The HP 3600 EI Switch Series delivers premium levels of intelligent and resilient performance, security, and reliability for robust switching at the enterprise network edge. The series consists of Layer 3 Fast Ethernet and PoE/PoE+ switches, with advanced features that can accommodate the most demanding applications. Secure, resilient connectivity and the latest traffic-prioritization technologies enhance converged networks. Designed for increased flexibility and scalability, HP 3600 EI series switches come with 24 or 48 10/100 ports, four active SFP-based Gigabit Ethernet ports for stacking and uplinks, and a 24-port 100BASE-FX switch with two or four Gigabit Ethernet SFP slots. - Broadcast control: allows limitation of broadcast traffic rate to cut down on unwanted network broadcast traffic - IPv6 management for v2 switches: future-proofs networking, asthe switch is capable of being managed whether the attached network is running IPv4 or IPv6; supportspingv6, tracertv6, Telnetv6, TFTPv6, DNSv6, syslogv6, FTPv6, SNMPv6, DHCPv6, and RADIUS for IPv6 - Auto-MDIX: automatically adjusts for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports - Gigabit Ethernet interface: provides a connection to the network that eliminates the network as a bottleneck - Separate data and control paths: keeps control separated from services and keeps service processing isolated; increases security and performance - RMON (remote monitoring): provides advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events - 16/32K MAC address table: provides access to many Layer 2 devices