Product overview
The HP 2910 al Switch Series consists of four switches: the HP 2910-24G al and 2910-24G-PoE+ al Switches with 24 10/100/1000
ports, and the HP 2910-48G al and 2910-48G-PoE+ al Switches with 48 10/100/1000 ports. Each switch has four dual-personality
ports for 10/100/1000 or mini-GBIC connectivity. In addition, the 2910 al Switch Series supports up to four optional 10 Gigabit Ethernet
(CX4 and/or SFP+) ports, thereby offering the most flexible and easy-to-deploy uplinks in its class. Together with static and RIP IPv4
routing, robust security and management, enterprise-class features, free lifetime warranty, and free software updates, the 2910
series is a cost-effective, scalable solution for customers who are building high-performance networks. These switches can be
deployed at enterprise edge and remote branch offices, converged networks, and data center top of rack.
Features and Benefits
Quality of Service
(QoS)
Traffic prioritization
(IEEE 802.1p): allows real-time traffic classification into eight priority levels mapped to eight queues
Layer 4 prioritization
: enables prioritization based on TCP/UDP port numbers
Class of Service
(CoS): sets the IEEE 802.1p priority tag based on IP address, IP Type of Service (ToS), Layer 3 protocol, TCP/UDP
port number, source port, and DiffServ
Rate Limiting
: per-port ingress enforced maximums
Connectivity
10 Gbps Ethernet connectivity
: up to four optional and flexible 10-Gigabit ports (CX4 and/or SFP+), with optional interconnect
kit for short-distance connectivity
IPv6
:
IPv6 host
: allows the switches to be managed and deployed at the edge of IPv6 networks
Dual stack
(IPv4/IPv6): provides transition mechanism from IPv4 to IPv6; supports connectivity for both protocols
MLD snooping
: forwards IPv6 multicast traffic to the appropriate interface; prevents IPv6 multicast traffic from flooding
the network
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet
(PoE): provides up to 15.4 W per port to IEEE 802.3af-compliant PoE-powered devices such
as IP phones, wireless access points, and security cameras
IEEE 802.3at Power Over Ethernet Plus
: provides up to 30 W per port to IEEE 802.3 for PoE/PoE+ powered devices such as
video IP phones, IEEE 802.11n wireless access points, and advanced pan/zoom/tilt security cameras
Pre-standard PoE support
: detects and provides power to pre-standard PoE devices; see list of supported devices in the
product FAQ at:
www.hp.com/networking/support
Auto-MDIX
: automatically adjusts for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports
Dual-personality functionality
: includes four 10/100/1000 ports or SFP slots for optional fiber connectivity such as Gigabit-SX,
-LX, -LH, 100-FX, 100-BX, and 1000-BX
Single IP Address Management
: single IP address management for a virtual stack of up to 16 switches
Performance
High-performance architecture
: 128 Gbps switching fabric with up to 95 Mpps (24-port switches) and 176 Gbps switching fabric
with up to 131 Mpps (48-port switches)
Selectable queue configurations
: allows for increased performance by selecting the number of queues and associated memory
buffering that best meet the requirements of the network applications
Resiliency and high availability
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
QuickSpecs
HP 2910 al Switch Series
Overview
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