HPE JH178A, JH378A Getting Started Guide
HPE FlexFabric 5930
Switch Series
Data sheet
Product overview
The HPE FlexFabric 5930 Switch Series is a family of high performance and ultra-low-latency
10GbE and 40GbE top-of-rack (ToR) data center switches. The switch series is part of the
Hewlett Packard Enterprise FlexFabric data center solution, which is a cornerstone of the
FlexNetwork architecture.
The FlexFabric 5930 Switch Series is ideally suited for deployment at the aggregation or
server access layer of large enterprise data centers, or at the core layer of medium-sized
enterprises.
With the increase pace of deploying virtualized applications, adopting software-defined
networking, and the server-to-server traic, many data centers now require spine and ToR
switch innovations that will meet their requirements. The HPE FlexFabric 5930 is optimized to
meet the increasing requirements for higher-performance server connectivity, convergence of
Ethernet and storage traic, the capability to handle virtual environments, and ultra-low-latency.
A summary of the highlights of the FlexFabric 5930 Switch Series:
• VXLAN VTEP support for virtualized environments
• OpenFlow support for investment protection and SDN environments
• High-density 10GbE and 40GbE for spine-and–leaf deployments
• Unify management of virtual and physical network with VEPA and IMC
• Data center convergence and resiliency with DCB, FC/FCoE, IRF, and TRILL
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Features and benefits
Quality of Service (QoS)
• Powerful QoS features
– Flexible queue scheduling
Including Strict Priority (SP), WRR, WDRR, WFQ, SP+WRR, SP+WDRR, SP+WFQ, Configurable
Buer, Time range, Queue Shaping, CAR with 8kbps granularity
– Packet filtering and remarking
Packet filtering at Layer 2 (L2) through Layer 4 (L4); flow classification based on source
MAC address, destination MAC address, source IP (IPv4/IPv6) address, destination IP (IPv4/
IPv6) address, port, protocol, and VLAN
Data center optimized
• Flexible high port density
The HPE FlexFabric 5930 Switch Series enables scaling of the server edge with 10GbE and
40GbE spine and ToR deployments to new heights with a high-density 32-port fixed port
switch in a 1RU design, a 2 Slot Modular design with Two 40GbE QSFP+ ports and a 4 Slot
Design. Support for 10GbE SFP+, 10GBASE-T, Converged Port 1/10GbE or 4/8Gbps Fibre
Channel, and 40GbE ports
• High-performance switching
Cut-through and nonblocking architecture delivers low latency (1 microsecond for 10GbE)
for very demanding enterprise applications; the switch delivers high-performance switching
capacity and wire-speed packet forwarding
• Higher scalability
The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology simplifies
the architecture of server access networks; up to nine 5930 switches can be combined
to deliver unmatched scalability of virtualized access layer switches and flatter two-tier
networks using IRF, which reduces cost and complexity
• 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 such as
hitless software upgrades with single-chassis ISSU
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• TRILL, SPB, and EVB/VEPA
TRansparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) is supported including support of TRILL
with IRF, TRILL ECMP up to 8 paths. Support for Shortest Path Bridging (IEEE 8021aq) with
ECMP up to 8 paths. Edge Virtual Bridging with Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator (EVB/VEPA)
provides connectivity into the virtual environment for a data center-ready environment
• Reversible airflow
Enhanced for data center hot-cold aisle deployment with reversible airflow—for either
front-to-back or back-to-front airflow
• Redundant fans and power supplies
Internal redundant and hot-pluggable power supplies and dual fan trays enhance reliability
and availability
• Lower OPEX and greener data center
Provide reversible airflow and advanced chassis power management
• Data Center Bridging (DCB) protocols
Provides support for IEEE 8021Qbb Priority Flow Control (PFC), Data Center Bridging
Exchange (DCBX), IEEE 8021Qaz Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS), Explicit Congestion
Notification (ECN) for converged FCoE, iSCSI, and RoCE environments
• FCoE support
Provides support T11 standards-compliant FC-BB-5 Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE),
including FCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP), FCP, Fibre Channel enhanced port types VE, TE and
VF, NPV, NPIV, Fabric Name Server, RSCN, Login Services, and name-server zoning, per-VSAN
Fabric Services, FSPF, Standard Zoning, and Fibre Channel Ping
