[cisco-voip] HP Switches

[Bill Simon]

We use (have used but are phasing out) HP Procurve on the voice network. 
  No problem.  But note:  we have a logically-separated voice network, 
do not use the phone's PC port (thus no need for VLAN) and have had to 
deal with power insertion because our HP switches are not powered.

CDP is not needed.  I don't understand what you mean about hard-code the 
configuration.  DHCP provides the options the phone needs to contact 
Call Manager.

I was watching the other thread about Adtran and some of the stuff 
people said seems quite like FUD.  Cisco appreciates this scare-tactic 
marketing but the truth is that you can use any LAN switch.  Using Cisco 
gear will make your life easier though.

Voice Noob wrote:
> I saw someone post about HP switches in a different e-mail but thought I 
> would start a new thread. I have a customer that has a significant 
> investment in HP switches. Has anyone used these in a Cisco IPT network? 
> I understand about the CDP issue but what if I hard code the 
> configuration or can I set it as a DHCP option like an Avaya IP phone? 
> anyone tried?