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HPE FLEXFABRIC 5900 SWITCH SERIES
KEY FEATURES
• New SKU JL864A with high performance, improved energy efficiency of 39–45%
(Max./Idle 96W/70W in 5901AF vs. 175W/115W in 5900AF), and reduced heat dissipation
of 83% (327 BTU/hr in 5901AF vs. 597 BTU/hr in 5900AF)
• High-density, high-performance Top-of-Rack (ToR) switch with 48 x 10/100/1000 Mbps
FIGURE 1. HPE FlexFabric 5901AF 48G RJ-45 ports, 4 x 1/10 SFP+ ports, and 2 x 40 QSFP ports that bridge the gap between
4XG 2QSFP+ Switch legacy and modern networks
• HPE Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) technology and software hot patch for greater
resiliency and scalability
• Cut-through with low-latency and varying wirespeed performance
• Rich feature sets with IPv4 and IPv6 support with Layer 2, Layer 3, and QoS/ACL features
• OpenFlow and NETCONF for automating manual tasks and improving service delivery
• Dual, redundant hot-pluggable power supplies help in reduced power consumption
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The HPE FlexFabric 5900 Switch Series are high-density, low-latency Top-of-Rack (ToR)
networking 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 user-friendly OS
(Comware v7). HPE Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) helps in simpler, flatter, and agile
networks by combining multiple physical switches into a logical device. Network and security
features coupled with dual, redundant, hot-swappable power supplies ensure investment
protection, reliability, and availability and allow advanced chassis power management.
These switches also provide multi-vendor network management with HPE Intelligent
Management Center (IMC) for complete network visibility.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Low-latency and multiple wirespeed for demanding applications in data center
environment
• The HPE FlexFabric 5900 Switch Series provide multiple wirespeed of
10/100/1000BASE-T and 1/10/40G fiber ports for high-performance and flexible
deployments.
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• All ports support full L2/L3 features, IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, OpenFlow, and NETCONF for
high scalability and software-defined network (SDN) support.
• HPE Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) stacking enables uninterrupted L2 switching and L3
forwarding to eliminate operational complexity.
High-performance data center switching
• The HPE FlexFabric 5900 Switch Series delivers 336 Gbps switching capacity for the most
demanding applications.
• It supports up to 250 Mpps throughput for data-intensive environments.
• With low latency (under a 1.5 µs for 10GbE), this switch series delivers increased network
throughput. It also includes two 40GbE QSFP+ ports for blazing fast uplinks.
• It supports Zero Touch Provisioning by eliminating human errors and automatically setting
up network devices leading to accelerated ROI.
Simplicity and lower TCO
• The HPE FlexFabric 5900 Switch Series simplifies switch management by up to 88% (due
to IRF stacking capability of nine switches resulting in 1/9th of overhead reduction)1 with
multiunit HPE Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF).
• Dual, redundant hot-swappable power supplies with reversible airflow (front to back/back
to front) reduce power consumption.
• It supports centralized configuration, compliance and policy management, monitoring, and
troubleshooting with HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) to provide a consistent
network manageability experience.
• There are no extra hidden costs with a simple one license per switch for all OS features.
• All switch ports are active and ready to use without the need for activation licenses.
Business agility and resilience
• The HPE FlexFabric 5900 Switch Series delivers IRF < 50 ms convergence time allowing
faster application response times.
• It provides In-Service Software Update (ISSU) enabling high availability with modular
updates accomplished without any downtime.
Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing
• Supports a large number of Layer 2 devices with 32K MAC address table. Supports IEEE
802.1ad QinQ and selective QinQ that increase scalability by providing a hierarchical
structure
• Supports jumbo frames with a frame size of up to 9216-byte, improving the performance
of large data transfers
• Supports Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP) that monitors link connectivity and shuts
down ports at both ends if unidirectional traffic is detected, preventing loops in STP-based
networks
Warranty and support
• Limited lifetime warranty
See hpe.com/networking/warrantysummary for warranty and support information included
with your product purchase.
• Software releases
1
ecause of stacking capability of
B
nine switches, there is a management To find software for your product, see hpe.com/networking/support; for details on
overhead reduction of 1/9th (11%). the software releases available with your product purchase, see hpe.com/networking/
warrantysummary.
