To make you more familiar with the concepts of network routing and to get acquainted with the reputable vendors of network routers, we have prepared a number of blogs as a series, the different parts of which are as follows:
Part 1 – What is a Network Router? Routing Terms (Such as Routing Protocols, and Types of Routers)
Part 2 – Cisco Routers: Branch Routers, Industrial Routers, and Network Functions Virtualization
Part 3 – Other Cisco Routers: Service Provider, Small Business, Virtual, WAN)
Part 4- Mikrotik Routers: RB Routers, CCR Routers, PowerBox Routers and hEX Routers
Part 5- HP Routers: Branch, Campus, Data Center, Virtual and Small Business
In these posts we have a mental premise: Everyone who reading these posts has enough understanding and knowledge about the different layers of OSI and TCP/IP architectural models and especially knows the difference between the roles and function of layers two and three.
In this series of blogs you will come across a variety of terms, abbreviations, concepts, and technologies. We have tried to explain the general concepts and terms as much as possible in the first part of this series. In the following sections, we assume that you have read first part and therefore we will not re-explain these concepts and terms in the following sections. Of course, each vendor also has a number of specific terms and concepts that are explained in blogs related to the same vendor’s products.
Last note, all the content as well as the images used in this series of blogs are taken from the official websites of the reviewed vendors (Cisco, Microtik, and HP ).
Part 5- HP Routers: Branch, Campus, Data Center, Virtual and Small Business
HP (Hewlett-Packard) is one of the most reputable companies in the field of network hardware. In particular, the network servers produced by this company are very popular. But the subject of this blog is the network routers produced by this company.
Types of HP Router Categories
There are several categories for HP routers, including:
Fixed Port Routers: This family includes the following series
Modular Routers: This family includes the following series
Wireless Routers: This family includes the following series
But there are other categories according to which we will continue to introduce routers. These categories include:
- Branch
- Virtual
- Campus
- Data Center
- Small Business
These routers are suitable for use in branches of organizations and companies to communicate between these branches.
- MSR93x Series: These routers deliver a high performance, fixed port platform for small branches and remote offices with support for 4G LTE, 802.11n, and a wide range of connectivity options. The MSR93x increases flexibility and agility, delivering extensive connectivity capabilities in a compact, fixed form factor. These routers converged routing, switching, security, voice, and they have on-board gigabit GbE WAN/LAN, 802.11n wireless, 3G, dual 3G, and 4G LTE. Routing Table Size of this family is 10000 entries (IPv4), and 5000 entries (IPv6). Also throughput is (maximum) 300 Kpps. By clicking on this link, you can see the page related to this series on the official HP website.
- MSR900 Series: This router series is a component of the HP FlexBranch module of the HP FlexNetwork architecture. HP MSR900 series routers deliver integrated routing, switching, security and 802.11b/g wireless LAN in a single box for secure, reliable small branch connectivity. These routers Integrated 2 Fast Ethernet WAN, 4/8 LAN on board, and also they embedded encryption, firewall, security features. These routers supports up to 100 VPN tunnels and 8 Mb/s encryption throughput. These routers are perfect “branch-in-a-box” appliances that deliver converged network solutions, including data, voice and video, IPv6 support and robust Quality of Service (QoS). By clicking on this link, you can see the page related to this series on the official HP website.
- MSR4000 Series: This router series include two models: MSR 4060, and MSR4080. With the Open Application Platform module, the MSR4000 Router Series offers a wide range of virtualized applications. This router series enhances security with built-in IPS and optional HPE IPS filter subscription, as well as zone-based and stateful firewall. Also these routers have Fiber LAN switching and high-density E1/T1 modules. Featuring integrated routing, switching, security, VPN, and SIP with no additional licensing, you can boost your service delivery while simplifying the management of your corporate WAN. Routing Table Size of this family is 1000000 entries (IPv4), and 1000000 entries (IPv6). Also throughput is (maximum) 36 Mpps. By clicking on this link, you can see the page related to this series on the official HP website
- MSR2000 Series: This Router Series enhances security with built-in IPS and stateful firewall, with optional HPE IPS filter subscription. These routers have HPE MSR2004 24-port and 48-port GE models. Featuring integrated routing, switching, security, and SIP with no additional licensing, you can boost your service delivery while simplifying the management of your corporate WAN. These routers WAN survivability with 4G LTE SIC modules. Routing Table Size of this family is 200000 entries (IPv4), and 200000 entries (IPv6). Also throughput is (maximum) 1 Mpps. By clicking on this link, you can see the page related to this series on the official HP website.
- MSR3000 Series: This series has various models, models such as MSR3024 AC, MSR3044, MSR3064, and MSR3012 AC. This series enhances security with built-in IPS and stateful firewall, with optional HPE IPS filter subscription. These routers have New Serial, GbE and Gig-T SIC modules. Routing Table Size of this family is 500000 entries (IPv4), and 500000 entries (IPv6). Also throughput is (maximum) 5 Mpps. Featuring integrated routing, switching, security, and SIP with no additional licensing, you can boost your service delivery while simplifying management of your corporate WAN. By clicking on this link, you can see the page related to this series on the official HP website.
- MSR1000 Series: This router series includes three models ( MSR1002 4 AC, MSR1003 8 AC, and MSR1003 8S AC). These routers Enhance security with built-in IPS and stateful firewall, with optional HPE IPS filter subscription. Featuring integrated routing, switching, security, and SIP with no additional licensing, you can boost your service delivery while simplifying the management of your corporate WAN. Routing Table Size of this family is 30000 entries (IPv4), and 30000 entries (IPv6). Also throughput is (maximum) 500 kpps. By clicking on this link, you can see the page related to this series on the official HP website.
