HP (Hewlett-Packard) 5300xl manual

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Date 2/11/2003 Version 1.1 HP ProCurve Switch 5372xl HP ProCurve Switch 5348xl[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide Table of Contents 1. BACKGRO UND .................................................................................................................5 1.1 HP ProC urve Networkin g ......................................................................................................... ...............[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.5.1.2 Static Filters ................................................................................................................. ............................20 2.5.2 802.1x – Port-based access c ont rol / RADIUS Au thentica tion ...........................................................[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 4.1 ProCurve Net wor king Web Site................................................................................................... ........................33 5. PRICING ........................................................................................................................ ..35 [...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 1. Background This HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide will help netwo rk engineers at computer trade publications, resellers and e nd- user sites evaluate the merits of the HP ProCurve switch es. 1.1 HP ProCurve Networking HP ProCurve Networking is an extensible line of products w[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • HP ProCurve Switch redunda nt power supply (J4839A) Pricing for each of these switches and modules is given in the Pricing section. 1.3 HP ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture™ Networks are now being ask ed to carry many different types of data with differin g delivery requirements. Traffi c [...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide HP ProCurve product portfolio hp procurve s witch 537 2xl • 1 0/100 /1000 • 72 ports • 5 open module s lots hp procurve s witch 530 8xl • same chassis as 5372xl • 8 open module s lots hp procurve s witch 534 8xl • 1 0/100 /1000 • 48 ports • 2 open module s lots hp procurve s witch [...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 1.4.1 Positioning for the HP ProCurve Switch 5308xl The HP ProCurve Switch 53 08xl is a 5U wire speed Layer 2/ 3/4 eight slot chassis switch targeted primarily at high performan ce access tier applicat ions where higher port density is needed. The HP ProCurve Switch 5308xl pr ovides up to 32 Gigab[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2. Evaluation Features and Benefits 2.1 Feature Set Summary The HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl S eries are store-and-forwar d Layer 2/3/4 routing switches. Features, discussed in more detail late r in this section, include: 2.1.1 Architecture • A high speed Layer 3 architecture consisting of a full r[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • Port security – MAC lockdown • SSHv2 – secure connecti on for telnet services • SSL – Secure Sockets Layer for secure inte raction between a browser and the 5300’s managemen t GUI interface • Management VLAN – Limit CLI/GUI/telnet acce ss to the switch to a particular VLAN • [...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.1.9 New Features in Softw are Release E.07.21 (released January 22, 2003) • ACLs • XRRP • 100FX module software support • SSHv2 • SSL • SNMPv3 • IGMPv3 • Meshing improvements • OSPF Route Authentication • Debug/Logging 2.2 Architecture 2.2.1 Hardware Architecture Summary The [...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.2.2.1 Classification and Lookup When a packet first comes in, the cla ssifier sect ion determines the packet characteristics, its addresses, VLAN affiliation, any pr iority specification, etc. The pack et is stored in input memory, lookups into the table memory are done to determin e routing inf[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.2.3 F-Chip The fabric, or F-Chip, which is located on the backplan e of the switch, provides the crossb ar fabric for interconnecting the modules together. The use of a crossbar allows wire speed connections simultaneously from any module to any other mo dule. As mentioned in the N-Chip section,[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • Static IP routes: 512 maximum per chassis • IRDP (I CMP Router Discovery Protocol) • Proxy ARP • Up to 10,000 networ k address rout es – enough for a larg e local envi ronment • Up to 65,536 Laye r 3 host address routes • Bootp Relay Service • Encapsulation type: Eth ernet II •[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.3.3 Switch Meshing (LAN Aggregation) The HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series family supports HP’s Switch Meshing, a way to interconnect these switches in a meshed topology at Layer 2. Meshed switch-to-switch links can all be used simultaneousl y to their full advantage, with traffic being load-ba[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • Unlike a router, no packet modificati on is required as it travels through the switch. Other HP ProCurve switches that support Switch Meshing, such as the HP ProCurve Switch 4000M family, will work together in a mesh with the HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series. There are a few corner case caveat[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • If a 5300 Management VLAN is enabl ed it cannot be defined as an XRRP interface – SNMP management re quests to a particular 5300 need to go to that p hysical switch regardless of fail-over status. • XRRP does not interoperate with VRRP, but can coexist in a VRRP en vironment without interf[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide that has 802.1Q tagging turned on. For diffserv, each of the diffserv code points (DS CP) can have a priority set for it. It is also possible to set a new DSCP and 80 2.1p priority based on the incoming DSCP, or set the 802.1p priority alone based on th e incomi ng DSCP. The ability to re-write th[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.4.5 End-to-End QoS QoS capabilities in the switch allow it to deal with two different concerns that arise in Ethernet networks: congestion control and late ncy. In the past, controlling traffic congestion was viewed as the primary reason for QoS. But with Ethernet prices dropping substantially y[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide ignored. If a packet does not match any of the conditions in the ACL, it is denied. This is in keeping with the typical use of ACLs as a security mechanism. If the automatic denial property is not wanted, the ACL should end with an ACE stat ement permitting ANY. To assist in writing and editing AC[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide can be given specifi c network access rights, such as a ssignment to a specific VL AN an d some high level session accounting information can be maintain ed. (See the next section.) With a centralized RADIUS server doing the actual authentication, a user can log-in anywhere in the network that sup[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • RFC-2868 - RADIUS Attributes for Tunnel Protocol Support • RFC-2618 - RADIUS Authentication Client MI B • RFC-2866 - RADIUS Accounting • RFC-2620 - RADIUS Accounting Client MIB 2.5.3 TACACS+ Authentication The HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series supports TACACS+ as an authentication means f[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.5.6 SSL – Secure Sockets Layer SSL can be used to encrypt the ex ch ange between a web browser and the 5300 switch when using the HP ProCurve Switch 53 00xl Series web GUI. A facility is provided on the GUI in terface to generate a self-signed RSA certifi cate for use during a SSL browser sess[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.6 Bandwidth Management 2.6.1 Port Trunking – (Port Aggregation) Link Aggregation is the industry term for the ability to combine multiple coterminous links (links that begin at the same point and end at the same point) as on e logical link. Link aggregation allows two HP ProCurve switches to b[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide To avoid this situation the HP ProCurve Switch 5300 Series uses th e so urce and destination IP addresses to determine which link a particular p acket flow uses. This will provide a good overall distribution of traffic across the different links in the trunk. 2.6.2 VLANs A Virtual LAN is a logical[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide cases to be the maximum number of VLANs exp ected in the entire network environment supported by GVRP. This will provide space for dynami c VLAN definitions that come about through GVRP. 2.6.3 IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) is a mu lticast control protocol that builds delivery path [...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • IP Forwarding Table MIB (RFC 2096) • SMON MIB (RFC 2613) • RADIUS Client MIB (RFC 2618) • RADIUS Client Accounting MIB (RFC 2620) • Ethernet MIB (RFC 2665) • 802.3 MAU MIB (RF C 2668) • 802.1p and 802.1Q B ridge MIB (RFC 2674) • Entity MIB (RFC 2737) • RMON MIB (RFC 2819) Group[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide The console interface is also available in-band through the network via the telnet s ervice. The RS-232 port of the switch speed senses the RS-2 32 port on the termin al/P C interface up to 115,200 baud. Modems are also supported through the RS -232 port using a stra ight through cable. 2.8 Availa[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.8.4.1 SysLog Capabilities As described in the previous section, local logging is a feature well suited for a small n etwork. When a network becomes much larger than a few switches, having to go to each individual switch makes diagnosing a problem more difficult. Syslog functiona lity, growing ou[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide Hewlett-Packard can also provide mo re broad-based services such as site surveys, installation servi ces, and actual management of the netw ork, depending on customer needs. More information can be found at http://www.hp.com /go/hpprocurve or by contacting a local HP sales office. © Hewlett-Packa[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 3. Performance These numbers have been generated by Hewl e tt-Packard, using testers fr om Ixia Communications. Ixia testers are used by a number of network tes ting houses and the pres s to determine pe rformance num bers for networking equipment. In t hese tests, 32 ports were used for Gigabit t[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 3.2.2 100BT Ports Port pairs active, full duplex: 192 All latencies in mic roseconds Frame Size 64 128 256 512 1024 1280 1518 AvgLatency( µ s) 24.36 36.26 42.38 81.44 136.46 166.42 200.82 3.2.3 Latency Test Comments Latency is measured as t he time it takes for a byte inside a packet to enter and[...]

HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 4. Additional Information 4.1 ProCurve Networking Web Site Additional information, including the latest data sheets, design services, white p apers, product documentation and support information can be obtain ed through the HP ProCurve Networking web site. HP ProCurve Networ king can be reached at[...]

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HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 5. Pricing All managed HP switches ship with HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches. Prod No. Description US List Price February 1, 2003 J4819A HP ProCurve Switch 5308xl Chassis with 1 power supply, routing engine, and 8 open module slots $2,999 J4848A HP ProCurve Switch 5372xl Switch 5308xl pre-conf[...]