Hp Procurve 9300 Series; Procurve 9300 Series Overview - HP Cluster Platform Interconnects v2010 Manual

8 HP ProCurve 9300 Series

The HP ProCurve 9304M, 9308M and 9315M are supported system interconnects in HP Cluster
Platform Gigabit Ethernet solutions. These interconnects provide hardware-based Layer 2/3/4
switching and multi-protocol routing on a single, chassis-based platform. This chapter presents
the following information relating to these three interconnects:
• An overview of the ProCurve 9300 series, including an explanation of the features of the
ProCurve 9304M, ProCurve 9308M and ProCurve 9315M
• A description of the switch modules
• Instructions for installing or removing a switch module in the ProCurve 9300 series
interconnects
• Instructions for removing and installing a second power supply
• Instructions for installing the ProCurve 9300 series in a rack
Refer to the following documents for more detailed information about these interconnects:
• Quick Start Guide for the HP ProCurve Routing Switches 9304M, 9308M, and 9315M
• Installation and Basic Configuration Guide for the HP ProCurve Routing Switches 9304M, 9308M,
and 9315M
• Advanced Configuration and Management Guide for the HP ProCurve Routing Switches 9304M,
9308M, and 9315M
• Command Line Interface Reference for the HP ProCurve Routing Switches 9304M, 9308M, and
9315M
• Security Guide for the HP ProCurve Routing Switches 9304M, 9308M, and 9315M
• Diagnostics Guide for the HP ProCurve Routing Switches 9304M, 9308M, and 9315M
• HP ProCurve Redundant Power Supply Installation Guide
• HP ProCurve Manager for Hubs & Switches

8.1 ProCurve 9300 Series Overview

The ProCurve 9300 series chassis platform provides switching capacity in the core and on each
interface module of up to 128 Gbps for the 9304M, 256 Gbps for the 9308M, and 480 Gbps for the
9315M.
Each interface module utilizes a high bandwidth, shared-memory switching fabric that switches
up to 32 Gbps of bandwidth. This local switching fabric houses the forwarding engines and
includes Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) that provide packet switching functions
such as priority handling. Each interface module also contains ASICs that perform high speed
Layer 2, Layer 3, and Layer 4 lookups and forwarding, including IP sub- net look ups and packet
modifications of IP and IPX packets. Additionally, each interface module has a full-duplex data
path to the backplane that provides separate priority queues for each module destination.
Four fans are standard on the 4-slot chassis devices. Six fans are standard on the 8-slot and 15-slot
chassis devices. Each of the ProCurve 9300 series is equipped with LEDs that denote port and
power supply status.
The HP ProCurve 9300 series used in HP Cluster Platform Gigabit Ethernet solutions have the
following common features:
• Enhanced Performance (EP) technology
• 10 Gigabit Ethernet
• T-Flow traffic management
• Port trunking
• Layer 4 prioritization
• IP/IPX/AppleTalk routing
• IP multicast routing
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