HP ProCurve was the name of the networking division of Hewlett-Packard from 1998 to 2010 and associated with the products that it sold. The name of the division was changed to HP Networking in September 2010. Please use HP Networking Products for an actual list of products.
The HP ProCurve division sold network switches, wireless access points, WAN routers, and Access Control Servers/Software under the "HP ProCurve" brand name.
Property | 2500 | 2510 | 2520 | 2530 | 2600 | 2610 | 2620 | 2540 |
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Status | Discontinued | Current | Discontinued | Current | ||||
Released | 2000 | August 2006 | November 2009 | December 2012 | 2002 | March 2008 | September 2011 | November 2016 |
Layer | Layer 2 | Layer 3 (lite) | Layer 3 (lite) static routing | Layer 3 (lite) static & RIP routing | ||||
Ports | 12 or 24 10/100 ports with 2 proprietary Gb transceiver slots. | 24 (fanless) or 48 (incl. fan) 10/100 ports including 2 Dual Personality Ports (Gb or SFPs). G models: 20 or 44 Gb ports with 4 Dual Personality Ports (4 x Gb or SFPs). | 8 or 24 (PoE or non-PoE). GB and non-GB | 8, 24 or 48 10/100 ports including 1 or 2 Dual Personality Ports (1 or 2 x Gb or SFPs). | 24 or 48 (10/100 with 2 Gb ports and 2 SFP ports (no Dual Personality) [2] | 24 or 48 (PoE and non-PoE) with 2 SFP ports | 24 or 48 (PoE and non-PoE) with 4 SFP+ ports | |
CPU | ARM7TDMI @62.5 Mhz | MIPS 32 @264/300 MHz | Freescale PowerPC 8313 @266 MHz | ARM9E @800 Mhz | Motorola PowerPC MPC8245 @266 MHz | MIPS @300 MHz | Power PC FreeScale 8313 @400 MHz | Dual Core ARM Coretex A9 @1016 MHz |
Memory | 26MB | 64MB (128 MB 2510-48) | 128MB DDR2 | 256MB DDR3 | 32MB | 128MB | 512MB | 1024 MB DDR3 SDRAM |
Packet buffer | 6MB | 385KB (24), 768 KB (24G) 512 KB (48), 1.5 MB (48G) | 384KB (512 KB on GB models) | 1.5MB (8,24), 3 MB(48) | ? | 1MB (24), 2 MB (48) | 1MB (24), 2 MB (48) | 12.38 MB |
Last sold | February 2010 | February 2014 | Current | February 2009 | May 2012 | October 2018 | Current | |
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Property | 2800 | 2810 | 2900 | 2910al | 2920 | 3400cl | 3500 | 3500yl |
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Status | Discontinued | |||||||
Released | 2004 | 2006 | 2006 | 2009 | 2013 | 2004 | February 2007 | |
Layer | Layer 3 (lite) | Layer 3 (lite) static routing | Layer 3 (lite) static & RIP routing | Layer 3 | ||||
Ports | 20 or 44 Gb ports with 4 Dual Personality Ports (4 x Gb or SFPs). | 20 or 44 Gb ports with 4 Dual Personality Ports (4 x Gb or SFPs) | 20 or 44 Gb ports with 4 Dual Personality Ports (2 x Gb or SFPs) Additionally includes four 10GE ports (two CX-4 and two capable of housing optional 10GE optical transceivers). | 20 or 44 Gb ports with 4 Dual Personality Ports (4 x Gbor SFPs) Supports up to four optional 10 Gigabit ports in CX4 and / or SFP+. Two versions support PoE and PoE+ [3] | 20 or 44 Gb port switch, and 4 x Dual Personality Ports (2 x Gb or SFPs). Also capable of supporting 10GE ports. | 20 or 44 10/100 port switches with two models supportingPoE functionality, and 4 x Dual Personality Ports (2 x Gb or SFPs). [4] [5] | 20 or 44 Gb port switch with PoE functionality, and 4 x Dual Personality Ports (2 x Gb or SFPs). Also capable of supporting 10GE ports. | |
CPU | Motorola PowerPC MPC8245 @266 MHz | MIPS @264 MHz | Freescale PowerPC 8540 @667 MHz | Dual ARM1156T2S @515 MHz | Tri Core ARM1176 @625 MHz | 266Mhz | Freescale PowerPC 8540 @666 MHz | |
Memory | 64MB | 64MB | ? | 515MB | 512MB | 128MB | 256MB | |
Packet buffer | ? | 768KB (24G), 1.5 MB (48G) | 13.5MB (24G), 22.5 MB (48G) | 6MB | 11.25MB | 2MB | ||
Last sold | December 2009 | August 2013 | October 2009 | May 2014 | March 2018 (August 2018 PoE) | March 2009 | June 2014 | |
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Series | Status | Released | Layer | Sizes | Comments |
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5400zl | Discontinued June 2018 | 2006 | Layer 3 | 6 or 12 slot bays. Supports up to 48 10GE ports, 288 GbE ports, or 288 SFPs | Powered by a combination of either 875W or 1500W PSU's, to provide a maximum of 3600W (5400W using additional power supplies) of power for PoE |
4200vl | Discontinued July 2015 | 2006 | Layer 3 | 4 or 8 slot bays. Supports up to 192 10/100 or GbE ports with up to 32 SFP ports, or 8 10GE ports (X2) | static IPv4 routing, optionally redundant power |
German company .vantronix marketed software products until 2009. [6] [7]
Due to country laws, ProCurve released different versions of their wireless access points and MultiService Access points.
