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HPE FlexFabric 5710
Switch Series
Data sheet
Key features
• High-performance, low-latency data center top-of-rack (ToR) switch aimed at expanding
port connectivity while adding local switching capacity
• HPE Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) for virtualization and 2-tier networks
• High 1/10GbE wire speed ports with 40GbE and 100GbE uplinks
• Layer 2 and Layer 3 features with static routing, RIP, OSPF, and BGP
• Support converged applications with Data Center Bridging (DCB) features such as
Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) IEEE 8021Qbb, Quantized Congestion Notification
(QCN) IEEE 8021Qau, Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) IEEE 8021Qaz, and
Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange (DCBx) IEEE 8021Qaz, and FCoE
Product overview
HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series is a family of high-performance, low-latency access
switches aimed at providing superior edge device connectivity in modern spine leaf
data centers.
HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series is ideally suited for deployment at the server access layer
of large and medium-sized enterprise data centers. It delivers lower TCO while enhancing
networking performance to support demanding virtualized applications and server-to-server
traic. Resilience and ease of management come hand-in-hand with the HPE FlexFabric 5710.
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Features and benefits
Quality of service (QoS)
• Powerful QoS features
– Flexible classification
Flow classification is based on DSCP field, MAC address, IP protocol type, source address,
destination address, or port number of an application.
– Feature queue scheduling
Flexible queuing and scheduling algorithms are configured on a per-port or per-queue
basis, including strict priority (SP), weighted round robin (WRR), SP+WRR, weighted fair
queuing (WFQ), and SP+WFQ.
– QPPB
QoS Policy Propagation via Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), often abbreviated to QPPB,
is a mechanism that allows propagation of QoS policy and classification by the sending
party based on access lists, community lists, and autonomous system paths in the BGP
thus helping to classify based on destination instead of source address.
Data center-optimized
• Versatile server connectivity
HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series enables scaling of the server edge with 1GbE and
10GbE ToR deployments with high-density 24- and 48-port solutions delivered in a 1RU
form factor. These switches can be set up as stand-alone Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches.
The high server port density of HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch is backed by 40GbE QSFP+
or 100GbE QSFP28 uplinks to deliver the availability of needed bandwidth for demanding
applications. Each 40GbE QSFP+ port can also be configured as four 10GbE ports by
using a 40GbE-to-10GbE splitter cable.
• High-performance switching
Cut-through and nonblocking architecture delivers low latency (15 to 25 μs for 10GbE)
for very demanding enterprise applications. HPE FlexFabric 5710 switches also deliver
high-performance switching capacity and wire speed packet forwarding. Local switching
capacity and wire speed packet forwarding for demanding data center environments.
• Higher scalability
HPE IRF technology simplifies the architecture of server access networks; up to
9 HPE FlexFabric 5710 physical switches can be combined into one virtual switch
configuration and are managed using a single IP address. HPE IRF enables this switch
to deliver the unmatched scalability of virtualized switches and flatter 2-tier networks,
which reduces cost and complexity.
• Advanced modular network operating system
Comware v7 network operating system’s modular design and multiple processes bring
native high stability, independent process monitoring, and a restart. The OS also allows
individual software modules to be upgraded for higher availability and supports enhanced
serviceability functions like hitless software upgrades with In Service Software Upgrade
(ISSU).
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• Reversible airflow
It is 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
1+1 internal redundant and hot-pluggable power supplies and multiple fan trays enhance
reliability and availability.
• Data Center Bridging (DCB) protocols
It provides support for IEEE 8021Qbb Priority Flow Control (PFC), Quantized Congestion
Notification (QCN) IEEE 8021Qau, Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) IEEE
8021Qaz, and Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange (DCBx) IEEE 8021Qaz for
converged applications.
• FCoE support
Provides support for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) including Fibre Channel
Forwarder (FCF), transit, and N-Port Virtualization (NPV).
• Jumbo frames
Frame sizes of up to 10000 bytes allow high-performance remote backup and disaster
recovery services to be enabled.
Management and manageability
• Fully featured console
Provides a safe, easy-to-use CLI for configuring the module via SSH or a switch console;
provides direct real-time session visibility
• Remote configuration and management
Is available 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 Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1/v2/v3; and is fully supported in HPE Intelligent
Management Center (IMC)
• Management security
Restricts access to critical configuration commands; oers multiple privilege levels with
password protection; access control lists (ACLs) provide Telnet and SNMP access; local and
remote syslog capabilities allow logging of access
• Command authorization
Leverages Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) to link a custom list of CLI
commands to an individual network administrator’s login; an audit trail documents activity
• Troubleshooting
– Ingress and egress port monitoring
Enable network problem solving
– Traceroute and ping
Enable testing of network connectivity
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• File copy
Allows users to copy switch files to and from a USB flash drive
• Support for multiple configuration files
• Dual flash images
Provides independent primary and secondary operating system files for backup while
upgrading
• SNMPv1, v2c, and v3
Facilitate centralized discovery, monitoring, and safer 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
• ISSU and hot patching
Provides hitless IRF-based software upgrades and hitless patching of the modular
operating system
• Auto-configuration
Provides automatic configuration via Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
auto-configuration, NETCONF, and Python scripting
• IPv6 over IPv4, 6to4, and ISATAP Tunnel
• RSPAN and ERSPAN
• Ethernet OAM (8023ah) and Connectivity Fault Detection (CFD) (8021ag)
• Symmetric load balancing for link aggregation and ECMP
• Layer 2 protocol tunneling (L2PT) support for virtual private networks (VPNs)
• Buer monitoring
• OVSDB QoS and OVSDB ACL
• IEEE 8021AB 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
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• 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
• Information center
Provides a central repository for system and network information; aggregates 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
• Local/Remote port mirroring
Mirrors selected traic to destination on same device or mirrors destination on dierent
devices
• Puppet/Chef/YANG support
• Network management
HPE IMC centrally configures, updates, monitors, and troubleshoots
Resiliency and high availability
• HPE IRF technology
Enables an HPE FlexFabric to deliver resilient, scalable, and secured data center network
for physical and virtualized environment; groups up to 9 HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch
Series in an HPE IRF configuration, allowing them to be configured and managed as a
single virtual switch with a single IP address; simplifies ToR and spine/leaf deployments
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 Protocol (MSTP)
Provides high link availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing Multiple
Spanning Trees
• Hitless patch upgrades
Allows patches and new service features to be installed without restarting the equipment,
increasing network uptime and facilitating maintenance
• Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP)
Monitors link connectivity and shuts down ports at both ends if unidirectional traic is
detected, preventing loops in STP-based networks
• Smart Link and RRPP and load balancing among Smart Link multiple instances and RRPP
multiple instances
• DRNI
Provides a resilient interconnect using multiple links among one or more nodes in a
network
• ERPS
Provides fast protection and recovery switching for Ethernet traic
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