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ProCurve was the trade name of network products developed by Hewlett-Packard from 1998 to 2010. Since 2010 the brand name changed to HP Networking Products but users still recognize them as ProCurve.

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How to calculate required switch speed based on network usage?

I have a 48 100Mbit/s port HP Procurve Switch 2610 (J9088A) that can handle 13.0 million PPS (packets per second) and features wire speed switching capacity at 17.6Gbps. First off, what does that REALLY mean? Where do I start when trying to figure…
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10 GigE interfaces limits single connection throughput to 1 Gb on a ProCurve 4208vl

The setup is as follow : 3 Linux servers with Intel CX4 10 GigE controllers and an X-Serve with a Myricom 10 GigE CX4 controller are connected to a ProCurve 4208vl switch, with a myriad of other machines connected through good ol' 1000 base-T. The…
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Connecting a USB laptop to a RJ45 serial port

We are about to get our first managed switch at work (Procurve 2520G-24-PoE), and this lowly programmer gets to put on his admin hat and try to configure it. The switch has an RJ45 serial port for console access. My laptop has USB ports but no…
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HP Procurve 2650 has password set after factory reset

I have a problem with HP ProCurve 2650 switch. I don't have a password to it so I did a factory reset (pressing reset and clear buttons for 10 seconds). The problem is it still asks for the password. It restarts but doesn't clear its configuration…
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Only able to ping WiFi AP for about 60 seconds, then is full access after

I have 3 x Mikrotik RB951Ui-2HnD router board (RB) running 6.31 with wlan1 bridged with ethernet 2. STP is disabled on the RB bridge (protocol mode set to None). I have a HP ProCurve 2520-24-PoE switch (flat, no config) connecting to the RB951's (I…
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VLAN isolation failure with HP Procurve, Juniper Netscreen

I'm having problems with hosts being able to ping other hosts they shouldn't be able to communicate with. Fairly simple network - relevant hardware: HP Procurve 2810-24G switch Juniper Netscreen 208 firewall Netgear GS-108PE switch I simply want…
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IP Routing on All Switches or just Core

I have 1 core switch in our MDF for server equipment and 6 data closet switches that connect clients. At this point I only have IP Routing enabled on the core switch so all IP routing is done in one central location in the MDF. We only have 2 VLANs…
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HP ProCurve 5406zl does not accept direct attach cable with error "Not an HP Networking transceiver"

I have an HP 5406zl switch running the latest firmware in the non-early release branch (K.15.14.0007, ROM K.15.30) and it is not accepting direct attach SFP+ cables in its SFP+ module. The module is a J9538A 8x 10GbE SFP+ module. The direct attach…
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Get port vlan tag via snmp on HP Procurve

I'm trying to write a nagios check that will check if a port is a member of (tagged in) a perticular VLAN. I've discovered the following SNMP location SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.17.7.1.4.5.1.1.40 for checking a ports untagged vlan membership. But can't seem…
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HP Procurve Core Switch Architecture

I want to build a new 'core' for our network. We currently have a 3com 4060 switch acting as the core, connecting all the other TOR and access switches together. The goal is to add resilience into the core, without compromising performance. Each…
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DHCP Server Issuing NAK when servicing multiple subnets

We currently have 3 VLANs setup in our network. On our DHCP server (Windows 2008) we have 3 scopes created for the 3 separate subnets. Our clients can't seem to pull addresses on the subnets, except for the one the server is attached to. DHCP…
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Does HP IRF work the way I think it does?

I finally have approval to better centralize our Ethernet. When last I left off I was looking to the future to figure out how best to handle expansion. Now, I have answers. I now have a pair of A5820 L3 switches that I intend to use as my core.…
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Configure spanning tree from HP to Cisco hardware

I have three switches I'd like to configure in a loop - a Cisco stack (3750s) and two HP 2900 series. Each is connected to the next with a 10 gig backplane of one form or another. How do I configure the spanning tree on these systems to make this…
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HP 4204vl (J8770A) non-blocking switching capacity

On the information page for the above mentioned switch, it says "Supports a maximum of 96 autosensing 10/100 ports or 96 autosensing 10/100/1000 ports or 16 mini-GBICs or 4 10-GbE ports, or a combination", but the Switch fabric speed says 38.4 Gbps.…
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Rate Limiting with HP ProCurve 5406 QOS

Is it possible to enable an absolute value rate limit using QOS on a HP ProCurve 5406 switch for a particular IP address on a specific port? We have a 10Mbps head end connection for multiple locations that is a single physical port. Occasionally a…
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