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cases to be the maximum number of VLANs expected in the entire network environment supported by
GVRP. This will provide space for dynamic VLAN definitions that come about through GVRP.
2.6.3 IGMP
Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) is a multicast control protocol that builds delivery paths
through the switch network. The switch eavesdrops on IGMP traffic so that it knows which ports are
part of which multicast groups. If there is no multicast router available, the HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl
Series can act as an IGMP querier to learn which end nodes have subscribed to which multicast
streams. The switch can then direct a specific multicast stream to only those switch segments that
have nodes that have joined the multicast group associated with that stream. Configuration of this
feature is a single check box to turn it on. The HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series supports IGMP
version 3 by recognizing and processing IGMPv3 joins. Version 3 is backwards compatible with
versions 1 and 2.
The HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series support a maximum of 389 IGMP groups.
2.7 Network Management
Network management is an important part of a network solution. There are three levels of net
management available for the HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series:
•
Web-based management - Configuration of the individual switch can be done anytime,
anywhere through the web server available in each switch, accessible via a standard web
browser.
•
HP Toptools for Hubs & Switches - Management of a network of HP hubs, switches and routing
switches can be done through the included HP Toptools for Hubs & Switches application, part
of the HP Toptools suite of management products. HP Toptools for Hubs & Switches provides a
network map and device configuration in a web-based format.
•
HP OpenView platforms - If management of a generic (HP and other vendors’ devices) or large
(>1500 managed nodes) IP network is needed:
NT platform – HP ProCurve Network Management for OV-NT (J4869B) can be separately
purchased to provide direct management of the HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series and
other HP ProCurve products through HP OpenView/NT. For more details see the product
information at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve
.
HP-UX platform - Management of the HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series under
HP OpenView/UX is available via the separately purchased J3250P HP Hub & Switch
Management for OV-UX product.
TopTools itself will also run under HP Openview, CA Unicenter, and Tivoli using the proper no-cost
bridges to these environments. See the TopTools web site at
http://www.hp.com/toptools
for more
details.
Up to SNMP version 3 is supported. See the security details of SNMPv3 in the Security section above.
2.7.1 MIB Support
The HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series supports the following standard MIBs:
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MIB-II (RFC 1213)
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Ether-like MIB (RFC 1398)
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Bridge MIB (RFC 1493)
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Ethernet-like MIB (RFC 1643)
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RIP v2 MIB (RFC 1724)
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OSPF MIB (RFC 1850)
•
RMON probe configuration MIB – RMON v2 (RFC 2021)
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