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HP Networking 6600 Switch Series Technical Overview
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Table of figures and tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . . . . .
Executive summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . .
HP ProCurve 6600 Switch Series . . . . . . . . .
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Console port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . 5 . . . . . . . . . Ethernet out-of-band management (OOBM) port . . . . . .1 . 5 . Auxiliary (USB) port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .5 . . . . . . . . 6600 series system architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .5 . . . . . . HP ProCurve 6600-24G Switch (J9263A) . . . . . . . . . .1 . 5 . . . Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . Ports . . . . .
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HP ProCurve 6600 Switch Power Supply (J9269A) . . . . . .2 . 4 . HP ProCurve 6600 Switch Fan Tray (J9271A) . . . . . . . .2 . 5 . . Rack mounting options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 . . . . . . . . 2-post telco racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . 5 . . . . . . . . 4-post racks: HP ProCurve 6600 Series Rack Mount Kit (J9469A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 . 5 . . . . . . . . . . HP 10000 series server racks: HP 10000 Series Rack Mount Kit (5070-
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Latency measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . 7 . . . . . . . Power consumption measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .7 . . . . . Power Save mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . 8 . . . . . . . . Services and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . 8 . . . . . . . . Lifetime warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 .8 . . . . . . . . . Free telephone support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 . 8 . . . . . . . Optional support services
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Table of figures and tables Figure 1: Top-of-rack use model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . Figure 2: HP ProCurve 6600 Switch Series (power supply side view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 .0 . . . . . . . . Figure 3: HP ProCurve 6600 Switch Power Supply (J9269A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . 1 . . . . . . . . Figure 4: Default airflow direction and connectivity side view of the 6600-24XG switch . . . . . . . . . .1 . 2 . . . Figure 5: HP ProCurve 6600
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Table 5: SFP+ vs . X2 optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 .7 . . . . . . Table 6: Capacity, performance, and features comparison of the 6600 series products . . . . . 3 .3 . Figure 18: 4-port 10-GbE blocks showing how ports are grouped to a 14 . 4-Gbps channel . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . Figure 19: 10-GbE module architecture showing four ports grouped to a 14 . 4-Gbps channel . . . . . .3 . 4 . Figure 20: Approach for providing 10 Gbps on a specific port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Executive summary HP networking has an extensive line of networking products built around the concept of the ProCurve Adaptive Network vision that provides the security, mobility, and convergence capabilities businesses demand while giving technology administrators the ability to adapt to the changing needs of their organizations and control their infrastructure centrally . This guide describes the HP ProCurve 6600 Switch Series and how it builds upon the HP ProCurve Switch 8200zl, 5400zl, 6
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Product positioning Overview The intelligence, throughput, scalability, and physical connectivity options of the 6600 series make them suitable for applications at the server edge or aggregation/distribution layer of a compute network . The 6600 switch series leverages the same ProVision ASIC and software found in the widely deployed 8200zl, 5400zl, 6200yl, and 3500yl products . Enhanced for the data center, the 6600 series provides front-to-back (reversible) airflow, redundant hot-swappable
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Figure 1 provides an example of a three-tiered networking model with top-of-rack networking components . Data center ProCurve edge switches deployed network as part of a standard solution Core Standard Top of rack: enables standard server edge server edge/edge networking racks Distribution Top-of-rack advantages: • Lower-cost design Server edge • Enhanced multi-tier network designs Standard • Reduced cabling costs—copper servers connections from server edge for 10-Gb via direct attach • Ed
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6600 series system overview The HP ProCurve 6600 Switch Series was designed to be co-located with data center servers for both top-of- rack edge access and end-of-row aggregation and distribution deployment models . To support high availability in a 1U form factor, all 6600 series products allow for redundant hot-swappable power supply options, hot- swappable fan tray, and front-to-back (reversible) airflow, along with out-of-band Ethernet management ports . These are key capabilities that se
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supports only the 1200 W AC supply, although the 6600 series is capable of supporting DC and other common-slot supplies . Two AC-to-12-V DC power supplies can be configured as 1+1 redundant supplies . The system is fully powered with either power supply, and either power supply (but not both) can be removed and replaced while the system is still racked, and the switch will continue to operate . Each power supply input is C14 with proper safety ground . 110–120 VAC 200–240 VAC Current < 7 .