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HPE FLEXFABRIC 5900 SWITCH SERIES
Specifications HPE FlexFabric 5901AF 48G 4XG 2QSFP+ HPE FlexFabric 5900AF 48G 4XG 2QSFP+
Switch (JL864A) Switch (JG510A)
I/O ports and slots 48 x 10/100/1000 BASE-T ports support; 48 x 10/100/1000 BASE-T ports support;
Duplex: 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX: half or full; Duplex: 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX: half or full;
1000BASE-T: full only 1000BASE-T: full only
4 SFP+ 1000/10000, 4 SFP+ 1000/10000,
2 QSFP+ 40GbE ports 2 QSFP+ 40GbE ports
Additional ports and slots 1 x RJ-45 console port 1 x RJ-45 console port
1 x mini-USB port 1 x mini-USB port
1 x USB port 1 x USB port
2 x out-of-band management ports 2 x out-of-band management ports
(1 x SFP GbE port and one copper port) (1 x SFP GbE port and one copper port)
Power supplies 2 power supply slots (AC/DC) 2 power supply slots (AC/DC)
1 minimum power supply required (ordered separately) 1 minimum power supply required (ordered separately)
Fan tray 2 fan tray slots 2 fan tray slots
Note: The customer must order fan trays, as they are Note: The customer must order fan trays, as fan trays are
not included with the switch. The system should not be not included with the switch. This system requires two
operated without a fan tray for more than two minutes. The same‑direction airflow fan trays to function properly. The
system should not be operated outside of the temperature system should not be operated with only one fan tray for
range of 23°F (–5°C) to 113°F (45°C). Failure to comply more than 24 hours. The system should not be operated
with these operating requirements may void the product without a fan tray for more than two minutes. The system
warranty. should not be operated outside of the temperature range
of 32°F (0°C) to 113°F (45°C). Failure to comply with these
operating requirements may void the product warranty.
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 17.32 in. (w) x 14.17 in. (d) x 1.73 in. (h) 17.32 in. (w) x 18.11 in. (d) x 1.72 in. (h)
44 cm x 36 cm x 4.4 cm (1U height) 43.99 cm x 46.0 cm x 4.37 cm (1U height)
Weight 16.535 lb (< 7.5 kg) < 10 kg
Memory and processor 1 GB flash; packet buffer size: 8 MB, 2 GB SDRAM 512 MB flash; packet buffer size: 9 MB, 2 GB SDRAM
Performance
Latency 1GbE < 5 µs and 40GbE < 1.2 µs (64-byte packets) 10GbE: < 1.51 µs
Throughput Up to 250 Mpps (64-byte packets) Up to 250 Mpps (64-byte packets)
Routing/Switching capacity 336 Gbps 336 Gbps
Routing table size 16,000 entries (IPv4), 8,000 entries (IPv6) 16,000 entries (IPv4), 8,000 entries (IPv6)
MAC address table size 110,000 entries 128,000 entries
Environment
Operating temperature 23°F to 113°F (–5°C to 45°C) 32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C)
Operating relative humidity 10% to 95%, noncondensing 10% to 90%, noncondensing
Acoustic 43.6/56.9 dB Low-speed fan: 65.7 dB, high-speed fan: 70.6 dB
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HPE FLEXFABRIC 5900 SWITCH SERIES (CONTINUED)
HPE FlexFabric 5901AF 48G 4XG 2QSFP+ Switch (JL864A)
Electrical characteristics
Frequency 50/60 Hz 50/60 Hz
Maximum heat dissipation 327.6 BTU/hr (345.63 kJ/hr) 597 BTU/hr (629.86 kJ/hr)
AC voltage 100 to 240 VAC V rated 100 to 240 VAC V rated
DC voltage –48 VDC to –60 VDC V rated –48 VDC to –60 VDC V rated
(depending on power supply chosen) (depending on power supply chosen)
Maximum power rating 96W (dual AC) 175W (dual AC)
Idle power 70W (dual AC) 115W (dual AC)
Notes Idle power is the actual power consumption of the device Idle power is the actual power consumption of the device with
with no ports connected. no ports connected.
Maximum power rating and maximum heat dissipation are Maximum power rating and maximum heat dissipation are
the worst-case theoretical maximum numbers provided for the worst-case theoretical maximum numbers provided
planning the infrastructure with a fully loaded PoE for planning the infrastructure with a fully loaded PoE (if
(if equipped), 100% traffic, all ports plugged in, and all equipped), 100% traffic, all ports plugged in, and all modules
modules populated. populated.
