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_____/_______
| / | H E W L E T T
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| / / / / | P A C K A R D HP 27288A Router SR
| / / /__/ | General Information
|______/______| R O S E V I L L E
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SUBJECT: ROUTER_SR - General Information on the HP 27288A Router SR.
Last Revised: 07/29/92
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***************** FOR HP INTERNAL USE ONLY!!! *****************
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION : The HP27288A Router is the newest addition to
the router family, it is a four port (1
Ethernet/802.3 port, 3 Synchronous ports),
high-performance, non-scalable, multiprotocol
router and bridge.
LIST PRICE : HP27288A: $6500
PRODUCT SEGMENT : Network Peripheral
DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL: YES
CPL DATE : HP27288A: 10/92
INSTALLATION : The product is customer installable.
Installation services are available from the
SSO.
DIMENSIONS : 4.3 cm by 42.5 cm by 28.6 cm
(1.75 in. by 16.75 in. by 9.25 in)
DOCUMENTATION : 5959-5247 | HP ER/TR/FR/SR Router Installation
Manual
5959-5258 | HP ER/TR/FR/SR Configuration Guide
5959-5268 | HP ER/TR/FR/SR Operations Guide
5958-7316 | Subscription Svc for Above
5091-2236E | HP Router Reference Document
TRAINING AVAILABLE : Customer will receive NEN1-ROUTF, HP Router
Fundamentals CBT.
For HP internal, in addition to the HP Router
Reference Document, the following courses are
available.
NEN1-ROUTFB, HPROUTER SELF PACED TRAINING
NEN2-27285A, HPROUTER FUNDAMENTALS
ROUTER WARRANTY : NOTE: Warranty is for Hardware only. The HP
27288A Router SR has the standard HP warranty
of 1 year. Warranty code is 5C.
OTHER HP ROUTERS : HP 27286A-HP Router TR (1 Ether,1 Token,2 Sync)
HP 27285A-HP Router SR (2 Ether, 2 Synchronous)
HP 27289A-HP Router FR (1 Ether, 1 Synchronous)
SUPPORT SERVICES : Availalbe for the HP 27288A Router
HP Router ResponseLine [H2546A+H00 ]
HP Router BasicLine [H2547A+L00 ]
Software Updates [H27288A+Sxx]
Includes (OS & manuals) (1/4 inch & DDS media
are in UNIX tar format), (Floppys are for PC's)
option +S22 1/4 inch tape cartridge media
+S13 DDS media
for update from DOS systems:
+S42 5 1/4 inch floppy
+S45 3 1/2 inch floppy
PART NUMBERS : Router Assembly [27288-60001] available
from [D300,6019]
Router Exchange [27288-69001] available
from [D300,6019]
KEY FEATURES
* Provides concurrent multiprotocol routing and bridging for maximum
flexibility in supporting the connectio n of different multivendor
devices on the network.
* Offers five standard routing protocols: TCP/IP (RIP/OSPF), DECnet IV
Xerox XNS, Novell IPX, and AppleTalk II.
* Operates concurrently as a multiport bridge with the IEEE 802.1
Spanning Tree Protocol.
* Can transfer data through X.25 public data networks (PDN) and
defense data networks (DDN) on all WAN ports. The X.25 software is
included as a standard feature at no additional cost.
* Can support Frame Relay wide area connectio ns as well as SMDS
access.
* Can connect to popular ISDN terminal adapters using the industry-
standard V.25 connection.
* Allows load balancing between two WAN links of equal bandwidth for
best use of leased lines between multiple remote routers.
* Supports one, two, or three synchronous WAN connections via the
HP universal interface ports with the appropriate 5-meter interface
cable (RS-232, RS-422/449, V.35, X.21). The HP Routers ER/SR/FR
automaticlly sense which interface cable is connected. Wide area
link speeds between 19.2 Kbits/sec and 2.048 Mbits/sec are possible.
* Provides support of synchronous pass-through to allow certain IBM
SNA traffic to use common internet services.
* Supports BOOTP relay agent for initializing from a preset
configuration held in a server.
* Allows remote software updates via TFTP, providing the vehicle to
download a new software versio n over the LAN to multiple routers.
* Provides support of Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) for connection to
a Multivendor WAN environment.
* Provides network security and isolation by allowing user-
configurable, traffic filtering based on type of service, protocol,
subnet address, and/or network node addresses.