• Jumbo frames
With frame sizes of up to 10000 bytes on Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit ports,
high-performance remote backup and disaster-recovery services are enabled
• VXLAN support
VXLAN Layer 2 gateway support for up to 4k tunnels
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Manageability
• Full-featured console
Provides complete control of the switch with a familiar command-line interface (CLI)
• Troubleshooting
– Ingress and egress port monitoring
Enable network problem solving
– Traceroute and ping
Enable testing of network connectivity
• Multiple configuration files
Allow multiple configuration files to be stored to a flash image
• sFlow® (RFC 3176)
Provides wire-speed traic accounting and monitoring
• SNMPv1, v2c, and v3
Facilitate centralized discovery, monitoring, and secure management of networking devices
• Out-of-band interface
Isolates management traic from user data plane traic for complete isolation and total
reachability, no matter what happens in the data plane
• Remote configuration and management
Delivered through a secure 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 SNMPv1/
v2/v3 and is fully supported in the HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)
• ISSU and hot patching
Provides hitless software upgrades with single-unit In Services Software Upgrade (ISSU)
and hitless patching of the modular operating system
• Autoconfiguration
Provides automatic configuration via DHCP autoconfiguration
• NTP, SNTP
Synchronize timekeeping among distributed time servers and clients; Support for Network
Time Protocol (NTP), Secure Network Time Protocol (SNTP), IEEE 1588v2 (2008)
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Resiliency and high availability
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise IRF technology
Enables a FlexFabric solution to deliver resilient, scalable, and secured data center networks for
physical and virtualized environments; groups up to nine 5930 switches in an IRF configuration,
allowing them to be configured and managed as a single switch with a single IP address; and
simplifies ToR deployment and management, reducing data center deployment and operating
expenses
• IEEE 8021w Rapid Convergence Spanning Tree Protocol
Increases network uptime through faster recovery from failed links
• IEEE 8021s Multiple Spanning Tree
Provides high link availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing multiple spanning
trees
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
Allows groups of two routers to dynamically back each other up to create highly available
routed environments
• Hitless patch upgrades
Allows patches and new service features to be installed without restarting the equipment,
increasing network uptime and facilitating maintenance
• Ultrafast protocol convergence (< 50 ms) 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
• Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP)
Monitors link connectivity and shuts down ports at both ends if unidirectional traic is detected,
helping prevent loops in STP-based networks
• Graceful restart
Allows routers to indicate to others their capability to maintain a routing table during a
temporary shutdown and significantly reduces convergence times upon recovery; and
supports OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS
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L2 switching
• MAC-based VLAN
Provides granular control and security; and uses RADIUS to map a MAC address/user to specific
VLANs
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Supports static, dynamic, and reverse ARP and ARP proxy
• IEEE 8023x Flow Control
Provides intelligent congestion management via PAUSE frames
• Ethernet Link Aggregation
Provides IEEE 8023ad Link Aggregation of up to 128 groups of 16 ports; and support for
LACP, LACP Local Forwarding First, and LACP Short-time provides a fast, resilient environment
that is ideal for the data center
• Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Supports STP (IEEE 8021D), Rapid STP (RSTP, IEEE 8021w), and Multiple STP (MSTP,
IEEE 8021s)
• VLAN support
Provides support for 4096 VLANs based on the port, MAC address, IPv4 subnet, protocol,
and guest VLAN; and supports VLAN mapping
• IGMP support
Provides support for IGMP Snooping, Fast-Leave, and Group-Policy; IPv6 IGMP Snooping
provides L2 optimization of multicast traic
• DHCP support at L2
Provides full DHCP Snooping support for DHCP Snooping Option 82, DHCP Relay Option
82, DHCP Snooping Trust, and DHCP Snooping Item Backup
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