Product overview
These Gigabit Ethernet switches deliver outstanding security, reliability, and multiservice support capabilities for robust switching at the edge or aggregation layer of large enterprise and campus networks, or in the core layer of SMB networks. The HPE 5500 EI Switch Series is comprised of Layer 2/3 Gigabit Ethernet switches that can accommodate the most demanding applications and provide resilient and secure connectivity as well as the latest traffic prioritization technologies to enhance applications on convergent networks. With complete IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack support, the series provides a migration path from IPv4 to IPv6 and has hardware support for IPv6. Designed for increased flexibility, these switches are available with 24 or 48 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Power over Ethernet (PoE) and non-PoE models are available with optional GbE and 10GbE expansion capability. The all-fiber model with dual power supplies is ideal for applications that require the highest availability.
Features and benefits
Software-defined networking
OpenFlow:
supports OpenFlow 1.0 and 1.3 specifications to enable SDN by allowing separation of the data
(packet forwarding) and control (routing decision) paths
Quality of Service (QoS)
Storm restraint: allows limitation of broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast traffic rate to cut down
on unwanted broadcast traffic on the network
Advanced classifier-based QoS: classifies traffic using multiple match criteria based on Layer 2, 3,
and 4 information; applies QoS policies such as setting priority level and rate limit to bi-directional
selected traffic on a per-port, per-VLAN, or whole switch basis
Powerful QoS feature: creates traffic classes based on ACLs, IEEE 802.1p precedence, IP, DSCP or
ToS precedence; supports filter, redirect, mirror, or remark; supports the following congestion actions:
strict priority queuing (SP), weighted round robin (WRR), SP+WRR, weighted fair queuing (WFQ), and
weighted random early discard (WRED)
Traffic policing: supports Committed Access Rate (CAR) and line rate
