HP A5820 Switch Series

Overview:

The HP A5820 Switch Series features advanced flex-chassis switches that deliver a unique combination of unmatched 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity, high-availability architecture, full Layer 2/3 dual-stack IPv4/v6, and line-rate, low-latency performance on all ports. Extensible embedded application capabilities enable these switches to integrate services into the network, consolidating devices and appliances to simplify deployment and reduce power consumption and rack space. Extremely versatile, the switches can be used in high-performance, high-density building or department cores as part of a consolidated network; for data center top-of-rack server access; or as high-performance Layer 3, 10-GbE aggregation switches in campus and data center networks.

• For enterprise core, distribution, data center
• Up to 24 ports 10 GbE per unit / 194 per stack
• Flex chassis—modular resiliency
• Cut-through switching for very low latency
• Hot-swappable I/O, power supplies, and fans

HP A5820 Switch Series Models:

	HP A5820X-14XG-SFP+ Switch with 2 Interface Slots and 1 OAA Slot (JC106A)
	HP A5820X-24XG-SFP+ Switch (JC102A)

Features and Benefits:

Quality of Service (QoS)

• Powerful QoS feature — creates traffic classes based on access control lists (ACLs), IEEE 802.1p precedence, IP, DSCP or Type of Service (ToS) precedence; supports filter, redirect, mirror, or remark; supports the following congestion actions: strict priority (SP) queuing, weighted round robin (WRR), weighted fair queuing (WFQ), weighted random early discard (WRED), weighted deficit round robin (WDRR), and SP+WDRR
• Integrated network services — with support for open application architecture (OAA) modules, extends and integrates application capability into the network
• Ring Resiliency Protection Protocol (RRPP) — provides fast recovery for ring Ethernet-based topology; ensures consistent application performance for applications such as VoIP

Management

• Remote configuration and management — is available through a secure Web browser or a command-line interface (CLI)
• IEEE 802.1ab LLDP discovery — advertises and receives management information from adjacent devices on a network
• USB support —
  • File copy — allows users to copy switch files to and from a USB flash drive
• DHCP options — server (RFC 2131), client, snooping, and relay
• SNMPv1, v2c, and v3 — facilitate centralized discovery, monitoring, and secure management of networking devices
• sFlow — provides scalable, ASIC-based, network monitoring and accounting; this allows network operators to gather a variety of sophisticated network statistics and information for capacity planning and real-time network monitoring purposes
• Network Time Protocol (NTP) — synchronizes timekeeping among distributed time servers and clients; keeps consistent timekeeping among all clock-dependent devices within the network so that the devices can provide diverse applications based on the consistent time

Connectivity

• High-density port connectivity — 194 10-GbE ports with a 40 Gbps resilient backplane
• Data center I/O consolidation — the A5820-14XG FCoE module supports two 4x8/4/2 Gbps FCoE modules (up to eight FC ports total) to reduce cost and complexity while boosting network performance
• Auto-MDIX — automatically adjusts for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports
• Jumbo frames — on Gigabit and 10-Gigabit ports, allow high-performance remote backup and disaster-recovery services
• IPv6 native support —
  • IPv6 host — enables switches to be managed and deployed at the IPv6 network's edge
  • Dual stack (IPv4/IPv6) — transitions from IPv4 to IPv6, supporting connectivity for both protocols
  • MLD snooping — forwards IPv6 multicast traffic to the appropriate interface
  • IPv6 ACL/QoS — supports ACL and QoS for IPv6 network traffic, preventing traffic flooding
  • IPv6 routing — supports IPv6 static routes and IPv6 versions of RIP, OSPF, IS-IS, Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing protocols

Performance

• Hardware-based wire-speed access control lists (ACLs) — feature-rich ACL implementation (TCAM based) helps ensure high levels of security and ease of administration without impacting network performance
• Unique Flex Chassis Architecture — supports the best of both fixed chassis and modular configurations
• Cut-through switching — delivers wire-speed, line-rate performance on all ports, as well as cut-through switching for low latency

Manageability

• Full-featured console — provides complete control of the switch with a familiar command-line interface (CLI)
• Web interface — allows configuration of the switch from any Web browser on the network
• RMON and sFlow — provide advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events
• Multiple configuration files — allow multiple configuration files to be stored to flash image
• Troubleshooting —
  • Ingress and egress port monitoring enable network problem solving
  • Tracert and Ping enable testing of network connectivity
  • Virtual Cable Tests provide visibility to cable problems

Layer 2 switching

• GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) — allows automatic learning and dynamic assignment of VLANs
• 32K MAC addresses — provide access to many Layer 2 devices
• 4094 port-based VLANs — provide security between workgroups
• IEEE 802.1ad QinQ and Selective QinQ — increase the scalability of an Ethernet network by providing a hierarchical structure; connect multiple LANs on a high-speed campus or metro network
• Gigabit Ethernet port aggregation — allows grouping of ports to increase overall data throughput to a remote device
• 10 GbE port aggregation — allows grouping of ports to increase overall data throughput to a remote device
• Spanning Tree/MSTP, RSTP, and STP Root Guard — prevent network loops
• IPFIX/sFlow — allows traffic sampling

