Hp Procurve 3500Yl Series - HP Cluster Platform Interconnects v2010 Manual

4 HP ProCurve 3500yl Series

The 3500yl series consists of 24-port and 48-port rackmount chassis. The switches contain a
programmable ProVision ASIC that supports scalability of the following:
• Quality of Service (QoS) management
• Secure networking
• Modular interface
This chapter presents the following information relating to the HP ProCurve 3500yl-24G-PWR,
and the HP ProCurve 3500yl-48G-PWR switches:
• An overview of the HP ProCurve 3500yl-24G-PWR
• An overview of the HP ProCurve 3500yl-48G-PWR
• An overview of the HP ProCurve 3500yl Series LEDs
Features of the HP ProCurve 3500yl series include:
• 24 or 48 auto-sensing 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 ports with HP Auto-MDIX.
• Four dual-personality ports; either the auto sensing 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 or the mini-GBIC
can be used for each port.
• One slot (optional yl module slot) is provided in the back of the device to support a series
of transceivers to provide connectivity to other switch boxes, to a 10 Gig concentrator or to
any Ethernet compatible uplink.
• The auxiliary port is reserved for future development.
• The Switches can be connected to a ProCurve RPS/EPS and receive redundant power from
that unit. If the internal power supply in the switch fails, the RPS/EPS unit will immediately
provide all the power necessary to keep the switch running.
• Plug-and-play networking.
• IEEE 802.3ab Auto MDI/MDI-X on all 10/100/1000 twisted-pair ports, meaning that all
connections can be made using straight-through twisted-pair cables. Cross-over cables are
not required, although they will also work. The pin operation of each port is automatically
adjusted for the attached device: if the switch detects that another switch or hub is connected
to the port, it configures the port as MDI; if the switch detects that an end-node device is
connected to the port, it configures the port as MDI-X.
• Automatic learning of the network addresses in each switch's 8000- address forwarding
table, (with configurable address aging value).
• Automatically negotiated full-duplex operation for the 10/100/1000 RJ-45 ports when
connected to other auto-negotiating devices—the mini-GBIC ports always operate at full
duplex.
• Easy management of the switch through several available interfaces:
— Console Interface: A full featured, easy to use, VT-standard terminal interface that is
especially good for out-of-band switch management or for Telnet access to the switch.
— Web Browser Interface: An easy to use built-in graphical interface that can be accessed
from common web browsers.
• Support for the Spanning Tree Protocol to eliminate network loops
• Support for up to 2048 IEEE 802.1Q-compliant VLANs so you can divide the attached end
nodes into logical groupings that fit your business needs.
• Support for many advanced features to enhance network performance; for a description,
see the Management and Configuration Guide, which is on the Documentation CD-ROM that
is included with the switch.
• Download of new switch software for product enhancements or bug fixes.
• Support for IEEE 802.3af Standard and Pre-standard PoE devices.
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