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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Networking Switch Portfolio
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Docid: 00018435
Publication Date: 1912
Report Type: PRODUCT
Preview
Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s network switch family includes two main
categories: fixed port switches and modular switches. This includes
modular and stackable switch technology acquired from the company’s
purchase of 3Com. When HP bought 3Com in 2010, it combined 3Com’s assets
with those of its ProCurve Networking unit to establish the current
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Networking.
Report Content:
- Description
- Related Faulkner Reports
- Vendor
- Applications
- Environment
- Support
- Pricing
- Competitors
- Web Links
Description
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) network switch family includes fixed
port switches and modular switches.
Related Faulkner Reports |
HP Inc. Company Profile |
HPE focuses on the Enterprise Business segment. This division was
previously known as HP ProCurve. In April 2010, HP combined ProCurve with
the newly-acquired 3Com to establish HP Networking.
Vendor |
Hewlett-Packard 3000 Hanover St Palo Alto CA 94304-1185 Phone: (650) 857-1501 Fax: (650) 857-5518 Web: HP: http://www.hp.com/ HP Networking: http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/index.aspx/ Type of Vendor: Hardware, software, professional services firm Founded: 1939 Service Areas: Global Stock Symbol: HPQ (NYSE) |
Because of its close ties to 3Com, several of HPE’s Networking switches
are based on that technology. They were created to accommodate business
backbone traffic and are compatible with switching fabrics across many
different network topologies. The company offers a vast array of network
switches in the Altoline, FlexFabric, Aruba, FlexNetwork, and
OfficeConnect families.
Figure 1 shows the Aruba CX 6400 Switch Series
Figure 1. Aruba CX 6400 Switch Series
Source: HP
Table 1 looks at select products in the the HPE Switch portfolio in
greater detail.
Switch | Description | Switching Capacity | Models |
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12500 Series | Routing switches with capacity for the network core or the data center. |
24.3TB |
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FlexFabric 12900 Series | Modular data center core switch designed to support virtualized data centers in private and public clouds deployments. |
30.7B |
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FlexFabric 11900 Series | Data center aggregation switch that provides high density 10 GbE and 40 GbE for end of row (EoR) and small core deployments. |
7.7TB |
|
FlexFabric 7900 Series | Compact modular data center core switch for virtualized data centers for cloud deployments. |
9.6TB |
|
FlexFabric 5930 Switch Series | high-density, ultra-low latency, spine and top-of-rack switches for large enterprises. |
40 Gb spine/ToR connectivity |
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5900 Switch Series | 1/10GbE and 40GbE switches to encourage the adoption of 10GbE in enterprise data centers. |
1GbE and 10GbE deployments |
|
5830 Switch Series | Data center top of rack switch, delivering combination of high density GbE and 10 GbE Ethernet ports, and full Layer 2 and Layer 3 dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 capabilities. |
GbE and 10 GbE Ethernet ports, and full Layer 2 and Layer 3 dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6 capabilities |
|
10500 Series | Enterprise network core switches. | 11TB |
|
8200 zl Series | Highly available modular switch. | 1.12TB |
|
7500 Series | Modular Multilayer Chassis Switches. | 1152GB |
|
3500 and 3500 yl Switch Series |
Intelligent-edge switches. | 153.6GB |
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5400 zl Switch Series | Layer 2/3/4 switches. | Contact HP |
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5400R z12 Series | Layer 2/3/4 switches which support integrated advanced capabilities in chassis (6-slot and 12-slot) form factor. |
785.7 million pps |
|
2500 Series | Managed Layer 2 switches. | Contact HP |
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3100 SI | FE switch line. | Contact HP |
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3100 El Series | Layer 2 Ethernet Switches. | Contact HP |
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3600 EI Series | Layer 3 Fast Ethernet and PoE/PoE+ switches. |
Contact HP |
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5120 SI Series | Managed Layer 3 switches. | Contact HP |
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5120 EI | GbE switches. | Contact HP |
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5500 SI Series | Gigabit Ethernet switches deliver wire-speed 10/100/1000 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching, IPv6/IPv4 dual stack. |
Contact HP |
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5500 SI Series | GbE switches. | Contact HP |
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1810 Series | Web-managed, basic Layer 2 GB switches. | Contact HP |
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1810 Series | Managed Gigabit Layer 2 switches. | Contact HP |
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1620 Series | Smart-managed switch for small businesses. |
Contact HP |
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1920 Series | Part of the HP OfficeConnect portfolio. | Contact HP |
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1405 Series | Plug-and-play unmanaged desktop switches. |
Contact HP |
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FlexFabric 12900 Series | Modular Ethernet | GbE, 10GbE, 40GbE and 100GbE connectivity. |
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5820 Series | Fixed Port L3 Managed Ethernet | 1/10GbE |
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HPE 2210 HI Series | Fixed=port L3 Managed Ethernet | Up to 336 Gbps of wire-speed switching |
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HPE 5130 HI Switch Series | Fixed Port L3 Managed Ethernet | Fixed and modular 10GbE uplinks |
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Aruba 3810 Series | Layer 3 Switches | Supports multi-gigabit Ethernet speeds (1, 2.5, 5, and 10 gigabit Ethernet) |
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Altoline 6712 Series | Fixed Port L3 Managed Ethernet | High 40GbE port density |
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1410 Series | Unmanaged GB and Fast Ethernet switches. |
Contact HP |
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Aruba CX 6400 | Modular switches |
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Applications
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The HPE Networking Switch portfolio was developed for enterprises and
organizations of varying size, including industries such as healthcare,
education, and the retail sector, to extend performance and GB
connectivity around the network. Table 2 looks at potential uses for
select switches.
