Designed by ProCurve for the c-Class BladeSystem enclosure, the HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Blade Switch provides sixteen 1Gb downlinks and four 1Gb copper uplinks, two 1Gb SFP uplinks along with three 10Gb uplinks and a single 10Gb cross-connect. A robust set of industry standard Layer 2 switching functions, QOS metering, security and High Availability features round out this extremely capable ProCurve switch. The 6120G/XG is perfectly suited for datacenters in transition where a mix of 1Gb and 10Gb network connections are required. The 6120G/XG is the first of HP ProCurve's data center solutions for blade enclosures that provides consistency and interoperability across existing network investments to help reduce the complexity of network management through resilient core-to-edge connectivity and automated provisioning technologies.
HP is the term commonly referred to about the Hewlett-Packard Company, the corporation headquartered in California, USA has its European offices in Geneva. HP now operates in every country and is the largest technology company in the world. HP manufacturers computing, storage and networking hardware as well as develop software and services. HP's annual revenue for 2006 was at US$91.7 billion making it the world's largest technology vendor. HP was founded by William Hewlett and David Packard in 1935, they both graduated from Stanford University and started the company in a garage with a capital investment of US$538 and was later incorporated August 18, 1947. HP was ranked No. 1 for its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction programs, HP then went on in an effort to remove toxic substances from is products. HP has today created a successful line of digital cameras, printers, calculators, PDA's, servers, scanners and computers.