Setting The Operating Mode Of A Card; Introduction To Card Operating Modes - HP A7500 Series Configuration Manual

CAUTION:
To avoid loops, enable strict standby mode before you connect the ports on the MPUs to the upstream
devices.

Setting the operating mode of a card

Introduction to card operating modes

MPU operating modes
See Table 17
Table 17 Working modes and MPU compatibility matrix
MPU model
LSQ1SRP2XB
LSQ1SRPB
LSQ1MPUA
LSQ1CGP24TSC
LSQ1CGV24PSC
LSQ1SRPD
LSQ1SRP1CB
NOTE:
The Layer 2 enhanced mode (l2-enhanced) does not support extending routing table size.
LPU operating modes
See Table 18
of the LPUs, see
NOTE:
In this document, EB, SC, or SD cards refer to the cards with model name ended with EB, SC, or SD. For
example, LSQ1GP48SD is an SD card.
to set the operating mode of the MPUs on your A7500 switches.
Operating mode
standard (default)
l2-enhanced
standard-bridging
l2-enhanced
standard-routing (default)
to set the operating mode of LPUs on your A7500 switches. For the default operating modes
Table 19.
Feature highlights
Supports basic QinQ
Supports all functions
available in standard
mode
Supports selective QinQ
Supports basic QinQ
Increases the MAC
address table size
Supports selective QinQ
Increases the MAC
address table size
Supports basic QinQ
Increases the routing table
size
162
Recommended
application scenario
Common networks
Double VLAN tagging
Large MAC address table
size is desired
Double VLAN tagging and
large MAC address table
size are desired
Large routing table size is
desired