Introducing The Switch; Hp Procurve 6120G/Xg Blade Switch - HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Installation And Getting Started Manual

Introducing the Switch

Introducing the Switch

HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch

The HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch is a blade switch for the HP BladeSystem c-Class
enclosures. The 6120G/XG Blade Switch supports advanced layer 2 switching. This switch can
be used to build high speed switched networks between servers in the data center.
Figure 1. HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch
Designed for the c-Class BladeSystem enclosure, the HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch
provides sixteen 1Gb backplane connections to the c-class server blade ethernet ports and four
1Gb copper uplinks, two 1Gb SFP uplinks along with three 10Gb uplinks and a single 10Gb
inter-switch link.
A robust set of industry standard layer 2 switching functions, QOS metering, security and High
Availability features are also included.
The inter-switch link (ISL) is an internal port that connects to an identical device in the adjacent
interconnect bay in the c-class enclosure. This port is under the control of both the switch and
the Onboard Administrator (OA) for the c-class enclosure. The OA automatically enables this
port if an identical device is detected in the adjacent bay - there is no user interface for
controlling this port via the OA Web interface or CLI. Administrative control of this port is only
possible using the ProCurve switch CLI or web GUI. This port is disabled by default in the
ProCurve switch factory default configuration.
The 6120G/XG is perfectly suited for data centers in transition where a mix of 1Gb and 10Gb
network connections are required. The 6120G/XG blade switch provides consistency and
interoperability across existing network investments to help reduce the complexity of network
management through resilient core-to-edge connectivity and automated provisioning technol-
ogies. With a variety of connection interfaces the 6120G/XG switch offers excellent investment
protection, flexibility, and scalability, as well as ease of deployment and reduced operational
expense.
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