FAQs

General Product Details

Q: What are the ProCurve 6200yl series switches?
The ProCurve Switch 6200yl-24G-mGBIC is an advanced Layer 3 stackable in 1U height. It has 24 mini-GBIC slots and an expansion slot for an optional 4-port 10-GbE module. Designed to be deployed as an aggregator of traffic from the edge to the core of the network, this switch supports a variety of ProCuve Gigabit mini-GBICs, such as SX, LX, LH, and 1000Base-T. The foundation for this switch is a purpose-built ProVision ASIC that allows the most demanding networking features, such as QoS and security, to be implemented in a scalable yet granular fashion. With its high-performance architecture, 10-GbE capability, and programmable ASIC, this switch offers excellent investment protection, flexibility, and scalability.

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Q: What is the throughput of the 6200yl?
The 6200yl throughput is up to 74 million pps.

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Q: How many addresses can the routing table hold?
The routing table can hold up to 10,000 entries.

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Q: Is Premium Edge licensing available for 6200yl like on 5400zl and 3500yl?
The 6200yl comes standard with Premium Edge Licensing.

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Q: How long is the manufactures warranty?
The warranty last for as long as you own the product, with next business-day advance replacement for confirmed hardware failures.

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Power/PoE

Q: What is a jumper cable and how is it used?
A jumper cable (also known as a jumper cord), provides a power interconnect between a LAN Switch and a power distribution device, such as a Power Distribution Unit (PDU) or an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).

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Q: Does ProCurve Networking by HP have jumper cables for its LAN Switch products?
Yes, ProCurve Networking by HP does have jumper cables available for its LAN Switch products through the worldwide HP Parts Store at www.hp.com/buy/parts.

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Q: Why are ProCurve jumper cables required for use with a PDU or UPS?
The ProCurve Networking by HP jumper cables are designed to HP specifications to minimize defects in materials and workmanship. The jumper cables were developed specifically to meet the extended temperature specifications, 0°C to 55°C (32°F to 131°F) of ProCurve switches while complying with international laws.

Using jumper cables which do not meet ProCurve’s specifications could result in overheating of the jumper cables. Use the proper jumper cables listed for your ProCurve switches. Use of any other jumper cable is not supported by ProCurve.

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Q: What do the jumper cable connectors look like?
The following table displays the connectors for C14 to C15 jumper cables and C19 to C20 jumper cables.

The C15 or C19 connector inserts into the power inlet on the switch power supply, while the C14 or C20 connector inserts into the receptacle on a power distribution device, PDU or UPS.

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Q: What ProCurve products require a C14 to C15 or a C19 to C20 jumper cable to connect to a PDU or UPS?
The table below displays, by country, the jumper cable part number for a specific ProCurve product. The jumper cable required by a ProCurve 8200zl or 5400zl switch and a ProCurve Power Supply Shelf, depends on the wattage of the power supply in the ProCurve product(875 W (J8712) or 1500 W (J8713)). Jumper cables are available in two lengths, 1 meter and 2.5 meters.

Country	Length (meters)	ProCurve Switch 3500yl/6200yl 3	ProCurve Switch 8200zl/5400zl and Power Supply Shelf			ProCurve 620 Red/Ext Power Supply 2
			875 W Supply 3		1500 W Supply 2
Australia/ New Zealand	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1093 1 8121-1094 1			8121-1089 8121-1090
China	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1093 1 8121-1094 1			8121-1089 8121-1090
Continental Europe	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1093 1 8121-1094 1			8121-1089 8121-1090
Denmark	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1093 1 8121-1094 1			8121-1089 8121-1090
Israel	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1093 1 8121-1094 1			8121-1089 8121-1090
Japan	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1092    8121-1091			8121-1089 8121-1090
South Africa/ India	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1093 1 8121-1094 1			8121-1089 8121-1090
Switzerland	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1093 1 8121-1094 1			8121-1089 8121-1090
Taiwan	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1092    8121-1091			8121-1089 8121-1090
Thailand	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1093 1 8121-1094 1			8121-1089 8121-1090
U.K.	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1093 1 8121-1094 1			8121-1089 8121-1090
Hong Kong/ Singapore	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1093 1 8121-1094 1			8121-1089 8121-1090
U.S./Canada/ Mexico	1 m 2.5 m	8121-1092    8121-1091			8121-1089 8121-1090

¹ – Availability of 8121-1093 and 8121-1094 jumper cables planned for May 2008
² – C19 to C20 cable: The C19 connector connects into the power inlet on the switch’s power supply, while the C20 connector connects into the receptacle on a power distribution unit.
³ – C14 to C15 cable: The C15 connector connects into the power inlet on the switch’s power supply, while the C14 connector connects into the receptacle on a power distribution unit.

