Designed for the c-Class BladeSystem enclosure, the HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch delivers sixteen 1Gb downlinks, four 1Gb uplinks along with 3 10Gb uplinks (CX4, XFP) and a 10Gb cross-connect in a single bay form factor. A robust set of industry standard Ethernet Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing functions, QOS, security and High Availability features round out this extremely flexible and capable switch. The HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch dramatically reduces cabling, power and cooling requirements compared to stand-alone switches, while providing over 34Gb of uplink bandwidth to handle the most demanding applications. A combination of excellent performance which includes low latency, wire speed performance for Layer 2 and Layer 3 packets and low power consumption makes the HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch an ideal solution for any large data center environment.