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Figure 4: Default airflow direction and connectivity side view of the 6600-24XG switch In the event of an individual fan failure, an SNMP trap and event log entry is generated . A system can typically operate for quite a long time with a single fan failure (out of the eight), as the remaining fans can increase speed to compensate for the loss of airflow . The fan tray replicates the Power, Fan, Fault, and Locator LEDs found on the connectivity side of the 6600 switch . This is useful when at
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switches would more likely have their network ports facing toward the back (hot aisle) of the cabinet to facilitate server connectivity . With this intention, the default configuration for the command is, “Power-to-Port”, so the “fan-pref-airflow-dir” command will not show up in the configuration file—it is the default . If the user intends to change the airflow so that the preferred direction is Ethernet ports facing the cold aisle, then in the configuration file the use should change the p
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Figure 6: Closeup view of the HP ProCurve 6600 Switch Series LEDs Processor The CPU processor is a Freescale PowerPC 8540 operating at 667 MHz . Memory SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic RAM (SDRAM) is used for the storage of uncompressed executable code and data structures . The SDRAM consists of a 256 MB DDR-1 DIMM in the base module, expandable up to 1 GB . The DDR-1 interface is 64 bits running at 166-MHz bus speed (333-MHz data rate) . Buffer memory Table 1 highlights the amount of QDR SDRAM alloc
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Mgmt. to N-chip comm. Console port The console port allows for RS-232 serial connectivity for local management and configuration . For the 6600- 48G, 6600-48G-4XG, and 6600-24XG switches, the console port is an RJ-45 connector . To connect to the console, an RJ-45–to–DB-9 cable is provided with each switch to connect to the serial port on a laptop . The 6600-24G/6600-24G-4XG products offer a DB-9 serial console port for management access, and a DB-9–to– DB-9 cable is provided . The part number
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Mgmt. to N-chip comm. Description The HP ProCurve 6600-24G Switch is a data center optimized, advanced Layer 3 1U stackable switch with 20 10/100/1000Base-T ports and 4 dual-personality ports . The 6600 series 1U form factor switches are enhanced for server edge connectivity with front-to-back cooling, redundant hot-swappable power, and redundant hot-swappable fans . The foundation for all these switches is a purpose-built, programmable ProVision ASIC that allows the most demanding networkin
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The ASIC layout shown in Figure 8 for the data center focused 6600-24G-4XG switch adds an NGX ASIC to provide a 10-Gb uplink capability to this switch model . Unlike the 3500yl-24G switch, where the yl 10-Gb module is rear mounted, the 6600-24G-4XG switch moves the 10-Gb ports to the front of the switch for simplified cabling . Examining the Gigabit ports, the last four ports are dual personality, meaning they can be used as RJ-45 copper ports or mGBIC (or SFP) fiber ports . The 6600-24G-4X
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Mgmt. to N-chip comm. 10/100 Ethernet out-of-band management port 10/100 Ou -o t f-Band Ethernet Management port HP ProCurve 6600-48G Switch (J9451A) Based on 5400zl design Management function (on motherboard) * 96.0 Gbps = (24+24)x2(Fdx), 96.0-Gbps* switching capacity although F2 has a full capability of 345.6-Gbps switching 14.4-Gbps HSL F2 14.4-Gbps HSL 12 High-speed links • 4-Gb fiber ports (4 dual-personality ports) • Runs same code as 3500yl/5400zl/8200zl switch • No NGX ASIC (no 10-
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Mgmt. to N-chip comm. 10/100 Ou 10/100 Ethernet out-of-band management port -o t f-Band Ethernet Management port HP ProCurve 6600-48G-4XG Switch (J9452A) Based on 5400zl design Management function (on motherboard) * 176.0 Gbps = (24+24 + 20+20)x2(Fdx), although F2 has a full capability of 345.6-Gbps switching 176.0-Gbps* switching capacity 14.4-Gbps HSL 14.4-Gbps HSL 14.4-Gbps HSL F2 14.4-Gbps HSL 12High-speed 14.4-Gbps HSL links 14.4-Gbps HSL • No Gigabit fiber ports; SFP+ ports are 10-Gb o
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Table 3 details the comparison of the 6600-48G/48G-4XG switches, the 2910al-48G, and the 3500yl-48G switches in more detail . 2910al-48G 6600-48G 6600-48G-4XG 3500yl-48G Rack height 1U 1U 1U 1U 1-Gb RJ-45 48 48 48 48 1-Gb SFP 4* 4* – 4* 10-Gb SFP+ 4 (2 X2/2 CX4) – 4 4 (2 X2/2 CX4) Max . 1-Gb wire-speed ports 48 48 48 48 Max . 10-Gb wire-speed ports 4 – 4 2 10-Gb port buffering 6 MB** – 36 MB 4 .5 MB Management console port RJ-45 RJ-45 RJ-45 Serial DB-9 Out-of-band mgmt . port – RJ-45 10/100 Et
