The HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series are purpose built top-of-rack data center switches that address the growth of Web, cloud and dense virtualized environments that require high performance 1/10GbE server connectivity, direct attached IP storage networking and GbE out-of-band server management. The HPE 5710 is a family of fixed high-performance and low-latency 1/10GbE top-of-rack data center switches designed for small to mid-size data center rack server connectivity. The HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series provides choices that fit your budget and IT environment by offering different port density and speeds (1/10G) SFP+ or 10BASE-T with 40 and 100GbE high speed uplinks options. Although affordability priced, the HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series offers a comprehensive set of data center features including full support for Layer 2, Layer 3, IPv4 and IPv6 networking protocols at no additional cost for these advanced features.

What's new
- Delivers up to 1,440 Gbps switching capacity for the most demanding applications.
- Low latency, under 1.5 µs 10GbE latency, provides improved throughput and fewer lost packets.
- Provides choices that fit your budget and IT environment by offering different port density and speeds (1/10G) SFP+ or 10BASE-T with 40 and 100GbE high speed uplinks options.
- Affordably priced, with full support for Layer 2, Layer 3, IPv4 and IPv6 networking protocols at no additional cost for these advanced features.

Features

Accelerate Application Performance
- HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series are high density, low-latency switches, the perfect solution for bandwidth-intensive workloads.
- Two-tier network design delivers outstanding performance while protecting and extending existing Hewlett Packard Enterprise or 3rd party core network investments.
- Delivers up to 1,440 Gbps switching capacity for the most demanding applications.
- Low latency, under 1.5 µs 10GbE latency, provides improved throughput and fewer lost packets.

Simplify Administration and Support
- The HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch addresses small to mid-size organizations needing fixed high-performance and low-latency 1/10GbE top-of-rack data center switches for server connectivity
- The HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series includes the HPE Intelligent Resilient Framework which reduces administrative touchpoints by making multiple physical switches appear as a single virtual switch from a management perspective.

Reduce Cost and Simplify Operations While Accelerating Performance
- HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series reduces lock-in and having to replace the hardware. Unlike competitive products based on proprietary technology and closed designs, the HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series top-of-rack products are based on industry standards and an open architecture.
- Removes hidden software expenses; the all-inclusive HPE FlexFabric Switch license includes a complete set of advanced features.
- High-performance IP-attached switching allows the reduction of equipment and operations expense and complexity and delivers fast connectivity for HPE 3PAR, HPE Nimble, HPE SimpliVity or third-party storage arrays.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Servers and Networking are Better Together
- HPE FlexFabric 5710 Switch Series helps accelerate performance, simplify operations and contain costs.
- HPE ProLiant Servers, server networking options, HPE FlexFabric top-of-rack switches, transceivers and cables are designed and tested to work better, together.
- Ability to migrate your compute, storage and networking infrastructure to support the most business critical applications - with confidence.