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Q: What are the technical specifications for the C14 to C15 and C19 to C20 jumper cables?
The table below contains the technical specifications for the C14 to C15 and C19 to C20 jumper cables.

¹ – Rating of 20 A at 240 V in U.S. and Canada
² – Rating of 16 A at 240 V in Japan, Taiwan, Australia/New Zealand, China, Continental Europe, Denmark, Israel, South Africa/India, Switzerland, Thailand, U.K., and Hong Kong/Singapore

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Q: How does a customer purchase the C14 to C15 or C19 to C20 jumper cables?
The C14 to C15 jumper cables or C19 to C20 jumper cables are orderable through the HP Parts Store at www.hp.com/buy/parts. The C14 to C15 jumper cables, 8121-1093 and 8121-1094 are currently undergoing development and regulatory testing and will be available in May 2008.

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Q: What power cords are available for the 6200yl and what do they look like?
The following table displays the available regional power cords for the 6200yl.

Country	Part Number	Length	Connector Type	Connector	Connector Type	Connector
Australia/ New Zealand	8120-5335	2.5 m	AS 3112-3		C15
	8121-0871	4.5 m	AS 3112-3		C19
China	8120-8385	2.5 m	GB 1002		C15 90-deg
	8121-0916	2.5 m	SEV 1011		C19
	8121-1034	2.5 m	GB 1002		C15
Continental Europe	8120-5336	2.5 m	CEE 7-VII		C15
	8120-6899	4.5 m	CEE 7-VII		C19
	8120-6352	2.5 m	CEE 7-VII		C19
Denmark	8120-5340	2.5 m	DK 2-5A		C15
	8120-6897	4.5 m	IEC 309		C19
Isreal	8121-1009	2.5 m	SI 32 90-DEG		C15
	8121-1010	2.5 m	SI 32 90-DEG		C19
Japan	8120-5342	2.5 m	JIS C8303		C15
	8120-6903	4.5 m	NEMA L6-20P		C19
	8121-0942	2.5 m	JIS C8303		C19
South Africa / India	8120-5341	2.5 m	SABS 164		C15
	8121-0915	2.5 m	SABS 164		C19
Switzerland	8120-5339	2.5 m	SEV 1011		C15
	8120-6897	4.5 m	IEC 309		C19
	8121-0916	2.5 m	SEV 1011		C19
Taiwan	8121-0967	2.5 m	CNS 690		C15
	8121-0941	2.5 m	NEMA L6-20P		C15
	8120-6903	4.5 m	NEMA L6-20P		C19
	8121-0968	4.5 m	CNS 690		C19
Thailand	8121-0671	2.5 m	NEMA 5-15P		C15
	8121-0675	4.5 m	NEMA 10-20		C19
	8121-0922	2.5 m	NEMA 5-15P		C19
U. K. / Hong Kong / Singapore	8120-5334	2.5 m	BS 1363/A		C15
	8120-6898	4.5 m	BS 1363/A		C19
	8121-0907	2.5 m	BS 1363/A		C19
U.S. / Canada / Mexico	8121-0973	2.5 m	NEMA 5-15P		C15
	8121-0941	2.5 m	NEMA L6-20P		C15
	8120-6903	4.5 m	NEMA L6-20P		C19
	8120-6893	4.5 m	NEMA 6-20P		C19
	8120-6361	2.5 m	NEMA 5-20P		C19

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Accessories

Q: What types of modules are supported for my ProCurve 3500yl and 6200yl Switches?

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Q: Which mini-GBICs are supported on the ProCurve Switch 6200yl Series?
For the most current information on ProCurve mini-GBICs for your switch, refer to the datasheet. Scroll to the information on mini-GBICs.

Only revision "B" mini-GBICs are supported. This product requires ProCurve revision "B" or later mini-GBICs (product number ends with the letter "B", for example J4858B, J4859B). These switches do not support revision "A" mini-GBICs. Non-ProCurve mini-GBICs are not supported. Use of genuine products ensures that your network maintains optimal performance and reliability. Should you require additional ProCurve mini-GBICs, please contact a ProCurve sales representative or an authorized reseller.

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Q: What types of 10-GbE transceivers are supported in the ProCurve Switch 5400zl, 3500yl and 6200yl Series products?
For the most current information on ProCurve transceivers for your switch, refer to the datasheet. Scroll to the information on transceivers.

