HP 7506 User Manual

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Packet storm protection: protects against
unknown broadcast, unknown multicast, or unicast
storms with user-defined thresholds
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Flow control: using standard IEEE 802.3x, it
provides back pressure to reduce congestion in
heavy traffic situations
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IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE+)
support: provides up to 30 watts of power at the
PSE
Performance
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High-speed fully distributed architecture:
– 2.4 Tbps backplane supports maximum 1152
Gbps switching capacity, providing enhanced
performance and future expansion capability; with
dual fabrics, the switch delivers up to 714 Mpps
throughput
– All switching and routing is performed in the I/O
modules
– Meets current and future demand of an
enterprise's bandwidth-intensive applications
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Scalable system design: backplane is designed
for bandwidth increases; provides investment
protection to support future technologies and
higher-speed connectivity
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Flexible chassis selection: enables customers to
tailor their product selection to their budget with a
choice of six chassis, ranging from a 10-slot to a
2-slot chassis
Resiliency and high availability
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Redundant/Load-sharing fabrics,
management, fan assemblies, and power
supplies: increase total performance and power
available while providing hitless, stateful failover
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All modules are hot-swappable: allows
replacement of modules without any impact on other
modules
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Dual internal power supply: provides high
reliability
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Separate data and control paths: keeps
control separated from services and keeps service
processing isolated; increases security and
performance
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Passive design system: backplane has no
active components for increased system reliability
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IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control
Protocol (LACP): supports up to 128 trunks, each
with 8 links per trunk; supports static or dynamic
groups and user-selectable hashing algorithm
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Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF): creates
virtual resilient switching fabrics, where two or more
switches perform as a single Layer 2 switch and
Layer 3 router; switches do not have to be
co-located and can be part of a disaster-recovery
system; servers or switches can be attached using
standard LACP for automatic load balancing and
high availability; simplifies network operation by
eliminating the complexity of Spanning Tree
Protocol, Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP), or VRRP
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Rapid Ring Protection Protocol (RRPP):
provides standard sub-100 ms recovery for ring
Ethernet-based topology
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Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
(VRRP): allows a group of routers to dynamically
back each other up to create highly available routed
environments
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Hitless patch upgrades: allow patches and new
service features to be installed without restarting the
equipment, increasing network uptime and
facilitating maintenance
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Graceful restart: features are fully supported,
including graceful restart for OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, LDP,
and RSVP; network remains stable during the
active-standby switchover; after the switchover, the
device quickly learns the network routes by
communicating with adjacent routers; forwarding
remains uninterrupted during the switchover to
realize nonstop forwarding (NSF)
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Ultrafast protocol convergence with
standard-based failure
detection--Bidirectional Forwarding
Detection (BFD): enables link connectivity
monitoring and reduces network convergence time
for RIP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, VRRP, MPLS, and IRF
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Smart link: allows 50 ms failover between links
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IP/LDP FRR: nodes are configured with backup
ports, routes, and LSPs; local implementation
requires no cooperation of adjacent devices,
simplifying the deployment; solves the traditional
convergence faults in IP forwarding and MPLS
forwarding, protecting the links, nodes, and paths
without establishing respective backup LSPs for
them; realizes restoration within 50 ms, with the
restoration time independent of the number of routes
and fast link switchovers, without route convergence

HP 7506 Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	7506
Category	Switch
Language	English