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HP ProCurve 6120XG Ethernet Blade Switch - overview


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Designed for the c-Class BladeSystem and HP Integrity Superdome 2 enclosure, the HP ProCurve 6120XG Blade Switch provides sixteen 10Gb downlinks and eight 10G SFP+ uplinks (including a dual personality CX4 and SFP+ 10G uplink, and two 10Gb cross-connects). A robust set of industry standard Layer 2 switching functions, QOS metering, security and High Availability features round out this extremely capable switch. The 6120XG is perfectly suited for datacenters migrating to next generation 10Gb high performance architectures. With support of dual speed (1Gb/10Gb) on the uplinks and Converged Enhanced Ethernet ( CEE ) capability, the 6120XG provides true future proofing and investment protection. The 6120XG blade switch brings consistency and interoperability across existing network investments to help reduce the complexity of network management through resilient core-to-edge connectivity and automated provisioning technologies. With a variety of connection interfaces, the 6120XG switch offers excellent investment protection, flexibility, and scalability, as well as ease of deployment and reduced operational expense

What's new

Announcing support for Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) when paired with any of the new G7 servers with the FlexFabric LOMs or when used with the new Dual Port FlexFabric 10Gb Converged Network Adapter.

Performance
  • Wire speed performance on all downlinks
  • Wire speed performance on all uplinks
  • Non blocking architecture
  • Cut Through mode for latency sensitive applications
Management
  • Standards based SNMP management via ProCurve Manager (PCM/PCM+)
  • Automated provisioning via Datacenter Connection Manager ( DCM)
  • Secure management using SSH
  • Flexibility in management access - CLI, web, telnet, OOBM  via onboard administrator, miniUSB console port
Options
  • Robust Layer 2 switching
  • Converged Fabric support with optional CEE Upgrade License - PN 608074-B21
  • Flexible Gigabit and 10Gb connectivity, with a wide choice of optical and copper uplink choices
  • Comes with industry leading lifetime warranty    

Ideal environment

Ideal for...

Customers wanting to benefit from a unified HP solution

  • Extending HP Networking value proposition to the server edge for end to end networking
  • Single source for all your server and networking products
  • Simplified management and provisioning

Customers building next generation high performance infrastructure

  • 10Gb uplinks ( with dual speed 1Gb/10Gb capability) for high performance to fulfill the bandwidth demands of high performance applications and server virtualization
  • Converged Fabric support with optional CEE upgrade License
  • Offers Copper, SR and LR/LRM fiber connections  and Direct Attached Cables for choice and flexibility
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