Safety UL 60950-1; EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products-Part 1; UL 60950-1; EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products-Part 1;
EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products-Part 2; IEC 60950-1; EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products-Part 2; IEC 60950-1;
CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1; Anatel; ULAR; GOST; CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1; Anatel; ULAR; GOST;
EN 60950-1/A11; FDA 21 CFR Subchapter J; NOM; EN 60950-1/A11; FDA 21 CFR Subchapter J; NOM;
RoHS Compliance RoHS Compliance
Emissions CISPR 32:2015 Class A; VCCI Class A; EN 55032 VCCI Class A; EN 55022 Class A; ICES-003 Class A; ANSI
Class A; ICES-003 Class A; AS/NZS CISPR 32 Class A; C63.4 2003; AS/NZS CISPR 22 Class A; EN 61000-3-2:2006;
EN 61000‑3‑2:2014; EN 61000-3-3:2013; EN 61000-3-3:1995+A1:2001+A2:2005; EMC Directive
FCC (CFR 47, Part 15 B) Class A 2004/108/EC; FCC (CFR 47, Part 15) Class A
Immunity
Generic ETSI EN 300 386 v1.6.1; ETSI EN Generic ETSI EN 300 386 v1.3.3
300 386 v2.1.1 EN EN 55024:1998+ A1:2001 +
EN EN 55024:2010; A2:2003
EN55024:2010+A1:2015; CISPR ESD EN 61000-4-2; IEC 61000-4-2
35:2016; EN55035:2017
Radiated EN 61000-4-3; IEC 61000-4-3
ESD EN 61000-4-2; IEC 61000-4-2
EFT/Burst EN 61000-4-4; IEC 61000-4-4
Radiated EN 61000-4-3; IEC 61000-4-3
Surge EN 61000-4-5; IEC 61000-4-5
EFT/Burst EN 61000-4-4; IEC 61000-4-4
Conducted EN 61000-4-6; IEC 61000-4-6
Surge EN 61000-4-5; IEC 61000-4-5
Power frequency IEC 61000-4-8; EN 61000-4-8
Conducted EN 61000-4-6; IEC 61000-4-6 magnetic field
Power frequency IEC 61000-4-8; EN 61000-4-8 Voltage dips and EN 61000-4-11; IEC 61000-4-11
magnetic field interruptions
Voltage dips and EN 61000-4-11; IEC 61000-4-11 Harmonics EN 61000-3-2; IEC 61000-3-2
interruptions
Flicker EN 61000-3-3; IEC 61000-3-3
Harmonics EN 61000-3-2; IEC 61000-3-2
Flicker EN 61000-3-3; IEC 61000-3-3
Management HPE IMC; command-line interface; out-of-band HPE IMC; command-line interface; out-of-band management;
management; SNMP manager; Telnet; FTP SNMP manager; Telnet; FTP
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STANDARDS AND PROTOCOLS APPLIES
TO ALL PRODUCTS IN SERIES
BGP
• RFC 1163 Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• RFC 1771 BGPv4
• RFC 1997 BGP Communities Attribute
• RFC 2918 Route Refresh Capability
• RFC 3392 Capabilities Advertisement with BGP-4
• RFC 4271 A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
• RFC 4360 BGP Extended Communities Attribute
• RFC 4456 BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)
• RFC 4760 Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
Device management
• RFC 1157 SNMP v1/v2c
• RFC 1305 NTPv3
• RFC 1591 DNS (client)
• RFC 1902 (SNMP v2)
• RFC 1908 (SNMP v1/2 coexistence)
• RFC 2573 (SNMP v3 applications)
• RFC 2576 (coexistence between SNMP v1, v2, v3)
• Multiple configuration files
• Multiple software images
• SSHv1/SSHv2
• TACACS/TACACS+
General protocols
• IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridges
• IEEE 802.1p Priority
• IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
• IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Trees
• IEEE 802.1w Rapid Reconfiguration of Spanning Tree
• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
• IEEE 802.3ae 10-Gigabit Ethernet
• IEEE 802.3ag Ethernet OAM
• IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in First Mile over Point-to-Point Fiber—EFMF
