HP 2620 Networking Switch Series

The HP 2620 Switch Series consists of five switches with 10/100 connectivity. The HP 2620-24 Switch is a fanless switch with quiet operation, making it ideal for deployments in open spaces.

The HP 2620-24-PPoE+ Switch, HP 2620-24-PoE+ Switch, and HP 2620-48-PoE+ Switch are IEEE 802.3af- and IEEE 802.3at-compliant switches and provide up to 30 W per powered port. The HP 2620-48 Switch has variable speed fans for quiet operation.

All HP 2620 Networking Switch Series include two 10/100/1000BASE-T ports and two SFP slots for Gigabit Ethernet uplink connectivity. An optional redundant external power supply is also available to provide redundancy in the event of a power supply failure.

With IPv4/IPv6 static and RIP routing, robust security and management features, free lifetime warranty, and free software updates, the HP 2620 Networking Switch Series is a cost-effective solution for customers who are building converged enterprise edge networks.

HP 2620 Networking Switch Series

• Layer 4 prioritization — enables prioritization based on TCP/UDP port numbers
• Traffic prioritization (IEEE 802.1p) — allows real-time traffic classification into eight priority levels mapped to eight queues
• Class of Service (CoS) — sets the IEEE 802.1p priority tag based on IP address, IP Type of Service (ToS), Layer 3 protocol, TCP/UDP port number, source port, and DiffServ
• Rate limiting — sets per-port ingress enforced maximums and per-port, per-queue minimums

• Auto-MDIX — provides automatic adjustments for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports
• IPv6 —
• IPv6 host — allows the switches to be managed and deployed at the edge of an IPv6 network
• Dual stack (IPv4/IPv6) — provides a 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
• IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) — 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
• IEEE 802.3at Power Over Ethernet Plus — provides up to 30 W per port to IEEE 802.3 for PoE-/PoE+-powered devices such as video IP phones, IEEE 802.11n wireless access points, and advanced pan/tilt/zoom security cameras
• Pre-standard PoE support — detects and provides power to pre-standard PoE devices; see list of supported devices in the product FAQ at www.hp.com/networking/support
• Single IP address management — provides single IP address management for a virtual stack of up to 16 switches

• External redundant power supply — provides high reliability
• IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Protocol (LACP) and HP port trunking — support up to 24 trunks, each with up to 8 links (ports) per trunk
• IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree — provides high link availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing multiple spanning trees
• NEW SmartLink — provides easy-to-configure link redundancy of active and standby links

• Dual flash images — provides independent primary and secondary operating system files for backup while upgrading
• Friendly port names — allows assignment of descriptive names to ports
• Multiple configuration files — stores easily to the flash image
• Port mirroring — enables traffic on a port to be simultaneously sent to a network analyzer for monitoring
• sFlow (RFC 3176) — delivers wire-speed traffic accounting and monitoring configured by SNMP and CLI with three terminal encrypted receiversRMON (remote monitoring) — provides advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events
• Find-Fix-and-Inform — finds and fixes common network problems automatically, then informs the administrator
• NEW Comware CLI —
• Comware-compatible CLI — bridges the experience of HP Comware CLI users who are using the HP ProVision software CLI
• Display and fundamental Comware CLI commands — are embedded in the switch CLI as native commands; display output is formatted as on Comware-based switches, and fundamental commands provide a Comware-familiar initial switch setup
• Configuration Comware CLI commands — when Comware commands are entered, CLI help is elicited to formulate the correct ProVision software CLI command

• VLANs — provide support for 512 VLANs and 4,094 VLAN IDs
• Jumbo packet support — improves the performance of large data transfers; supports frame size of up to 9220 bytes
• IEEE 802.1v protocol VLANs — isolate select non-IPv4 protocols automatically into their own VLANs
• NEW Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) — allows each VLAN to build a separate spanning tree to improve link bandwidth usage in network environments with multiple VLANs

• Static IP routing — provides manually configured routing; includes ECMP capability
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP) — provides RIPv1 and RIPv2 routing

