HP ProLiant BL e-Class Support Expertise

Independent HP ProLiant BL e-Class Support Expertise



HP ProLiant BL e-ClassThe ProLiant BL e-Class (C-GbE) Interconnect Switch is designed to dramatically reduce the number of network cables attached to the rear of the ProLiant BL e-Class server blade enclosure. In contrast to having up to forty RJ-45 cables installed per enclosure using the RJ-45 patch panel option, the interconnect switch uses non-blocking, managed layer 2 Ethernet switching technology to concentrate the forty server blade network connections to as few as one to four 10/100/1000T Gigabit Ethernet uplinks. This significantly reduces the time required to deploy, manage, and service ProLiant BL e-Class systems. The fully redundant design supports a complete set of industry standard, enterprise-class network features and is completely configurable with the included browser-based, menu driven console, and scriptable command line interfaces.
The interconnect switch is an industry standard design compatible with devices from popular network companies.

Specifications

  • Non blocking full wire speed, store and forward mode switching
  • Up to 64 Port-based 802.1Q tagged VLANs with GVRP dynamic VLAN registration for server grouping and data traffic security
  • 802.1p Quality of Service (QoS) for setting priority levels of packets according to class
  • Static 802.3ad trunking (Cisco EtherChannel compatible) for aggregation of the gigabit uplink bandwidth
  • IGMP snooping v1 and v2 to send data packets to a select group of recipients
  • 802.3x Ethernet flow to prevent data loss during periods of peak network traffic
  • Security including multi-level password protected users accounts and time out period settings, IP address restriction, and ability to limit the maximum number of MAC addresses learned
  • Simple network time protocol (SNTP) with support for both a primary and secondary network time server
  • Packet priority based on source or destination MAC addresses on a per VLAN basis
  • Broadcast, multicast, and DA-unknown packet storm control filtering
  • Generic VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) providing 802.1Q compliant VLAN pruning and dynamic VLAN creation
  • Port mirroring with ability to mirror desired to of frames (egress, ingress, or both)