HP J9263A Network Switch Networking

The HP E6600 Switch Series consists of the most advanced data center server edge switches in the HP Networking product line. The E6600 series includes 10/100/1000Base-T and 10-GbE SFP+ 1U rack-mount switches enhanced for server edge connectivity with front-to-back (reversible) airflow, redundant hot-swappable power, and redundant hot-swappable fans. The foundation for all of these switches is a purpose-built, programmable ProVision ASIC that allows the most demanding networking features, such as Quality of Service (QoS) and security, to be implemented in a scalable yet granular fashion. With a variety of connectivity interfaces and expanded buffering, the E6600 switches offer excellent investment protection, flexibility, and scalability, as well as ease of deployment and reduced operational expense.

Data center optimized

• Front-to-back airflow: designed to be co-located at the top of a server rack, the E6600 series supports front-to-back airflow (mechanically reversible) to support hot aisle/cold aisle configurations; the N+N fan tray is also hot-swappable, allowing easy replacement in the rack


Management

• Remote Intelligent Mirroring: mirrors ingress/egress ACL-selected traffic from a switch port or VLAN to a local or remote E8200 zl, E6600, E6200 yl, E5400 zl, or E3500 switch port anywhere on the network


Connectivity

• IPv6: IPv6 host: enables switches to be managed and deployed at the IPv6 network's edge. Dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6): transitions from IPv4 to IPv6, supporting connectivity for both protocols . MLD snooping: forwards IPv6 multicast traffic to the appropriate interface. IPv6 ACL/QoS: supports ACL and QoS for IPv6 network traffic, preventing traffic flooding. IPv6 routing: supports static and OSPFv3 (requires Premium License) routing protocols.


Performance

• High-speed/capacity architecture: based on the purpose-built ProVision ASICs to provide superior system performance and scalability


Resiliency and high availability

• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and HP port trunking: support up to 60 trunks, each with up to 8 links (ports) per trunk


Layer 2 switching

• HP's switch meshing: dynamically load-balances across multiple active redundant links to increase available aggregate bandwidth


Layer 3 services

• Loopback interface address: defines an address in RIP and OSPF that can always be reachable, improving diagnostic capability