Background; Hp Procurve Networking; Hewlett-Packard 5300 Switch Products; Hp Procurve Switches Covered In This Guide - HP 5300 Reviewer's Manual

This HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer's Guide will help network engineers at computer
trade publications, resellers and end-user sites evaluate the merits of the HP ProCurve switches.

1.1 HP ProCurve Networking

HP ProCurve Networking is an extensible line of products working together to provide the control
network administrators need to deliver the network uptime and performance that their organizations
require. This guide describes one part of HP networking: the HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series
products.

1.2 Hewlett-Packard 5300 Switch Products

1.2.1 HP ProCurve Switches Covered in this Guide

This guide covers the following Hewlett-Packard switch products:
HP ProCurve Switch 5308xl (J4819A)
The HP ProCurve Switch 5308xl is a 5U wire speed Layer 2/3/4 eight slot chassis switch targeted
primarily at high performance access tier applications. The HP ProCurve Switch 5308xl provides up
to 32 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 192 10/100-TX with HP Auto-MDI-X ports. Voice, video and data
ready, the Switch 5300xl series offers extensive prioritization that bring full convergence down to
the desktop. The chassis comes standard with a routing engine and power supply.
HP ProCurve Switch 5304xl (J4850A)
The HP ProCurve Switch 5304xl is a 3U wire speed Layer 2/3/4 four slot chassis switch targeted
primarily at high performance access tier applications. The HP ProCurve Switch 5304xl provides up
to 16 Gigabit Ethernet ports or 96 10/100-TX with HP Auto-MDI-X ports. Voice, video and data
ready, the Switch 5300xl series offers extensive prioritization features that brings full convergence
down to the desktop. The chassis comes standard with a routing engine and power supply.
HP ProCurve Switch 5372xl (J4848A)
The HP ProCurve Switch 5372xl bundles 72 10/100-TX ports in the 8 slot 5308xl chassis, leaving
5 open slots.
HP ProCurve Switch 5348xl (J4849A)
The HP ProCurve Switch 5348xl bundles 48 10/100-TX ports in the 4 slot 5304xl chassis, leaving
2 open slots.
Modules available for these switches:
•
HP ProCurve Switch xl 10/100Base-TX module (J4820A)
24 ports of 10/100Base-T
•
HP ProCurve Switch xl 100/1000-T module (J4821A)
4 ports of 100/1000Base-T (no 10Mb support)
•
HP ProCurve Switch xl 100FX MR-RJ module (J4852A)
12 ports of 100FX – MT-RJ connectors
•
HP ProCurve Switch xl mini-GBIC module (J4878A)
4 ports of mini-GBIC connectivity
o HP ProCurve Gigabit-SX-LC Mini-GBIC (J4858A)
o HP ProCurve Gigabit-LX-LC Mini-GBIC (J4859A)
o HP ProCurve Gigabit-LH-LC Mini-GBIC (J4860A)
© Hewlett-Packard Co. 2002, 2003
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer's Guide

1. Background

Rev 1.1 – 2/11/2003
http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve
Page 5 of 35