advanced Comware modular operating system
brings native high-stability, independent process monitoring, and restart through the modular design and multiple
processes of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Comware v7 software; supports enhanced serviceability functions
•In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU)
provides an IRF-based upgrade for seamless maintenance with minimal disruption
• Multitenant Device Context (MDC)
virtualizes a physical switch into multiple logical devices, with each logical switch having its own processes, configuration,
and administration
•High-performance fully distributed architecture
delivers up to 184 Tbps (bi-directional) switching capacity and 92.16 Bpps throughput with non-blocking wire speed
performance
•High-density 1, 10, 40 and 100GbE interface connectivity
offers up to 16 interface module slots to scale up to 768 1/10GbE, 576 40GbE, 128 100GbE ports or a combination
• Low latency and consistent performance
Under 5 microsecond latency (64-byte packets) and consistent performance for broad range of applications typical of a
data center including mixed traffic loads of real-time, multicast, and storage traffic
• Distributed scalable fabric architecture
offers up to six fabric modules to deliver more than 2 Tb per slot bandwidth
• Virtual Extensible LAN (VxLAN)
provides wire-rate support for seamless Layer 2 connectivity across Layer 3 networks enabling virtual machine mobility
and cloud deployments
• Scalable Layer 2 fabrics
builds flexible, resilient, and scalable Layer 2 fabrics with TRILL and Hewlett Packard Enterprise IRF
is an Hewlett Packard Enterprise
center to simplify the interconnectivity of geographically disperse data centers
• Edge Virtual Bridging (EVB) with Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator (VEPA)
provides connectivity into the virtualization-ready data center environment
• Data Center Bridging (DCB) protocols
provides support for IEEE 802.1Qaz Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX), Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS),
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• Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) features
Resiliency and high availability
using standard LACP for automatic load balancing and high availability; can eliminate the need for complex protocols like
Layer 2 switching
increases security by isolating ports within a VLAN while still allowing them to communicate with other VLANs
deliver support for FCoE, including expansion, fabric, trunk VF and N ports, and aggregation of E-port and N-port
virtualization
•Front-to-back airflow chassis available
accommodates deployment in data centers utilizing hot-cold aisles
• Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF)
creates virtual resilient switching fabrics, where two or more switches perform as a single L2 switch and L3 router;
switches do not have to be co-located and can be part of a disaster-recovery system; servers or switches can be attached
Spanning Tree Protocol, Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP), or VRRP, thereby simplifying network operation
• Redundant/load-sharing fabrics, management, fan assemblies, and power supplies
increase total performance and power availability while providing hitless, stateful failover
•Hot-swappable modules
allows replacement of modules without any impact on other modules
• Graceful restart
allows routers to indicate to others their capability to maintain a routing table during a temporary shutdown, which
significantly reduces convergence times upon recovery; supports OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
allows groups of two routers to back each other up dynamically to create highly available routed environments
• Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP)
monitors link connectivity and shuts down ports at both ends if unidirectional traffic is detected, preventing loops in STPbased networks
• Hitless patch upgrades
allows patches and new service features to be installed without restarting the equipment, increasing network uptime and
facilitating maintenance
• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
supports up to 1024 trunk groups and up to 16 members per trunk; supports static or dynamic groups and a userselectable hashing algorithm
• Passive design system
delivers increased system reliability as the backplane has no active components
• Ultrafast protocol convergence (subsecond) with standard-based failure detection—Bidirectional Forwarding
Detection (BFD)
enables link connectivity monitoring and reduces network convergence time for RIP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, VRRP, MPLS, and
IRF
• VLAN
supports up to 4,094 port-based or IEEE 802.1Q-based VLANs
• Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) tunneling
transmits Spanning Tree Protocol BPDUs transparently, allowing correct tree calculations across service providers, WANs,
or MANs
• Port mirroring
duplicates port traffic (ingress and egress) to a local or remote monitoring port; supports four mirroring groups, with an
unlimited number of ports per group
• Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (MVRP)
helps to maintain VLAN configuration dynamically based on current network configurations
• Port mirroring
duplicates port traffic (ingress and egress) to a local or remote monitoring port; supports four mirroring groups, with an
