HP 2424M User Manual
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HP ProCurve Switch 4000M / 8000M / 2424M / 1600M Reviewer’s Guide
Table of Contents
1.
BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................5
1.1
HP’s Proactive Networking...................................................................................................................................5
1.2
What is a Switch?...................................................................................................................................................5
1.3
Hewlett-Packard Switch Products........................................................................................................................5
1.3.1 ProCurve Switches Covered in this Guide ..........................................................................................................5
1.3.2 Other Switches Available From HP ....................................................................................................................6
1.4
HP Switch Positioning ...........................................................................................................................................8
1.4.1 Positioning for the HP ProCurve Switch 4000M/8000M/2424M/1600M ..........................................................8
1.4.2 Switch 8000M / 4000M / 2424M / 1600M Comparison .....................................................................................9
2.
EVALUATION FEATURES AND BENEFITS...............................................................10
2.1
Feature Set Summary..........................................................................................................................................10
2.2
Architecture..........................................................................................................................................................11
2.2.1 Store-and-Forward ............................................................................................................................................11
2.2.2 Backplane Design..............................................................................................................................................11
2.2.2.1
Backplanes: Chassis vs. Stackable............................................................................................................12
2.2.3 Packet Buffer Memory ......................................................................................................................................12
2.2.4 HP ProCurve Switch 100/1000Base-T Module ................................................................................................12
2.2.5 HP ProCurve Switch 2424M Gigabit Stacking Module....................................................................................13
2.3
IEEE 802.3x Flow Control ..................................................................................................................................13
2.4
Automatic Broadcast Control.............................................................................................................................13
2.5
Automatic Gateway Configuration ....................................................................................................................14
2.6
Switch Meshing (LAN Aggregation) ..................................................................................................................14
2.7
QoS Features ........................................................................................................................................................15
2.7.1 Incoming IEEE 802.1p Priority Tag Support ....................................................................................................15
2.7.2 In-Switch 802.1p Tagging.................................................................................................................................15
2.7.3 IP-ToS Support..................................................................................................................................................16
2.7.4 Diff-Serv Support..............................................................................................................................................16
2.8
IGMP Support .....................................................................................................................................................16
2.9
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Support .............................................................................................................................17
2.10
Port Trunking (Link Aggregation) ....................................................................................................................17
2.10.1
Implementation of Cisco's Fast EtherChannel
®
............................................................................................18
2.10.2
HP Trunking..................................................................................................................................................18
2.11
Filtering ................................................................................................................................................................18
2.11.1
Layer 2 and Layer 3 Filtering .......................................................................................................................18
2.11.2
Broadcast Storm Prevention..........................................................................................................................19
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