HP (Hewlett-Packard) 8200zl/5400zl/3500yl Series manual

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    ProCur ve Switch 8200zl/5400zl/3500yl Series Ordering Guide[...]

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    The ProCurve S witch 8200zl/5400zl/3500y l series can pow er any de vice that adheres to the IEEE 802.3af standard. In addition, de vices using pre-standard Cisco PoE po wer can also be pow ered. The switches will a utomaticall y detect wha t type of pow er and how m uch is needed when a com patible device is pl ugged into the port. There are tw o [...]

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    Step 2: Determine your future pow er needs for the chassis, if an y . PoE pow er : If you w ould like to plan for future PoE pow er needs now , determine how m uch extra PoE po wer y ou might need. Add this to y our figure from Step 1. T able 1. Use this table to deter mine your PoE pow er needs from Steps 1 and 2. Pow er-consuming items Pow ered d[...]

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    4 Step 3: Determine the level of redundant pow er desired. See T able 2 for definitions of the different lev els of red undancy . No red undancy : Skip to Step 4. System po wer red undancy : S ystem power is the pow er needed to run the switching and routing functionality in the s witch— essentiall y ev erything except PoE. One pow er suppl y is [...]

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    Step 4: Choose your pow er supply(ies). There are tw o power su pplies a vailable for the zl series family of s witches. T able 3. zl switch power supplies PoE pow er a vailable from the po wer su pplies is computed by adding the PoE po wer from all of the installed supplies. If PoE po wer red undancy is desired, take into account the amount of PoE[...]

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    en vironment up and running. Th us there is no red undancy for some of the PDs in this scenario , ev en though that w as desired. This is not a concern if all supplies in the s witch are the same pow er. See T able 4 for the minimum and maxim um pow er suppl y counts for the different zl switches. T able 4 . Switch power supply capacities W atch th[...]

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    7 ProCur ve 620 Redundant/ External Pow er Supply The ProCurve 620 Red undant/External Pow er Suppl y provides RPS and EPS po wer indi vid ually to tw o ProCurve 3500 s witches or RPS to tw o ProCurve 6200 or ProCurve 2900 switches. The ProCurv e 620 does not support the ProCurve 8200 or 5400 s witches. RPS pow er: Connecting the RPS provides full [...]

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    There are tw o switch versi ons a vailable for each of the ProCurve S witch 5400s, ProCurve Switch 3500y l-24G-PWR, and ProCurve S witch 3500y l-48G-PWR—the Intelligent Edge s witch and the Premium Edge s witch. All the 5400 and 3500 switches shi p as Intelligent Edge switches. An In telligent Edge switch can be upgraded to a Premi um Edge switch[...]

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    9 Figure 1: Common access control infr astructure Intelligent Edge/Premium Edge contents The 5400/3500 Intelligent Edge s witches contain all the function ality that most customers need for an Intelligent Edge s witch. See the 5400/3500 data sheets for a listing of the included fea tures. Data sheets can be found at the ProCurv e Networking W eb si[...]

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    P ar t 3: F ield-replaceable units Tw o parts—the management module and the fan tra y—for the 8200zl/5400zl switches are field-replaceable, meaning the customer can keep a spare onsite and replace the part themsel ves if the need arises. The s witches are co vered by a lifetime w arranty with next- business-da y replacement, so keeping spare pa[...]

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    Spare 8200zl System Suppor t Module The Switch 8200zl series requires a S ystem Support Mod ule (SSM), and spare modules can be ordered as it is a critical system component. The spare SSM ships with the required tool for remo val from the 8200zl chassis, and replacement should be done d uring a sched uled maintenance windo w as the SSM is not a hot[...]

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    © 2007 Hewlett-P ackard Development Company , L.P . The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and ser vices are set for th in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and ser vices. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty . HP shall [...]