unlimited number of ports per group
• Port isolation
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• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) protocol snooping
Layer 3 routing
IS routing and extended
RFC 2547bis multiple autonomous system VPNs for added flexibility
controls and manages the flooding of multicast packets in a Layer 2 network
• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
supports standard IEEE 802.1D STP, IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) for faster convergence, and
IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
•IEEE 802.1ad QinQ and selective QinQ
increase the scalability of an Ethernet network by providing a hierarchical structure; connect multiple LANs on a highspeedcampus or metro network
•Open shortest path first (OSPF)
delivers faster convergence; uses this link-state routing Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), which supports ECMP, NSSA, and
MD5 authentication for increased security and graceful restart for faster failure recovery
•Intermediate system to intermediate system (IS-IS)
uses a path vector Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), which is defined by the ISO organization for ISby IETF RFC 1195 to operate in both TCP/IP and the OSI reference model (Integrated IS-IS)
•Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
delivers an implementation of the Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP) utilizing path vectors; uses TCP for enhanced
reliability for the route discovery process; reduces bandwidth consumption by advertising only incremental updates;
supports extensive policies for increased flexibility; scales to very large network
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
uses BGP to advertise routes across Label Switched Paths (LSPs), but uses simple labels to forward packets from any
Layer 2 or Layer 3 protocol, which reduces complexity and increases performance; supports graceful restart for reduced
failure impact; supports LSP tunneling and multilevel stacks
• Dual IP stack
maintains separate stacks for IPv4 and IPv6 to ease the transition from an IPv4-only network to an IPv6-only network
desig
•Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP)
enables multiple equal-cost links in a routing environment to increase link redundancy and scale bandwidt
•Policy-based routing
makes routing decisions based on policies set by the network administrator
• Static IPv4 routing
provides simple manually configured IPv4 routing
•Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
uses a distance vector algorithm with UDP packets for route determination; supports RIPv1 and RIPv2 routing; includes
loop protection
• IP performance optimization
provides a set of tools to improve the performance of IPv4 networks; includes directed broadcasts, customization of TCP
parameters, support of ICNP error packets, and extensive display capabilities
• Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)
limits erroneous or malicious traffic in accordance with RFC 3074
• Static IPv6 routing
provides simple manually configured IPv6 routing
• Routing Information Protocol next generation (RIPng)
extends RIPv2 to support IPv6 addressing
• OSPFv3
provides OSPF support for IPv
•IS-IS for IPv6
extends IS-IS to support IPv6 addressing
• BGP+
extends BGP-4 to support Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP), including support for IPv6 addressing
determines the MAC address of another IP host in the same subnet; supports static ARPs; gratuitous ARP allows detection
Management
reduces training time and expenses, and increases productivity in multivendor installations
establishes simple Layer 2 point-to-point VPNs across a provider network using only MPLS Label Distribution Protocol
(LDP); requires no routing and therefore decreases complexity, increases performance, and allows VPNs of non-routable
protocols; uses no routing information for increased security; supports Circuit Cross Connect (CCC), Static Virtual Circuits
(SVCs), Martini draft, and Kompella-draft technologies
• Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
establishes point-to-multipoint Layer 2 VPNs across a provider network
•IPv6 tunneling
provides an important element for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6; allows IPv6 packets to traverse IPv4-only networks by
encapsulating the IPv6 packet into a standard IPv4 packet; supports manually configured, 6to4, Intra-Site Automatic
Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) tunnels, and IPv6 on VPN to Provider Edge (6VPE) router tunnel
uality of Service (QoS)
•IEEE 802.1p prioritization
delivers data to devices based on the priority and type of traffic
• 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
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)
• Traffic policing
supports Committed Access Rate (CAR) and line rate
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
• User Datagram Protocol (UDP) helper
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
• Management interface control
• Industry-standard CLI with a hierarchical structure
of duplicate IP addresses; proxy ARP allows normal ARP operation between subnets or when subnets are separated by a
Layer 2 network
redirects UDP broadcasts to specific IP subnets to prevent server spoofing
