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HPE FlexFabric 5940 Switch Series

Key features

• L2/L3 VXLAN and EVPN support for virtualized environments

• OpenFlow support for investment protection and SDN environments

• High-density 10GbE, 40GbE with 40 G or 100 G uplink for spine and leaf deployments

• Unify management of virtual and physical network with VEPA and IMC

• Data center convergence and resiliency with IRF Intelligent Resilient Fabric

Product overview

The HPE FlexFabric 5940 Switch Series is a family of high performance and low-latency 10GbE, 40GbE top-of-rack (ToR) data center switches. The switch series also includes 100 G and 40 G uplink technology and is part of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise FlexFabric data center solution, which is a cornerstone of the FlexNetwork architecture.

The FlexFabric 5940 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 increased pace of deploying virtualized applications, adopting software-defined networking, and the server-to-server traic, many data centers now require spine and ToR switch innovations that will meet their requirements. The HPE FlexFabric 5940 is optimized to meet the increasing requirements for higher-performance server connectivity, convergence of Ethernet and storage traic, the capability to handle virtual environments, and low latency.

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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 buer, time range, queue shaping, CAR with 8 Kbps granularity

– Packet filtering and remarking

Packet filtering at L2 through 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 5940 Switch Series enables customers to scale their server-edge 10/40/100GbE ToR deployments to new heights with highdensity 48 fixed x 10GbE with 6 ports of 40 G; 48 fixed x 10GbE with 6 ports of 100 G; and 32 fixed x 40GbE, all delivered in a 1 RU design. The 594032 ports of 40 G switch can also be configured as a 96 x 10GbE port device by using a 40 G to 10GbE splitter cable that turns each 40GbE port into four 10GbE ports. The 48-port models come in SFP+ or BASE-T.

The 5940 Switch Series also includes 2-slot (1RU) and 4-slot (2RU) options which allow for customization of ports at the ToR. Module options include 8 x 40 G ports; 2 x 40 G and 2 x 100 G ports; 24 x 10 G (SFP+ or BaseT) with 2 x 40 G ports (MACsec and FC options available)

• High-performance switching Cut-through and non-blocking 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 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) technology simplifies the architecture of server access networks; up to nine HPE 5940 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

• 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

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• Jumbo frames With frame sizes of up to 10000 bytes on Gigabit Ethernet and 10-Gigabit ports, allows high-performance remote backup and disaster recovery services to be enabled

• VXLAN hardware support VXLAN L2 and L3 gateway support for up to 4k tunnels

• Dynamic VXLAN configuration OVSDB and ML2 support for dynamic VXLAN configuration

• EVPN Control plane protocol for VXLAN based on industry standards. It enables L2 and L3 control-plane learning of end-host reachability information, enabling organizations to scale their VXLAN infrastructure better. Integration with OpenStack® Neutron plugin for overlay automation or orchestration

Manageability

• Full-featured console Provides complete control of the switch with a familiar CLI

• Troubleshooting

– Ingress and egress port monitoring enable

network problem solving

• ISSU and hot patching In Services Software Upgrade (ISSU) provides software upgrades and hitless patching of the modular operating system

• Auto-configuration Provides automatic configuration via DHCP auto-configuration

• NTP, SNTP, and PTP support Synchronizes timekeeping among distributed time servers and clients; support for network time protocol (NTP), secure network time protocol (SNTP)

Resiliency and high availability

• IRF technology Enables an Hewlett Packard Enterprise FlexFabric to deliver resilient, scalable, and secured data center networks for physical and virtualized environments; groups up to nine HPE 5940 switches in an IRF configuration, allowing them to be configured and managed as a single switch with a single IP address; simplifies ToR deployment and management, reducing data center deployment and operating expenses

• IEEE 8021w Rapid Convergence Spanning Tree Protocol Increases network uptime through faster recovery from failed links

– Traceroute and ping

Enable testing of network connectivity

• Multiple configuration files Allows multiple configuration files to be stored to a flash image

• SNMPv1, v2c, and v3 Facilitates centralized discovery, monitoring, and secure management of networking devices

• Out-of-band interface Isolates management traic from user data plane traic for complete isolation and total reachability, no matter what happens in the data plane

