ProCurve launches 2900 Series High-performance Gigabit Stackable Switches at Gitex 2006

The switches consist of two high-performance 24 and 48-port 10/100/1000 stackable switches; each with four dual-personality ports and four integrated 10GbE ports (two X2 slots + two CX4 ports) for high-speed stacking and uplinks.

Speaking at the launch, Ivan Kraemer, regional sales and marketing director, HP ProCurve said 'The 2900 series is designed for connecting a large number of PCs, printers, servers, and other host devices that require high performance links to the distribution/core of the network. Compared to its competitors, the 2900 also has a lot more memory buffer to handle bursty network traffic. He further added. 'The need for this level of performance and scalability is being driven by existing and future bandwidth-intensive applications such as large databases, networked storage, server farm, or multimedia applications such as IP-video.'

Commenting on launch, Maria Antoon, Marketing Manager, ProCurve Networking further added:
'Gitex is the perfect platform for us to launch this product in the region and showcase it to our customers.' She further added:

'The 2900 series is targeted at small to large companies looking for high performance gigabit-to-the-desktop switches, the 2900 series offers more integrated standard 10G Ethernet ports which provide high-bandwidth virtual IP stacking and/or 10G uplinks in a more cost-effective and flexible manner.'

The ProCurve Switch 2900 Series:

The new ProCurve 2900 Series features two switches: the ProCurve Switch 2900-24G with 24 10/100/1000 ports and the ProCurve Switch 2900-48G with 48 10/100/1000 ports. Both have four dual-personality ports for 10/100/1000 or mini-GBIC connectivity. By including four integrated 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports (two built-in CX4 and two X2 transceiver slots), the 2900 Series offers cost-effective and easy-to-deploy 10-Gigabit stacking and uplinks.

The 2900 will be used by corporate, educational, healthcare, and government customers seeking a high-performance switch that is simple and flexible to configure, industry-standards compliant, and features robust security and management.

Ideal for the wiring closet, the 2900 is designed for connecting to a large number of PCs, servers, and other host devices that require high performance uplinks to the distribution/core of the network. The need for this level of performance and scalability can be driven by existing or future bandwidth-intensive applications such as large database, networked storage, server farm, or multimedia applications such as IP-video.

The ProCurve Switch 2900 Series provides these key benefits to customers:

• Gigabit-to-the-edge and 10GbE stacking/uplink increases performance and reduces network bottlenecks. High-bandwidth applications can be implemented without affecting other users

• The integrated four 10GbE can be configured to be stacking, uplink, or a mix of both. This allows flexibility to match customers' network and application requirements

• Static IP routing with key security and management capabilities provides the ability to segment the network and route between VLANs

• Standards-based (10GbE stacking/uplinks, 10/100/1000, software, etc.) means easy deployment and interoperability with multi-vendor infrastructure

• The industry's only true Lifetime Warranty - for as long as a customer owns the product - comes standard on all products. This includes free next-business-day advance replacement (available in most countries), free pickup of the defective unit, free telephone and email support, and free software updates; all without purchase of a service contract.