Page 2 - HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide; Table of Contents
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide Table of Contents 1. BACKGROUND.................................................................................................................5 1.1 HP ProCurve Networking ................................................................................
Page 3 - Cisco Fast EtherChannel
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.5.1.2 Static Filters .............................................................................................................................................20 2.5.2 802.1x – Port-based access control / RADIUS Authentication .....................
Page 5 - HP ProCurve Switches Covered in this Guide; This guide covers the following Hewlett-Packard switch products:; Modules available for these switches:; 2 ports of 100FX – MT-RJ connectors
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 1. Background This HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide will help network engineers at computer trade publications, resellers and end-user sites evaluate the merits of the HP ProCurve switches. 1.1 HP ProCurve Networking HP ProCurve Netw...
Page 6 - HP ProCurve Switch redundant power supply (J4839A); HP ProCurve Adaptive EDGE ArchitectureTM; Intelligent control to the edge, and
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • HP ProCurve Switch redundant power supply (J4839A) Pricing for each of these switches and modules is given in the Pricing section. 1.3 HP ProCurve Adaptive EDGE Architecture™ Networks are now being asked to carry many different types of data with d...
Page 7 - HP ProCurve product portfolio; HP Switch Positioning
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide HP ProCurve product portfolio hp procurve switch 5372xl • 10/100/1000 • 72 ports • 5 open module slots hp procurve switch 5308xl • same chassis as 5372xl • 8 open module slots hp procurve switch 5348xl • 10/100/1000 • 48 ports • 2 open module slots h...
Page 8 - Positioning for the HP ProCurve Switch 5308xl
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 1.4.1 Positioning for the HP ProCurve Switch 5308xl The HP ProCurve Switch 5308xl is a 5U wire speed Layer 2/3/4 eight slot chassis switch targeted primarily at high performance access tier applications where higher port density is needed. The HP Pro...
Page 9 - Evaluation Features and Benefits; Feature Set Summary
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2. Evaluation Features and Benefits 2.1 Feature Set Summary The HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series are store-and-forward Layer 2/3/4 routing switches. Features, discussed in more detail later in this section, include: 2.1.1 Architecture • A high speed ...
Page 11 - Fabric Buffer; CPU; Figure 1. Detailed Architecture
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.1.9 New Features in Software Release E.07.21 (released January 22, 2003) • ACLs • XRRP • 100FX module software support • SSHv2 • SSL • SNMPv3 • IGMPv3 • Meshing improvements • OSPF Route Authentication • Debug/Logging 2.2 Architecture 2.2.1 Hardwar...
Page 13 - Routing Services
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.2.3 F-Chip The fabric, or F-Chip, which is located on the backplane of the switch, provides the crossbar fabric for interconnecting the modules together. The use of a crossbar allows wire speed connections simultaneously from any module to any othe...
Page 14 - reason don’t want to run RSTP.
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • Static IP routes: 512 maximum per chassis • IRDP (ICMP Router Discovery Protocol) • Proxy ARP • Up to 10,000 network address routes – enough for a large local environment • Up to 65,536 Layer 3 host address routes • Bootp Relay Service • Encapsulat...
Page 15 - possible paths between switches. Highly available, fault
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.3.3 Switch Meshing (LAN Aggregation) The HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series family supports HP’s Switch Meshing, a way to interconnect these switches in a meshed topology at Layer 2. Meshed switch-to-switch links can all be used simultaneously to the...
Page 16 - XRRP – Router Redundancy Protocol
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • Unlike a router, no packet modification is required as it travels through the switch. Other HP ProCurve switches that support Switch Meshing, such as the HP ProCurve Switch 4000M family, will work together in a mesh with the HP ProCurve Switch 5300...
Page 17 - under the Technical Support section.
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • If a 5300 Management VLAN is enabled it cannot be defined as an XRRP interface – SNMP management requests to a particular 5300 need to go to that physical switch regardless of fail-over status. • XRRP does not interoperate with VRRP, but can coexis...