• Remote configuration and management Delivered 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 SNMPv1, v2, or v3, and is fully supported in HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC)

• IEEE 8021s 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 back each other up dynamically 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 and IRF

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• Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP) Monitors link connectivity and shuts down ports at both ends if unidirectional traic is detected, preventing 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; supports OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS

Layer 2 switching

• MAC-based VLAN Provides granular control and security; 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 8023x Flow Control Provides intelligent congestion management via PAUSE frames

• Ethernet Link Aggregation Provides IEEE 8023ad Link Aggregation of up to 128 groups of 32 ports; 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 8021D), Rapid STP (RSTP, IEEE 8021w), and Multiple STP (MSTP, IEEE 8021s)

• VLAN support Provides support for 4096 VLANs based on port, MAC address, IPv4 subnet, protocol, and guest VLAN; supports VLAN mapping

• IGMP support Provides support for IGMP Snooping, Fast-Leave, and Group-Policy; IPv6 IGMP Snooping provides L2 optimization of multicast traic

• DHCP support Provides full DHCP Snooping support for DHCP Snooping Option 82, DHCP Relay Option 82, DHCP Snooping trust, and DHCP Snooping item backup

L3 services

• Address Resolution Protocol Determines the MAC address of another IP host in the same subnet; supports static ARPs; gratuitous ARP allows detection of duplicate IP addresses; proxy ARP allows normal ARP operation between subnets or when subnets are separated by a L2 network

• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Simplifies the management of large IP networks and supports client and server; DHCP Relay enables DHCP operation across subnets

• Operations, administration, and maintenance (OAM) support Provides support for Connectivity Fault Management (IEEE 8021ag) and Ethernet in the First Mile (IEEE 8023ah); provides additional monitoring that can be used for fast fault detection and recovery

L3 routing

• VRRP and VRRP Extended Allows quick failover of router ports

• Policy-based routing Makes routing decisions based on policies set by the network administrator

• Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Enables multiple equal-cost links in a routing environment to increase link redundancy and scale bandwidth

• L3 IPv4 routing Provides routing of IPv4 at media speed; supports static routes, RIP and RIPv2, OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS

• 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

• 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 networks

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• Intermediate system to intermediate system (IS-IS) Uses a path vector IGP, which is defined by the ISO organization for IS-IS routing and extended by IETF RFC 1195 to operate in both TCP/IP and the OSI reference model (Integrated IS-IS)

• Static IPv6 routing Provides simple manually configured IPv6 routing

• Dual IP stack Maintains separate stacks for IPv4 and IPv6 to ease the transition from an IPv4-only network to an IPv6-only network design

• Routing Information Protocol next generation (RIPng) Extends RIPv2 to support IPv6 addressing

• OSPFv3 Provides OSPF support for IPv6

• BGP+ Extends BGP-4 to support Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP), including support for IPv6 addressing

• IS-IS for IPv6 Extends IS-IS to support IPv6 addressing

• IPv6 tunneling Allows IPv6 packets to traverse IPv4-only networks by encapsulating the IPv6 packet into a standard IPv4 packet; supports manually configured, 6 to 4, and Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) tunnels; is an important element for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6

• Policy routing Allows custom filters for increased performance and security; supports ACLs, IP prefix, AS paths, community lists, and aggregate policies

• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Enables link connectivity monitoring and reduces network convergence time for RIP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, VRRP and IRF

• Multicast Routing PIM Dense and Sparse Modes Provides robust support of multicast protocols

• L3 IPv6 routing Provides routing of IPv6 at media speed; supports static routing, RIPng, OSPFv3, BGP-4+ for IPv6, and IS-ISv6

Additional information

• Green IT and power Improves energy eiciency through the use of the latest advances in silicon development; shuts o unused ports, and utilizes variable speed fans, reducing energy costs

Management

• USB support

– File copy

Allows users to copy switch files to and from a USB flash drive

• Port mirroring Enables traic on a port to be simultaneously sent to a network analyzer for monitoring

• Remote configuration and management Is available through a CLI

• 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

• sFlow (RFC 3176) Provides scalable ASIC-based wire speed network monitoring and accounting with no impact on network performance; this allows network operators to gather a variety of sophisticated network statistics and information for capacity planning and real-time network monitoring purposes

