HP 9304M, 9308M PRICING, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, 6. APPENDIX A: PERFORMANCE FIGURES

HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Reviewer’s Guide


2.8	Flexibility..................................................................................................................................................................		16
2.9	Reliability .................................................................................................................................................................		16
2.9.1		Lifetime Software Updates (Best in the Industry) ..........................................................................................	17
2.9.2		Warranty - One Year.......................................................................................................................................	17
2.9.3		Availability .....................................................................................................................................................	17
2.9.4		Service and Support ........................................................................................................................................	17
2.9.5		Year 2000 Compliance ...................................................................................................................................	18


	2.10	Network Management ..........................................................................................................................................				18
	2.10.1		MIB Support ...................................................................................................................................................			18
	2.10.2		RMON Support...............................................................................................................................................			19
	2.10.3		Network Monitoring Port................................................................................................................................			19
	2.10.4		Console Support..............................................................................................................................................			19
	2.11 Some 9304M / 9308M Routing Switch Maximums ............................................................................................					20
3.	PERFORMANCE TESTING............................................................................................					21
	3.1	Throughput/Packet Loss Rate ................................................................................................................................				21
	3.2	Congestion Control..................................................................................................................................................				22
	3.2.1 Head-of-line-blocking.....................................................................................................................................					22
	3.2.2 Bi-directional Congestion Testing (X-Stream) ...............................................................................................					22
	3.3	Latency		.....................................................................................................................................................................		22
4.	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ........................................................................................					24
	4.1	ProCurve Networking Web Site.............................................................................................................................				24
	4.2	Reseller Plaza ...........................................................................................................................................................				24
	4.3	White papers ............................................................................................................................................................				24
5.	PRICING .........................................................................................................................					25
6. APPENDIX A: PERFORMANCE FIGURES ...................................................................						26
	6.1	HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9308M ....................................................................................................................				26
	6.1.1 IP Routing Throughput Test –				Packets Within Modules ................................................................................	26
		6.1.1.1		Gigabit-SX ports .........................................................................................................................................		26
		6.1.1.2		100BT .........................................................................................................................................................		26
	6.1.2 IP Routing Throughput Test –				All Packets Across the Backplane..................................................................	26
		6.1.2.1		Gigabit-SX ports .........................................................................................................................................		26
		6.1.2.2		100BT .........................................................................................................................................................		26
	6.1.3 Latency Test - Unicast Traffic – P ackets Within the Modules .......................................................................					27
		6.1.3.1		Gigabit-SX ports .........................................................................................................................................		27
		6.1.3.2		100Mbps .....................................................................................................................................................		27
	6.1.4 Latency Test – Un icast Traffic – P ackets Across Backplane..........................................................................					27
		6.1.4.1		Gigabit-SX ports .........................................................................................................................................		27
		6.1.4.2		100Mbps 5 ....................................................................................................................................................		27

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