ProCurve Switch 2900 Series
features

2900 series support

• Port mirroring: enables traffic on a port to be simultaneously sent to a network analyzer for monitoring

• sFlow (RFC 3176): provides scalable, ASIC-based, wire-speed network monitoring and accounting with no impact on network performance; this allows network operators to gather a variety of sophisticated network statistics and information for capacity planning and real-time network monitoring purposes

• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP): automated device discovery protocol for easy mapping by network management applications

• RMON and XRMON: provide advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events

• Command authorization: leverages RADIUS to link a custom list of CLI commands to individual network administrator's login; also provides an audit trail

• Friendly port names: allow assignment of descriptive names to ports

• Dual flash images: provides independent primary and secondary OS files for backup while upgrading

• Find-Fix-and-Inform: finds and fixes common network problems automatically, then informs administrator

• Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD): monitors a link between two switches and blocks the ports on both ends of the link if the link goes down at any point between the two devices

• IPv6:  NEW! 
  • IPv6 Host the switches can be managed and deployed at the edge of IPv6 networks
  • Dual Stack (IPv4/IPv6) provides transition mechanism from IPv4 to IPv6; supports connectivity for both protocols
  • MLD Snooping forwards IPv6 multicast traffic to the appropriate interface; prevents IPv6 multicast traffic from flooding the network

• Plug-n-Play 10-Gbps Ethernet for stacking and uplink: four integrated 10-GbE ports (two CX4 and two X2) built-in on the switch

• Dual-personality functionality: four 10/100/1000 ports or SFP slots for optional fiber connectivity such as Gigabit-SX, -LX, -LH, or 100-FX

• Stacking capability: single IP address management for a virtual stack of up to 16 switches, including the ProCurve 2500 series, 2510 series, 2600 series, 2800 series, 2810 series, 2900 series, 3400cl series, 3500yl series, 4200vl series, 6108, 6200yl-24G-mGBIC, and 6400cl series

• Auto-MDIX: automatically adjusts for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100/1000 ports

• High-performance architecture: 115 Gbps switching fabric with up to 74 million pps (Switch 2900-24G) and 173 Gbps switching fabric with up to 110 million pps (Switch 2900-48G)

• Selectable queue configurations: increase performance by selecting the number of queues and associated memory buffering that best meet the requirements of your network applications

• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Protocol (LACP) and ProCurve trunking: support up to 24 trunks, each with up to 8 links (ports) per trunk

• IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree: provides high link availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing multiple spanning trees; provides legacy support for IEEE 802.1d and IEEE 802.1w

• VLAN support and tagging: supports the IEEE 802.1Q (4,096 VLAN IDs) and 256 VLANs simultaneously

• GARP VLAN Registration Protocol: allows automatic learning and dynamic assignment of VLANs

• Jumbo frames: on Gigabit and 10-Gigabit ports, allow high-performance remote backup and disaster-recovery services

• Static IP routing: provides manually configured routing

• RIP: provides RIPv1 and RIPv2 routing at media speed

• USB Secure Autorun (requires ProCurve Manager Plus): deploys, diagnoses, and updates switch using USB flash drive; works with secure credential to prevent tampering  NEW! 

• Port security: allows access only to specified MAC addresses, which can be learned or specified by the administrator

• MAC address lockout: prevents configured particular MAC addresses from connecting to the network

• Multiple user authentication methods:
  • IEEE 802.1X industry-standard way of user authentication using an IEEE 802.1X supplicant on the client in conjunction with a RADIUS server
  • Web-based authentication authenticates from Web browser for clients that do not support 802.1X supplicant; customized remediation can be processed on an external Web server
  • MAC-based authentication client is authenticated with the RADIUS server based on client's MAC address

• Authentication flexibility:
  • Multiple IEEE 802.1X users per port provides authentication of up to 8 IEEE 802.1X users per port; prevents user "piggybacking" on another user's IEEE 802.1X authentication
  • Concurrent IEEE 802.1X and Web or MAC authentication schemes per port switch port will accept any of IEEE 802.1X and either Web or MAC authentications

• BPDU port protection: blocks Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) on ports that do not require BPDUs, preventing forged BPDU attacks

• Source-port filtering: allows only specified ports to communicate with each other

• Secure FTP: allows secure file transfer to/from the switch; protects against unwanted file downloads or unauthorized copying of switch configuration file

• TACACS+: eases switch management security administration by using a password authentication server

• Secure Shell (SSHv2): encrypts all transmitted data for secure, remote command-line interface (CLI) access over IP networks

• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): encrypts all HTTP traffic, allowing secure access to the browser-based management GUI in the switch

• Switch management logon security: can require either RADIUS or TACACS+ authentication for secure switch CLI logon

• Custom banner: displays security policy when users log in to the switch

• IP multicast snooping (data-driven IGMP): automatically prevents flooding of IP multicast traffic

• LLDP-MED (Media Endpoint Discovery): a standard extension of LLDP that stores values for parameters such as QoS and VLAN to automatically configure network devices such as IP phones

• Software updates: free downloads from the Web

• Traffic prioritization (IEEE 802.1p): allows real-time traffic classification into 8 priority levels mapped to 4 queues

• Class of Service (CoS): sets the IEEE 802.1p priority tag based on IP address, IP Type of Service (ToS), L3 protocol, TCP/UDP port number, source port, and DiffServ

• Layer 4 prioritization: enables prioritization based on TCP/UDP port numbers

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