Features And Benefits; Resiliency And High Availability; Layer 2 Switching - HP ProCurve 5406zl-48G Intelligent Edge Datasheet

HP ProCurve Switch 5400zl/3500yl Series

Features and benefits

Management
Remote Intelligent Mirroring: mirrors selected
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ingress/egress traffic based on ACL, port, MAC address, or VLAN
to a local or remote 8200zl/6200yl/5400zl/3500yl switch anywhere
on the network
• RMON, XRMON, and sFlow v5: provide advanced monitoring
and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events
• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP):
automated device discovery protocol for easy mapping by network
management applications
• Command authorization: leverages RADIUS to link a custom
list of CLI commands to individual network administrator's login;
also provides an audit trail
• Friendly port names: allow assignment of descriptive names to
ports
• Dual flash images: provides independent primary and
secondary OS files for backup while upgrading
• Multiple configuration files: multiple configuration files can be
stored to the flash image
• Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD): monitors cable
between two switches and shuts down the ports on both ends if
the cable is broken turning the bi-directional link into
uni-directional; this prevents network problems such as loops
• Management simplicity: ProCurve-common networking
features and CLI implementation (common across ProCurve zl
and yl switches)
Connectivity
IPv6:
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- IPv6 host: the switches can be managed and deployed at the
edge of IPv6 networks
- Dual stack (IPv4/IPv6): provides transition mechanism from
IPv4 to IPv6; supports connectivity for both protocols
- MLD snooping: forwards IPv6 multicast traffic to the appropriate
interface; prevents IPv6 multicast traffic from flooding the network
- IPv6 ACL/QoS: supports ACL and QoS for IPv6 network traffic
- IPv6 ready: the switch hardware can support IPv6 QoS, ACL,
routing, tunneling, and security; these features will be available
when enabled via software update in follow-on releases
• IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet: provides up to 15.4 W per
port to IEEE 802.3af compliant PoE powered devices such as IP
phones, wireless access points, and security cameras
• Pre-standard PoE support: detects and provides power to
pre-standard PoE devices; see list of supported devices in the
product FAQ at www.procurve.com
• Jumbo frames: on Gigabit and 10-Gigabit ports, allow
high-performance remote backup and disaster-recovery services
• Auto-MDIX: automatically adjusts for straight-through or
crossover cables on all 10/100/1000 ports
Performance
• 5400zl/3500yl architecture: 115 to 692 Gbps crossbar switching
fabric provides intra- and inter-module switching with 36 to 428
million pps throughput on the purpose-built ProVision ASICs
• Selectable queue configurations: increase performance by
selecting the number of queues and associated memory buffering
that best meet the requirements of your network applications

Resiliency and high availability

• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (requires Premium
License): VRRP allows groups of two routers to dynamically back
each other up to create highly available routed environments
• IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol: provides high
link availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing multiple
spanning trees; encompasses IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree
Protocol and IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and
ProCurve trunking: support up to 60 trunks, each with up to 8
links (ports) per trunk; trunking across modules is supported
• Hot-swappable modules (5400zl series): permits modules,
mini-GBICs, and power supplies in a redundant power supply
configuration to be added or swapped without interrupting the
network
• Optional redundant power supply (5400zl series): provides
uninterrupted power and allows hot-swapping of the redundant
power supplies when installed
• Sparing simplicity: ProCurve zl-common accessories (interface
modules, power supplies)

Layer 2 switching

IEEE 802.1ad Q-in-Q (requires Premium License):
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increases the scalability of Ethernet network by providing a
hierarchical structure; connects multiple LANs on high-speed
campus or metro network
• ProCurve switch meshing: dynamically load-balances across
multiple active redundant links to increase available aggregate
bandwidth
• VLAN support and tagging: supports the IEEE 802.1Q
standard and 2,048 VLANs simultaneously
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