HP (Hewlett-Packard) 9304M manual

re vie w e r ’s g u ide H P P roCurve Switch Routi ng Switch 9304M H P P roCurve Switch Routi ng Switch 9308M Date 4/1/1999 Version 4.0 HP Pr oCur ve Rou ti ng Sw itch 9308 M HP Pr oCur ve Rou ti ng Sw itch 9304 M[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide Table of Contents 1. BACK GROUND ................................................................................................................ 4 1.1 H P’s Proactive Net w ork i ng ......................................................................................................[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 2.8 F lex i bility ................................................................................................................. ................................................. 16 2.9 R eliability ....................................................................................[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 1. Background This Routing S wit ch Rev iew er’s Gui d e w ill he lp net wor k te sting eng i neer s a t compu t er t r ade publica t ion s , resel l er s and end - use r si tes evaluate the mer its of the HP ProCurve rou t ing swit ches. 1.1 HP’s P r oactive Net worki ng HP proacti[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide Pri cin g for each o f these s wit che s and modul es i s given i n sec ti on 5 . 1.3.2 Other S w itch es Av ailab l e From H P Below is a comp let e list of s w itch es available fro m HP. Sepa rate Revie wer ’s Guides are a vailable fo r th e HP ProCurve Switch 8000 M / 1600 M , HP [...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide HP ProC urve S witch 224M Fixed con f igu r ation desktop s wit ch with (24) 10 Mbps E t hernet ports and (2) 100Base-T ports (one fi xed TX and one t r ansceiver-ba sed por t) HP Ad vanceStack S wit ch 800T Eight fi xed aut ose nsi n g half/full dup le x 10 / 100 M bps E t herne t por [...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 1.4 HP Sw itch Po si tio n in g HP i d ent ifi es th ree d iff ere nt c l assif i ca ti ons f o r s w itches: node/ d esktop, top - of -stack and bac kbone switche s . The rou tin g s wit ches are t a rge t ed a t th e m e di um to lar ge backbone. Requirement s in this area are high ba[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 2. Evaluation Featur es and Benefits 2.1 Feature Set Summ a r y The HP ProCurve Routing Swit ch 93 04M and HP Pr oCurve Routin g Sw it ch 93 08M are sto r e-and - for w ard Lay e r 3 routing sw it che s tha t fe ature: • A non-block i ng Lay e r 3 a r chitec tu re consist i ng of shar[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 2.2 Architectu re 2.2.1 Ha rd wa re A r chitecture Summary The HP ProCurve Routing S wit ch 93 04M h a s 4 ident i cal s l ots , whil e the HP Pr oCu r ve Rou t ing Swi t ch 9308M ha s e i ght. Any of the mo dule s can be put in any of the slo t s. The on ly rule is that ther e must be [...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 2.2.4 For w a rding Engine The f orw ard i ng eng i ne, a cus t om AS IC present on each m odule, uses the infor mati on in th e FI D to actually move the packets to and fro m ei the r ext e rna l ports or the backplane switch fab r ic via the shared memory. The forw ar ding engine als [...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 2.3 Layer 3 Services Rout ing fo r bo th IP an d I PX is done in ASI C hardw a re a t wir e speed. App l eTa l k rou ting is done by t he processor at a rate up to 300,0 00 pps. Rou t ing service s can be applied t w o d iff eren t ways: • The rout e r is direct ly a ssi gn ed t o spe[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide switched ports is at wi re sp eed, s i nce it is l ooked at as Layer 2 tra ffic th at ju st happens to be App l eTa lk at Layer 3. • Rout ing Se rvic es • Rout ing Ta ble Maint e nanc e Pr otocol (RT MP ) • Apple Talk Ec ho P r otoc ol (AEP ) • Name Bindi ng Pr otocol ( N BP ) ?[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide generate mult ica s t pa th trees through the n etw ork so tha t a particula r mu ltica s t str e am is only s e nt on links tha t ultima tely reach a rece ive r of that strea m . Thi s prev ents mult icast s t rea ms fro m bei n g sen t to pa rts o f th e n etwork wher e it isn ' [...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 2.4.4.2 L ayer 4 F ilt er in g The 9300 rou t in g s wit ches can f ilt er b a sed on IP addr esses, IP po rt number and IPX ne tw ork number. More deta ils are g i ven later in the F ilt ering section. The s e f ilt ers can be u s ed in per mi t or d e ny situa ti ons, a llowin g f i n[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 2. 