simplifies the management of large IP networks and supports client and server; DHCP Relay enables DHCP operation
across subnets
enables or disables each of the following interfaces depending on security preferences: console port, Telnet port, or reset
button
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•SNMPv1, v2, and v3
based wirespeed network monitoring and accounting with no impact on network performance; this
analyzes network performance and service quality by sending test packets, and provides network performance and service
Connectivity
detects data link layer problems that occurred in the "last mile" using the IEEE 802.3ah OAM standard; monitors the status
Security
eases switch security access administration by using a password authentication server
provide complete support of SNMP; provide full support of industry-standard Management Information Base (MIB) plus
private extensions; SNMPv3 supports increased security using encryption
• sFlow (RFC 3176)
provides scalable ASICallows network operators to gather a variety of sophisticated network statistics and information for capacity planning and
real-time network monitoring purposes
• Remote monitoring (RMON)
uses standard SNMP to monitor essential network functions; supports events, alarm, history, and statistics group plus a
private alarm extension group
•Debug and sampler utility
supports ping and traceroute for both IPv4 and IPv6
• Network Time Protocol (NTP)
synchronizes timekeeping among distributed time servers and clients; keeps timekeeping consistent among all clockdependent devices within the network so that the devices can provide diverse applications based on the consistent time
•Network Quality Analyzer (NQA)
quality parameters such as jitter, TCP, or FTP connection delays and file transfer rates; allows a network manager to
determine overall network performance and to diagnose and locate network congestion points or failures
• Information center
provides a central repository for system and network information; aggregates all logs, traps, and debugging information
generated by the system and maintains them in order of severity; outputs the network information to multiple channels
based on user-defined rules
•IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
advertises and receives management information from adjacent devices on a network, facilitating easy mapping by
network management applications
• Jumbo frames
• Loopback
• Ethernet operations, administration and maintenance (OAM)
• Monitor link
• Packet storm protection
• Flow control
• Access control list (ACL)
• Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
allows high-performance backups and disaster-recovery systems with frame sizes of up to 10,000 bytes
supports internal loopback testing for maintenance purposes and an increase in availability; loopback detection protects
against incorrect cabling or network configurations and can be enabled on a per-port or per-VLAN basis for added
flexibility
of the link between two devices
collects statistics on performance and errors on physical links, increasing system availability
protects against unknown broadcast, unknown multicast, or unicast storms with user-defined thresholds
provides back pressure using standard IEEE 802.3x, reducing congestion in heavy traffic situations
supports powerful ACLs for both IPv4 and IPv6; ACLs are used for filtering traffic to prevent unauthorized users from
accessing the network, or for controlling network traffic to save resources; rules can either deny or permit traffic to be
forwarded; rules can be based on a Layer 2 header or a Layer 3 protocol header; rules can be set to operate on specific
dates or times
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• Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System (TACACS+)
Multicast support
Warranty and support
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delivers an authentication tool using TCP with encryption of the full authentication request, providing additional security
• Secure shell (SSHv2)
uses external servers to securely log in to a remote device; with authentication and encryption, it protects against IP
spoofing and plain-text password interception; increases the security of Secure FTP (SFTP) transfers
•DHCP snooping
helps ensure that DHCP clients receive IP addresses from authorized DHCP servers and maintain a list of DHCP entries
for trusted ports; prevents reception of fake IP addresses and reduces ARP attacks, improving security
• IP Source Guard
filters packets on a per-port basis, which prevents illegal packets from being forwarded
• ARP attack protection
protects against attacks that use a large number of ARP requests, using a host-specific, user-selectable threshold
•Port security
allows access only to specified MAC addresses, which can be learned or specified by the administrator
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
utilizes Any-Source Multicast (ASM) or Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) to manage IPv4 multicast networks; supports
IGMPv1, v2, and v3
• Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
defines modes of Internet IPv4 and IPv6 multicasting to allow one-to-many and many-to-many transmission of
information; PIM Dense Mode (DM), Sparse Mode (SM), and Source-Specific Mode (SSM) are supported
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Build To Order
Shippable solution.