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Q: Which ProCurve mini-GBICs and SFPs are supported in which ProCurve products?
The ProCurve Networking Mini-GBIC Support Matrix specifies which mini-GBICs and SFPs are supported on which ProCurve products. General rules are:

• Only genuine ProCurve mini-GBICs and SFPs are supported on ProCurve products.
• The J8177B 1000Base-T mini-GBIC is not supported in "dual personality" ports (which already include a gigabit copper LAN port).
• Newer ProCurve products require revision "B" or later mini-GBICs and SFPs (product number ends with the letter "B" or later, for example J4858B, J4859B).

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Q: Is there a redundant power solution available for the 6200yl?
Yes, there is an external RPS unit available for customers who require redundant system power. The product number is J8696A, ProCurve 620 redundant /external power supply. Below is a picture of the product. For additional information search 620 on ProCurve web site (www.ProCurve.com).

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Features/ Protocols

Q: Are Jumbo frames supported on the ProCurve 6200yl series switches?
Yes. Ports operating at 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps speeds accept forward packets of up to 9220 bytes (including four bytes for a VLAN tag) when configured for jumbo traffic. Note that on ports operating at 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps, the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) is fixed at 1522 bytes. The switch drops any inbound packets larger than the MTU allowed on a port.

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Q: Are Jumbo frames enabled per VLAN or per physical interface?
Inbound jumbo packets are enabled on a per-VLAN basis. That is, on a VLAN configured for jumbo traffic, all ports belonging to that VLAN and operating at 1 Gbs or 10 Gbps allow inbound jumbo packets of up to 9220 bytes.

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Q: What type of spanning tree implementation do the ProCurve 5400zl, 3500yl and 6200yl Switches support?
IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol is supported.

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Q: How would MSTP interact with switches that support only 802.1D STP or 802.1w RSTP?
MSTP is backward-compatible with the RSTP-enabled and STP-enabled switches in your network. Use the following command to optimize this interoperability.

ProCurveSwitch5406zl(config)# spanning-tree force-version < stp-compatible | rstp-operation | mstp-operation >

An excerpt from the parameter descriptions follows. For more detail, please see the Advanced Traffic Guide for the ProCurve Switch 5400zl, 3500yl, and 6200yl Series Products.
stp-compatible: The switch applies 802.1D STP operation on all ports.
rstp-operation: The switch applies 802.1w operation on all ports except those ports where it detects a system using 802.1D Spanning Tree.

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Q: What advantage does implementation of IEEE 802.1s MSTP offer over legacy STP or RSTP?
The 802.1D and 802.1w spanning tree protocols operate without regard to a network's VLAN configuration, and maintain one common spanning tree throughout a bridged network. Thus, these protocols map one loop-free, logical topology on a given physical topology. This causes redundant links to be blocked; they are then available on a standby basis. With MSTP, each spanning tree instance can include one or more VLANs and applies a separate, per-instance forwarding topology. Thus, when a port belongs to multiple VLANs, it may be dynamically blocked in one spanning tree instance, but forwarding in another instance. This achieves load-balancing across the network while still providing fault tolerance through rapid, automatic reconfiguration if there is a failure in a network's physical topology.

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Q: Will the ProCurve 5400zl, 3500yl and 6200yl support routing when Switch Meshing is enabled?
No. If meshing is configured on the switch, the routing features (IP routing, RIP, and OSPF) must be disabled. The switch's meshing and routing features cannot be enabled at the same time.

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Q: When configured for meshing, are the ProCurve Switch 5400zl, 3500yl and 6200yl Series backwards-compatible with older model ProCurve switches that support meshing?
The ProCurve 5400zl, 3500yl, and 6200yl switches are compatible with the meshing feature on the 5300xl and 3400cl Series switches. There is no backward-compatibility mode for interoperation with a ProCurve Switch 4000M mesh.

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Q: How does UDP Broadcast Forwarding work?
Some applications rely on client requests sent as limited IP broadcasts addressed to a UDP application port. If a server for the application receives such a broadcast, the server can reply to the client. Since typical router behavior, by default, does not allow broadcast forwarding, a client's UDP broadcast requests cannot reach a target server on a different subnet unless the router is configured to forward client UDP broadcasts to that server.
A switch with routing enabled includes optional per-VLAN UDP broadcast forwarding that allows up to 256 server and/or subnet entries on the switch (16 entries per-VLAN). If an entry for a particular UDP port number is configured on a VLAN and an inbound UDP broadcast packet with that port number is received on the VLAN, then the switch routes the packet to the appropriate subnet. Each entry can designate either a single device or a single subnet.
For configuration details, please see the Multicast and Routing Guide for these switches.

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Q: Can 802.1X, Web-based authentication, and MAC-based authentication all be used concurrently on a switch port?
Yes. Details about configuring these features may be viewed in the ProCurve 6200yl/5400zl/3500yl Access Security Guide.

