HP ProCurve 5400zl Series, Installation And Getting Started Manual

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Introducing the HP 5400 zl Switches
Switch Features
Introducing the HP 5400 zl
Switches
• supported by ProCurve Manager—an HP OpenView application that
accurately displays your switch on network maps and provides a
graphical interface for configuring and monitoring your switch
■ support for the Spanning Tree Protocol to eliminate network loops
■
support for up to 2048 IEEE 802.1Q-compliant VLANs so you can divide
the attached end nodes into logical groupings that fit your business needs
■
Layer 3 routing functionality:
• IP static routes
• RIP V1 and V2
• IRDP - ICMP Router Discovery Protocol
• OSPF- Open Shortest Path First
• DHCP relay
■ support for many other advanced features to enhance network perfor-
mance, security, and control— for a description, see the
Management and
Configuration Guide
which is on the HP networking Web site.
■ support for IEEE 802.3af standard, IEEE 802.3at standard, and
pre-standard PoE devices.