HP 10500 series Specifications page 5

Data sheet | HP 10500 Switch Series
• Remote monitoring (RMON)
Uses standard SNMP to monitor essential network functions; and supports events, alarms,
history, and statistics groups as well as a private alarm extension group
• FTP, TFTP, and SFTP support
Offers different mechanisms for configuration updates; FTP allows bidirectional transfers over
a TCP/IP network; trivial FTP (TFTP) is a simpler method using User Datagram Protocol (UDP);
Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) runs over an SSH tunnel to provide additional security
• Debug and sampler utility
Supports ping and traceroute for both IPv4 and IPv6
• Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Synchronizes timekeeping among distributed time servers and clients; keeps timekeeping
consistent among all clock-dependent devices within the network so that the devices can
provide diverse applications based on the consistent time
• Network Quality Analyzer (NQA)
Analyzes network performance and service quality by sending test packets, and provides
network performance and service quality parameters such as jitter, TCP, or FTP connection
delays and file transfer rates; allows a network manager to determine overall network
performance and to diagnose and locate network congestion points or failures
• Information center
Provides a central repository for system and network information; aggregates all logs, traps,
and debugging information generated by the system and maintains them in order of severity;
outputs the network information to multiple channels based on user-defined rules
• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Advertises and receives management information from adjacent devices on a network,
facilitating easy mapping by network management applications
• Dual flash images
Provides independent primary and secondary operating system files for backup while
upgrading
• Multiple configuration files
Stores easily to the flash image
Layer 2 switching
• V LAN
Supports up to 4,096 port-based or IEEE 802.1Q-based VLANs; and supports MAC-based
VLANs, protocol-based VLANs, and IP-subnet-based VLANs for added flexibility
• Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) tunneling
Transmits STP BPDUs transparently, allowing correct tree calculations across service
providers, WANs, or MANs
• GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
Allows automatic learning and dynamic assignment of VLANs (Comware v5 only)
• Port mirroring
Duplicates port traffic (ingress and egress) to a local or remote monitoring port; supports
4 mirroring groups, with an unlimited number of ports per group
• STP
Supports standard IEEE 802.1D STP, IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) for
faster convergence, and IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) protocol
snooping
Controls and manages the flooding of multicast packets in a Layer 2 network
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