Appendix A: Premium License; Intelligent Edge, Ip Base Routing, Advanced Routing Features - HP ProCurve 3500-24 Reference Manual

Appendix A: Premium License

This section of the Technical Overview provides additional background information about the HP ProCurve
Switch 8200zl, 5400zl, 3500, and 6200yl series products .

Intelligent Edge, IP Base Routing, Advanced Routing features

HP ProCurve Switch 8200zl, 5400zl, 3500, and 6200yl series all offer the Intelligent Edge feature set
standard . This set includes a wide range of access layer focused security, QoS, convergence, Layer 2
switching, bridging, IPv6, and Layer 2 multicast features .
The HP ProCurve Switch 8200zl, 5400zl, and 3500 series offer the choice to implement IP Base Routing or
Advanced Routing features . For the HP ProCurve Switch 6200yl, Advanced Routing features are standard due
to its recommended deployment at the distribution level as an aggregator of traffic from the edge to the core .
The IP Base Routing feature set includes Static Routing and RIP . In addition to OSPF, the Advanced Routing
feature set includes additional aggregation layer features: Q-in-Q, PIM-SM, PIM-DM, OSPF-ECMP, and VRRP .
Customers enable Advanced Routing features by purchasing and installing a platform-specific Premium License
product .
For HP ProCurve, moving to Premium License creates a distinction between the terms "Upgrade" and "Update . "
Upgrade means licensing Premium License features that add significant new functionality to the switch for an
additional fee . Update means installing the latest version of firmware such as bug fixes .
Any switch can later be upgraded to run the Advanced Routing feature set via Premium License upgrade . An
individual Premium License can be transferred from one switch to another within a single switch series .
There are two ways you can manage Premium Licenses:
• Manually—You use the My ProCurve portal and the switch CLI . This is a good method to use if you are
managing a small number of licenses and do not already use the HP ProCurve Manager (PCM) network
management software .
• PCM—You use HP ProCurve Manager to perform the most common licensing functions . If you are already
using PCM, this is more convenient than the manual method . There is a free copy of HP ProCurve Manager
on the CD-ROM that accompanies your Premium License .
For the manual method, you will require manager privilege level access on the switches to perform several CLI
commands related to licensing . For the PCM method, PCM requires configured access to the devices .
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