Overview
The HP 9500 Switch Series is a family of modular switches that form a next-generation data center/large campus core switching platform. With unprecedented levels of networking performance, industry-leading availability, and flexible and efficient deployment options, these switches enable new services while driving down the cost of network operations. The 9500 series switches can provide more than 1.4 TB of high-performance switching capacity, aggregate up to 192 10-GbE or 576 GbE ports, and offer a future-proof architecture that enables customers to support emerging enterprise core or data center requirements.

Features
Quality of Service (QoS)

• IEEE 802.1p prioritization: delivers data to devices based on the priority and type of traffic


Firewall

• Stateful firewall: enforces firewall policies to control traffic and filter access to network services; maintains session information for every connection passing through it, enabling the firewall to control packets based on existing sessions


Virtual private network (VPN)

• IPSec: provides secure tunneling over an untrusted network such as the Internet or a wireless network; offers data confidentiality, authenticity, and integrity between two endpoints of the network


Management

• Management interface control: provides management access through a modem port and terminal interface, as well as in-band and out-of-band Ethernet ports; provides access through terminal interface, telnet, or Secure Shell (SSH)


Connectivity

• High-density port connectivity: provides up to 12 interface module slots, up to 192 10-GbE ports, or 576 GbE ports (fiber or copper) per system


Performance

• Scalable system design: backplane is designed for bandwidth increases; provides investment protection to support future technologies and higher speed connectivity


Resiliency and high availability

• Redundant/Load-sharing fabrics, management, fan assemblies, and power supplies: increase total performance and power available while providing hitless, stateful failover