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Feature set summary
Additional details about the ProCurve 6600 Switch Series and 8200zl, 5400zl, 6200yl, and 3500yl series
features include the following:
Data center optimized
•Front-to-back airflow: designed to be co-located at the top of a server rack, the 6600 series supports front-to-
back airflow (mechanically reversible) to support hot-aisle/cold-aisle configurations; the N+N fan tray is also
hot-swappable, allowing easy replacement in the rack
•Modular internal power supplies: supports redundant, hot-swappable power supply configurations (units ship
with one supply); power load is shared across dual supplies
•Server-to-switch distributed trunking: supports Layer 2 LACP groups from a single server across two different
switches for active-active server NIC teaming configurations
•Power-down idle ports: power-down blocks of idle Gigabit and 10-GbE ports to save power; idle ports can
be reinitialized without rebooting; available on 6600-24XG, 6600-48G, and 6600-48G-4XG models
•Out-of-band management: remotely monitor and manage switch via Ethernet out-of-band management port;
eliminate need for terminal server network; available on 6600-24XG, 6600-48G, and 6600-48G-4XG
models
•Deployment/serviceability: data connectivity and management ports are all front-side accessible, and power
supplies and fan trays are rear-side accessible to allow for easy maintenance and in-rack serviceability
Management
•Remote Intelligent Mirroring: mirrors ingress/egress ACL-selected traffic from a switch port or VLAN to a local
or remote 8200zl, 6600, 6200yl, 5400zl, and 3500yl switch port anywhere on the network
•RMON, XRMON, and sFlow v5: provide advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history,
alarms, and events
•Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD): monitors cable between two switches and shuts down the ports on both
ends if the cable is broken, turning the bi-directional link into uni-directional; this prevents network problems
such as loops
•IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP): automated device discovery protocol for easy mapping by
network management applications
•Management simplicity: common networking features and CLI implementation (common throughout
HP ProCurve 8200zl, 6600, 6200yl, 5400zl, and 3500yl switches)
•Command authorization: leverages RADIUS to link a custom list of CLI commands to individual network
administrator’s login; also provides an audit trail
•Friendly port names: allow assignment of descriptive names to ports
•Multiple configuration files: can be stored to the flash image
•Dual flash images: provide independent primary and secondary operating system files for backup while
upgrading
Connectivity
•IPv6:
− IPv6 Host: switches are managed and deployed at the IPv6 network’s edge
− Dual stack (IPv4/IPv6): transitions from IPv4 to IPv6, supporting connectivity for both protocols
− MLD snooping: forwards IPv6 multicast traffic to the appropriate interface, preventing traffic flooding
− IPv6 ACL/QoS: supports ACL and QoS for IPv6 network traffic
•Auto-MDIX: automatically adjusts for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100 and 10/100/1000
ports
•Jumbo frames: on Gigabit and 10-Gb ports, allow high-performance remote backup and disaster-recovery
services with frame size of 9216 bytes