• IEEE 802.3x Flow Control
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• RFC 768 UDP
• RFC 783 TFTP Protocol (revision 2)
• RFC 791 IP
• RFC 792 ICMP
• RFC 793 TCP
• RFC 826 ARP
• RFC 854 Telnet
• RFC 856 Telnet
• RFC 868 Time Protocol
• RFC 896 Congestion Control in IP/TCP Internetworks
• RFC 950 Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure
• RFC 1027 Proxy ARP
• RFC 1058 RIPv1
• RFC 1091 Telnet Terminal-Type Option
• RFC 1141 Incremental updating of the Internet checksum
• RFC 1142 OSI IS-IS Intra-domain Routing Protocol
• RFC 1191 Path MTU discovery
• RFC 1213 Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based Internet
• RFC 1253 (OSPFv2)
• RFC 1531 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
• RFC 1533 DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions
• RFC 1534 DHCP/BOOTP Interoperation
• RFC 1541 DHCP
• RFC 1591 DNS (client only)
• RFC 1624 Incremental Internet Checksum
• RFC 1723 RIPv2
• RFC 1812 IPv4 Routing
• RFC 2030 Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) v4
• RFC 2131 DHCP
• RFC 2236 IGMP Snooping
• RFC 2338 VRRP
• RFC 2453 RIPv2
• RFC 2581 TCP Congestion Control
• RFC 2644 Directed Broadcast Control
• RFC 2767 Dual Stacks IPv4 and IPv6
• RFC 3046 DHCP Relay Agent Information Option
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• RFC 3768 Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• RFC 4250 The SSH Protocol Assigned Numbers
• RFC 4251 SSH Protocol Architecture
• RFC 4252 SSH Authentication Protocol
• RFC 4253 SSH Transport Layer Protocol
• RFC 4254 SSH Connection Protocol
• RFC 4419 Diffie-Hellman Group Exchange for the SSH Transport Layer Protocol
• RFC 4594 Configuration Guidelines for DiffServ Service Classes
• RFC 4941 Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Auto-configuration in IPv6
IPv6
• RFC 2080 RIPng for IPv6
• RFC 2460 IPv6 Specification
• RFC 2461 IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
• RFC 2462 IPv6 Stateless Address Auto-configuration
• RFC 2463 ICMPv6
• RFC 2464 Transmission of IPv6 over Ethernet Networks
• RFC 2473 Generic Packet Tunneling in IPv6
• RFC 2545 Use of MP-BGP-4 for IPv6
• RFC 2563 ICMPv6
• RFC 2711 IPv6 Router Alert Option
• RFC 2740 OSPFv3 for IPv6
• RFC 2767 Dual stacks IPv4 and IPv6
• RFC 3315 DHCPv6 (client and relay)
• RFC 4291 IPv6 Addressing Architecture
• RFC 4862 IPv6 Stateless Address Auto-configuration
• RFC 5095 Deprecation of Type 0 Routing Headers in IPv6
MIBs
• RFC 1213 MIB II
• RFC 1907 SNMP v2 MIB
• RFC 2571 SNMP Framework MIB
• RFC 2572 SNMP-MPD MIB
• RFC 2573 SNMP-Notification MIB
• RFC 2573 SNMP-Target MIB
• RFC 2574 SNMP USM MIB
• RFC 2737 Entity MIB (version 2)
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• RFC 3414 SNMP-User based-SM MIB
• RFC 3415 SNMP-View based-ACM MIB
• LLDP-EXT-DOT1-MIB
• LLDP-EXT-DOT3-MIB
• LLDP-MIB
Network management
• RFC 3164 BSD Syslog Protocol
OSPF
• RFC 1587 OSPF NSSA
• RFC 2328 OSPFv2
• RFC 3101 OSPF NSSA
• RFC 3137 OSPF Stub Router Advertisement
• RFC 3623 Graceful OSPF Restart
• RFC 4577 OSPF as the Provider/Customer Edge
• RFC 4811 OSPF Out-of-Band LSDB
• Resynchronization
• RFC 4812 OSPF Restart Signaling
• RFC 4813 OSPF Link-Local Signaling
QoS/CoS
• IEEE 802.1p (CoS)
• RFC 2475 DiffServ Architecture
• RFC 2597 DiffServ Assured Forwarding (AF)
• RFC 3247 Supplemental Information for the New Definition of the EF PHB (expedited
forwarding per-hop behavior)