Layer 3 services

• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) — determines the MAC address of another IP host in the same subnet; supports static ARPs; gratuitous ARP allows detection of duplicate IP addresses; proxy ARP allows normal ARP operation between subnets or when subnets are separated by a Layer 2 network
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) — simplifies the management of large IP networks and supports client and server; DHCP Relay enables DHCP operation across subnets

Layer 3 routing

• Layer 3 IPv4 routing — provides routing of IPv4 at media speed; supports static routes, RIP and RIPv2, OSPF, IS-IS, and BGP
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and RIPng support — provides complete support of RIP for both IPv4 and IPv6
• OSPF and OSPFv3 support — provides complete support of OSPF for both IPv4 and IPv6
• IS-IS and IS-ISv6 support — provides complete support of IS-IS for both IPv4 and IPv6
• Layer 3 IPv6 routing — provides routing of IPv6 at media speed; supports static routes, RIPng, OSPFv3, IS-ISv6, and BGP4+
• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) — enables link connectivity monitoring and reduces network convergence time for RIP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, VRRP, MPLS, and IRF
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) and VRRP Extended — allow quick failover of router ports
• Policy-based routing — makes routing decisions based on policies set by the network administrator
• IGMPv1, v2, and v3 — allow individual hosts to be registered on a particular VLAN
• PIM-SSM, PIM-DM, and PIM-SM (for IPv4 and IPv6) — support IP Multicast address management and inhibition of DoS attacks
• Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) — enables multiple equal-cost links in a routing environment to increase link redundancy and scale bandwidth

• Defense-in-depth security — provides integrated and distributed security enforcement that can be managed from a central location, such as the HP Intelligent Management Center (IMC)
• Advanced processor queuing mechanism — helps prevent denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, while DHCP snooping helps ensure that devices can only receive an IP address from a legitimate DHCP server on the network
• RADIUS/HWTACACS — eases switch management security administration by using a password authentication server
• Secure Shell (SSHv2) — encrypts all transmitted data for secure, remote command-line interface (CLI) access over IP networks
• IEEE 802.1X-based dynamic delivery of QoS, ACLs, and VLANs — allows complete control over user network access
• Guest VLAN — similar to IEEE 802.1X, it provides a browser-based environment to authenticated clients
• Port isolation — secures and adds privacy, and prevents malicious attackers from obtaining user information
• Port security — allows access only to specified MAC addresses, which can be learned or specified by the administrator
• MAC-based authentication — allows or denies access to the switch based on client MAC address
• IP source guard — helps prevent IP spoofing attacks
• HTTPS management — provides secure Web management
• URPF — limits malicious traffic on a network
• Multi-Customer Edge (MCE)-Multicast Virtual Routing and Forwarding (MVRF) — provide MPLS Edge router support
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) — is used to control access

Convergence

• Voice VLAN — automatically assigns VLAN and priority for IP phones, simplifying network configuration and maintenance
• LLDP-MED — is a standard extension that automatically configures network devices, including LLDP-capable IP phones
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) — is used by IP hosts to establish and maintain multicast groups; supports v1, v2, and v3; utilizes Any-Source Multicast (ASM) or Source-Specific Multicast (SSM) to manage IPv4 multicast networks
• Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) — is used for IPv4 and IPv6 multicast applications; supports PIM dense mode (DM), sparse mode (SM), and source-specific mode (SSM)

Monitor and diagnostics

• Port mirroring — enables traffic on a port to be simultaneously sent to a network analyzer for monitoring
• OAM (802.3ah) — detects data link layer problems that occurred in the "last mile"; monitors the status of the link between the two devices
• CFD (802.1ag) — connectivity fault detection (CFD) provides a Layer 2 link OAM (operations, administration, and maintenance) mechanism used for link connectivity detection and fault locating

Additional information

• Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) —
  • Creates virtual resilient switching fabrics, where two or more switches perform as a single Layer 2 switch, and Layer 3 router
  • Switches do not have to be co-located and can be part of a disaster recovery system
  • Servers or switches can be attached using standard LACP for automatic load balancing and high availability
  • Simplifies network operation by eliminating the complexity of Spanning Tree, ECMP, or VRRP
• OAA modules — support wireless network management and high-performance security applications; leverage network infrastructure investment
• Green IT and power — use the latest advances in silicon development, shut off unused ports, and use variable-speed fans to improve power efficiency

Warranty and support

• 1-year warranty — with advance replacement and 10-calendar-day delivery (available in most countries)
• Electronic and telephone support — limited electronic and telephone support is available from HP; refer to www.hp.com/networking/warranty for details on the support provided and the period during which support is available
• Software releases — refer to www.hp.com/networking/warranty for details on the software releases provided and the period during which software releases are available for your product(s)

