HP 2424M User Manual
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HP ProCurve Switch 4000M / 8000M / 2424M / 1600M Reviewer’s Guide
2. Evaluation Features and Benefits
2.1 Feature Set Summary
The HP ProCurve Switch 8000M and the HP ProCurve Switch 1600M are store-and-forward switches
that feature:
• An innovative backplane design that results in very low latencies of 3.5-12 microseconds
(100Mbps streams). Speeds are: 4000M/8000M: 3.8 gigabit/sec, 1600M: 3.5 Gbps, 2424M: 3.2 Gbps
• LAN Aggregation - Switch Meshing (load balancing protocol) and multiple port trunking
allowing load-balancing meshed, scaleable, and redundant bandwidth on connections between
switches. Create a virtual backplane between switches.
• Link Aggregation - Support for Cisco’s Fast EtherChannel
®
including the Port Aggregation
Protocol (PAgP) and manually configured HP Trunks
• Up to thirty 802.1Q compliant VLANs for segmentation of local LANs
• QoS Settings / In-switch tagging – set priority of packets through the switch as well as setting
the priority tag bits in the 802.1Q tag based on IP address, IP-ToS or Diff-Serv bits, protocol,
VLAN membership or incoming 802.1Q priority setting. This In-switch tagging (actual
modification of the priority bits) allows network QoS settings
without
end node involvement.
• Automatic Broadcast Control (ABC) that intelligently controls broadcasts to enable larger
switched topologies without the use of VLANs and routers. On the other hand, ABC is fully
compatible with VLAN and router environments.
• Automatic Gateway Configuration of DHCP packets to set the default gateway of a node to its
own IP address if the HP ProCurve Switch 4000M/8000M/2424M/1600M is installed in place of a
pre-existing router.
• IGMP support for control of multicast packets
• Source port and layer 3 protocol filtering for control of traffic and implementation of security
policies between ports
• Port Security – ability to deny access to all except a configured MAC address, or first seen
address on a port-by-port basis.
• Lifetime
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warranty (best in the industry)
• Free end-user telephone support available worldwide
• Extensive net management capabilities including:
Web-based management for anytime, anywhere configuration access
Find/fix/inform capability which finds common network problems, fixes them if possible,
and informs the net manager of the situation
Top Tools for Switches, which provides device and traffic management, traffic optimization,
and traffic control tools
SNMP/MIB II/RMON support on all ports for monitoring and control
HP’s Extended RMON support on all ports allowing the monitoring of traffic flows in the
network
Ability to configure a network monitoring port for use with external probes or analyzers
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For as long as you own the product.
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