Wednesday, 25 June 2008

HP ProCurve Launches Gigabit Solution for SMBs

HP ProCurve Networking has launched two Gigabit Ethernet switches for small and medium businesses (SMBs) that need increased network performance for large file transfers and high bandwidth applications such as graphical data, video streams, large databases, network backup and data storage.

The standards-based ProCurve Switch 2510G Series -- ProCurve Switch 2510G-24 and ProCurve Switch 2510G-48 -- comprises two fully-managed Layer 2 switches that offer Gigabit Ethernet connectivity.

According to ProCurve, The new plug-and-play switches are easy to deploy, manage and maintain for SMBs which typically do not have a large or specialized IT staff.

“ProCurve offers a choice of secure and affordable plug-and-play enterprise-grade networking solutions for SMBs that will enable them to expand their networks as their needs grow, said Louis Au, HP ProCurve Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan.

Some of the features from ProCurve Switch 2510G Series Features include:

• 24- and 48-port 10/100/1000 switches, each with SFP (small form-factor pluggable transceiver designed for Gigabit and Fast Ethernet) slots for optional fiber uplinks

• Protected ports allow secure traffic segregation and control of network traffic

• Secure network access to protect business assets by utilizing 802.1X, Web Authentication and MAC Authentication methods

• Choice of ProCurve management interface includes an intuitive Web user interface, full-featured console access with Command line interface, and a centralized management option using ProCurve Manager

The ProCurve Switch 2510G Series will be available from 1 July 2008.