Specifications:

	A5820X-14XG-SFP+ (JC106A)	A5820X-24XG-SFP+ (JC102A)
Port
	14 SFP+ 10-GbE ports; Duplex: full only 2 extended module slots 1 open module slot 4 RJ-45 auto-negotiating 10/100/1000 ports (IEEE 802.3 Type 10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u Type 100BASE-TX, IEEE 802.3ab Type 1000BASE-T) 1 RJ-45 serial console port Supports a maximum of 14 SFP+ ports plus 8 8/4/2 Gbps Fibre Channel SFP+ports, with optional module	24 SFP+ 10-GbE ports; Duplex: full only 4 RJ-45 auto-negotiating 10/100/1000 ports (IEEE 802.3 Type 10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u Type 100BASE-TX, IEEE 802.3ab Type 1000BASE-T) 1 RJ-45 serial console port Supports a maximum of 24 SFP+ ports plus 4 autosensing 10/100/1000 ports
Power supplies
	2 power-supply slots 1 minimum power-supplies required (ordered separately)	2 power-supply slots 1 minimum power-supplies required (ordered separately)
Fan tray
	includes: 1 x JC096A	includes: 1 x JC098A
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	18.39(d) x 17.32(w) x 3.39(h) in. (46.7 x 43.99 x 8.61 cm) (2U height)	16.81(d) x 17.32(w) x 1.73(h) in. (42.7 x 44.0 x 4.4 cm) (1U height)
Weight	33.29 lb. (15.1 kg)	18.74 lb. (8.5 kg)
Memory and processor
	512 MB SDRAM, 512 MB flash; packet buffer size: 2 MB	512 MB SDRAM, 512 MB flash; packet buffer size: 2 MB
Performance
Latency	2.02 µs (Cut Through)2.02 µs, (Store and Forward) (64-byte packets)	2.02 µs (Cut Through)2.02 µs, (Store and Forward) (64-byte packets)
Throughput	up to 363 million pps (64-byte packets)	up to 363 million pps (64-byte packets)
Routing/Switching capacity	488 Gbps	488 Gbps
Routing table size	12000 entries	12000 entries
MAC address table size	32000 entries	32000 entries
Reliability
MTBF (years)	32	29
Environment
Operating temperature	32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C)	32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C)
Operating relative humidity	10% to 90%, noncondensing	10% to 90%, noncondensing
Acoustic	Low-speed fan: 44.3 dB, High-speed fan: 54.1 dB	Low-speed fan: 48.4 dB, High-speed fan: 59.7 dB
Electrical characteristics
Maximum heat dissipation	836 BTU/hr (881.98 kJ/hr)	631 BTU/hr (665.71 kJ/hr)
Voltage	100-120/200-240 VAC	100-120/200-240 VAC
Frequency	50/60 Hz	50/60 Hz
Safety
	UL 60950-1EN 60825-1 Safety of Laser Products-Part 1EN 60825-2 Safety of Laser Products-Part 2IEC 60950-1CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1AnatelULARGOSTEN 60950-1/A11FDA 21 CFR Subchapter JNOMROHS Compliance
Notes
	Customer must order a power supply, as the device does not come with a PSU. At least one JC087A or JC090A is required.

Additional Features:

(Applies to All Switches in Series)

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• 3-year, parts only, global next-day advance exchange (UY832E)
• 3-year, 4-hour onsite, 13x5 coverage for hardware (UV894E)
• 3-year, 4-hour onsite, 24x7 coverage for hardware (UV897E)
• 3-year, 4-hour onsite, 24x7 coverage for hardware, 24x7 SW phone support and SW updates (UV900E)
• 3-year, 24x7 SW phone support, software updates (UV903E)
• Installation with minimum configuration, system-based pricing (UW451E)
• 4-year, 4-hour onsite, 13x5 coverage for hardware (UV895E)
• 4-year, 4-hour onsite, 24x7 coverage for hardware (UV898E)
• 4-year, 4-hour onsite, 24x7 coverage for hardware, 24x7 software phone (UV901E)
• 4-year, 24x7 SW phone support, software updates (UV904E)
• 5-year, 4-hour onsite, 13x5 coverage for hardware (UV896E)
• 5-year, 4-hour onsite, 24x7 coverage for hardware (UV899E)
• 5-year, 4-hour onsite, 24x7 coverage for hardware, 24x7 software phone (UV902E)
• 5-year, 24x7 SW phone support, software updates (UV905E)
• 3 Yr 6 hr Call-to-Repair Onsite (UW972E)
• 4 Yr 6 hr Call-to-Repair Onsite (UW973E)
• 5 Yr 6 hr Call-to-Repair Onsite (UW974E)

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Documentation:

HP A5820 Switch Series Datasheet (.PDF)