Product overviewThe HP 12500 Switch Series is a family of powerful, next-generation routing switches with outstanding capacity and scale for thenetwork core or data center.Designed for high performance with nonblocking and distributed Clos architecture, these switches deliver up to 24.3 Tbps switchingcapacity and 10.8 Bpps throughput with up to 400 Gbps per line card slot.The 12500 switches also have energy-efficiency features that drive down operational expenses and are ideal for organizationscontemplating large-scale data center consolidations, business continuity and disaster recovery sites, metropolitan area networkdeployments, and other applications requiring a robust, reliable and highly available switching platform.HP 12508 Switch HP 12518 SwitchQuickSpecs HP 12500 Switch SeriesOverviewDA - 13785 Worldwide — Version 24 — May 12, 2014 Page 1