MSR50 Series: These routers converged routing, switching, wireless, voice, and security, and they embedded encryption, firewall, and other security features. These routers are designed for large branch offices, regional offices, and enterprise deployments that require high-performance converged routing, switching, wireless, security, voice, and virtualized applications. This router series has a rich set of modular WAN, LAN, and voice interface connectivity options, and it provides a traditional link with E3, T3, E1, T1, ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2+, G.SHDSL, OC-3, POS, ATM, and ISDN/AM backup; delivers high-density Ethernet access with WAN Fast Ethernet/Gigabit Ethernet, LAN Fast Ethernet, and PoE; offers mobility access with IEEE 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and 3G. By clicking on this link, you can read very complete information about this series.
The VSR (Virtual Services Router) is a router software application for a server which provides the same functionality as a physical router.
- VSR1000 Series: This series is available in 1, 4, and 8 virtual CPU versions that have no expiration date. These routers have Firewall, IPSec, and MPLS VPN They supported by VMware ESXi versions 4.1, 5.0, and 5.1, and Linux KVM (Linux kernel version 2.6.25 or later) hypervisor. These routers support maximum of 16 vNICs. By clicking on this link, you can see the page related to this series on the official HP website.
For Campus environments, two series of routers were offered by HP:
- HSR6600 Series: These routers deliver robust routing, security, switching, and modular WAN/LAN with superior price/performance for small to medium campus and high-end branch locations. These routers have 4 dual-personality 1000 Mb/s ports (IEEE 802.3ab Type 1000BASE-T), and 2 RJ-45 serial console ports. Routing Table Size of this family is 100000 entries (IPv4), and 100000 entries (IPv6). Also throughput is (maximum) 9 Mpps. This router series include two models (HSR6602-G, and HSR6602-XG). By clicking on this link, you can see the page related to this series on the official HP website.
- 6600 Series: These routers consist of 4 models: 16 HIM-slot chassis, 8 HIM-slot chassis, 4 HIM-slot chassis, and 2 HIM-slot chassis. As the first service convergence routers based on a multi-core processor, the HP 6600 series routers dramatically enhance service processing capacity with HP FlexNetwork architecture. These routers provide up to 252 Mp/s forwarding performance.
For Data Center environments, two series of routers were offered by HP, which are:
- HSR6800 Series: These routers deliver robust routing, security, switching, and modular WAN/LAN for large-scale data center and campus WAN networks. This router series features an advanced multi-core, distributed service processing hardware architecture that scales up to 420 Mpps forwarding and up to 2 Tbps switching capacity. The router delivers robust routing, multicast, MPLS, IPv6, security, quality of service, carrier-level high-availability features, and high-density 10GbE and 1GbE interface options. This series has various models, models such as HSR6802 Router Chassis, HSR6804 Router Chassis, and HPE FlexNetwork HSR6808 Router Chassis. Line cards offer 1GbE combo/10bGE ports, increased IPsec performance. Routing Table Size of this series is 4000000 entries (IPv4), and 2000000 entries (IPv6). Also throughput is (maximum) 420 Mpps. By clicking on this link, you can see the page related to this series on the official HP website.
- 8800 Series: This router series enabling high-performance WAN routing with up to 864 Mp/s forwarding and up to 1.44 Tb/s switching capacity. This series of HP routers have many features and facilities in layers two and three, in switching, in routing, in the field of security and in the field of performance, which you can see by clicking on this link.
For small business two series of routers were offered by HP:
- HP PS110 Wireless VPN Series: All-in-one wireless router delivering secure high-performance Internet access and wired/wireless connectivity. This is part of the HP OfficeConnect portfolio and features the next-generation HP Networking user interface and Easy Setup Wizard. These routers have High-speed connectivity with 4-port gigabit switch and 11n single radio dual band (5 GHz or 2.4 GHz) access point, and the use VPN initiation and temination (IPsec, L2TP, PPTP) for secure data transfers. This series of HP routers have many features and facilities in layers two and three, in switching, in routing, in the field of security and in the field of performance, which you can see by clicking on this link.
- R100 Wireless VPN Series: All-in-one router delivering secure high-performance Internet access and wired and wireless connectivity for remote offices and remote employees. These routers include a Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall, and enterprise grade VPN technology, combined with wireless encryption features like WPA/WPA2 encryption for secure data transfer. These routers have High-speed connectivity with 4-port gigabit switch and 11n single radio/11ac dual radio access point, and they use advanced security features like SPI firewall, URL/MAC/IP/Content filters, and DoS attack protection. By clicking on this link, you can see the page related to this series on the official HP website.
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Source: In preparing this blog, we have tried to use the documents and content available on the HP (HPE) official website, namely the website HPE.com. All information is based on the contents of this website.
Read other blogs related to this series:
Part 1 – What is a Network Router? Routing Terms (Such as Routing Protocols, and Types of Routers)
Part 2 – Cisco Routers: Branch Routers, Industrial Routers, and Network Functions Virtualization
Part 3 – Other Cisco Routers: Service Provider, Small Business, Virtual, WAN)
Part 4- Mikrotik Routers: RB Routers, CCR Routers, PowerBox Routers and hEX Routers