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Data sheet | HP 10500 Switch Series
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Convergence
• LLDP- media endpoint discovery
Defines a standard extension of LLDP that stores values for parameters such as QoS and VLAN
to automatically configure network devices such as IP phones
• Protocol-independent multicast (PIM)
Defines modes of Internet IPv4 and IPv6 multicasting to allow one-to-many and many-to-
many transmission of information; and supports PIM dense mode, sparse mode, and source-
specific mode
• Multicast source discovery protocol (MSDP)
Allows multiple PIM-SM domains to interoperate; is used for inter-domain multicast
applications (Comware v5 only)
• IGMP
Utilizes any-source multicast (ASM) or SSM to manage IPv4 multicast networks; and supports
IGMPv1, v2, and v3
• Multicast BGP
Allows multicast traffic to be forwarded across BGP networks and kept separate from unicast
traffic
• MLD protocol
Establishes, maintains, and manages IPv6 multicast groups and networks; supports v1 and
v2; and utilizes ASM or SSM
• Multicast VLAN
Allows multiple VLANs to receive the same IPv4 or IPv6 multicast traffic, lessening network
bandwidth demand by reducing or nearly eliminating multiple streams to each VLAN
• Voice VLAN
Assigns VLAN and priority for IP phones automatically, simplifying network configuration and
maintenance (Comware v5 only)
Integration
• Open application architecture
Provides high-performance application-specific modules fully integrated with the switching
architecture; uses the chassis high-speed backplane to access network-related data; and
increases performance, reduces costs, and simplifies network management
• VPN firewall module
Provides enhanced stateful packet inspection and filtering; supports flexible security
zones and virtual firewall containment; delivers advanced VPN services with 3DES and
AES encryption at high performance and low latency; and offers Web content filtering and
application prioritization and optimization (JD249A Comware v5 only)
• Local and global server load-balancing module
Improves traffic distribution using powerful scheduling algorithms, including L4 to L7 services;
and monitors the health status of servers and firewalls (JD252A Comware v5 only)
• NetStream module
Provides traffic analysis and statistics capture to allow network administrators to rapidly
identify network anomalies and security threats as well as obtain capacity planning
information; and supports NetFlow v5 and v9 (JD254A Comware v5 only)