HP 9304M, 9308M 6

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

HP ProCurve Switch 224M

Fixed configuration desktop switch with (24) 10Mbps Ethernet ports and (2) 100Base-T ports (one fixed TX and one transceiver-based port)

HP AdvanceStack Switch 800T

Eight fixed autosensing half/full duplex 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports, all transceiver-based for top-of- stack applications.

HP AdvanceStack Switch 2000

A flexible six slot high speed backplane switch for connectivity into legacy LAN environments. Modules available include:

•Two port 100Base-T module (transceiver-based),

•Two port 100VG module (transceiver-based),

•Four port 10Base-T module,

•Four port 10Base-FL module

•One port DAS FDDI module, and

•1 port OC-3 ATM module (co-developed with FORE Systems).

©1999 Hewlett-Packard Company

Revision 4.0 – 4/1/1999

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Contents

Date 4/1/1999 Version Table of Contents ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PRICING 6. APPENDIX A: PERFORMANCE FIGURES 1. Background 1.1 HP’s Proactive Networking 1.2 What is a Routing Switch 1.3 Hewlett-PackardSwitch Products 1.3.2 Other Switches Available From HP Page 1.4 HP Switch Positioning 2.Evaluation Features and Benefits 2.1Feature Set Summary 2.2 Architecture 2.2.4 Forwarding Engine 2.2.5 Priority Queues 2.2.6 System Management Interface 2.2.7 Backplane Design 2.3 Layer 3 Services 2.4 QoS 2.4.4 Layer 4 Features 2.5 VLANs 2.6 Port Trunking (Link Aggregation) 2.7 Filtering 2.8 Flexibility 2.9 Reliability 2.10 Network Management 2.10.1 MIB Support 2.10.2 RMON Support 2.10.3 Network Monitoring Port 2.10.4 Console Support 2.11 Some 9304M / 9308M Routing Switch Maximums 3. Performance Testing 3.1 Throughput/Packet Loss Rate 3.2 Congestion Control 3.3 Latency Page 4.Additional Information 4.1ProCurve Networking Web Site 4.2 Reseller Plaza 4.3 White papers 5. Pricing 6. Appendix A: Performance Figures 6.1 HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9308M 6.1.3 Latency Test - Unicast Traffic – P ackets Within the Modules 6.1.4 Latency Test – U nicast Traffic – Packets Across Backplane