The HP 5400 zl Switch Series is a HP Networking ASIC based modular switch designed for enterprise-edge, SMB, and branch office core deployments. This Layer 3 switch has 760 Gbps backplane and license free software with an advanced Layer 2 and 3 feature set including IPv6, IPv4 BGP, policy based routing, OSPF and robust QoS.

Virtualization with HP AllianceOne solutions and flexible connectivity including 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet and PoE+, the 5400 zl Switch Series is Software-defined Network (SDN) ready with support for OpenFlow.