Switch Features - HP ProCurve Series Installation And Getting Started Manual

Switch Features

The features of the Series 3500yl and 6200yl Switches 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.
■ The 6200yl provides 24 mini-GBIC ports.
■ 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.
■ Power over Ethernet (PoE) operation—the 3500yl switches are IEEE
802.af compliant and provide up to 15.4 W per port to power IP phones,
wireless access points, web cameras, and more. For more information,
see the PoE Planning and Implementation Guide for zl and yl Products.
Plug-and-play networking—all ports are enabled—just connect the
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network cables to active network devices and your switched network is
operational.
■ 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-
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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:
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• console interface—a full featured, easy to use, VT-100 terminal
interface that is especially good for out-of-band switch management
or for Telnet access to the switch.
Introducing the Switch
Switch Features
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