Product Description
- The HPE Altoline 6960 Switch Series is an open-networking, disaggregated family of low latency 100/50/25GbE data center switches in a 1U form factor. Perfect for deployment in data center environments as 25GbE server access, or 100/50GbE spine switches. It is optimized for data center hot/cold aisle deployments with reversible airflow. The hardware support for VXLAN makes the Altoline 6960 ideal for deployment in multi-tenancy and overlay environments. You have the freedom to select the management and orchestration tools that best fit your IT environments and applications.
Features
- Economies of scale that meets the needs of cloud data centers.
- Flexible 25GbE top-of-rack or 100/50GbE spine deployments.
- Streamlined hardware and software options for a better fit to customer needs and choice of software common tools for use in server and networking.
- Includes the Open Network Install Environment (ONIE) loader for easy installation of the network operating system. Choice of network OS, including Cumulus Networks Linux NOS, Pica8 NOS, Big Switch Network Big Monitoring Fabric and Big Switch Network Big Cloud Fabric solution.
- Includes redundant power supplies and fans with hot/cold aisle deployments.
- The HPE Altoline 6960 Switch Series is an open networking disaggregated solution that offers customers a choice of hardware platforms and network operating systems (NOS).
- The HPE Altoline 6960 Switch Series delivers Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching capacity of 3.2 Tbps and up to 2400 mpps throughput for the most demanding applications and data intensive environments.
- Low sub-400ns port-to-port latency for faster response time.
- Intel® Atom™ 2538 CPU for additional processing power.
- The HPE Altoline 6960 Switch Series simplifies switch deployment, management and orchestration with a choice of tools from robust Linux® community and ecosystem.
- Get up to 128 x 25GbE links for server scalability with breakout cables.
- Choice of management and orchestration tools to support you from a growing ecosystem.
- The HPE Altoline 6960 Switch Series provides high density 32 x 100GbE QSFP28 ports for high-performance and flexible deployments.
- Hardware VXLAN VTEP support for multi-tenancy and overlay technologies.
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Specifications
| Spec | Description |
|---|---|
| Product long name specifications | HPE Altoline 6960 32QSFP28 x86 ONIE AC Back-to-Front Switch |
| What's in the box | (1) HPE Altoline 6960 32QSFP28 x86 ONIE AC Back-to-Front Switch, (2) AC power supplies, (5) fan trays (power-to-port) |
| Differentiator | 32 100GbE ports, x86 CPU, dual hot-pluggable AC power supplies and power-to-port fan trays. Ideally suited for deployment at the spine and server access layer in large enterprise data centers. |
| Trademark information | Intel® is a trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Atom™ is a trademark of Intel Corporation, in the U.S. and/or other countries. Linux® is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. |
| Power consumption | 315 W (maximum) |
| Input voltage | 90 - 264 VAC, rated |
| Product dimensions (H x W x D) | 17.26 x 20.28 x 1.73 in |
| Management features | Command-line interface Out-of-band management SNMP manager Telnet FTP |
| Ports | (32) QSFP28 100GbE ports |
| Weight | 18.52 lb; 8.4 kg |
| Minimum dimensions ( H x W x D) | 43.84 x 51.5 x 4.4 cm |
| Power supply name | 2 x PSUs |
| Routing/switching capacity | 3.2 Tbps |
| Operating humidity range | 5 to 95% (noncondensing) |
| Memory and processor | Intel Rangely C2538 4-core @ 2.4 GHz 8 GB DDR3 SDRAM storage: mSATA: 32GB Packet buffer size: 12 MB 8 GB NAND flash |
| Facet Port count (faceturl) | 32-42 |
| Facet Primary port type (faceturl) | 100-gbe |
| Facet Product Line (faceturl) | altoline |
| Facet Routing / Switching (faceturl) | layer-3-advanced |
| Facet Available port speeds (faceturl) | 40-gbe |
| Facet Management (faceturl) | fully-managed |
| Facet Switch type (faceturl) | fixed-port |
| Facet Features (faceturl) | redundant-power; replaceable-fans |
| Facet Primary applications (faceturl) | access; spine |
| Facet Usage (faceturl) | data-center |
| Facet Product line (facet) | Altoline |
| Facet Available port speeds (facet) | 40 GbE |
| Facet Primary port type (facet) | 100 GbE |
| Facet Routing / Switching (facet) | Layer 3 Advanced |
| Facet Management (facet) | Fully managed |
| Facet Switch type (facet) | Fixed port |
| Facet Port count (facet) | 32-42 |
| Facet Features (facet) | Redundant Power; Replaceable Fans |
| Facet Usage (facet) | Data Center |
| Facet Primary applications (facet) | Access; Spine |