* Offers standards-based network management using the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP). This protocol is supported by HP's
OpenView network management software on both UNIX and DOS platforms
(HP J2343A, HP J2342A, HP J2344A, HP 27361B, and HP 27256D). In
addition, router management is available through the router's
console (RS-232) port and via Telnet (remote terminal) access over
the network.
* Allows for easy configuratio n using the "Quick-Config" option on
the terminal menu. A complete configuratio n editor is available
for detailed tuning of the router's configuration.
* Mounts in a standard 19-inch equipment rack, using only 1.75-inch
rack space. All necessary mounting hardware is included.
* Includes computer-based tutorial (CBT) on 5.25-inch PC media to
provide a self-paced training overview of router operatio n. HP
is the only router vendor supplying valuable training with all
units, free of charge.
DETAILED PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
The HP 27288A Router is a 4 port (1 Ethernet/802.3, 3 Synchronous
Ports), high-performance, multiprotocol router and bridge. The
hardware and hardware specific firmware is developed by HP Roseville.
Processing is handled by a Motorola 68020 running at 25MHz. The
Ethernet LAN (Sonic) and WAN (SGS-Thompson MK5025) interface chips are
the same as those used in the HP 28674A Remote Bridge. It is packaged
in an SCP (single communications processor) enclosure similar to the
latest ICF bridge and hub product packaging. Additionally, 3MB of on
board DRAM is available as buffer space; 1.5MB of Flash EEPROM stores
the routing and bridging firmware. Flash EEPROM technology allows
update/upgrade of this firmware via the console port or network
interfaces, without physical access to the router pc assemblies.
Functionally the HP 27288A Router is equivalent to other HP Routers in
terms of routing and bridging capabilities, it is a non-scaleable,
low-end addition to the ICF router product family. It can
transparently connect several local or geographically dispersed
networks forming a "internetwork" or network of networks. The ability
to operate concurrently as a router and a spanning tree bridge allows
the HP Router to support multivendor networks that use a variety of
protocols and media.
Most of the firmware is a technology transfer from Wellfleet
Communications, Inc. and is functionally equivalent to the software
products available for other HP Routers, ie. it supports the same
routing, bridging and management functions.
The HP Router products support the following WAN interfaces:
- RS-232
- RS-449/422
- V.35
- X.21
Routing protocols supported include:
- Internet Protocol (IP) (Supports NS and ARPA Services)
- DECnet Phase IV
- XNS/IPX (IPX supports Novell Netware 2.15 or later)
- X.25 (CCITT 1984 recommendation)
- Frame Relay (Supporting RFC 1294, RFC 1293, RFC 1315)
- SMDS
- PPP (Supporting RFC 1171, 1172, 1220)
- AppleTalk Phase 2
- Learning Bridge with Spanning Tree Protocol (technically, this
is a bridging function rather than routing protocol but is
included for completeness).
- ISDN termainal adapter, supporting v.25 bis.
The HP OpenView Interconect Manager 300/400 (27630A) and Interconect
Manager 600/800 (27631A) provide TCP/IP network management
functionality on HP 9000 systems for managing all HP Routers.
Currently available, they include the capability to manage non-IP
protocols (eg. DECnet, IPX, AppleTalk, etc.) and a graphic
configuration editor.
The HP Router can route and bridge packets concurrently and provide
internetworking among multi-vendor, multi-protocol Local Area Networks
(LANs). Both LAN to LAN and LAN to Wide Area Network (WAN)
communication are provided within a single system. Standard protocols
like TCP/IP, DECnet, and X.25 are routed while other protocols, eg. HP
DTC 1.0 and DEC LAT, are bridged.
The HP Router will first try to route a packet if it supports the
packet's network layer protocol, (IP, XNS, DECnet, etc.). If it does
not support the packet's network layer protocol, then the packets will
be bridged. The ability to route as well as bridge packets gives the
versatility to the HP Routers to support networks with varied
protocols.
For routing, The HP Router operates at the network layer and selects
one of potentially many paths to forward a packet based on a variety
of parameters including delay, hop count, cost and link congestion.
The ability to accommodate meshed topologies and to support redundant
links makes it very suitable for large LAN/WAN networks. The HP
Router provides subnet isolation to clearly delineate administrative
boundaries. This allows network managers to localize problems and
easily administer large, heavily used networks.
For further details please contact RND Marketing.