A high-density enterprise network switch with 32 SFP+ ports and six QSFP28+ ports.
The HPE Networking Comware Switch Series 5720 model S2N57A provides 32 SFP+ ports, six QSFP28+ ports, console and management interfaces, and two power supply slots. It delivers up to 1001 Mpps throughput and 2240 Gbps routing/switching capacity, with support for IRF stacking, DRNI, VXLAN, EVPN, MACsec, QoS, and comprehensive network management. The switch mounts in an EIA-standard 19-inch rack or other equipment cabinet; power supplies and four fan kits must be installed separately.
How this product lines up against others in Enterprise.
| Installation method | Rack 19", Desktop | DIN rail | Rack 19", Desktop, Wall |
| Link technology | Ethernet | Ethernet | Ethernet |
| Port speed | — | 10G | 10G |
| Rack Units Height | 1 U | — | 1 U |
| Product line | HPE Aruba Networking | — | — |
| Lifecycle status | Active | — | — |
| Operating temperature | 0 to 45 °C | — | -5 to 50 °C |
| Specification group | active | — | active |
| Downlink Media Type | Fiber | Ethernet | Ethernet |
| Downlink Ports | 32 ports | 8 ports | 24 ports |
| Downlink Speed | 10 Gbps | 1 Gbps | 1 Gbps |
| Uplink Media Type | Fiber | Fiber | Fiber |
| Uplink Speed | 100 Gbps | 10 Gbps | 10 Gbps |
| AC Input Voltage | 100 to 240 V | — | 90 to 290 V |
| DC Input Voltage | -60 to -48 V | 48 to 57 V | — |
| HVDC Input Voltage | — | — | 190 to 290 V |
| Input Frequency | 50 to 60 Hz | — | 45 to 65 Hz |
| PoE | No | Yes | Yes |
| PoE Budget | — | 220 W | 400 W |
| PoE Output Type | — | PoE 802.3af, PoE+ 802.3at | PoE+ 802.3at |
| Input Type | AC mains, DC | DC | AC mains, DC |
| Network Ports | Fiber Optic Transceiver · 10G · Fiber · 32 ports, QSFP · 100G · Fiber · 6 ports | Copper and Ethernet · 1G · Ethernet · 8 ports, Fiber Optic Transceiver · 1G · Fiber · 2 ports, Fiber Optic Transceiver · 10G · Fiber · 2 ports | Copper and Ethernet · 1G · Ethernet · 24 ports, Fiber Optic Transceiver · 10G · Fiber · 4 ports |
| Device Role | Switch | Switch | Switch |
| Width | 440 mm | — | — |
| Height | 44 mm | — | — |
| Depth | 400 mm | — | — |
| Weight | 8.1 kg | — | — |
| Switching capacity | 2240 Gbps | — | — |
| Forwarding capacity | 1001 Mpps | — | — |
| MAC address table size | 280000 count | — | — |
| Power draw | maximum · 242 W, idle · 90 W | — | — |
| Operating humidity | 5 to 95 % | — | — |
| Storage temperature | -40 to 70 °C | — | — |
| Storage humidity | 5 to 95 % | — | — |
| Processor model | Quad Core Arm®v8-Cortex-A72 | — | — |
| Memory capacity | 4 GB | — | — |
| Cooling method | Active (fan) | — | — |
| Switching latency | 1G · 5 µs, 10G · 3 µs | — | — |
| Acoustic noise | 68.9 dB | — | — |
| Maximum frame size | 9216 bytes | — | — |
| Input current, maximum | 37.5 A | — | — |
| Device management | SNMP, CLI | — | — |
| Rail kit included | Yes | — | — |
| Lifetime warranty | Yes | — | — |
| Compliance standard | UL 62368, CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 62368-1, IEC 62368-1, EN 62368-1, FCC Part 15 Class A, ICES-003 Class A, VCCI Class A, CISPR 32 Class A, AS/NZS CISPR 32 Class A, CISPR 35, EN 55035, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3, EN 55024 | — | — |
| IP protocols | DHCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, NTP | — | — |
| Memory type | DDR4 | — | — |
| Power supply type | Hot-swappable module | — | — |
| Switching features | Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP, 802.1s), Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP, 802.1w), Link aggregation (LACP, 802.3ad), VLANs (802.1Q), Traffic prioritisation (802.1p), Flow control (802.3x), IGMP snooping, Energy-Efficient Ethernet (802.3az), Access control lists (MAC/IP) | — | — |
| Management protocols | SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, SNMPv3, SSH, Telnet, TFTP, TACACS+ | — | — |
| Switching layer | Layer 3 | — | — |
| Management level | Managed | — | — |
| Airflow direction | Front-to-back | — | — |
| Maximum heat dissipation | 785 BTU/h | — | — |
| Hot-swappable | Yes | — | — |
| Directives | RoHS | — | — |
| CPU cores | Cortex-A72 · 4 count | — | — |
| Stack members | 9 count | — | — |
| Needs separately-sold parts | Yes | — | — |
| IPv4 unicast routes | 324000 count | — | — |
| IPv6 unicast routes | 120000 count | — | — |
| Module slots | 1 count | — | — |
| Routing protocols | Static routing, RIP, BGP, VRRP | — | — |
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