1 HP FlexFabric 5900CP switch overview
The HP FlexFabric 5900CP switch is a ToR (Top of Rack) converged L2/L3 switch with 48 converged
ports and four 40GbE QSFP ports. This switch provides seamless integration of 10GbE networks
into existing server-edge environments, such as FCoE DCB and Fibre Channel. It is a full featured
switch and a software license is not required. When coupled with the HP StoreFabric converged
optical transceiver, it provides wire-once capability for 10GbE/FCoE and 8 Gb or 4 Gb Fibre
Channel.
Figure 1 HP FlexFabric 5900CP front (port) and rear (power) view
The switch is supported as a standard Ethernet switch in HPN Ethernet networks and as a DCB
Ethernet switch for converged environments with Ethernet/FCoE. It provides native Fibre Channel
connectivity and can be used as a gateway to other HP Fibre Channel switch series fabrics using
NPV.
It can be added in an HP 5900 series IRF (Intelligent Resilient Framework) to simplify management
by combining multiple physical switches into one virtual switch. An IRF fabric appears as one node
or virtual switch and is accessible as a single IP address on the network. You can use this IP address
to log in at any member device to manage all the members of the IRF fabric.
Features and benefits
The HP FlexFabric 5900CP switch provides the following features:
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Ethernet/FCoE support on 10GbE converged ports and 40GbE ports
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Fibre Channel 8Gb/4Gb/2Gb support on converged ports
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DCB/FCoE-FCF/NPV/TRILL/IPv6 support (QCN ready)
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Forty-eight converged ports that can use a single transceiver which supports 10GbE/FCoE or
8Gb/4Gb Fibre Channel
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FCoE/FC NPV gateway support
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Dual-hop support with Virtual Connect blade switches and the HP 6125-XLG
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5900 Series IRF support (up to nine switches with Ethernet, two switches with storage)
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iSCSI support
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Front-to-back and back-to-front airflow
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Comware OS version 7.1
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No additional feature licenses. The following four switch modes are available:
Standard
—Configurable DCB switch
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FCF
—FC/FCoE initiator; storage; FlexFabric SAN switch; F, VF, VE, and E port connectivity
(4K zones); FSPF
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HP FlexFabric 5900CP switch overview
