HP ProCurve 1700-8 Installation And Getting Started Manual page 10

Switch Overview
Switch Hardware Features
support for up to 4 trunks so you to assign physical links to one
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logical link (trunk) that functions as a single, higher-speed link
providing dramatically increased bandwidth.
support for many advanced features to enhance network
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performance—for a description, see the Management and
Configuration Guide.
download of new switch software for product bug fixes.
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supports pass through (flooding) of spanning tree BPDUs so that
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upstream devices on the network which support Spanning Tree
Protocol can detect loops that exist on the ProCurve Switch 1700
interface.
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