HP ProCurve Routing Switch 9308M / 9304M Reviewer's Guide
1. BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................ 4
1.1 HP's Proactive Networking ...................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2 What is a Routing Switch?........................................................................................................................................ 4
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.4 HP Switch Positioning ............................................................................................................................................... 7
1.4.1
1.4.2
2.1 Feature Set Summary................................................................................................................................................ 8
2.2 Architecture ............................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.1
Hardware Architecture Summary ..................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.2
Packet Processor ............................................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.3
Shared Memory................................................................................................................................................. 9
2.2.4
Forwarding Engine............................................................................................................................................ 9
2.2.5
Priority Queues ............................................................................................................................................... 10
2.2.6
System Management Interface........................................................................................................................ 10
2.2.7
Backplane Design ........................................................................................................................................... 10
2.3 Layer 3 Services ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.3.1
IP..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.3.2
IPX.................................................................................................................................................................. 11
2.3.3
AppleTalk ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
2.4 QoS............................................................................................................................................................................ 12
2.4.1
IEEE 802.3x Flow Control ............................................................................................................................. 12
2.4.2
IEEE 802.1p Priority Support ......................................................................................................................... 12
2.4.3
Multicast Support............................................................................................................................................ 12
2.4.3.1 DVMRP ...................................................................................................................................................... 12
2.4.3.2 PIM (Dense)................................................................................................................................................ 12
2.4.3.3 IGMP .......................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.4.3.4 IP Tunneling................................................................................................................................................ 13
2.4.4
Layer 4 Features.............................................................................................................................................. 13
2.4.4.1 Priority Queues ........................................................................................................................................... 13
2.4.4.2 Layer 4 Filtering ......................................................................................................................................... 13
2.5 VLANs ...................................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.5.1
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Support ......................................................................................................................... 14
2.5.2
2.7 Filtering .................................................................................................................................................................... 15
2.7.1
Layer 2 Filtering ............................................................................................................................................. 15
2.7.2
Layer 3 and Layer 4 Filtering ......................................................................................................................... 16
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