- Robust switching at the enterprise network edge
- Advanced Layer 3 and multicast routing
- IRF-automated stack and switching fabric setup
- Integrated and distributed security enforcement
- Enterprise-level nonblocking performance
- Broadcast control
- Advanced classifier-based QoS
- Powerful QoS feature
- Friendly port names
- Remote configuration and management
- Manager and operator privilege levels
- Command authorization
- Secure web GUI
- Multiple configuration files
- Complete session logging
- SNMPv1, v2c, and v3
- Local and remote intelligent mirroring
- IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
- Management VLAN
- Device Link Detection Protocol (DLDP)
- Remote intelligent mirroring
- IPv6 management
- Auto-MDIX
- Jumbo packet support
- Gigabit uplinks
- High-density access
- IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE)
- Ethernet OAM
- IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE+) support
- Gigabit Ethernet interface
- Nonblocking performance
- Hardware-based wire-speed access control lists
- Separate data and control paths
- External redundant power supply
- Smart link
- Spanning Tree/MSTP, RSTP
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
- Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF)
- IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
- RMON (remote monitoring)
- VLAN support and tagging
- GARP VLAN registration protocol
- IEEE 802.1ad QinQ and Selective QinQ
- Gigabit Ethernet port aggregation
- Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) protocol snooping
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Loopback interface address
- User Datagram Protocol helper function
- Route maps
- IPv4 routing protocols
- IPv6 routing protocols
- Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP)
- PIM-SSM, PIM-DM, and PIM-SM (for IPv4 and IPv6)
- Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
- Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
- IGMPv1, v2, and v3
- IPv6 tunneling
- Access control lists (ACLs)
- Multiple user authentication methods
- Identity-driven security and access control
- Secure management access
- Secure FTP
- Guest VLAN
- Endpoint Admission Defense (EAD)
- Port security
- Port isolation
- ICMP throttling
- STP BPDU port protection
- STP root guard
- DHCP protection
- Dynamic ARP protection
- IP source guard helps prevent IP spoofing attacks
- RADIUS/HWTACACS
- Multiple Customer Edge (MCE)
- IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
- LLDP-MED
- LLDP-CDP compatibility
- PoE allocations
- Voice VLAN
- IP multicast snooping and data-driven IGMP
- Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
- Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
- Multicast VLAN
- Green initiative support
- Green IT and power
The HPE 3600 EI switch series delivers premium levels of intelligent and resilient performance, security, and reliability for robust switching at the enterprise network edge. Secure, resilient connectivity and the latest traffic-prioritization technologies enhance converged networks. Designed for increased flexibility and scalability, HPE 3600 EI series switches come with 48 10/100 ports, four active SFP-based Gigabit Ethernet ports for stacking and uplinks, and a 48-port 100Base-FX switch with two/four Gigabit Ethernet SFP slots.