xl Modules Installation Guide 2007-12

ProCurve Switch xl Modules

Features

■ “hot swap X2 transceiver” operation—you can add, replace, or change the

type of any of the X2 transceivers that you use in the 10-GbE xl Module,

without having to first remove the module, and without having to shut

down the switch (you must remove the network cable before hot-swap-

ping a transceiver)

■ the ports on the 10/100-TX and PoE Modules have the HP Auto-MDIX

feature, and the ports on the 100/1000-T xl Module have the IEEE 802.3ab

Auto MDI/MDI-X feature. These features operate the same way and

allow you to use either straight-through or crossover twisted-pair cables

for all the twisted-pair network connections. Please see the note on

“Automatic Cable Sensing” on page 26.

■ the ports on the PoE xl Module have the same functionality as the 10/100-

TX xl Module and also include PoE functionality when connected to a

ProCurve 600 Redundant and External Power Supply (J8168A).

■ standards adherence:

• the 10/100-TX xl Module is compatible with the IEEE 802.3

10Base-T and IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX standards

• the 100/1000-T xl Module is compatible with the IEEE 802.3ab

1000Base-T and IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX standards

• the ports on the SX and LX mini-GBICs that are installed in the

mini-GBIC xl Module are compatible with the IEEE 802.3z

Gigabit-SX and Gigabit-LX standards respectively.

• the ports on the 100-FX MTRJ xl Module are compatible with the IEEE

802.3u 100-FX standard.

• the PoE xl Module is compatible with the IEEE 802.3 10Base-T, 802.3u

100Base-TX, and the 802.3af Power over Ethernet standards.

• the 16 port 10/100/1000Base-T xl Module is compatible with 802.3

(10Base-T), 802.3u (100Base-TX), and 802.3ab (1000Base-T) IEEE

standards.