Switch | Applications |
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Aruba CX 6400 | Enterprises |
1410 Series (Small Business – Unmanaged) |
Small businesses |
1810 (Small Business – Smart Web Managed) |
Small businesses |
1905 Series (Small Business – Smart Web Managed) |
Small businesses |
1910 Series (Small Business – Smart Web Managed) |
Small businesses |
2500 Series (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
SMBs requiring voice, video, and wireless via PoE |
2520 (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
Small and medium businesses |
2530 (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
Small and medium businesses |
2615 (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
Enterprise edge and remote branch offices |
2620 (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
Enterprise edge networks |
2915 (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
Enterprise Edge, remote branch offices, and converged networks |
2920 (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
Converged enterprise edge networks |
3600 EI Series (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
The enterprise network edge |
3800 Series (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
GbE environments |
5120 EI (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
Network edge or data center server clusters |
5500 EI Series (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
Edge of aggregation layer or large enterprise and campus networks, or in the core layer of SMB networks |
5500 HI Series (Campus/Branch LAN Access) |
Edge of aggregation layer or large enterprise and campus networks, or in the core layer of SMB networks |
5800 Series (Data Center) | The network core of buildings or departments, or high-performance switches in the convergence layer or network edge of enterprise campus networks |
5820 Series (Data Center) |
High-density building or department cores, data center top-of-rack servers, and high-performance campus and data center networks |
5830 Series (Data Center) |
Data centers and campus environments |
5900 Series (Data Center) |
Data center core layers of medium-sized enterprises |
5920 Series (Data Center) | Deployments at the server access layer of large enterprise data centers |
6120 Series (Data Center) | Remote office applications, clustering, and virtual machine applications |
8200 zl Series (Campus LAN Core/Distribution) |
Unified wired and wireless network infrastructure |
FlexFabric 11900 Series (Data Center) |
Enterprise deployments |
FlexFabric 12900 Series (Data Center) |
Public and private cloud deployments |
12500 Series (Data Center) | Large-scale data center consolidations, business continuity and disaster recovery sites, and metropolitan area network deployments |
Altoline 6941 | For web-scale environments as 10GbE server access switches or as 40Gbe spine switches. Optimized for data center hot/cold aisle deployments with reversible airflow. |
Altoline 6921 | For deployment in web-scale environments as a 10GbE server access switch. Optimized for data center hot-cold aisle deployments with reversible airflow. |
Environment
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HP Networking switches employ the Intelligent Management Center,
command-line interface, out of band management, SNMP Manager, Telnet,
RMON1, FTP, in-line and out-of-band, terminal interface and modem
interface support.
Support
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HPE offers customers off-site and on-site support for its HP Networking
customers. Users can choose phone support, as well as next-day and
four-hour on-site support options. HP also can install a customer’s
hardware for an additional fee, and provides additional help-desk, backup,
and recovery options. Finally, the company offers a 1-3 year warranty.
Pricing
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The cost for HPE switches are configuration-dependent.
Major Competitors
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HPE’s switch competitors include Cisco Catalyst; assorted Alcatel-Lucent
switches; Extreme Networks’ Summit, BlackDiamond, and Altitude switches;
Avaya’s Ethernet Routing switches; Ciena’s Packet-Optical switching;
Dell’s PowerConnect and Force10 switches; Juniper’s EX and QFabric
switches; Brocade’s Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and Converged switches; and
Arista’s switch lineup.
Web Links
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- Alcatel-Lucent: http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/
- Arista Networks: http://www.aristanetworks.com/
- Avaya: http://www.avaya.com/
- Brocade: http://www.brocade.com/
- Ciena: http://www.ciena.com/
- Cisco Systems: http://www.cisco.com/
- Dell: http://www.dell.com/
- Extreme Networks: http://www.extremenetworks.com/
- Juniper Networks: http://www.juniper.net/
About the Author
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Sherry Kercher is an editor for Faulkner Information
Services. She holds a master’s degree in library and information science,
and tracks and writes about storage, communication networks and equipment,
and Internet technologies.
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