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/four Gigabit Ethernet SFP slots.

Quality of Service (QoS)
• Broadcast control: allows limitation of broadcast traffic rate to cut down on unwanted network broadcast traffic

Management
• Friendly port names: allow assignment of descriptive names to ports

Connectivity
• Auto-MDIX: automatically adjusts for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports

Performance
• Gigabit Ethernet interface: provides a connection to the network that eliminates the network as a bottleneck

Resiliency and high availability
• Separate data and control paths: keeps control separated from services and keeps service processing isolated; increases security and performance

Manageability
• RMON (remote monitoring): provides advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events

Layer 2 switching
• 16/32K MAC address table: provides access to many Layer 2 devices