- High 10/100/1000Base-T port density
- ONIE boot loader for choice of network OS and easy installation
- Open-networking and disaggregated solution for customer choice
- Fanless design for quiet operation
The HPE Altoline 6900 switch is a top-of-rack (TOR) switch for high-performance data centers. In a compact 1RU form factor, the switch provides line-rate Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching across up to 48 x 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 ports, with 4 x 10GbE QSFP+ and 2 x 20GbE QSFP+ stacking connections. The HPE Altoline 6900 switch can be deployed as a TOR switch supporting gigabit server connections, or as a management switch, with 10GbE uplinks. The HPE Altoline 6900 is a bare-metal switch loaded with the Open Network Install Environment (ONIE), which supports the installation of compatible independent switch OS offerings.