HPE FlexFabric 12901E Switch Chassis
JH951A
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• 2U Height Rack
HPE FlexFabric 12902E Switch Chassis
JH345A
•
• 3U Height Rack
HPE FlexFabric 12904E Switch Chassis
JH262A
•
• 6U Height Rack
HPE FlexFabric 12908E Switch Chassis
JH255A
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• 12U Height Rack
HPE FlexFabric 12916E Switch Chassis
JH103A
•
• Must select Min 1 Fabric Module
: BTO is a standalone unit with no integration. BTO products ship standalone are not part of a CTO or Rack-
Integrated MPU
• 1 - Integrated Fabric Module(No separate Fabric Module required)
• 1 - I/O module slots
• Must select Min 1 Power Supply
• Must select Min 2 Fan Trays
2 - MPUx (Management Ports)
• 2 - I/O module slots
• 2 - Integrated Fabric modules(No separate Fabric Module required)
• Must select min 1 Management Module
• Must select min 2 Power Supplies
• Must select Min 2 Fan Trays
2 - MPUx (Management Ports)
• 4 - I/O module slots
• 6 - Fabric module slots
• Must select min 1 Management Module
• Must select min 2 Power Supplies
• Must select Min 1 Fabric Module
• Must select Min 2 Fan Trays
2 - MPUx (Management Ports)
• 8 - I/O module slots
• 6 - Fabric module slots
• Must select min 1 Management Module
• Must select min 2 Power Supplies
• Must select Min 1 Fabric Module
• Must select Min 2 Fan Trays
2 - MPUx (Management Ports)
• 16 - I/O module slots
• 6 - Fabric module slots
• Must select min 1 Management Module
• Must select min 2 Power Supplies
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• 21U Height Rack
Remarks:
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12900 Switch Series
Modules
Fabric Modules
JG619A, JH113A, System (std 0 // max 6) User Selection (min 4 // max 6) per Switch
JH262A, JH255A, JH103A System (std 0 // max 6) User Selection (min 1 // max 6) per switch enclosure
JH345A System (std 2 // max 2) User Selection (min 0 // max 0) per switch enclosure
HPE FlexFabric 12904E 2.5Tbps Type F Fabric Module
JH264A
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NOTE:1, 4
HPE 12904E 7.2Tbps Type H Fabric Mod
JH364A
See Configuration
NOTE:
, 9
HPE 12908E 14.4Tbps Type H Fabric Mod
JH362A
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NOTE:1, 5, 7. 10
HPE FlexFabric 12908E 5.0Tbps Type F Fabric Module
JH257A
See Configuration
1, 5
HPE FlexFabric 12910 1.92Tbps Type A Fabric Module
JG622A
See Configuration
NOTE:1, 2, 8
HPE FlexFabric 12910 3.84Tbps Type B Fabric Module
JG623A
See Configuration
NOTE:1, 2, 8
HPE FlexFabric 12916E 10.0Tbps Type F Fabric Module
JH252A
See Configuration
NOTE:1, 6
HPE FlexFabric 12916E 21.6Tbps Type H Fabric Module
JH361A
See Configuration
NOTE:1, 6, 7, 11
HPE FlexFabric 12916E 43.2Tbps Type H Fabric Module