Hewlett-Packard CompanyHP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch & 10GbEthernet BL-c Switch for BladeSystem c-ClassFunctionality Certification and CooperativeInteroperability Evaluation

Sponsor: Blade Network Technologies, Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Co. and BLADE Network Technologies, Inc. Switch Evaluation

Abstract

Hewlett-Packard Co. and BLADE Network Technologies, Inc. commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate two HP integrated blade switches designed and manufactured by BLADE (BladeSystem c-Class ) for interoperability with other switch brands.

Tolly Group engineers subjected the HP 1:10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch and HP 10Gb Ethernet BL-c Switch to 10 different tests with switches from 3Com, Cisco Systems, Inc., Enterasys Networks, Inc., Force10 Networks, Inc., Foundry Networks, Inc., IBM, HP and NEC. Engineers subjected the HP switches to advanced LAN services tests, including support for autonegotiation, 802.1p/Q VLAN tag propagation, 10GbE LAN PHY Support, 802.3ad LACP Support, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol Support, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Support 802.1s, RIPv2, OSPFv2, Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) and Jumbo Frames.

Tests were conducted in August 2008 in Santa Clara, CA at Ixia’s iSimCity lab facility.

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