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HP 3500 Series Advanced Traffic Management Guide

HP 3500 Series
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Loop Protection in Port Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75
Loop Protection in VLAN Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75
Changing Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-75
Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-76
Viewing Loop Protection Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-76
Displaying Loop Protection Status in Port Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-76
Displaying Loop Protection Status in VLAN Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 3-77
STP Loop Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-78
4 Switch Meshing
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Switch Meshing Fundamentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Using a Heterogeneous Switch Mesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Bringing Up a Switch Mesh Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Further Operating Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Configuring Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Menu: To Configure Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
CLI: To Configure and View Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
CLI: Configuring Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Viewing Switch Mesh Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Operating Notes for Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Flooded Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Unicast Packets with Unknown Destinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Spanning Tree Operation with Switch Meshing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
Filtering/Security in Meshed Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
IP Multicast (IGMP) in Meshed Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Static VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Dynamic VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Jumbo Packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Mesh Design Optimization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Other Requirements and Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

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HP 3500 Series Specifications

General IconGeneral
ModelHP 3500 Series
LayerLayer 3
MAC Address Table Size16, 000 entries
TypeManaged
UplinkSFP
PoEOptional
ManagementWeb, CLI, SNMP
Routing ProtocolStatic, RIP
Power SupplyInternal
Form Factor1U rack-mountable
Jumbo Frame SupportYes
Operating Temperature32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C)
Ports24 or 48 10/100/1000 ports

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