ProCurve Networking ProCurve Switch 8212zl
Multilayer, high port density switches providing scalable, reliable network infrastructures

ProCurve Networking ProCurve Switch 8212zl Overview:

The ProCurve Switch 8212zl is a high-performance, highly available, chassis switch platform that enables unified core-to-edge adaptive network solutions and delivers to market the industry's first core switch with a lifetime warranty. It has platform and software high-availability features to ensure system continuity and enhance network productivity. With a full range of connectivity options, comprehensive networking features, advanced security tools, and unified core-to-edge infrastructure and management tools, the Switch 8212zl reduces complexity and provides lower cost of ownership. The ProCurve Switch 8212zl is ideal for customers seeking to cost-effectively meet the stringent availability requirements of today's converged network environments without sacrificing performance or flexibility.

• Core, distribution, mission-critical access layer
• System high availability, ProCurve ONE integrated
• Layer 2 - Layer 4 and intelligent edge feature set
• Enterprise-class performance and security
• Scalable 10/100/1000 and 10-GbE connectivity

 

Features:

Management:

• Remote intelligent mirroring: mirrors selected ingress/egress traffic based on ACL, port, MAC address, or VLAN to a local or remote 8200zl/6200yl/5400zl/3500yl switch anywhere on the network
• RMON, XRMON, and sFlow v5: provide advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events
• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP): automated device discovery protocol for easy mapping by network management applications
• Command authorization: leverages RADIUS to link a custom list of CLI commands to individual network administrator's login; also provides an audit trail
• Friendly port names: allow assignment of descriptive names to ports
• Dual flash images: provides independent primary and secondary OS files for backup while upgrading or fine-tuning the switch configuration
• Multiple configuration files: multiple config files can be stored to the flash image
• Uni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD): monitors a link between two switches and blocks the ports on both ends of the link if the link goes down at any point between the two devices
• Unified Core-to-Edge features: ProCurve portfolio-common feature implementation for faster solution deployment
• ProCurve Core-to-Edge Device/Network Management tools: ProCurve portfolio-common device-level tools (CLI, Web GUI, Menu) plus seamless integration into ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM+)/Identity Driven Manager (IDM) network management deployments

Connectivity:

• IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet: provides up to 15.4 W per port to IEEE 802.3af compliant PoE powered devices such as IP phones, wireless access points, and security cameras
• Pre-standard PoE support: detects and provides power to pre-standard PoE devices
• Jumbo frames: on Gigabit and 10-Gigabit ports, allow high-performance remote backup and disaster-recovery services
• Auto-MDIX: automatically adjusts for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100/1000 ports
• High-density port connectivity: 12 interface module slots, up to 288 wire-speed 10/100/1000 PoE-enabled ports/48 10-GbE ports per system
• ProCurve Core-to-Edge accessories: ProCurve Intelligent Edge family-common interface and service modules, Gigabit optics/10-GbE transceivers, and power supplies enable sparing simplicity
• IPv6:
  • IPv6 Host the switches can be managed and deployed at the edge of IPv6 networks
  • Dual Stack (IPv4/IPv6) provides transition mechanism from IPv4 to IPv6; supports connectivity for both protocols
  • MLD Snooping forwards IPv6 multicast traffic to the appropriate interface; prevents IPv6 multicast traffic from flooding the network
  • IPv6 ready the switch hardware can support IPv6 QoS, ACL, routing, tunneling, and security; these features will be available when enabled via software update in follow-on releases

Performance:

• High-speed/capacity architecture: 692 Gbps crossbar switching fabric provides intra- and inter-module switching with 428 million pps throughput on the purpose-built ProVision ASICs
• Selectable queue configurations: increase performance by selecting the number of queues and associated memory buffering that best meet the requirements of your network applications
• Scalable system design: chassis architecture/backplane provides built-in performance capacity/headroom to support next-generation high-density/high-speed connectivity

Resiliency and high availability:

• Proven ASIC and system architecture: the ProCurve ProVision ASIC and platform architecture, leveraged from ProCurve's successful 5400zl/3500yl/6200yl families of switches, minimizes technology risk and ensures reliable support and flexibility
• ProCurve zl family componentry: employs market-proven Intelligent Edge Switch interface modules, optics, and power supplies to minimize technology risk and enhance system reliability
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol: VRRP allows groups of two routers to dynamically back each other up to create highly available routed environments
• IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol: provides high link availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing multiple spanning trees; encompasses IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol and IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and ProCurve trunking: support up to 36 trunks, each with up to 8 links (ports) per trunk; trunking across modules is supported
• Hot-swappable modules: interface, management, and fabric modules as well as mini-GBIC optics and power supplies can be removed, swapped, or added to the system without interrupting ongoing switch operations
• Redundant, scalable power design: add/deploy redundant power supplies to expand power capacity and provide redundancy to ensure network productivity
• Redundant switch fabric: dual, performance load-sharing fabric modules provide enhanced system availability and seamless system resiliency
• Redundant switch management: dual management modules provide active/standby operation to enhance system availability
• Redundant, hot-swappable cooling: redundant fan design and hot-swappable fan tray ensure continuity of operation in case of a single fan failure
• Passive system design: passive chassis backplane (no traffic-forwarding active componentry) ensures system reliability and reduces impact of component failure

Layer 2 switching:

• IEEE 802.1ad Q-in-Q: increases the scalability of Ethernet network by providing a hierarchical structure; connects multiple LANs on high-speed campus or metro network
• 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 standard and 2,048 VLANs simultaneously
• IEEE 802.1v protocol VLANs: isolate select non-IPv4 protocols automatically into their own VLANs
• GARP VLAN Registration Protocol: allows automatic learning and dynamic assignment of VLANs

Layer 3 services:

• UDP helper function: UDP broadcasts can be directed across router interfaces to specific IP unicast or subnet broadcast addresses and prevent server spoofing for UDP services such as DHCP
• Loopback interface address: defines an address in RIP and OSPF that can always be reachable, improving diagnostic capability

Layer 3 routing:

• Static IP routing: provides manually configured routing
• RIP: provides RIPv1 and RIPv2 routing at media speed
• OSPF: includes host-based ECMP to provide link redundancy/scalable bandwidth and NSSA

Security:

• Switch CPU protection: provides automatic protection against malicious network traffic trying to shut down the switch
• Virus throttling: detects traffic patterns typical of WORM-type viruses and either throttles or entirely prevents the ability of the virus to spread across the routed VLANs or bridged interfaces, without requiring external appliances
• ICMP throttling: defeats ICMP denial-of-service attacks by enabling any switch port to automatically throttle ICMP traffic
• Multiple user authentication methods:
  • IEEE 802.1X industry-standard way of user authentication using an IEEE 802.1X supplicant on the client in conjunction with a RADIUS server
  • Web-based authentication authenticates from Web browser for clients that do not support 802.1X supplicant; customized remediation can be processed on an external Web server
  • MAC-based authentication client is authenticated with the RADIUS server based on client's MAC address
     
• Authentication flexibility:
  • Multiple IEEE 802.1X users per port provides authentication of multiple IEEE 802.1X users per port; prevents user "piggybacking" on another user's IEEE 802.1X authentication
  • Concurrent IEEE 802.1X and Web or MAC authentication schemes per port switch port will accept any of IEEE 802.1X and either Web or MAC authentications
     
• Access control lists (ACLs): provide filtering based on the IP field, source/destination IP address/subnet, and source/destination TCP/UDP port number on a per-VLAN or per-port basis
• Identity-driven ACL: enables implementation of a highly granular and flexible access security policy specific to each authenticated network user
• DHCP protection: blocks DHCP packets from unauthorized DHCP servers, preventing denial-of-service attacks
• BPDU port protection: blocks Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) on ports that do not require BPDUs, preventing forged BPDU attacks
• Dynamic IP lockdown: works with DHCP protection to block traffic from unauthorized host, preventing IP source address spoofing
• Dynamic ARP protection: blocks ARP broadcasts from unauthorized hosts, preventing eavesdropping or theft of network data
• Detection of malicious attacks: monitors 10 types of network traffic and sends a warning when an anomaly that potentially can be caused by malicious attacks is detected
• Port security: allows access only to specified MAC addresses, which can be learned or specified by the administrator
• MAC address lockout: prevents configured particular MAC addresses from connecting to the network
• 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
• Secure FTP: allows secure file transfer to/from the switch; protects against unwanted file downloads or unauthorized copying of switch configuration file
• Secure management access: all access methods--CLI, GUI, or MIB--are securely encrypted through SSHv2, SSL, and/or SNMPv3
• Switch management logon security: can require either RADIUS or TACACS+ authentication for secure switch CLI logon
• Security banner: displays a customized security policy when users log in to the switch
• USB Secure Autorun (requires ProCurve Manager Plus): deploys, diagnoses, and updates switch using USB flash drive; works with secure credential to prevent tampering
• STP Root Guard: protects root bridge from malicious attack or configuration mistakes

Convergence:

• IP multicast routing: includes PIM Sparse and Dense modes to route IP multicast traffic
• IP multicast snooping (data-driven IGMP): automatically prevents flooding of IP multicast traffic
• LLDP-MED (Media Endpoint Discovery): a standard extension of LLDP that stores values for parameters such as QoS and VLAN to automatically configure network devices such as IP phones
• RADIUS VLAN for voice: uses standard RADIUS attribute and LLDP-MED to automatically configure VLAN for IP phones
• PoE allocations: supports multiple methods (automatic, 802.3af class, LLDP-MED, or user specified) to allocate PoE power for optimal energy saving

Quality of Service (QoS):

• Layer 4 prioritization: enables prioritization based on TCP/UDP port numbers
• Traffic prioritization: allows real-time traffic classification into 8 priority levels mapped to 8 queues
• Bandwidth shaping:
  • Port-based rate limiting per-port ingress/egress enforced maximum bandwidth
  • Classifier-based rate limiting use ACL to enforce maximum bandwidth for ingress traffic on each port
  • Guaranteed minimum per-port, per-queue egress-based guaranteed minimum bandwidth
     
• Class of Service (CoS): sets the IEEE 802.1p priority tag based on IP address, IP Type of Service (ToS), L3 protocol, TCP/UDP port number, source port, and DiffServ

Flexibility:

• ProCurve Wireless Edge Services zl Module: offers secure, advanced wireless services with simplified management and unified wired and wireless operation across the network
• Complete feature set: Gigabit PoE for edge VoIP solutions, scalable 10-GbE for enterprise-class distribution-layer implementations, advanced wireless management for comprehensive mobility solutions, and critical high-availability features for mid-market core network deployments
• Programmable ASIC design: allows seamless addition of new QoS and security features over time without costly hardware upgrades

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Accessories:

 

FAQ:

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Documentation:

Download the ProCurve Networking ProCurve Switch 8212zl Datasheet (PDF).