- General Information
- Manufacturer
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Manufacturer Website Address
- http://www.hpe.com
- Brand Name
- HPE
- Product Line
- FlexFabric
- Product Series
- 5940
- Packaged Quantity
- 1
- Product Type
- Layer 3 Switch
The HPE FlexFabric 5940 Switch Series is a family of high-performance and low-latency 10GbE and 40GbE top-of-rack (ToR) data center switches. This also includes 100G uplink technology which is part of the HPE FlexFabric data center solution, and is a cornerstone of the FlexNetwork architecture.
The FlexFabric 5940 Switch is suited for deployment at the aggregation or server access layer of large enterprise data centers, or at the core layer of medium-sized enterprises. It is optimized for high-performance server connectivity, convergence of Ethernet and storage traffic, and virtual environments.
Features
High-Density, Advanced, Datacenter Switches
The HPE FlexFabric 5940 Switch Series enables customers to scale their server-edge 10/40/100 GbE ToR deployments with high-density 48 x 10 GbE with 6 x 40GbE ports, 48 x 10 GbE with 6 x 100GbE ports, and 32 x 40 GbE ports, delivered in a 1RU design.
High-Performance Datacenter SwitchingThe HPE FlexFabric 5940 Switch Series delivers up to 2.56 Tbps switching capacity for the most demanding data center applications.
It supports up to 1904 MPPS throughput for data-intensive environments.
Low latency, under 1µs for 40GbE, gives your business agility.
VXLAN support for network virtualization and overlay solutions.
OVSDB for dynamic VXLAN tunnel management.
Business Agility and Resilience with Comware 7The HPE FlexFabric 5940 Switch Series delivers Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) <50 msec convergence time enabling faster application response time.
The In Service Software Update (ISSU) enables high availability with modular updates accomplished without a reboot or power cycle, in the background.
Simplicity and Lower TCOHPE FlexFabric 5940 Switch Series simplifies switch management by up to 88% with 9-unit Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF).
No extra hidden cost with simple one license per switch for all OS features.
All switch ports are active and ready to use without need for activation licenses.
- Interfaces/Ports
- Total Number of Network Ports
- 48
- Uplink Port
- No
- Modular
- Yes
- Stack Port
- Yes
- Port/Expansion Slot Details
- 48 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet Network
- 6 x 100 Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Slot
- Media & Performance
- Media Type Supported
- Optical Fiber
- Twisted Pair
- Ethernet Technology
- 10 Gigabit Ethernet
- 100 Gigabit Ethernet
- Network Technology
- 10GBase-T
- 100GBase-X
- I/O Expansions
- Total Number of Expansion Slots
- 6.0
- Expansion Slot Type
- QSFP
- Shared SFP Slot
- No
- Network & Communication
- Layer Supported
- 3
- Management & Protocols
- Manageable
- Yes
- Power Description
- Power Source
- Power Supply
- Redundant Power Supply Supported
- Yes
- Physical Characteristics
- Form Factor
- Rack-mountable
- Height
- 43.7 mm
- Width
- 439.9 mm
- Depth
- 659.9 mm
- Weight (Approximate)
- 13 kg
- Miscellaneous
- Environmentally Friendly
- Yes