The MSM Access and Mobility Controllers support security, roaming and quality of service across MSM Access Points utilising 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless technology. [8]
Most access points are designed to work in controlled mode: a controller manages and provides authentication services for them.
ProCurve Manager (PCM) is a network management suite for products by ProCurve.
ProCurve Manager comes in two versions; a base version supplied both free of charge with all managed ProCurve Products and also for download, and a "Plus" version that incorporates more advanced functionality and also enables plugin support. There is a 60-day trial version including all modules. Both derive from the trial version and need to be activated via Internet.
The Plus version can also be implemented in HP OpenView Network Node Manager for Windows. The software ProCurve Manager is predominantly for ProCurve products.
The Threat Management Services Module is based on the ProCurve ONE Module, and is primarily a firewall with additional Intrusion-prevention system and VPN capabilities [11] [12]
ProCurve have a range of Transceivers, GBICs and 10GbE optics for use within ProCurve devices.
Transceivers [13] are used in the unmanaged 2100 & 2300 series, and the managed 2500 series of switches
Type | Cable Type | Maximum Distance | Notes |
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Gigabit Stacking Kit | Interconnect Cable | 59 cm | 2 x HSSDC Gigabit Transceiver ports. |
Gigabit SX Transceiver | Multimode | up to 550 m | 1000BASE-SX, -SC port. |
Gigabit LX Transceiver | Singlemode or Multimode | 10 km or 550 m | 1000BASE-LX, -SC port. |
100/1000-T Transceiver | Category 5 cable plus | 100 m | RJ-45 port. |
100-FX Transceiver | Multimode | 2 km full duplex or 412 m half duplex | 100BASE-FX port. |
GBICs [14] are used for most switches for 100 Mbit/s and 1000 Mbit/s fiber connectivity. All fiber GBICs have an LC presentation.
Type | Cable Type | Maximum Distance | Notes |
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100BASE-FX | Multimode | 2 km full duplex or 412 m half duplex | |
100BASE-BX10-D | Singlemode | up to 10 km | |
100BASE-BX10-U | Singlemode | up to 10 km | |
1000BASE-SX | Multimode | up to 550 m | Dependent on fiber cable quality |
1000BASE-LX | Multimode | 2 to 550 m | |
1000BASE-LX | Singlemode | 2 to 10,000 m | Compliant with IEEE 1000BASE-LX10 standard |
1000BASE-LH | Singlemode | 10 to 70,000 m | Attentuators may be required dependent on distance. |
1000BASE-BX-D | Singlemode | 0.5 to 10,000 m | |
1000BASE-BX-U | Singlemode | 0.5 to 10,000 m | |
1000BASE-T Transceiver | Cat 5 cable plus | 100 m |
The HP ProCurve ONE Services zl Module is an x86-based server module that provides two 10-GbE network links into the switch backplane. Coupled with ProCurve-certified services and applications that can take advantage of the switch-targeted API for better performance, this module creates a virtual appliance within a switch slot to provide solutions for business needs, such as network security. The ProCurve ONE Services zl Module is supported in the following switches:
The following applications have completed, or will complete the ProCurve ONE Integrated certification on the HP ProCurve Services zl Module in early 2009.
Data center automation
Location
Wireless IPS
Network management
VoIP / Unified Communications
Video distribution
Other - Unsupported
Other 'unofficial' methods for loading alternative platform software such as pfSense and VMware's ESXi on to ONE Service modules have been discovered.
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