• Command authorization Leverages RADIUS to link a custom list of CLI commands to an individual network administrator’s login; an audit trail documents activity

• Dual flash images Provides independent primary and secondary operating system files for backup while upgrading

• Command-line interface Provides a secure, easy-to-use CLI for configuring the module via SSH or a switch console; provides direct real-time session visibility

• Logging Provides local and remote logging of events via SNMP (v2c and v3) and syslog; provides log throttling and log filtering to reduce the number of log events generated

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• Management interface control Provides management access through a modem port and terminal interface, as well as in-band and out-of-band Ethernet ports; provides access through terminal interface, Telnet, or SSH

• Industry-standard CLI with a hierarchical structure Reduces training time and expenses, and increases productivity in multivendor installations

• Management security Restricts access to critical configuration commands; oers multiple privilege levels with password protection; ACLs provide Telnet and SNMP access; local and remote syslog capabilities allow logging of all access

• 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

• Network management HPE IMC centrally configures, updates, monitors, and troubleshoots

• Remote intelligent mirroring Mirrors ingress/egress ACL-selected traic from a switch port or VLAN to a local or remote switch port anywhere on the network

• Secure Shell Encrypts all transmitted data for secure remote CLI access over IP networks

• IEEE 8021X and RADIUS network logins Controls port-based access for authentication and accountability

• Port security Allows access only to specified MAC addresses, which can be learned or specified by the administrator

Convergence

• LLDP Media Endpoint Discovery Defines a standard extension of LLDP that stores values for parameters such as QoS and VLAN to configure network devices automatically such as IP phones

Warranty and support

• 1-year warranty See hpe.com/networking/ warrantysummary for warranty and support information included with your product purchase.

• Software releases To find software for your product, refer to hpe.com/networking/support; for details on the software releases available with your product purchase, refer to hpe.com/

networking/warrantysummary.

Security

• Access control lists (ACLs) Provide IP L3 filtering based on source or destination IP address or subnet and source or destination TCP/UDP port number

• RADIUS/TACACS+ Eases switch management security administration by using a password authentication server

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Specifications

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HPE FlexFabric 594048SFP+ 6QSFP+ Swit ch (JH395A )

I/O ports and slots 48 fixed 1000/10000 SFP+ ports

6 QSFP+ 40GbE por ts

Additional ports and slots 1 RJ-45 and 1 Mini USB 20 serial console

port 1 RJ-45 out-of-band management port 1 USB 20

Power supplies 2 power supply slots

1 minimum power supply required (ordered separately)

Fan tray 2 fan tray slots

The customer must order fan trays, as fan trays are not included with the switch. This system requires two same-direction airflow fan trays to function properly. The system should not be operated with only one fan tray for more than 24 hours. The system should not be operated without a fan tray for more than two minutes. The system should not be operated outside of the temperature range of 32°F (0°C) to 113°F (45°C). Failure to comply with these operating requirements may void the product warranty.

HPE FlexFabric 594032QSFP+ Swit ch (JH396A )

32 QSFP+ 40GbE ports 481/10GBASE-T ports

1 RJ-45 and 1 Mini USB 20 serial console port 1 RJ-45 out-of-band management port 1 USB 20

2 power supply slots 1 minimum power supply required (ordered separately)

2 fan tray slots The customer must order fan trays, as fan trays are not included with the switch. This system requires two same-direction airflow fan trays to function properly. The system should not be operated with only one fan tray for more than 24 hours. The system should not be operated without a fan tray for more than two minutes. The system should not be operated outside of the temperature range of 32°F (0°C) to 113°F (45°C). Failure to comply with these operating requirements may void the product warranty.

