- Robust switching at the enterprise network edge
- Advanced Layer 3 and multicast routing
- IRF-automated stack and switching fabric setup
- Integrated and distributed security enforcement
- Enterprise-level nonblocking performance
- Broadcast control
- Advanced classifier-based QoS
- Powerful QoS feature
- Friendly port names
- Remote configuration and management
- Manager and operator privilege levels
- Command authorization
- Secure web GUI
- Multiple configuration files
- Complete session logging
- SNMPv1, v2c, and v3
- Local and remote intelligent mirroring
- IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
- Management VLAN
- Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP)
- Remote intelligent mirroring
- IPv6 management
- Auto-MDIX
- Jumbo packet support
- Gigabit uplinks
- High-density access
- IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE)
- Ethernet OAM
- IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE+) support
- Gigabit Ethernet interface
- Nonblocking performance
- Hardware-based wire-speed access control lists
- Separate data and control paths
- External redundant power supply
- Smart link
- Spanning Tree/MSTP, RSTP
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
- Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF)
- IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
- RMON (remote monitoring)
- VLAN support and tagging
- GARP VLAN registration protocol
- IEEE 802.1ad QinQ and Selective QinQ
- Gigabit Ethernet port aggregation
- Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) protocol snooping
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Loopback interface address
- User Datagram Protocol helper function
- Route maps
- IPv4 routing protocols
- IPv6 routing protocols
- Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP)
- PIM-SSM, PIM-DM, and PIM-SM (for IPv4 and IPv6)
- Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
- Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
- IGMPv1, v2, and v3
- IPv6 tunneling
- Access control lists (ACLs)
- Multiple user authentication methods
- Identity-driven security and access control
- Secure management access
- Secure FTP
- Guest VLAN
- Endpoint Admission Defense (EAD)
- Port security
- Port isolation
- ICMP throttling
- STP BPDU port protection
- STP root guard
- DHCP protection
- Dynamic ARP protection
- IP source guard helps prevent IP spoofing attacks
- RADIUS/HWTACACS
- Multiple Customer Edge (MCE)
- IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
- LLDP-MED
- LLDP-CDP compatibility
- PoE allocations
- Voice VLAN
- IP multicast snooping and data-driven IGMP
- Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
- Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
- Multicast VLAN
- Green initiative support
- Green IT and power
The HP 3600 EI Switch Series delivers resiliency, security, and reliability at the enterprise edge with support for advanced Layer 3 and multicast routing. This advanced Layer 3 Fast Ethernet switch series has a robust feature set supporting IRF stacking, Static & RIP Routing, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, PoE+, ACLs, and IPv6. The HP 3600 EI Switch Series can be managed with the optional HP Intelligent Management Center (IMC) Software Platform for a single view of your entire network and includes a Limited Lifetime Warranty 2.0 with 3 years 24x7 phones support.