Features And Benefits - HP ProCurve 5304xl Specifications

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series

Features and benefits

• Non-blocking architecture: 76.8 Gbps non-blocking
crossbar switching fabric provides wire-speed intra-
and inter-module switching with up to 48 million
pps throughput built on HP custom-designed ASIC
technology
• IP layer 3 routing: provides routing of IP at media
speed; supports static routes, RIP, RIPv2, and OSPF
• Router redundancy (XRRP): allows groups of 2 routers
to dynamically back each other up to create highly
available routed environments
• IP multicast routing (PIM Dense): routes IP multicast
using the PIM Dense routing protocol
• IP multicast (data-driven IGMP): automatically prevents
flooding of IP multicast traffic
• HP switch meshing: dynamically load-balances across
multiple active redundant links to increase available
aggregate bandwidth
• 802.1s Multi-Instance Spanning Tree: high link
availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing
multiple spanning trees
• 802.1w Rapid Convergence Spanning Tree Protocol:
increases network uptime through faster recovery
from failed links
• 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and
HP trunking: support up to 36 trunks, each with up to
8 links (ports) per trunk; trunking across modules is
supported
• Cisco Fast EtherChannel ® (FEC): supports Cisco's
proprietary FEC trunking protocol
• Web-based authentication: similar to 802.1X,
provides a browser-based environment to authenticate
clients that do not support the 802.1X supplicant
• Access control lists (ACLs): provide IP layer 3 filtering
based on source/destination IP address/subnet and
source/destination TCP/UDP port number
• VLAN support and tagging: support complete
802.1Q (4,096 VLAN IDs) and 256 VLANs
simultaneously
• 802.1v Protocol VLANs: isolate select non-IPv4 protocols
automatically into their own VLANs
These features will be available for download February 2004.
• Group VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP): allows
automatic learning and dynamic assignment of VLANs
• Port security: prevents unauthorized access using MAC
address lockdown
• MAC address lockout: prevents configured particular
MAC addresses from connecting to the network
• Source port filtering: allows only specified ports to
communicate with each other
• TACACS+: eases switch management security
administration by using a password authentication
server
• Secure Shell (SSHv1/SSHv2): encrypts all transmitted
data for secure CLI remote access over IP networks
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): encrypts all HTTP traffic,
allowing secure access to the browser-based
management GUI in the switch
• Secure FTP: allows secure file transfer to/from the
switch—protects against unwanted file downloads or
unauthorized copying of switch configuration file
• Secure access to manage the 5300xl series: all access
methods—CLI, GUI, or MIB—are securely encrypted
through SSHv2, SSL, and/or SNMPv3
• Static NAT: hide up to 32 nodes per switch from the rest
of the network through static IP address translation
• Layer 4 prioritization: enables prioritization based on
TCP/UDP port numbers
• Traffic prioritization (802.1p): allows real-time traffic
classification into 8 priority levels
• Rate limiting: limit the maximum ingress traffic on a
per-port basis to a configured percentage of that port's
total bandwidth
• Class of Service (CoS): sets 802.1p priority tag based
on IP address, IP Type of Service (ToS), L3 protocol,
TCP/UDP port number, source port, and DiffServ
• RMON, XRMON, sFlow, and SMON: provide advanced
monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics,
history, alarms, and events