The HPE Networking Comware Switch Series 5550 HI is a family of stackable L3 access and aggregation switches powered by Comware delivering the performance, resiliency and flexibility for medium and large enterprise. Equipped with 36 and 48 MACsec-256 enabled 1G copper, fiber and combo ports, 4 built in 10/25G SFP28 uplinks, dual hot swappable power supply and fan trays, the 5550 HI also has one built-in expansion slots for the cross platform network modules used in the Comware 5000 series. The platform supports high density 90W PoE (802.3bt) per port, high performance IP routing and MPLS. Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) stacking up to 9 members adds scale and high availability while Intelligent Network Quality Analyzer (iNQA) supports real-time visibility into network health and performance. In addition HPE IMC for centralized management, the 5550 HI comes with the built-in embedded management system SmartMC for configuration, visibility and monitoring at no additional cost.

What is new supporting point:
Improved hardware specification and scale: faster CPU, increased memory, up to 744 Gpbs bandwidth, 128K MAC table, improved ARP, ACL, IPv4/v6 unicast and multicast and MPLS LSP scale.
Diverse I/O options and upgraded uplinks: Flexible I/O 36 and 48 port copper, fiber and combo GE ports downlink, and expanded uplink ports 8x25G and 2x100G via the expansion model.
Enhanced security with all ports MacSec AES-256.
L3 multicast support.
High Densify PoE++: up to 48 port 90W PoE++/port.
Support containerizaton for application hosting.