• RFC 3260 New Terminology and Clarifications for DiffServ
Security
• Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• SSHv2
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HPE FLEXFABRIC 5900 SWITCH SERIES ACCESSORIES
Transceivers HPE X120 1G SFP LC LX Transceiver JD119B
HPE X120 1G SFP RJ45 T Transceiver JD089B
HPE X120 1G SFP LC SX Transceiver JD118B
HPE X120 1G SFP LC BX 10-U Transceiver JD098B
HPE X120 1G SFP LC BX 10-D Transceiver JD099B
HPE X120 1G SFP LC LH100 Transceiver JD103A
HPE X130 10G SFP+ LC SR Transceiver JD092B
HPE X130 10G SFP+ LC LR Transceiver JD094B
HPE X130 10G SFP+ LC BiDi 40km-Downlink Transceiver JL740A
HPE X130 10G SFP+ LC ER 40km Transceiver JG234A
HPE X130 10G SFP+ LC BiDi 40km-Uplink Transceiver JL739A
HPE X130 10G SFP+ LC LH 80km XCVR JG915A
HPE X130 10G SFP+ LC BiDi 10km-Uplink Transceiver JL737A
HPE X130 10G SFP+ LC BiDi 10km-Downlink Transceiver JL738A
HPE X140 40G QSFP+ LC BiDi 100m MM XCVR JL251A
HPE X140 40G QSFP+ MPO SR4 XCVR JG325B
HPE X140 40G QSFP+ CSR4 300m XCVR JG709A
HPE X140 40G QSFP+ LC LR4 SM 10km 1310nm Transceiver JG661A
HPE X140 40G QSFP+ MPO MM 850nm CSR4 300m Transceiver JG709A
HPE X140 40G QSFP+ LC LR4L 2km SM Transceiver JL286A
HPE X130 10G SFP+ LC LH80 tunable Transceiver JL250A
Power supply HPE X361 150W 100–240VAC to 12VDC Power Supply JD362B
HPE X361 150W 48–60VDC to 12VDC Power Supply JD366B
HPE A58x0AF Back (Power Side) to Front (Port Side) Airflow 300W AC Power Supply JG900A (for JG510A only)
HPE A58x0AF Back (Power Side) to Front (Port Side) Airflow 300W DC Power Supply JG901A (for JG510A only)
HPE 58x0AF 650W AC Power Supply JC680A (for JG510A only)
Fan HPE FlexFabric 5944 Power to Port Airflow (Back to Front) Fan Module JL838A
HPE FlexFabric 5944 Port to Power Airflow (Front to Back) Fan Module JL837A
HPE 58x0AF Back (Power Side) to Front (Port Side) Airflow Fan Tray JC682A (for JG510A only)
HPE 58x0AF Front (Port Side) to Back (Power Side) Airflow Fan Tray JC683A (for JG510A only)
HPE X711 Front (Port Side) to Back (Power Side) Airflow High Volume Fan Tray JG552A (for JG510A only)
HPE X712 Back (Power Side) to Front (Port Side) Airflow High Volume Fan Tray JG553A (for JG510A only)
Cables HPE X240 10G SFP+ 7m DAC Cable JC784C
HPE FlexNetwork X240 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 0.65m Direct Attach Copper Cable JD095C
HPE FlexNetwork X240 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 1.2m Direct Attach Copper Cable JD096C
HPE FlexNetwork X240 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 3m Direct Attach Copper Cable JD097C
HPE FlexNetwork X240 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 5m Direct Attach Copper Cable JG081C
HPE FlexNetwork X240 40G QSFP+ QSFP+ 1m Direct Attach Copper Cable JG326A
HPE FlexNetwork X240 40G QSFP+ QSFP+ 3m Direct Attach Copper Cable JG327A
HPE FlexNetwork X240 40G QSFP+ QSFP+ 5m Direct Attach Copper Cable JG328A
HPE FlexNetwork X240 40G QSFP+ to 4x10G SFP+ 1m Direct Attach Copper Splitter Cable JG329A
HPE FlexNetwork X240 40G QSFP+ to 4x10G SFP+ 3m Direct Attach Copper Splitter Cable JG330A
HPE FlexNetwork X240 40G QSFP+ to 4x10G SFP+ 5m Direct Attach Copper Splitter Cable JG331A
HPE X2A0 40G QSFP+ 7m AOC Cable JL287A
HPE X2A0 40G QSFP+ 10m AOC Cable JL288A
HPE X2A0 40G QSFP+ 20m AOC Cable JL289A
HPE X2A0 10G SFP+ 7m AOC Cable JL290A
HPE X2A0 10G SFP+ 10m AOC Cable JL291A
HPE X2A0 10G SFP+ 20m AOC Cable JL292A
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