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Connectivity
- Gigabit uplinks:
- has two dual-personality ports for either 10/100/1000 or mini-GBIC connectivity
- ProCurve Auto-MDIX: automatically adjusts for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100 ports
Resiliency and high availability
- IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and ProCurve trunking: support up to 2 10/100 trunks, each with 4 links (ports) per trunk, plus one Gigabit trunk
- IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree: provides high link availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing multiple spanning trees; provides legacy support for IEEE 802.1d and IEEE 802.1w
Layer 2 switching
- VLAN support and tagging: support up to 64 port-based VLANs and dynamic configuration of IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging, providing security between workgroups
- GARP VLAN Registration Protocol: allows automatic learning and dynamic assignment of VLANs
Security
- Protected Ports: provides increased security by allowing specified ports to be isolated from all other ports on the switch; the protected port or ports can only communicate with the uplinkNEW!
- Multiple user authentication methods:
- IEEE 802.1X industry-standard way of user authentication using an IEEE 802.1X supplicant on the client in conjunction with a RADIUS server
- Web-based authentication similar to IEEE 802.1X, provides a browser-based environment to authenticate clients that do not support the IEEE 802.1X supplicant
- MAC-based authentication client is authenticated with the RADIUS server based on client's MAC address
- Authentication flexibility: NEW!
- Multiple IEEE 802.1X users per port provides authentication of up to two IEEE 802.1X users per port; prevents use "piggybacking" on another user's IEEE 802.1X authentication
- BPDU port protection: blocks Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDU) on ports that do not require BPDUs, preventing forged BPDU attacks
- Secure management access: all access methods--CLI, GUI, or MIB--are securely encrypted through SSHv2, SSL, and/or SNMPv3
- TACACS+: eases switch management security administration by using a password authentication server
Convergence
- IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP): automated device discovery protocol for easy mapping by network management applications
- IP multicast snooping and IGMPv3: automatically prevents flooding of IP multicast traffic
Quality of Service (QoS)
- IEEE 802.1p prioritization: delivers data to devices based on the priority and type of traffic
Manageability
- RMON: provides advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events
- Friendly port names: allow assignment of descriptive names to ports
- Full-featured console: provides complete control of the switch with a familiar command-line interface (CLI)
- Web interface: allows configuration of the switch from any Web browser on the network
- Stacking capability: single IP address management for a virtual stack of up to 16 switches, including the ProCurve 2500 series, 2510 series, 2600 series, 2800 series, 2810 series, 2900 series, 3400cl series, 3500yl series, 4200vl series, 6108, 6200yl-24G-mGBIC, and 6400cl series
- Find-Fix-and-Inform: finds and fixes common network problems automatically, then informs administrator
Flexibility
- Fanless design: reduces noise and enables quiet operation, reducing distraction when deployed in open spaces
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