Datasheet

Features and benefits
Performance
• 160 Gbps backplane with 119 mpps:
unprecedented bandwidth for low-latency
throughput
• Selectable queuing configurations: increase
performance by selecting the queuing
configuration that best meets the
requirements of network applications
• Jumbo frames: on Gigabit and 10-Gigabit
ports, allow high-performance remote backup
and disaster-recovery services
Resiliency and high availability
• Router redundancy (XRRP): allows groups of
two routers to dynamically back each other up
to create highly available routed environments
• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control
Protocol (LACP) and ProCurve trunking:
support up to 4 trunks, each with up to 4 links
(ports) per trunk; trunking across modules is
supported
• IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree: provides
high link availability in multiple VLAN
environments by allowing multiple spanning
trees
• IEEE 802.1w Rapid Convergence Spanning
Tree Protocol: increases network uptime
through faster recovery from failed links
• Optional redundant power supply: provides
uninterrupted power (provided by ProCurve
600 RPS/EPS)
Layer 2 switching
• ProCurve switch meshing: dynamically load-
balances across multiple active redundant links
to increase available aggregate bandwidth
• VLAN support and tagging: supports the IEEE
802.1Q (4,096 VLAN IDs) and 256 VLANs
simultaneously
• GARP VLAN Registration Protocol: allows
automatic learning and dynamic assignment
of VLANs
• IEEE 802.1v protocol VLANs: isolate select
non-IPv4 protocols automatically into their
own VLANs
Layer 3 routing
• Layer 3 IP routing: provides routing of IP at
media speed; supports static routes, RIP, RIPv2,
and OSPF
Security
• Access control lists (ACLs): provide IP Layer 3
filtering based on source/destination IP
address/subnet and source/destination
TCP/UDP port number
• Source-port filtering: allows only specified
ports to communicate with each other
• TACACS+: eases switch management security
administration by using a password
authentication server
• Secure Shell (SSHv2): encrypts all transmitted
data for secure, remote command-line
interface (CLI) access over IP networks
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): encrypts all HTTP
traffic, allowing secure access to the browser-
based management GUI in the switch
• IEEE 802.1X and RADIUS network login:
control port-based access for authentication
and accountability
• Port security: allows access only to specified
MAC addresses, which can be learned or
specified by the administrator
• Web-based authentication: similar to IEEE
802.1X, provides a browser-based environment
to authenticate clients that do not support the
IEEE 802.1X supplicant
ProCurve Switch 6400cl Series