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

1.4 HP Switch Positioning

HP identifies three different classifications for switches: node/desktop, top-of-stack and backbone switches. The routing switches are targeted at the medium to large backbone. Requirements in this area are high bandwidth, Layer 3 routing services, VLAN services, quality of service (QoS) controls, flexible filtering, and fault tolerance. The HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9304M and HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9308M meet all these needs, providing a stable, resilient, non-blocking backbone.

The HP ProCurve routing switches are well complemented by the Layer 2 HP ProCurve switches that do the wiring closet, server farm, and desktop aggregation, uplinking to the routing switch through either Gigabit Ethernet or 100 Mbps links or trunks.

HP ProCurve Product Line

Increasing Performance

 

 

 

9304M/9308M

 

 

 

10/100/Gigabit

 

 

 

Routing Switches

 

 

 

8000M/1600M

 

 

4000M/2424M

10/100/Gigabit

 

10/100Mbps

10/100Mbps

Switches

 

 

10Mbps Switch

Hubs

Switches

 

 

with optional

 

with 100Mbps uplinks

 

HP Network Design Center

 

Gigabit uplink

 

 

 

10Mbps Hubs

 

 

(factory-based, full-service)

Wiring Closet

 

Backbone

1.4.1 Positioning for the HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9304M

The HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9304M is a feature-rich, modular, chassis-based Layer 3 routing switch that delivers 48 million packets per second performance for up to 32 Gigabit ports or

88 10/100 Mbps ports. Layer 4 controls are also available, allowing tuning of packet streams based on Layer 4 information without needing the cooperation of the end nodes. Port flexibility is provided through the modular design, with modules available for 10/100 UTP autosensing connections, Gigabit SX and LX connections, and 100Base-FX connections. Designed for medium-to-large networks, the HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9304M provides non-blocking high performance Layer 3 routing in collapsed backbones, data centers and server farms.

1.4.2 Positioning for the HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9308M

The HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9308M is a feature-rich, modular, chassis-based Layer 3 routing switch that delivers 96 million packets per second performance on up to 64 Gigabit ports or

188 10/100 Mbps ports. Layer 4 controls are also available, allowing tuning of packet streams based on Layer 4 information without needing the cooperation of the end nodes. Port flexibility is provided through the modular design, with modules available for 10/100 UTP autosensing connections, Gigabit SX and LX connections, and 100Base-FX connections. Designed for large networks, the HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9308M provides non-blocking high performance Layer 3 routing at the core of the network.

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