- High expandability for investment protection
- Premium security and integrated management
- Multilayer reliability
- Convergence-ready support
- Outstanding Quality of Service (QoS)
- Storm restraint
- Advanced classifier-based QoS
- Powerful QoS feature
- Friendly port names
- Manager and operator privilege levels
- Command authorization
- Secure web GUI
- Dual flash images
- Complete session logging
- SNMPv1, v2c, and v3
- Remote monitoring (RMON)
- IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
- Management VLAN
- Remote intelligent mirroring
- Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP)
- IPv6 management
- Auto-MDIX
- Flow control
- Jumbo packet support
- High-density port connectivity
- IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE+) support
- Ethernet OAM
- Separate data and control paths
- Rapid Ring Protection Protocol (RRPP)
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
- Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF)
- IP Fast Reroute (FRR)
The HP 5500 EI Switch Series delivers resiliency, security, and multiservice support capabilities at the edge layer of large campus and branch networks. The HP 5500 EI delivers flexibility, scalability and low TCO with a robust feature set supporting IRF stacking, Static & RIP Routing, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, PoE+, ACLs, and IPv6. The HP 5500 EI Switch Series can be managed with the HP Intelligent Management Center (IMC) for a single view of your entire network.