the procurve series 8100fl switches are multiport modular switches that perform non-blocking, wire-speed, layer-2 switching, layer-3 routing, and layer-4 application switching. they are designed to interconnect lan networks built upon the procurve adaptive edge architecture, as an alternative to traditional core routing switches. these interconnect switches provide high bandwidth, high availability, and high performance connectivity between intelligent edge devices, supporting applications that require security and convergence decisions at the edge of your network.

    the procurve series 8100fl switches include the switch 8108fl and the switch 8116fl. this chapter describes both switches including:

    1 front and back of a switch

    2 hardware and software features (see for details)

   

    switch 8108fl and switch 8116fl. the switch 8108fl is an 8-slot chassis that comes with one management module, one switch fabric module, one backplane, and one power supply. the switch 8116fl is a 16-slot chassis with one management module, one switch fabric module, one backplane, and two power supplies. both switches support the same interface modules.