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Q: Are there limits to the number of Access Control Entries (ACEs) supported within an Access Control List (ACL)?
The total number of supported ACEs in all the ACLs depends on the combined resource usage by ACL, QoS, IDM, Virus-Throttling, ICMP, and Management VLAN features. For more on this topic, refer to "Monitoring Shared Resources" in the Advanced Traffic Management Guide.

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Q: Is there a limit to the number of ACLs supported by the 5400zl, 3500yl and 6200yl?
You can configure up to 2048 ACL assignments to VLANs, as follows:

• Named (Extended or Standard) ACLs: Up to 2048 (minus any numeric ACL assignments)
• Numeric Standard ACLs: Up to 99; numeric range: 1 - 99
• Numeric Extended ACLs: Up to 100; numeric range: 100 - 199
• Total ACEs in all ACLs: Depends on the combined resource usage by ACL, QoS, IDM, Virus-Throttling, ICMP, and Management VLAN features

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Q: How does Source port filtering work?
When you create a source-port filter, the switch automatically sets the filter to forward traffic from the designated source to all destinations for which you do not specifically configure a "drop" action. Thus, it is not necessary to configure a source-port filter for traffic you want the switch to forward unless the filter was previously configured to drop the desired traffic. Details about configuration of the filter command can be reviewed in the Access Security Guide for the 5400zl, 3500yl, and 6200yl products.

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Q: What are the default DSCP codepoint values?
The DSCP Policy Table associates an 802.1p priority with a specific ToS byte codepoint in an IPv4 packet. This enables you to set a traffic management policy that operates independently of 802.1Q VLAN-tagging. In the default state, most of the 64 codepoints do not assign an 802.1p priority, as indicated by "No-override" value in the table below.
You can use the [show] qos dscp-map command to list the current DSCP Policy table, change the codepoint priority assignments, and assign optional names to the codepoints.

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Q: How do I enable sFlow support on the ProCurve Switch 5400zl, 3500yl and 6200yl Switches? Must I configure anything on the switch?
If you are using ProCurve Manager Plus (PCM+) for traffic monitoring on your switches, no further CLI configuration is necessary. sFlow monitoring requires the use of a management software application such as ProCurve Manager Plus 2.0 which receives, collects, and displays the traffic data. The process of configuring the management application for data collection involves sending snmp set commands that trigger the switch to send the sFlow data. Please see the configuration examples for further information on the snmp set commands used.
To allow the management station to configure the sFlow parameters, the software will need to be configured with valid read and write SNMP community names or valid SNMPv3 configuration information that matches what is configured on the switch.
The show sflow command set may be used to view various aspects of the sFlow configuration and status.

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Q: How do I take advantage of multiple configuration files?
The switch allows up to three startup-config files with options for selecting which startup-config file to use for:

• A fixed reboot policy using a specific startup-config file for a specific boot path (primary or secondary flash)
• Overriding the current reboot policy on a per-instance basis

• The switch can reboot with different configuration options without having to exchange one configuration file for another from a remote storage location.
• Transitions from one software release to another can be performed while maintaining a separate configuration for the different software release versions.
• By setting a reboot policy using a known good configuration and then overriding the policy on a per-instance basis, you can test a new configuration with the provision that if an unattended reboot occurs, the switch will come up with the known, good configuration instead of repeating a reboot with a misconfiguration.

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Q: What is the benefit of maintaining current software on my ProCurve Switch?
One of the benefits of owning a ProCurve product is free software updates. Maintaining current software can proactively add to the reliability of your product. In addition to addressing occasional issues in new software versions, ProCurve Networking also adds features and enhancements to software which provide investment protection by extending the value and functional life of products. A proactive notification service is available on the MyProCurve portal. This service generates an e-mail alert when the product line you select has a new version of software posted to the ProCurve web site.

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Q: Why doesn't the VRRP backup router respond to pings when it is in the master role?
This behavior is by design, and is required by section 6.4.3 of the VRRP RFC 3768. The backup router will forward traffic as appropriate for its gateway role, but will not respond to ping. The failed ping response is often an important mechanism for reporting the failover which has occurred on the network segment.

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Q: Why don't the Switches 5400zl, 3500yl and 6200yl support CDP?
ProCurve Networking Business recommends IEEE standards-based features for device discovery. To this end, the IEEE 802.1ab standard Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is supported. It provides for device discovery for network management platforms and switch neighbor discovery.

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Q: Does the (link aggregation) trunking algorithm for the ProCurve 5400zl, 3500yl and 6200yl Series switches take into account IP addresses when allocating sa/da individual traffic flows to the individual links of a trunk?
Yes, ProCurve uses IP addressing in the hashing decisions that determine which link a packet traverses after it is routed on the 6200, 5400, 5300 and the 3500.

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