Hewlett-Packard Enterprise FlexFabric 5980 48SFP+ 6QSFP28 Switch, 48 fixed 1000/10000 SFP+ and 6 QSFP28 100GbE ports

The HPE FlexFabric 5980 Switch Series is a high-performance and low-latency 10 GbE top-of-rack, data center switch designed to meet the increasing requirements for higher-performance server connectivity, convergence of Ethernet and storage traffic, the capability to handle virtual environments, and low latency. The switch includes 100Gbps uplink technology and is ideally suited for deployment at the aggregation or server access layer of large enterprise data centers or at the core layer of medium-sized enterprises.

High-Density, Advanced, Data Center Switches
The top-of-rack data center HPE FlexFabric 5980 Switch Series offers high performance and scalability of the server-edge 10/100GbE deployments with high-density 48 fixed x 10GbE SFP+ ports with 6 ports of 100GbE delivered in a 1 RU design.

Lossless Architecture with deep packet buffers ensures network continuity.

High-Performance Low-Latency Data Center Switching
The HPE FlexFabric 5980 Switch Series is constructed in a cut-through and non-blocking architecture to deliver low 10 Gbps latency of 10 µs for very demanding enterprise applications.

Each switch delivers a high-performance switching capacity up 720 Mpps.

It supports up to 800 Gbps throughput for data-intensive environments.

Business Agility and Resilience
The HPE FlexFabric 5980 Switch Series delivers IRF technology which enables deployment of a resilient, scalable, and secure data center.

Redundant fans and power supplies ensure continuity for critical data center deployments.

Each switch supports up 250K/128K routing table entries (IPv4/IPv6).

Simplicity and Lower TCO
HPE FlexFabric 5980 Switch Series switch management is simplified with the use of HPE IMC with central configuration, updating, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

No hidden costs as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Comware 7 includes all software features.