March 2007
  ProActive Defense with Paul Congdon  
 

Hardening your
network for a trusted infrastructure
A trusted network infrastructure is a foundational concept of the ProCurve ProActive Defense strategy, providing a platform for comprehensive network access control and pervasive threat management. Find out why hardening your switches is important for a trusted infrastructure.

Network Rx

Network Rx: How to configure overlapping VLANs?
This month's questions include configuring overlapping VLANs on 5308s, wireless interoperability between ProCurve and Cisco, determining utilization percentages of the 2848 switch, whether J4140A cards support CAT 6 cabling and finding BootP on the 5406.

Question: How do I get my two 5308 switches both configured with the same two overlapping VLANs to route traffic between the VLANs, so my DHCP server — which sits on one VLAN — can serve IPs to devices on both VLANs?

See the answer and ask our experts a question.
 

Ahead of the Curve with John McHugh
Once again IT departments must
adapt to applications
John McHugh
Vice President and General Manager

How many IT professionals fondly miss the heady days of Y2K, when doomsday scenarios brought a surge of funding and attention? Once again you are being asked to adapt to changing times under scrutiny, only now the funding is to leverage your infrastructure into a strategic asset. In fact, your organization’s business success will be affected significantly by how well you adapt to application needs.

Spotlight
Portuguese university bolsters e-learning
with ProCurve network
Alberto Soto Garcia
Vice President and General Manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Read how the University of Beira Interior is using a ProCurve network to enhance its online Health Science program — the first of its kind in Portugal.
Feature Articles

New switch families expand ProCurve's commercial line
The new ProCurve Switch 1400 Series and ProCurve Switch 1700 Series expand our line of industry-leading, affordable Layer 2 switches, offering high quality, reliability, ease of use, quiet operation and energy efficiency ideal for small and growing businesses.

New 4200vl Series 10/100/1000Base-T products introduced; others discontinued
 ProCurve recently released four new Switch 4200vl Series 10/100/1000Base-T products, featuring new capabilities, greater port density and enhanced bundles when compared to other switches in the 4100gl and 4200vl Series. Take a peek at these new switches and see what products they are replacing.

ProCurve joins HP Data Center Consolidation project
 Hewlett-Packard has selected ProCurve Networking to provide networking for three data centers in its Data Center Consolidation (DCC) program, a three-year plan consolidating 85 data centers to six in three cities. ProCurve will provide more than 300,000 ports in the hybrid environment.

ProCurve in the news
 A spate of recent industry articles and analyst reports have mentioned ProCurve in a very positive light. Read some highlights of this media coverage.
Your Stories
Turin Polytechnic
 Politecnico di Torino, the Polytechnic University of Turin — a European centre of excellence for technical scientific training in engineering and architectural research — has transformed the way it operates by using ProCurve wireless networking solutions. Students, lecturers and staff can now work flexibly wherever they like, and collaborate more easily, all within the reliable, secure, scalable and uncomplicated ProCurve network environment.
Software & Documentation Updates
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