HP 4000 series switch | Advantages

The HP 4000 series switch are that kind of switches which provide the most efficient and reliable services. They are scalable, expandable and offers a low-cost migration to 10/100 switching for the desktop with respect to Gigabit uplinks. These switches are used usually for supporting the high availability networks. This series includes the 40 autosensing 10/100 ports and 5 open module slots.  

Features and Advantages

             

 HP 4000 series switch provides the stacking capability which includes the single IP address management for a virtual stack of up to 16 switches. They also enable the port monitoring that allows you to monitor the traffic using a switched port. So they enable individual to view several ports at one time with a network analyzer. This series allows configuring the switch from any web browser on the network by allowing the web interface. This switch series has five preinstalled HP Pro Curve Switch 10/100 Base-T Modules and five universal slots for installing any of the supported switch modules.

Following are the features as well which are captured by the HP 4000 series switch:

•    Console Interface:

A full-featured, easy to use, VT-100 terminal interface for switch management, or for telnet access to the switch.

•    HP Top Tools for Hubs & Switches:

SNMP-based graphical interface is used to manage your entire network included with your new switch.

•    Switch Meshing:

They enable the dynamic load balancing across multiple active redundant links to increase available aggregate bandwidth.

•    Swappable Modules:

This series permits the modules and mini GBICs to be added or swapped without interrupting the network.

These switch series are multiport switches that can be used to build amazing performance switched workgroup networks. They used to store and forward devices that provide low latency for great speed networking. Throughout this a manual, these switches will be condensed as the Switch 4000, or when mutual features are being described, as the Switch 4000M. The switch series we are talking about has the optional redundant power supply for the uninterrupted power.

The RMON and XRMON in them provide advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events. They provide the VLAN support and tagging which enables up to 30 port-based VLANs and dynamic configuration of 802.1Q VLAN tagging. They also provide the security between two groups.

The CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) in these devices enables real-time mapping of nodes to switch ports. The automatic broadcast control (ABC) minimizes IP and IPX broadcast traffic throughout the network. In other words, we can conclude that these machines are best for the purpose they are built for. They provide the redundant links while preventing network loops. These are the most reliable and efficient devices HP has ever manufactured.