HP 3600 EI Switch Series
Fixed Port L3 Managed Ethernet Switches

Features & Benefits:

Resilient and Reliable Fast Ethernet Access Layer Switches

• The HP 3600 EI Switch Series delivers resiliency, security, and reliability at the enterprise edge with support for advanced Layer 3 and multicast routing.
• Designed for increased flexibility and scalability, the 3600 EI Switch Series comes with 24- or 48-10/100 ports and 4 SFP Gigabit Ethernet ports for stacking and uplinks, a 24-port 100BASE-FX switch with 2 or 4 Gigabit Ethernet SFP slots and models with 370 W of PoE+ power.
• The HP Intelligent Resilient Fabric (IRF) virtualizes up to nine physical switches into one logical device for simpler, flatter, more agile networks.
• Enterprise class features include Dynamic and Multicast Routing, RIP, OSPF, BGP, PIM, and ECMP.
• Limited Lifetime Warranty 2.0 with 3 years 24x7 phone support and no software licensing required.

Powerful Quality of Service (QoS)

• The HP 3600 EI Switch Series supports advanced, classifier-based QoS which directs traffic using multiple match criteria based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information and applies QoS policies such as setting priority level and rate limit to selected traffic on a per-port or per-VLAN basis.
• Provides extensive traffic prioritization with congestion actions: strict priority (SP), weighted round robin (WRR), weighted fair queuing (WFQ), and weighted random early discard (WRED).

Integrated and Distributed Security Enforcement

• The HP 3600 EI Switch Series supports flexible authentication methods including 802.1X, MAC, and Web for greater, policy-driven application security.
• Identity-driven security and access control with automatic VLAN assignment and per-user ACLs allows access to specific network services without risking network security.
• Security features include: IP source guard, STP BPDU port protection, and RADIUS/HWTACACS.

Single View of the Network

• The HP 3600 EI Switch Series can be seamlessly managed with the optional HP Intelligent Management Center (IMC) Software Platform to provide end-to-end network transparency with consistent network experience through comprehensive configuration, compliance and policy management.
• RMON and sFlow provides advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events.

Specifications:

For complete product specifications, please refer to the product datasheet.

• Ports: (24 - 48) 10/100 ports, maximum, (4) SFP 1000 Mbps and (2) dual-personality 1000 Mbps ports. PoE available in selected models
• Throughput: 13.1 Mpps maximum, depending on configuration
• Routing/Switching Capacity: 17.6 Gbps maximum, depending on configuration
• PoE Capacity: 720 W PoE+ maximum, depending on configuration.
• Stacking capabilities: IRF, 9 switches
• Management features: IMC - Intelligent Management Center, Command-line interface, Web browser, SNMP manager

Services & Support:

HP Networking Services - Services that add value to your business:

The warranties on HP Networking products provide a robust foundation for ongoing network support, but many customers have advanced support needs. Today's enterprise businesses, regardless of their size, are under increasing pressure to reduce the cost and complexity of supporting their network infrastructures. Demand for new services from businesses and their end users is constantly increasing. HP offers an affordable, comprehensive portfolio of networking services for organizations of all sizes. HP has a unique services advantage you can benefit from, and HP is the only vendor in the IT industry that can provide integrated and consistent support for your entire technology infrastructure worldwide, including networking, servers and storage, and imaging and printing, as well as desktop and mobile computing, to help you grow your business with expert support that is affordable, personal, and scaled to your needs. HP Networking's implementation and design centers simplify your network planning, while HP Technology and Enterprise Services deliver choice and flexibility.

HP provides a full range of custom services to meet the end-to-end networking needs of our customers. HP Network Lifecycle Services form the core foundation of network consulting, assessments, planning, design, integration, deployment, and management. They are available as standalone services or can be crafted to deliver solutions across the services portfolio, spanning network performance, network security and risk management, global deployment, data center networking, wireless LAN/mobility, and Unified Communications and Collaboration.

Documentation:

Download the HP 3600 EI Switch Series Datasheet (PDF).