HP ProCurve 1700 Series Switches

HP ProCurve 1700 Series Switches

If your business is making the switch from an unmanaged network to a managed network, then HP ProCurve 1700 series switches are ideal for you. And even if you aren’t, the 2 web managed switches within the 1700 series offer many features and advantages that make them well-suited for many different enterprise IT environments. The 2 major design differences between the 2 switches within the HP ProCurve 1700 series is that the 1700-24 model features 24 ports, 22 of which are 10/100 ports and 2 of which are dual-personality ports, and the 1700-8 model features 8 ports, 7 of which are 10/100 ports and 1 of which is a 1/100/1000 port. And when it comes to performance capabilities, the HP 1700-24 model is designated by part number J9080A and offers a 2 Megabyte (MB) flash capacity, 2 MB RAM/ROM capacity and a packet buffer size of 500 Kilobytes (KB), while the HP 1700-8 model is designated by part number J9079A and has a 1 MB flash capacity, 1 MB RAM/ROM capacity, and a packet buffer size of 144 KB.

Despite the many differences of the two models within the HP ProCurve 1700 series of switches, there are also many similarities. For instance, HP 1700 series switches feature silent operation since their design does not feature a fan – which means that the switches are capable of quiet operation and makes them perfect for any open space deployment. However, the ProCurve 1700 series does feature an intuitive web interface for simplified management, an integrated HP ProCurve manager that enables both discovery and mapping capabilities, and Layer 2 switching capabilities that include both Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) support and tagging. As a result of all these features and more, HP ProCurve 1700 switches are able to offer enhanced networking capabilities without adding any further complexity to your data center.