HP 5500 SI Switch Series Datasheet - CurveSales.com

Features and benefitsQuality of Service (QoS)• Broadcast control: allows limitation of broadcasttraffic rate to cut down on unwanted networkbroadcast traffic• Advanced classifier-based QoS: classifiestraffic using multiple match criteria based on Layer2, 3, and 4 information; applies QoS policies suchas setting priority level and rate limit to selectedtraffic on a port, VLAN, or whole switch• Powerful QoS feature: supports the followingcongestion actions: strict priority queuing (SP),weighted round robin (WRR) queuing, and SP+WRR• Traffic policing: supports Committed Access Rate(CAR) and line rateManagement• Friendly port names: allow assignment ofdescriptive names to ports• Remote configuration and management: isavailable through a secure Web browser or acommand-line interface (CLI)• Manager and operator privilege levels:enable read-only (operator) and read/write(manager) access on CLI and Web browsermanagement interfaces• Command authorization: leveragesHWTACACS to link a custom list of CLI commandsto an individual network administrator's login; alsoprovides an audit trail• Secure Web GUI: provides a secure, easy-to-usegraphical interface for configuring the module viaHTTPS• Multiple configuration files: can be stored tothe flash image• Complete session logging: provides detailedinformation for problem identification and resolution• SNMPv1, v2c, and v3: facilitate centralizeddiscovery, monitoring, and secure management ofnetworking devices• Remote monitoring (RMON): uses standardSNMP to monitor essential network functions;supports events, alarm, history, and statistics groupplus a private alarm extension group• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol(LLDP): automated device discovery protocolprovides easy mapping of network managementapplications• sFlow (RFC 3176): provides scalable ASIC-basedwire-speed network monitoring and accounting withno impact on network performance; this allowsnetwork operators to gather a variety ofsophisticated network statistics and information forcapacity planning and real-time network monitoringpurposes• Management VLAN: segments traffic to andfrom management interfaces, including CLI/telnet, aWeb browser interface, and SNMP• Remote Intelligent Mirroring: mirrorsingress/egress ACL-selected traffic from a switchport or VLAN to a local or remote switch portanywhere on the network• Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP):monitors a cable between two switches and shutsdown the ports on both ends if the cable is broken,preventing network problems such as loops• IPv6 management: provides future-proofnetworking because the switch is capable of beingmanaged whether the attached network is runningIPv4 or IPv6; supports pingv6, tracertv6, Telnetv6,TFTPv6, DNSv6, syslogv6, FTPv6, SNMPv6,DHCPv6, and RADIUS for IPv6• Troubleshooting: ingress and egress portmonitoring enable network problem solving; virtualcable tests provide visibility into cable problemsConnectivity• Auto-MDIX: automatically adjusts forstraight-through or crossover cables on all10/100/1000 ports• Flow control: using standard IEEE 802.3x, itprovides back pressure to reduce congestion inheavy traffic situations• Ethernet OAM: provides a Layer 2 linkperformance and fault detection monitoring tool,which reduces failover and network convergencetimes• Jumbo packet support: supports up to9216-byte frame size to improve the performance oflarge data transfers• Optional 10 GbE ports: through the use ofoptional modules, additional 10 GbE connectionsare available for uplinks or high-bandwidth serverconnections; flexibly supports XFP, SFP+, or CX4local connections• IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE+)support: simplifies deployment and dramaticallyreduces installation costs by helping to eliminate thetime and cost involved in supplying local power ateach access point location2