Switch Overview
Switch Hardware Features
Switch Features
The features of the ProCurve Switch 1800-8G include:8 auto-sensing 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 ports.plug-and-play networking—all ports are enabled—just connect the network cables to active network devices and your switched network is operational.
■IEEE 802.3ab Auto MDI /MDI-X on all twisted-pair ports, meaning that all connections can be made using straight-through twisted- pair cables. Cross-over cables are not required, although they will also work. The pin operation of each port is automatically adjusted for the attached device: if the switch detects that a 10/ 100 Mbps switch or hub is connected to the port, it configures the port as MDI; if the switch detects that a 10/100 Mbps end-node device is connected to the port, it configures the port as MDI-X.
■automatic learning of the network addresses in each switch’s 8000- address forwarding table.
■automatically negotiated full-duplex operation for all 10/100/ 1000Base-T RJ-45 ports when connected to other auto- negotiating devices.
■easy management of the switch through several available interfaces:•Web browser interface — an easy to use built-in graphical interface that can be accessed from common Web browsers.
•ProCurve Manager (PCM) — allows network administrators to discover and map the ProCurve Switch 1800 within their network and launch the ProCurve Switch 1800's built-in graphical interface from within PCM to configure the switch.
■support for up to 64 IEEE 802.1Q-compliant VLANs so you can divide the attached end nodes into logical groupings that fit your business needs.
