[f-nsp] HP 9300 series compatibility with Foundry BigIron 4K

Jonas Frey jf at probe-networks.de
Mon Nov 22 16:59:32 EST 2004


Hi,

yes this is correct. HP however gets its own firmware from foundry which
calls everything HP and gets their module names. However you can use
foundry modules without problems. You can even flash the firmware to a
bigiron one and get more features/newer firmware. 

Regards,
Jonas

On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 22:49, Cliff Albert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We own a HP Procurve 9304 series, which looks like it's a Foundry                           
> BigIron 4K relabeled edition (even our HP support contact tells so).                        
>                                                                                             
> Has anyone had any experience on exchanging modules between these two ?
>  I know powersupplies work because we are currently running or 9304 on
>  a NetIron powersupply and an HP powersupply. 
> 
> Currently the 9304 runs on an EP blade which corresponds to jetcore blades. 
> 
> Anyone tried this ? Or has substantiated evidence that this works ?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
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