The HP 6400 cl Series consists of 6-port 10-GbE stackables with optional 10-GbE add-on modules. Loaded with full Layer 3 features, the 6400cl series switches offer low-cost 10-GbE for high-performance aggregation of clusters of Gigabit switches. Ideal for consolidating multiple wiring closets, the HP E6400 cl Series also provides fiber flexibility to connect remote campuses up to 40 km away.

Features

Quality of Service (QoS)
- Rate limiting: per-port ingress enforced maximums

Performance
- 160 Gbps backplane with 119 mpps: unprecedented bandwidth for low-latency throughput

Resiliency and high availability
- Router redundancy (XRRP): allows groups of two routers to dynamically back each other up to create highly available routed environments

Manageability
- sFlow (RFC 3176): wire-speed traffic accounting and monitoring

Layer 2 switching
- HP's switch meshing: dynamically load balances across multiple active redundant links to increase available aggregate bandwidth

Layer 3 routing
- Layer 3 IP routing: provides routing of IP at media speed; supports static routes, RIP, RIPv2, and OSPF

Security
- Access control lists (ACLs): provide IP Layer 3 filtering based on source/destination IP address/subnet and source/destination TCP/UDP port number