•Diagnostic—remote intelligent mirroring, loopback interface, UDLD, sFlow support
•Investment protection—upgradable management engine and CPU (for 5400zl and 8200zl Series), upgradable to Premium License feature group, add-in modules and power supplies (for 5400zl and 8200zl Series), Versatile Intelligent Ports, programmable ASICs
HP ProCurve Switch 5400zl and 3500yl Series
The HP ProCurve Switch 5400zl and 3500yl series consist of the most advanced intelligent edge switches in the HP ProCurve product line. The 5400zl series includes 6-slot and 12-slot chassis and associated zl modules and bundles, and the 3500yl series includes 24-port and 48-port stackables.
With a variety of Gigabit interfaces, integrated Power over Ethernet (PoE) on all 10/100/1000Base-T ports, 10-GbE capability, and a choice of form factors, the 5400zl and 3500yl switches offer excellent investment protection, flexibility, and scalability, as well as ease of deployment, operation, and maintenance.
The 5400zl and 3500yl switches are targeted as enterprise-class wiring closet switches—designed for low cost with a choice of medium to high port density. Voice, video, and data ready, the HP ProCurve Switch 5400zl and 3500yl series offer extensive prioritization features that bring full convergence down to the desktop. Integrated PoE minimizes wiring requirements for VoIP phones and wireless access points. The HP ProCurve Switch 5400zl and 3500yl series provide fine-grained security at the edge of the network to lock out external threats, yet provide appropriate access to employees and guests. Collectively, these features make the 5400zl and 3500yl switches well-suited for the access tier.
For some customers, the Layer 3 features and redundant power supply features of the HP ProCurve Switch 5400zl series also make it well-suited as a distribution switch. New to the 5400zl and 3500yl series is the optional deployment of a Premium License feature group as opposed to the standard offerings of the Intelligent Edge feature group. The Premium License contains all of the Intelligent Edge features plus additional features oriented towards routing that are useful when deploying the switch at the distribution level of the network. The Premium License feature group includes protocols such as PIM-SM, PIM-DM, OSPF-ECMP, and VRRP.
HP ProCurve Switch 6200yl-24G-mGBIC
The HP ProCurve Switch 6200yl-24G-mGBIC is an advanced Layer 3 stackable in 1U height. It has 24 mini-GBIC slots and an expansion slot for an optional 4-port 10-GbE module. Designed to be deployed as an aggregator of traffic from the edge to the core of the network, this switch supports a variety of Gigabit mini-GBICs, such as SX, LX, LH, and 1000Base-T. The Premium License feature group is standard on the HP ProCurve Switch 6200yl-24G-mGBIC.
Like the 5400zl and 3500yl series switches, the foundation for this switch is a purpose-built ProVision ASIC that allows the most demanding networking features, such as QoS and security, to be implemented in a scalable yet granular fashion. With its high-performance architecture, 10-GbE capability, and programmable ASIC, this switch offers excellent investment protection, flexibility, and scalability.
ProVision ASIC architecture
The ProVision application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) architecture is the latest generation HP ProCurve ASIC technology and is used in the HP ProCurve Switch 5400zl, 3500yl, and 6200yl series. The ProVision ASIC architecture consists of multiple network chips interconnected by an active crossbar consisting of the fabric chip. A network chip is implemented on each of the various line interface modules (also known as line cards). The fabric chip is integrated on the switch backplane, which helps reduce the overall size of the switch.
Each network chip represents a node in the system with “links” connecting to the interconnect fabric. Each link provides approximately 28.8 Gbps of data bandwidth. In addition, a management module with a dedicated CPU provides communications control between the network chips and fabric chips.
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