HP Procurve 8108fl Redundant Switch Fabric Module

HP Procurve 8108fl Redundant Switch Fabric Module ... networks based on the ProCurve Networking Adaptive EDGE Architecture. The 8100fl Series offers high performance, high availability, cost effective connectivity for intelligent edge devices while delivering a flexible, scalable, high port-density Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) core networking solution. It complements ProCurve's traditional core product offerings and ProCurve's Intelligent Edge Switches, providing customers with investment protection and utmost choice and flexibility in designing their network. The 8100fl Series, featuring multiport, modular switches that perform non-blocking, wire-speed, Layer 2 switching, Layer 3 routing and Layer 4 application switching, delivers exceptional functionality and cost efficiency to the end user. It consists of two chassis configurations - the ProCurve Switch 8108fl and ProCurve Switch 8116fl - both of which are capable of leveraging ProCurve Intelligent Edge Switch offerings designed for the ProCurve Networking Adaptive EDGE Architecture. This technical brief outlines the hardware, software and architecture of the ProCurve Switch 8100fl Series.