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HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Reviewer’s Guide
Table of Contents
1. BACKGROUND................................................................................................................ 4
1.1 HP’s Proactive Networking ...................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 What is a Routing Switch?........................................................................................................................................ 4
1.3 Hewlett-Packard Switch Products ........................................................................................................................... 4
1.3.1 HP ProCurve Routing Switches Covered in this Guide.................................................................................... 4
1.3.2 Other Switches Available From HP.................................................................................................................. 5
1.4 HP Switch Positioning ............................................................................................................................................... 7
1.4.1 Positioning for the HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9304M ................................................................................ 7
1.4.2 Positioning for the HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9308M ................................................................................ 7
2. EVALUATION FEATURES AND BENEFITS ................................................................... 8
2.1 Feature Set Summary................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.2 Architecture ............................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.1 Hardware Architecture Summary ..................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.2 Packet Processor ............................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.3 Shared Memory................................................................................................................................................. 9
2.2.4 Forwarding Engine............................................................................................................................................ 9
2.2.5 Priority Queues ............................................................................................................................................... 10
2.2.6 System Management Interface........................................................................................................................10
2.2.7 Backplane Design ........................................................................................................................................... 10
2.3 Layer 3 Services....................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.3.1 IP..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.3.2 IPX.................................................................................................................................................................. 11
2.3.3 AppleTalk ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.4 QoS............................................................................................................................................................................ 12
2.4.1 IEEE 802.3x Flow Control ............................................................................................................................. 12
2.4.2 IEEE 802.1p Priority Support ......................................................................................................................... 12
2.4.3 Multicast Support............................................................................................................................................ 12
2.4.3.1 DVMRP ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
2.4.3.2 PIM (Dense)................................................................................................................................................ 12
2.4.3.3 IGMP .......................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.4.3.4 IP Tunneling................................................................................................................................................ 13
2.4.4 Layer 4 Features.............................................................................................................................................. 13
2.4.4.1 Priority Queues ........................................................................................................................................... 13
2.4.4.2 Layer 4 Filtering ......................................................................................................................................... 13
2.5 VLANs ...................................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.5.1 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Support ......................................................................................................................... 14
2.5.2 IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol ............................................................................................................ 14
2.6 Port Trunking (Link Aggregation) ........................................................................................................................ 14
2.7 Filtering .................................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.7.1 Layer 2 Filtering ............................................................................................................................................. 15
2.7.2 Layer 3 and Layer 4 Filtering ......................................................................................................................... 16
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