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External redundant power supply
provides high reliability
IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Protocol (LACP) and HP port trunking
support up to 24 trunks, each with up to 8 links (ports) per trunk
IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree
provides high link availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing multiple spanning trees
NEW SmartLink
provides easy-to-configure link redundancy of active and standby links
Manageability
Dual flash images
provides independent primary and secondary operating system files for backup while upgrading
Friendly port names
allows assignment of descriptive names to ports
Multiple configuration files
stores easily to the flash image
Port mirroring
enables traffic on a port to be simultaneously sent to a network analyzer for monitoring
sFlow (RFC 3176)
delivers wire-speed traffic accounting and monitoring configured by SNMP and CLI with three terminal encrypted receivers
RMON (remote monitoring)
provides advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events
Find-Fix-and-Inform
finds and fixes common network problems automatically, then informs the administrator
NEW Comware CLI
Comware-compatible CLI
bridges the experience of HP Comware CLI users who are using the HP ProVision software CLI
Display and fundamental Comware CLI commands
are embedded in the switch CLI as native commands; display output is formatted as on Comware-based switches, and
fundamental commands provide a Comware-familiar initial switch setup
Configuration Comware CLI commands
when Comware commands are entered, CLI help is elicited to formulate the correct ProVision software CLI command
Layer 2 switching
VLANs
provide support for 512 VLANs and 4,094 VLAN IDs
Jumbo packet support
improves the performance of large data transfers; supports frame size of up to 9220 bytes
IEEE 802.1v protocol VLANs
isolate select non-IPv4 protocols automatically into their own VLANs
NEW Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+)
allows each VLAN to build a separate spanning tree to improve link bandwidth usage in network environments with multiple V
Layer 3 routing
Static IP routing
provides manually configured routing; includes ECMP capabilit
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
QuickSpecs
HP 2620 Switch Series
Overview
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