HPE FlexFabric 594048XGT 6QSFP+ Switch (JH394A)

6 QSFP+ 40GbE por ts

1 RJ-45 and 1 Mini USB 20 serial console port 1 RJ-45 and 1 SFP+ out-of-band management port 1 USB 20

2 power supply slots 1 minimum power supply required (ordered separately)

Physical characteristics

Dimensions

Weight

Memory and processor 1 GB flash; Packet buer size: 16 MB,

Performance

10 Gbps Latency Throughput Routing/Switching capacity Routing table size MAC address table size

Environment

Operating temperature Operating relative humidity Acoustic

1732(w) x 1811(d) x 172(h) in. (44 x 46 x 436 cm) 2205 lb (10 kg) shipping weight

4 GB SDRAM

< 1 µs (64-byte packets) Up to 1071 Mpps 1440 Gbps 128K entries (IPv4), 64K entries (IPv6) 288000 entries

32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C) 10% to 90%, noncondensing Low-speed fan: 657 dB, High-speed fan: 706 dB

1732(w) x 2598(d) x 174(h) in. (44 x 66 x 442 cm) 3527 lb (16 kg) shipping weight

1 GB flash; Packet buer size: 16 MB, 4 GB SDRAM

< 1 µs (64-byte packets) Up to 1904 Mpps 2560 Gbps 128K entries (IPv4), 64K entries (IPv6) 288000 entries

32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C) 10% to 95%, noncondensing Low-speed fan: 598 dB, High-speed fan: 744 dB

1732(w) x 2598(d) x 172(h) in. (44 x 66 x 436 cm) 2866 lb (13 kg) shipping weight

1 GB flash; Packet buer size: 16 MB, 4 GB SDRAM

< 1 µs (64-byte packets) Up to 1071 Mpps 1440 Gbps 128K entries (IPv4), 64K entries (IPv6) 288000 entries

32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C) 10% to 90%, noncondensing Low-speed fan: 657 dB, High-speed fan: 706 dB

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HPE FlexFabric 594048SFP+ 6QSFP+ Swit ch (JH395A )

Electrical characteristics

Frequency Maximum heat dissipation Voltage

Maximum power rating Notes

Safety UL 60950-1; EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser

Emissions VCCI Class A; EN 55022 Class A;

50/60 Hz 887 BTU/hr (93579 kJ/hr) 100–240 VAC, rated

-40 to -60 VDC, rated (depending on power supply chosen) 213 W Maximum power rating and maximum heat dissipation are the worst-case theoretical maximum numbers provided for planning the infrastructure with fully loaded PoE (if equipped), 100% traic, all ports plugged in, and all modules populated.

Products-Part 1; EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products-Part 2; IEC 60950-1; CAN/ CSA-C222 No. 60950-1; Anatel; ULAR; GOST; EN 60950-1/A11; FDA 21 CFR Subchapter J; NOM; RoHS Compliance

ICES-003 Class A; ANSI C6342003; AS/ NZS CISPR 22 Class A; EN 61000-3-22006; EN 6100 0 -3-31995 +A12001+A22005; EMC Directive 2004/108/EC; FCC (CFR 47, Part 15) Class A; ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP Media Endpoint Discover y (LLDP-MED)

HPE FlexFabric 594032QSFP+ Swit ch (JH396A )

50/60 Hz 597/1361 BTU/hr (62983/143586 kJ/hr) 90–264 VAC, rated

-40 to -75 VDC, rated (depending on power supply chosen) 409 W Maximum power rating and maximum heat dissipation are the worst-case theoretical maximum numbers provided for planning the infrastructure with fully loaded PoE (if equipped), 100% traic, all ports plugged in, and all modules populated.

UL 60950-1; EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products-Part 1; EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products-Part 2; IEC 60950-1; CAN/ CSA-C222 No. 60950-1; Anatel; ULAR; GOST; EN 60950-1/A11; FDA 21 CFR Subchapter J; NOM; RoHS Compliance

VCCI Class A; EN 55022 Class A; ICES-003 Class A; ANSI C6342003; AS/ NZS CISPR 22 Class A; EN 61000-3-22006; EN 6100 0 -3-31995 +A12001+A22005; EMC Directive 2004/108/EC; FCC (CFR 47, Part 15) Class A; ANSI/TIA-1057 LLDP Media Endpoint Discover y (LLDP-MED)

HPE FlexFabric 594048XGT 6QSFP+ Switch (JH394A)

50/60 Hz 887 BTU/hr (93579 kJ/hr) 100–240 VAC, rated

-40 to -60 VDC, rated (depending on power supply chosen) 370 W Maximum power rating and maximum heat dissipation are the worst-case theoretical maximum numbers provided for planning the infrastructure with fully loaded PoE (if equipped), 100% traic, all ports plugged in, and all modules populated.

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