HP E5500-24G-PoE Switch vs HP MDS 8/24c

Comparison of E5500-24G-PoE Switch, MDS 8/24c

51 specifications	A HP E5500-24G-PoE SwitchView 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
Web-based managementKnown 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 802.1af, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3u	—Unknown — not stated by the source
10G supportKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Routing entriesKnown for one	2000	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Auto MDI/MDI-XKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Auto-sensingKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Rate limitingKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
VLAN supportKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transmissionidentical
MAC address tableKnown for one	16384 entries	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Switching capacityKnown for one	184 Gbit/s	—Unknown — not stated by the source
ThroughputKnown for one	136.9 Mpps	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Packet buffer memoryKnown for one	32 MB	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	8 Gbit/s
Securityidentical
Access Control List (ACL)Known for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
SSH/SSL 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	Grey	Black, Grey
Performanceidentical
Built-in processorKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor modelKnown for one	PowerPC MPC8245	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor frequencyKnown for one	400 MHz	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memoryKnown for one	64 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
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 over Ethernet (PoE)identical
Power over Ethernet (PoE)Known for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	0 - 40 °C	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	10 - 95%	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	10 - 95%	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WidthKnown for one	449.6 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	442 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	43.2 mm	—Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightDiffers	7.6 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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