Page 18 - allows the network manager to:
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide that has 802.1Q tagging turned on. For diffserv, each of the diffserv code points (DSCP) can have a priority set for it. It is also possible to set a new DSCP and 802.1p priority based on the incoming DSCP, or set the 802.1p priority alone based on t...
Page 19 - new QoS services that have not yet been defined.
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.4.5 End-to-End QoS QoS capabilities in the switch allow it to deal with two different concerns that arise in Ethernet networks: congestion control and latency. In the past, controlling traffic congestion was viewed as the primary reason for QoS. Bu...
Page 21 - logon sessions under telnet, SSH and console.
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide can be given specific network access rights, such as assignment to a specific VLAN and some high level session accounting information can be maintained. (See the next section.) With a centralized RADIUS server doing the actual authentication, a user ...
Page 22 - RFC-2868 - RADIUS Attributes for Tunnel Protocol Support
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • RFC-2868 - RADIUS Attributes for Tunnel Protocol Support • RFC-2618 - RADIUS Authentication Client MIB • RFC-2866 - RADIUS Accounting • RFC-2620 - RADIUS Accounting Client MIB 2.5.3 TACACS+ Authentication The HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series suppor...
Page 23 - be designated an XRRP backup VLAN.
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.5.6 SSL – Secure Sockets Layer SSL can be used to encrypt the exchange between a web browser and the 5300 switch when using the HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series web GUI. A facility is provided on the GUI interface to generate a self-signed RSA cert...
Page 25 - such that two different groups of PCs
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide To avoid this situation the HP ProCurve Switch 5300 Series uses the source and destination IP addresses to determine which link a particular packet flow uses. This will provide a good overall distribution of traffic across the different links in the ...
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HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide cases to be the maximum number of VLANs expected in the entire network environment supported by GVRP. This will provide space for dynamic VLAN definitions that come about through GVRP. 2.6.3 IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) is a multicas...
Page 27 - statistics taken every 30 minutes.
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide • IP Forwarding Table MIB (RFC 2096) • SMON MIB (RFC 2613) • RADIUS Client MIB (RFC 2618) • RADIUS Client Accounting MIB (RFC 2620) • Ethernet MIB (RFC 2665) • 802.3 MAU MIB (RFC 2668) • 802.1p and 802.1Q Bridge MIB (RFC 2674) • Entity MIB (RFC 2737)...
Page 29 - Onsite next business day
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 2.8.4.1 SysLog Capabilities As described in the previous section, local logging is a feature well suited for a small network. When a network becomes much larger than a few switches, having to go to each individual switch makes diagnosing a problem mo...
Page 30 - or by contacting a local HP sales
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide Hewlett-Packard can also provide more broad-based services such as site surveys, installation services, and actual management of the network, depending on customer needs. More information can be found at http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve or by contacti...
Page 31 - number of ports of the 5308xl.; Packet; Packet size; All latencies in microseconds; Frame
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 3. Performance These numbers have been generated by Hewlett-Packard, using testers from Ixia Communications. Ixia testers are used by a number of network testing houses and the press to determine performance numbers for networking equipment. In these...
Page 33 - Additional Information; ProCurve Networking Web Site; site. HP ProCurve Networking can be reached at:
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 4. Additional Information 4.1 ProCurve Networking Web Site Additional information, including the latest data sheets, design services, white papers, product documentation and support information can be obtained through the HP ProCurve Networking web s...
Page 35 - All managed HP switches ship with HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches.
HP ProCurve Switch 5300xl Series Reviewer’s Guide 5. Pricing All managed HP switches ship with HP TopTools for Hubs & Switches. Prod No. Description US List PriceFebruary 1, 2003 J4819A HP ProCurve Switch 5308xl Chassis with 1 power supply, routing engine, and 8 open module slots $2,999 J4848A H...
