Carolina Advanced Digital Quotables
ProCurve Adds IPv6 Support To Switch Software
By Andrew R Hickey, ChannelWeb
Jan. 15, 2008
ProCurve Networking by HP (NYSE:HPQ) on Tuesday announced a software update that allows its switches to be managed and deployed at the edge of networks running IPv6, the new IP addressing scheme.
According to the Palo Alto, Calif.-based vendor, the software update is for ProCurve Switch series 8200, 6200, 5400 and 3500. The update also includes a new feature called QinQ, which lets customers build large campus or metro-area networks based on Ethernet connectivity.
Taufique Ahmed, ProCurve’s product marketing manager for the Americas, said the new features improve security, convergence, ease of deployment and diagnostics.
Read the story
http://www.crn.com/networking/205800489