HP 10500 series Specifications page 7

Data sheet | HP 10500 Switch Series
• Static IPv6 routing
Provides simple manually configured IPv6 routing
• Dual IP stack
Maintains separate stacks for IPv4 and IPv6 to ease the transition from an IPv4-only network
to an IPv6-only network design
• Routing Information Protocol next generation (RIPng)
Extends RIPv2 to support IPv6 addressing
• OSPFv3
Provides OSPF support for IPv6
• IS-IS for IPv6
Extends IS-IS to support IPv6 addressing
• BGP+
Extends BGP-4 to support Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP), including support for IPv6 addressing
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Uses BGP to advertise routes across Label Switched Paths (LSPs), but uses simple labels to
forward packets from any Layer 2 or Layer 3 protocol, which reduces complexity and increases
performance; supports graceful restart for reduced failure impact; supports LSP tunneling
and multilevel stacks
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Layer 3 VPN
Allows Layer 3 VPNs across a provider network; uses MP-BGP to establish private routes
for increased security; supports RFC 2547bis multiple autonomous system VPNs for added
flexibility
• Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Layer 2 VPN
Establishes simple Layer 2 point-to-point VPNs across a provider network using only MPLS
Label Distribution Protocol (LDP); requires no routing and, therefore, decreases complexity,
increases performance, and allows VPNs of non-routable protocols; uses no routing
information for increased security; supports Circuit Cross Connect (CCC), Static Virtual Circuits
(SVCs), Martini draft, and Kompella-draft technologies
• Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Establishes point-to-multipoint Layer 2 VPNs across a provider network
• Super VLAN
Saves IP address space using the RFC 3069 standard (also called VLAN Aggregation)
• Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP)
Enables multiple equal-cost links in a routing environment to increase link redundancy and
scale bandwidth
• IPv6 tunneling
Provides an important element for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6; allows IPv6 packets to
traverse IPv4-only networks by encapsulating the IPv6 packet into a standard IPv4 packet;
supports manually configured 6-to-4 intra-site-automatic-tunnel-addressing-protocol
(ISATAP) tunnels, and IPv6 VPN provider-edge router tunnel
Security
• Access control list (ACL)
Supports powerful ACLs for both IPv4 and IPv6; ACLs are used for filtering traffic to prevent
unauthorized users from accessing the network, or for controlling network traffic to save
resources; rules can either deny or permit traffic to be forwarded; rules can be based on a
Layer 2 header or a Layer 3 protocol header; rules can be set to operate on specific dates
or times
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