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HP ProCurve Switch 4000M / 8000M / 2424M / 1600M Reviewer’s Guide

2.12 Port Security.........................................................................................................................................................19

2.13 Flexibility ..............................................................................................................................................................19

2.14 Reliability..............................................................................................................................................................20

2.14.1 Availability....................................................................................................................................................20

2.14.1.1 MTBF...................................................................................................................................................20

2.14.2 Lifetime Warranty (Best in the Industry)......................................................................................................20

2.14.3 Service and Support ......................................................................................................................................21

2.14.4 Year 2000 Compliance..................................................................................................................................21

2.15 Network Management .........................................................................................................................................21

2.15.1 MIB Support .................................................................................................................................................22

2.15.2 RMON Support.............................................................................................................................................22

2.15.3 HP Extended RMON ....................................................................................................................................22

2.15.4 Network Monitoring Port..............................................................................................................................23

2.15.5 Console Support............................................................................................................................................23

3. PERFORMANCE TESTING .........................................................................................24

3.1 Throughput/Packet Loss Rate ............................................................................................................................24

3.1.1 HP ProCurve Switch 4000M / 8000M ..............................................................................................................24

3.1.2 HP ProCurve Switch 2424M.............................................................................................................................24

3.1.3 HP ProCurve Switch 1600M.............................................................................................................................25

3.1.4 Gigabit Port Throughput ...................................................................................................................................25

3.2 Congestion Control..............................................................................................................................................25

3.2.1 Unidirectional Congestion Testing....................................................................................................................25

3.2.2 Bi-directional Congestion Testing (X-Stream)..................................................................................................26

3.3 Latency .................................................................................................................................................................26

3.4 Broadcast Latency ...............................................................................................................................................27

4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .....................................................................................28

4.1 ProCurve Networking Web Site.........................................................................................................................28

4.2 Reseller Plaza .......................................................................................................................................................28

4.3 White papers ........................................................................................................................................................28

5. PRICING.......................................................................................................................29

6. APPENDIX A: PERFORMANCE FIGURES.................................................................30

6.1 HP ProCurve Switch 4000M / 8000M................................................................................................................30

6.1.1 Throughput test .................................................................................................................................................30

6.1.1.1 100BT .......................................................................................................................................................30

6.1.1.2 10BT .........................................................................................................................................................30

6.1.2 Latency Test - unicast traffic.............................................................................................................................30

6.1.2.1 100Mbps ...................................................................................................................................................30

6.1.2.2 10Mbps .....................................................................................................................................................30

6.1.3 Latency Test - broadcast traffic.........................................................................................................................31