- Scalable layer 2 fabrics: builds flexible, resilient, and scalable layer 2 fabrics with TRILL and HPE IRF
- Data Center Bridging (DCB) protocols: supports IEEE 802.1Qaz DataCenter Bridging Exchange (DCBX), Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS), and IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority Flow Control (PFC) for converged fabrics
- Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) capabilities: delivers support for FCoE, including expansion, fabric, trunk VF and N ports, and aggregation of E-portand N-port virtualization
- Edge Virtual Bridging (EVB) with Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator (VEPA) support: provides connectivity into the virtualization-ready data center environment
- Front-to-back airflow design: accommodates deployment in data centers utilizing hot-cold aisles
- High-performance fully distributed architecture: delivers up to 7.7 Tbps switching capacity and 5.76 Bpps throughput with nonblocking wire-speed performance and latency as low as 3 microseconds
- High-density 1GbE/10GbE and 40GbE interface connectivity: offers up to eight interface module slots to scale up to 384 1GbE/10GbE and 64 40GbE ports
- Scalable system design: provides investment protection to support future technologies and higher-speed connectivity as the switch is designed for increased backplane bandwidth
- Distributed architecture with separation of data and control planes: delivers enhanced fault tolerance and facilitates continuous operation and zero service disruption during planned or unplanned control-plane events
- Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF): creates virtual resilient switching fabrics, where two or more switches perform as a single L2 switch and L3 router
- Redundant/load-sharing fabrics, management, fan assemblies, and power supplies: increase total performance and power availability while providing hitless, stateful failover
- Hot-swappable modules: allows replacement of modules without any impact on other modules
- Graceful restart: allows routers to indicate to others their capability to maintain a routing table during a temporary shutdown, which significantly reduces convergence times upon recovery
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP): allows groups of two routers to dynamically back each other up to create highly available routed environments
The HPE FlexFabric 11900 Switch Series is a high-performance modular core switch designed for medium to enterprise data centers and as a medium core switch for larger enterprises. The FlexFabric 11900 sets a benchmark for performance, reliability, and scalability with CLOS architecture and 3-microsecond latency, delivering high throughput with 1/10/40 and 100 GbE ports. With Hewlett Packard Enterprise IRF technology, the HPE FlexFabric 11900 Switch Series can be virtualized across four chassis with a single management interface-enabling flatter, more agile networks.