HPE Aruba Networking

HPE Aruba Networking

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HPE FlexNetwork 5520 HI Switch Series

The HPE FlexNetwork 5520 HI Switch series delivers superior performance, high availability, and simplified manageability by leveraging advanced features at the access and aggregation layer of medium and large enterprise networks.  

These switches deliver faster performance and advanced L3 features with support for larger ARP/MAC tables and Longest Prefix Match (LPM). VXLAN and EVPN enable multitenant isolation and greater scalability; high availability and resiliency provided by Distributed Resilient Network Interconnect (DRNI), Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF), Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) and Bi-directional Forwarding Detection (BFD). Real-time network health, network and switch performance and visibility provided with Intelligent Management Center (IMC) and Intelligent Network Quality Analyzer (iNQA). Support for IPv4/IPv6, OpenFlow, and MPLS/VPLS features provides investment protection and eases transition from IPv4 to IPv6 networks.

Advanced features such as larger MAC tables, Longest Prefix Match (LPM) and increased processing enable faster switching.
DRNI combines multiple physical switches into one virtual distributed-relay (DR) system for doubling aggregate bandwidth, faster forwarding, resiliency, and high availability.
Intelligent Network Quality Analyzer (iNQA) measures network packet loss performance and provides visibility into real-time application performance and health.
Advanced L3 features such as Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) and Ethernet VPN (EVPN) allow greater flexibility to integrate into existing networks, better scalability without redesigning the underlay network, enhanced security to restrict attacks, and improved performance specially in spine-leaf architectures.
Scalable with 10 Gigabit uplinks and 9-chassis IRF with up to 160 GB/s stacking bandwidth
4 convenient built-in SFP+ 10GbE uplinks provide performance for bandwidth hungry applications
PoE+ for up to 30 Watts of PoE power per port on all ports simultaneously
MACsec support