The HPE Networking Comware Switch Series 5900 are high-density, low-latency top-of-rack (ToR) switches suited for deployment at the access layer and management network of medium-sized and large enterprise data centers. To meet the increased demand for virtualization, scalability, and programmability, these switches provide high-performance switching with low latency and a user-friendly operating system (OS) Comware v7. HPE Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) helps create simpler, flatter, and more agile networks by combining multiple physical switches into a logical device. Network and security features, coupled with dual, redundant hot-swappable power supplies, provide investment protection, reliability, and availability, and allow advanced chassis power management. These switches also provide network visibility through multi-vendor network management with HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC).

What is new supporting point:
OpenFlow™ and NETCONF™ for automating manual tasks and improving service delivery
Dual, redundant hot-pluggable power supplies with reversible airflow help reduce power consumption
Cut-through with low-latency and varying wire speed performance
HPE Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) technology provides greater resilience and scalability
Introducing a new TAA-compliant top-of-rack switch with 48 × 1G Base-T, 4 × 10G SFP+, and 2 × 40G QSFP+ ports for secure and compliant deployments
Rich feature sets with IPv4 and IPv6 support Layer 2, Layer 3, and quality of service (QoS) / access control list (ACL) features.