• Access control lists (ACLs) — provide IP Layer 3 filtering based on source/destination IP address/subnet and source/destination TCP/UDP port number
• Source-port filtering — allows only specified ports to communicate with each other
• RADIUS/TACACS+ — eases switch management security administration by using a password authentication server
• Secure shell — encrypts all transmitted data for secure remote 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
• Port security — allows access only to specified MAC addresses, which can be learned or specified by the administrator
• MAC address lockout — prevents particular configured MAC addresses from connecting to the network
• Secure FTP — allows secure file transfer to and from the switch; protects against unwanted file downloads or unauthorized copying of a switch configuration file
• Custom banner — displays security policy when users log in to the switch
• Identity-driven ACL — enables implementation of a highly granular and flexible access security policy and VLAN assignment specific to each authenticated network user
• STP BPDU port protection — blocks Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) on ports that do not require BPDUs, preventing forged BPDU attacks
• STP root guard — protects the root bridge from malicious attacks or configuration mistakes
• DHCP protection — blocks DHCP packets from unauthorized DHCP servers, preventing denial-of-service attacks
• Dynamic ARP protection — blocks ARP broadcasts from unauthorized hosts, preventing eavesdropping or theft of network data
• Multiple user authentication methods —
• IEEE 802.1X — uses an IEEE 802.1X supplicant on the client in conjunction with a RADIUS server to authenticate in accordance with industry standards
• Web-based authentication — provides a browser-based environment, similar to IEEE 802.1X, to authenticate clients that do not support the IEEE 802.1X supplicant
• MAC-based authentication — authenticates the client with the RADIUS server based on the client's MAC address
• Authentication flexibility —
• Multiple IEEE 802.1X users per port — provides authentication of multiple IEEE 802.1X users per port; prevents a user from "piggybacking" on another user's IEEE 802.1X authentication
• Concurrent IEEE 802.1X, Web, and MAC authentication schemes per port — switch port will accept up to 32 sessions of IEEE 802.1X, Web, and MAC authentications
• Port mirroring for network threats — provides sampled port traffic using sFlow technology to the HP Network Immunity Manager (NIM) application for Network Behavior Anomaly Detection (NBAD) analysis to detect threats and mitigate threats at the port where the threat originated
• Per-port broadcast throttling — selectively configures broadcast control on heavy traffic port uplinks

• IP multicast snooping and data-driven IGMP — automatically prevent flooding of IP multicast traffic
• LLDP-MED (Media Endpoint Discovery) — defines a standard extension of LLDP that stores values for parameters such as QoS and VLAN to automatically configure network devices such as IP phones
• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) — facilitates easy mapping using network management applications with LLDP automated device discovery protocol
• PoE and PoE+ allocations — support multiple methods (automatic, IEEE 802.3at dynamic, LLDP-MED fine grain, IEEE 802.3af device class, or user specified) to allocate and manage PoE/PoE+ power for more efficient energy savings
• LLDP-CDP compatibility — receives and recognizes CDP packets from Cisco's IP phones for seamless interoperation

• Port mirroring — enables traffic on a port to be simultaneously sent to a network analyzer for monitoring
• Software updates — free downloads from the Web

• Quiet operation —
• Fanless design (2620-24 switch) — enables quiet operation for deployment in open spaces
• Variable-speed fans (2620-24-PPoE+, 2620-24-PoE+, 2620-48, and 2620-48-PoE+ switches) — improve fan speed for the operating environment while keeping noise and energy consumption levels to a minimum
• Flexible mounting —
• Rackable — can be mounted in a standard 19-inch rack using included hardware
• Surface mountable — can be mounted above or below a surface (such as on a desk or table) using included hardware

• Lifetime Warranty 2.0 — advance hardware replacement for as long as you own the product with next-business-day delivery (available in most countries)�
• Electronic and telephone support (for Lifetime Warranty 2.0) — limited 24x7 telephone support is available from HP for the first 3 years; limited electronic and business hours telephone support is available from HP for the entire warranty period; to reach our support centers, refer to www.hp.com/networking/contact-support; for details on the duration of support provided with your product purchase, refer to www.hp.com/networking/warrantysummary
• Software releases — to find software for your product, refer to www.hp.com/networking/support; for details on the software releases available with your product purchase, refer to www.hp.com/networking/warrantysummary