HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series
Features and benefits
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Non-blocking architecture:
76.8 Gbps non-blocking
crossbar switching fabric provides wire-speed intra-
and inter-module switching with up to 48 million
pps throughput built on HP custom-designed ASIC
technology
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IP layer 3 routing:
provides routing of IP at media
speed; supports static routes, RIP, RIPv2, and OSPF
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Router redundancy (XRRP):
allows groups of 2 routers
to dynamically back each other up to create highly
available routed environments
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IP multicast routing (PIM Dense):
routes IP multicast
using the PIM Dense routing protocol
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IP multicast (data-driven IGMP):
automatically prevents
flooding of IP multicast traffic
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HP switch meshing:
dynamically load-balances across
multiple active redundant links to increase available
aggregate bandwidth
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802.1s Multi-Instance Spanning Tree:
high link
availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing
multiple spanning trees
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802.1w Rapid Convergence Spanning Tree Protocol:
increases network uptime through faster recovery
from failed links
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802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and
HP trunking:
support up to 36 trunks, each with up to
8 links (ports) per trunk; trunking across modules is
supported
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Cisco Fast EtherChannel
®
(FEC):
supports Cisco’s
proprietary FEC trunking protocol
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Web-based authentication:
similar to 802.1X,
provides a browser-based environment to authenticate
clients that do not support the 802.1X supplicant
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Access control lists (ACLs):
provide IP layer 3 filtering
based on source/destination IP address/subnet and
source/destination TCP/UDP port number
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VLAN support and tagging:
support complete
802.1Q (4,096 VLAN IDs) and 256 VLANs
simultaneously
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802.1v Protocol VLANs:
isolate select non-IPv4 protocols
automatically into their own VLANs
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Group VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP):
allows
automatic learning and dynamic assignment of VLANs
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Port security:
prevents unauthorized access using MAC
address lockdown
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MAC address lockout:
prevents configured particular
MAC addresses from connecting to the network
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Source port filtering:
allows only specified ports to
communicate with each other
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:
eases switch management security
administration by using a password authentication
server
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Secure Shell (SSHv1/SSHv2):
encrypts all transmitted
data for secure CLI remote access over IP networks
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL):
encrypts all HTTP traffic,
allowing secure access to the browser-based
management GUI in the switch
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Secure FTP:
allows secure file transfer to/from the
switch—protects against unwanted file downloads or
unauthorized copying of switch configuration file
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Secure access to manage the 5300xl series:
all access
methods—CLI, GUI, or MIB—are securely encrypted
through SSHv2, SSL, and/or SNMPv3
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Static NAT:
hide up to 32 nodes per switch from the rest
of the network through static IP address translation
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Layer 4 prioritization:
enables prioritization based on
TCP/UDP port numbers
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Traffic prioritization (802.1p):
allows real-time traffic
classification into 8 priority levels
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Rate limiting:
limit the maximum ingress traffic on a
per
-
port basis to a configured percentage of that port’s
total bandwidth
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Class of Service (CoS):
sets 802.1p priority tag based
on IP address, IP Type of Service (ToS), L3 protocol,
TCP/UDP port number, source port, and DiffServ
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RMON, XRMON, sFlow, and SMON:
provide advanced
monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics,
history, alarms, and events
These features will be available for download February 2004.
