HP 5500-24G-PoE+ SI vs HP MDS 8/24c

Comparison of 5500-24G-PoE+ SI, MDS 8/24c

48 specifications	A HP 5500-24G-PoE+ SIView product	B HP MDS 8/24cView product
Management featuresidentical
Switch type	Managed	Managed
Switch layerKnown for one	L3	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Quality of Service (QoS) supportKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports quantity	24	24
Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports typeKnown for one	Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Combo SFP ports quantityKnown for one	4	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Console portKnown for one	RJ-45	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Fiber ports quantityKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	24
Networkidentical
Networking standardsKnown for one	IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3at, IEEE 802.3u	—Unknown — not stated by the source
10G supportKnown for one	No	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Full duplexKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Auto MDI/MDI-XKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Flow control supportKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Spanning tree protocolKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transmissionidentical
Switching capacityKnown for one	144 Gbit/s	—Unknown — not stated by the source
ThroughputKnown for one	107.2 Mpps	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Latency (1 Gbps)Known for one	3.2 µs	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Packet buffer memoryKnown for one	2 MB	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	8 Gbit/s
Securityidentical
DHCP featuresKnown for one	DHCP server	—Unknown — not stated by the source
IGMP snoopingKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Multicast featuresidentical
Multicast supportKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Design1 differ
Rack mountingKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
StackableKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Form factorKnown for one	1U	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Product colourDiffers	Black	Black, Grey
Performanceidentical
Memory typeKnown for one	SDRAM	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memoryKnown for one	128 MB	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Flash memoryKnown for one	16 MB	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Media types supportedKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	SFP+
Poweridentical
Power supply includedKnown for one	No	—Unknown — not stated by the source
AC input voltageKnown for one	100 - 240 V	—Unknown — not stated by the source
AC input frequencyKnown for one	50 - 60 Hz	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	455 W	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Power over Ethernet (PoE)identical
Power over Ethernet (PoE)Known for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Total Power over Ethernet (PoE) budgetKnown for one	370 W	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Heat dissipationKnown for one	290 BTU/h	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WidthKnown for one	439.9 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	420.1 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	43.7 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightDiffers	5.99 kg	1.37 kg
Protocolsidentical
Supported protocolsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Telnet SNMP FC-PH FC-SW-2 FC-AL FC-AL-2 FC-PLDA FC-VI FCP FCP-2 FC-BB FC-SB2 FC-FS FC-MI FC-PI FC-Tape FC-PH2 FC-PH3 FC-FLA FC-GS-2 FC-GS-3 FC-FG
Other featuresidentical
BandwidthKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	384 Gbit/s
Power LEDKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Expansion slotsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	1
I/O portsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	16 x SFP+ int. 8 x SFP+ ext.
Technical featuresKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Fibre Channel Class 2 Class 3 Class F
Packaging contentidentical
ManualKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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