6 Por t Tr unking (Li n k Aggregation) Link Aggregat i on is t h e indus tr y t erm fo r t he ab ilit y t o co mbin e m ultiple cot e rm i nous l inks (li nks that begin a t the sa me poin t and end at the sa me point ) as on e log i cal l i nk. Link aggregation a llows two HP Pr oCu[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 2.7.2 La yer 3 and La yer 4 Filter ing At Layer 3 and Laye r 4, t h ese fi lte r s avai lable are: IP Fi lte rs IP X Fi lt ers I nbound and/o r out b ound I P a ddre sse s I nbound and/o r out b ound I P X addre sse s Protocol type s (UDP, TCP, etc.) I nbound and out bound f o rw ar d f[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 2.9 R e liab il i ty Overall re liability of a produc t is det e rm in ed no t only by ho w mu ch t im e bet w een p r oduct fa ilu res, but also how f a st a failed unit can be repa ired o r rep l aced. HP offe rs a one year warran t y, free b a sic-lev e l phone suppor t dur in g t hi[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide On- s ite upgr a des to eit h er busi n ess - day f our hou r suppor t or 24X7 f ou r hour suppor t can be pu rchas ed th rough HP. Other fee-based services av ail a ble t hat are high ly re com m ended are h a rd wa re suppor t contracts t o cover t h e rou ting swi tch es wh en th ey [...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 2.10.1 MIB Support The HP ProCurve Rout in g S w itch 93 04M / 9308M suppor ts th e f ollo win g standard M IBs: • MIB- II (RFC 1213 ) • Ether- like MIB (RFC 1398 ) • Bridge MIB (RFC 1493) • Etherne t - like MIB (RFC 1643 ) • RMON MIB (RFC 1757) Groups: (1) Ether n et st atist[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 2.11 Some 9304M / 9308 M Routing Switch Max i mums Param e te r M ax imum Val u e D efau lt Val u e MAC ad dr esses 32,00 0 16,00 0 Po rt VL ANs 4096 8 All fi lt er s S ystem : 1024 Inter f ace: 12 8 L ayer 3 VL ANs 1 ,024 32 L ayer 4 sessi ons 4096 512 Vi rtual rout er in ter f aces 93[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 3. Performance Testing Routing s w itch es are norm al l y performanc e tested und er a v ari ety o f conditions, a t Laye r 2 a nd Layer 3, for three ma in parameter s : th roughput /p acke t lo ss rate, conges tion control and la tency. Def init i ons f o r t h roughput, packe t lo ss[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide For 100 Mbps env i ron m ent s, the crosspoint mat r ix backplan e can handle the t r affic at ful l wire speed. In this situatio n t he traffic is limited by th e t ota l th roughput of th e 100 Mbp s ports. 3. 2 Congestion Contr ol Congest i on occur s any tim e more p ackets are dest[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide latencies should be reported as L I FO. At any rat e, l ate ncy fi gures shoul d be l abeled as t o whet her th ey are LIFO o r FIFO. Occasionally sto r e-and-for w ard routing s wit ch lat e ncy will be repor ted on a FIFO bas i s. To conver t FIFO to LIFO resu lts , the ti me assoc i [...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 4. A ddi tio n al Informa t io n 4. 1 ProCurve Networ king Web Si te Additional informa t ion , inc l udin g the lates t data sheets, des i gn guide s , wh ite paper s , product documen tati on and support info rmat i on can be obt ai ned t h rough th e HP ProCur ve Net w ork i ng web s[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 5. Pricin g A ll H P rout in g sw it ches ship with HP T opToo ls for Hu bs & Sw it ches. Prod No. D escri pti on US List Price March 1, 1999 J4139A HP Pro Cur ve R o ut in g Sw itch 9304M chass is In cludes (4) open m odul e sl ots J4138A HP Pro Cur ve R o ut in g Sw itch 9308M cha[...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 6. Ap pendi x A : Per f ormance Figur es Thes e number s have been ge ne rate d b y H ewl ett-Packar d, using two Ixi a 16 00 t e st er s from Ixia Co mm unications . Ixi a te st er s are us ed b y a num b er of networ k tes t ing h ouses and t he pres s to det erm ine p erf or m an ce [...]

H P P roCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Rev iewer’s Guide 6.1.3 Latenc y Test - Unicast Traffic – Packets Wi thin the Modules 6.1.3. 1 Gigabit-S X por ts Port pairs acti ve : 64 Late nc y tes t le ngth: 10 seco nds Port-Pair La te nc y in micr os ec ( s) Packe t size (b yt es) 64 128 256 512 1024 1280 1518 A verage o f al l por ts 7.01 7.58 [...]