HP 2915 User Manual
Product overview
The HPE 2915 Switch Series is a family of fully managed 8-port 10/100/1000 switches, each
with two an additional dual-personality gigabit Ethernet ports for copper or SFP connectivity.
Bringing together static and RIP IPv4 routing, robust security and management, enterprise
class features, Limited Lifetime Warranty, software updates included, these PoE switches deliver
a comprehensive and cost-eective solution.
The 2915 Switch Series has a fan-less design for quiet operation, making it suitable for
deployments in open spaces. In addition, its compact form factor allows for flexible
deployments—including wall, surface, or rack mounting. These switches can be deployed
at the enterprise edge and remote branch oices, as well as on converged networks.
A summary of the highlights of the 2915 Switch Series:
• Scalable 10/100/1000 connectivity
• L2 and L3 switching capabilities
• sFlow, ACLs, and rate limiting
• Energy-eicient design and quiet operation
• Rack-mountable, compact form factor
HPE 2915 Switch Series
Data sheet
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Features and benefits
Quality of service (QoS)
• Selectable queue configuration
Performance and/or traic reliability can be increased by selecting the number of queues that
best meet the requirements of the network applications; the switch will map eight priorities to
either two or four queues
• Class of service (CoS)
Sets the IEEE 802.1p priority tag—based on the IP address, IP type of service (ToS), L3 protocol,
TCP/UDP port number, source port, and DiServ
• L4 prioritization
Enables prioritization, based on the TCP/UDP port numbers
• Traic prioritization using IEEE 802.1p
Allows real-time traic classification—into eight priority levels, mapped to four queues
• Rate limiting
Facilitates per-port ingress-enforced maximums
• Flow control
Helps ensure reliable communications during full-duplex operation
• To S
– IP precedence
Honors IP precedence bits and allows mapping to a priority queue
– Dierentiated services code point (DSCP) values
Recognizes DSCP bits and allows mapping to a priority queue
Management
• Choice of management interfaces
– Easy-to-use Web graphical user interface (GUI)
Allows configuration of the switch from any Web browser
– Robust command-line interface (CLI)
Provides advanced configuration and diagnostics
– Simple network management protocol (SNMPv2c/SNMPv3)
Allows switch to be managed with a variety of third-party network management applications
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• Multiple configuration file management tools
Allow up to three configuration files to be managed and stored on the switch
• Dual flash images
Provide independent primary and secondary operating system files for backup while upgrading
• Command authorization
Leverages RADIUS to link a custom list of CLI commands to an individual network
administrator’s login; also provides an audit trail
• Front-panel LEDs
– Locator LED
Allows users to set the locator LED on a specific switch to turn on, blink, or turn o; and simplifies
troubleshooting by making it easy to locate a particular switch within a rack of similar switches
– Per-port LEDs
Provides an at-a-glance view of the status, activity, speed, and full-duplex operation
– Power and fault LEDs
Display issues, if any
• Network management
HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) centrally configures, updates, monitors, and troubleshoots
• Comware CLI
– Comware-compatible CLI
Bridges the experience of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Comware CLI users who are using the
Hewlett Packard Enterprise ProVision software CLI
– Display and fundamental Comware CLI commands
Are embedded in the switch CLI as native commands; display output is formatted as on
Comware-based switches, and fundamental commands provide a Comware-familiar initial
switch setup
– Configuration Comware CLI commands
When Comware commands are entered, CLI help is elicited to formulate the correct ProVision
software CLI command
Connectivity
• Dual-personality functionality
Two 10/100/1000 ports or SFP slots provide optional fiber connectivity, such as Gigabit-SX,
-LX, -LH, 100-FX, 100-BX, and 1000-BX
• IEEE 802.3af PoE
Provides up to 15.4 W per port to IEEE 802.3af-compliant PoE-powered devices, such as IP phones,
wireless access points, and security cameras (refer to the product specifications for the total
PoE availability)
• Auto-MDIX
Adjusts automatically for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100 ports
• RJ-45 serial console port
Provides easy accessibility from the front of the unit to the switch CLI
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• IPv6
– IPv6 host
Enables the switches to be managed and deployed at the edge of IPv6 networks
– Dual stack (IPv4/IPv6)
Provides transition mechanism from IPv4 to IPv6; and supports connectivity for both protocols
– Security
RA Guard, DHCPv6 Protection
• Single IP address management
Facilitates single IP-address management for a virtual stack of up to 16 switches
Resiliency and high availability
• Multiple spanning tree protocol (STP) and IEEE 802.1s
Provides high link availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing multiple spanning
trees; and provides legacy support for IEEE 802.1d and IEEE 802.1w
• Port trunking and link aggregation
– Trunking
Supports up to eight links per trunk to increase bandwidth and create redundant connections
– IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation control protocol (LACP)
Eases configuration of trunks through automatic configuration
• SmartLink
Provides easy-to-configure link redundancy of active and standby links
L2 switching
• GARP VLAN registration protocol
Allows automatic learning and dynamic assignment of VLANs
• VLAN support and tagging
Supports IEEE 802.1Q (4,094 VLAN IDs) and 256 VLANs simultaneously
• Per-VLAN spanning tree plus (PVST+)
Allows each VLAN to build a separate spanning tree to improve link bandwidth usage
in network environments with multiple VLANs
L 3 routing
• Static IP routing
Enables manually configured routing; includes the ECMP capability
• Routing information protocol (RIP)
Facilitates RIPv1 and RIPv2 routing
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