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Data sheet | HP 2620 Switch Series
Management
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Dual flash images
Provides independent primary and secondary operating system files for backup while upgrading
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Friendly port names
Allows assignment of descriptive names to ports
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Multiple configuration files
Are easily stored with a flash image
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Port mirroring
Enables traffic on a port to be simultaneously sent to a network analyzer for monitoring
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sFlow (RFC 3176)
Delivers wire-speed traffic accounting and monitoring, configured by the SNMP and CLI with
three terminal encrypted receivers
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Remote monitoring (RMON)
Provides advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events
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Find, fix, and inform
Finds and fixes common network problems automatically, and then informs the administrator
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NEW
Comware CLI
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Comware-compatible CLI
Bridges the experience of HP Comware CLI users who use the HP ProVision software CLI
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Display and fundamental Comware CLI commands
Are embedded in the switch CLI as native commands; display output is formatted as on
Comware-based switches and fundamental commands provide a Comware-familiar initial
switch setup
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Configuration Comware CLI commands
Elicit CLI help to formulate the correct ProVision software CLI command
L2 switching
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VLANs
Provide support for 512 VLANs and 4,094 VLAN IDs
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Jumbo packet support
Improves the performance of large data transfers; and supports frame sizes up to 9220 bytes
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IEEE 802.1v protocol VLANs
Isolate select non-IPv4 protocols automatically into their own VLANs
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Per-VLAN spanning tree plus (PVST+)
Allows each VLAN to build a separate spanning tree, improving link bandwidth usage in
network environments with multiple VLANs
L3 routing
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Static IP routing
Provides manually configured routing; and includes the ECMP capability
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Routing information protocol (RIP)
Provides RIPv1 and RIPv2 routing
Security
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Access control lists (ACLs)
Provide IP L3 filtering, based on the source/destination IP address/subnet and source/destination
TCP/UDP port number
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Source-port filtering
Allows only specified ports to communicate with each other
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RADIUS/
Eases switch management security administration by using a password authentication server
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Secure shell
Encrypts all transmitted data for secure remote CLI access over IP networks
