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Enterprise performance and features
With excellent performance, comprehensive features,
and outstanding built-in network security capabilities,
the 8200zl switch series was designed to capably
and reliably support a wide range of deployments for
enterprise organizations of 500 to 10,000 users. At
the same time, it provides features such as full Layer
2/3/4 capabilities (RIP, OSPF, and PIM), IPv6 (IPv6
host, IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack, MLD snooping, ACLs,
QoS, and OSPFv3/static routing/DHCPv6 relay/
Routed ACL), and Q-in-Q (IEEE 802.1ad) that help
ensure those solutions remain viable and effective over
a long and useful life, enhancing network productivity
and reducing disruptive technology upgrades.
The 8200zl switch series offers superior scalability—
from 24 to 288 PoE-enabled 10/100/1000 ports
and 4 to 48 10-GbE ports—and scalable power in
a space-efficient chassis design to enable seamless
migration to higher-speed connectivity over time.
With ample performance headroom to keep pace
with growth, the 8200zl switch series provides
flexibility and investment protection for future needs. It
continues to deliver as the network expands to support
bandwidth-intensive applications such as video
streaming and distribution-layer link aggregation.
High availability
The 8200zl switch series includes a host of critical
system platform high-availability features that provide
enhanced reliability, serviceability, and network peace
of mind:
•Hot-swappable, redundant management, fabric, and
power with a resilient cooling design
•Nonstop Switching, which enables mission-critical
deployments with stateful failover and uninterrupted
Layer 2 switching when the standby management
module has to take over for the active management
module
•Redundant Switch Fabric Modules, which operate in
an efficient, load-sharing model with no disruption
of network operation in the unlikely event of a fabric
module failure
•System Support Module (SSM), a user-serviceable
system componentry and consolidated health/status
module to provide accessibility and serviceability
•Passive system design, with passive chassis
backplane that helps ensure that network component
failures never result in forklift servicing of the system
The HP ProCurve 8200zl Switch Series
offers a host of features that make it
well-suited for a wide range of network
core/high-availability use models.