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Cisco Catalyst 2950 Series Switches vs. HP Procurve 2500/4000M/4108gl Switches
AvailabilityQuality of ServiceSecurity
Web Management
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Cisco 2950-12/24 Cisco 2950 G/T/C HP Procurve HP Procurve HP Procurve
Switches Switches 2500 Switches 4000M Switches 4108gl Switches
(Standard Image) (Enhanced Image)
Configuration Information 12 or 24 fixed 10/100 12, 24, or 48 fixed 12 or 24 fixed 10/100 40-port chassis-based 8-slot chassis with
ports, wire-speed 10/100 ports with 2 ports, standalone with 10/100 switch with option of 3-slot
standalone switch GBIC ports or 24 fixed 2 open transceiver 5 open module slots transceiver module
10/100 ports with 2 slots for uplinks
1000BASE-T or
100BASE-FX ports,
wire-speed
standalone switch
Redundancy
Spanning-Tree Protocol (802.1d) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PortFast Yes Yes Yes Yes, fast mode Yes, fast mode
UplinkFast Yes Yes Yes Yes, switch meshing No
CrossStack UplinkFast No Yes (G) No N/A N/A
BackboneFast Yes Yes No Yes, switch meshing No
Rapid Spanning-Tree Protocol (802.1w) No Yes Yes No Yes
Multiple Spanning Tree (802.1s) No Yes No No No
Per- VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) Yes Yes No No No
Multicast Management
IGMP (Internet Group Yes Yes Yes, limited Yes Yes
Management Protocol) snooping
Immediate leave, fast join Yes Yes No support for No support for No support for
immediate leave immediate leave immediate leave
Bandwidth Optimization
Cisco Fast/Gigabit EtherChannel Yes, up to Yes, up to Yes, up to Yes, up to Yes, up to
eight ports eight ports four ports four ports four ports
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) pruning Yes Yes No No No
Voice VLAN Yes Yes No No No
Dynamic VLAN assignment Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP) Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Multicast VLAN Registration Yes Yes No No No
802.1p class of service (CoS) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
DiffServ Code Point (DSCP)/ No Yes No No No
type of service (ToS)
Number of egress queues per port Four Four Two Two Two
Rate limiting No Yes No No No
Weighted Round Robin (WRR) Yes Yes No No No
Strict priority scheduling Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Configurable CoS to queue mapping Yes Yes No No No
Security filtering No Yes No No No
802.1x authentication Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Port security, MAC aging Yes Yes Yes, but no MAC aging Yes, but no MAC aging Yes, but no MAC aging
MAC address notification Yes Yes No No No
Private VLAN Edge Yes Yes No No No
TACACS+ and RADIUS Yes Yes Yes Yes (TACACS+) Yes
Multilevel console security Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Secure Shell (SSH) and SNMPv3 No Yes Yes No Yes
Web Management
Single IP Management for a virtual Yes, with Yes, with Yes Yes Yes
stack of up to 16 switches Cisco CMS Cisco CMS
Cluster upgrade Yes, with Yes, with No No No
Cisco CMS Cisco CMS
Topology maps with IP phone Yes, with Yes, with No No No
discovery and wireless AP Cisco CMS Cisco CMS
management integration
Multiple device and port management Yes, with Yes, with No No No
configuration in minutes Cisco CMS Cisco CMS
Configuration templates, guide modes, Yes, with Yes, with No No No
and embedded help Cisco CMS Cisco CMS
Solution wizards for easy deployment of Yes, with Yes, with No No No
voice, video, and priority data in the network Cisco CMS Cisco CMS
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