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Switch performance, Switch network features, Switch deployment and configuration – HP GbE2 User Manual

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Appendix: Summary of features of the ProLiant BL p-Class

GbE2 Interconnect Kit

Switch performance

Store and forward mode layer 2 switching standard

Layer 3 routing firmware future internal upgrade capability

Layer 7 routing and content delivery switching future internal upgrade capability

Support for 3rd party external layer 7 content delivery switch / appliance

Support for F5 BIG-IP Blade Controller load balancer and traffic management

Frame forwarding throughput of 1.488 million packets per second (per Gigabit port)

17.9 million packets per second maximum external port (uplink) frame forwarding throughput per server blade enclosure

(64-byte packets)

24.0 Gb/s External port (uplink) bandwidth per server blade enclosure (full duplex)

10 Gigabit Ethernet uplink future upgrade capability

128 MB Main, 32 MB flash, and 2 MB packet buffer memory per switch (packet buffer memory shared between ports)

Auto-negotiation and auto-sensing with full-duplex support and ability to manually force port speed and duplex mode

Auto-MDI/MDIX on all ports enabled with auto-negotiation

2,048 MAC addresses per switch with automatic MAC address learning

ARP for IP to MAC address resolution

Switch network features

IEEE 802.3 10Base-T Ethernet, IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T Ethernet, and IEEE 802.3z

1000Base-SX

IEEE 802.1D spanning tree protocol (mono-spanning tree)

PVST+ and PVST compatibility when VLANs are untagged or use 802.1Q tagging; up to 16 spanning tree domains per

switch

Enable/disable and configure spanning tree port cost and priority on a per port basis

IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation (excluding LACP) supporting up to 12 multilink trunk groups with 6 ports per group;

compatible with Cisco EtherChannel trunking (Fast EtherChannel, Gigabit EtherChannel)

255 IEEE 802.1Q port based VLANs per switch

IEEE 802.3ac VLAN Ethernet frame extensions for 802.1Q tagging on a per port basis

Tagged and untagged ports as members of a VLAN

IEEE 802.3x flow control with manual configuration capability

NTP (network time protocol) client with time zone support

Real time clock (RTC) system time

Switch deployment and configuration

Default pre-configuration for immediate plug-in operation in the server blade enclosure

Set-up utility for a step-by-step customized configuration

Communicate to any and all server blade network adapters from any Ethernet external port

Manage both switches, access all iLO ports, and execute PXE from any external Ethernet port

Web-based interface accessible from any switch port

Command line interface (CLI) with scripting capability accessible from any switch port

Telnet access to the CLI and menu-driven console interfaces accessible from any switch Ethernet port

Integrated switch scripting within Rapid Deployment Pack for Windows v1.40 or greater

One serial and two Ethernet ports conveniently located on the front of each switch for additional uplinks and local

management, port mirroring, and other administration and diagnostic tasks

Configurable forwarding MAC address aging time settable to any value from 1 to 65,535 seconds (default is 300 seconds)