HPE FlexNetwork 5140 EI Switch Series delivers scalability, high availability, and low TCO at the access layer of medium and large enterprise campus networks. The series offers enterprise-class quality of service (QoS) and security, HPE IRF stacking, static Layer 3 routing and RIP, convenient fixed 10GbE uplink ports, PoE+, ACLs, and IPv6 and delivers energy savings with Energy Efficient Ethernet.
The HPE FlexNetwork 5140 EI Switch Series also includes SmartMC, an embedded network management tool that can be leveraged at no additional cost by small and medium networks for centralized management and operations. The series can also be managed with HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) for a single view of your entire network.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS | Scalability and high availability
- The HPE FlexNetwork 5140 EI Switch Series delivers scalability and enhances reliability of the network with HPE IRF technology. IRF stacking enables virtual resilient switching fabrics, where two to nine switches can perform as a single L2 switch and L3 router.
- IRF stacking with stacking bandwidth of up to 80 GB/s enhances performance and reliability with uninterrupted L2 switching and L3 forwarding. By reducing the need for complex protocols, it delivers simpler, flatter, and more agile networks.
- Four fixed 1/10GbE uplinks deliver performance for bandwidth-intensive applications.
- Link redundancy with support for protocols such as Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP), and Smart Link provides high availability.
Comprehensive security control
- The HPE FlexNetwork 5140 EI Switch Series supports flexible authentication methods including 802.1X and MAC Authentication for greater security and policy-driven application authentication. Per-user access control lists (ACLs) provide identity-driven security and access control.
- ACLs provide IP Layer 2 to Layer 4 traffic filtering while supporting global ACL, VLAN ACL, port ACL, and IPv6 ACL. Supports hardware-based wire speed ACLs that provide high levels of security without impacting network performance.
- Dynamic ARP protection with functions such as ARP detection and ARP packet validation that block broadcasts from unauthorized hosts, preventing eavesdropping or theft of network data.
- Centralized security policy management and network protection with HPE IMC End User Admission Domination (EAD), which integrates security policies, network access control, and access right control policies to form a cooperative security system.
- Enhance security with encryption of access methods (CLI, GUI, or MIB) through SSHv2, SSL, and/or SNMP v3, and other features including Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) protection, IP source guard, and RADIUS/TACACS.
