Procurve Line - MVRP Support

[sunray]

Good morning Team,

I was wondering if HP had any plans to implement MVRP (802.1ak) open standard in newer firmware. It is a replacement for GVRP that is much less resource intensive and faster. It has been a standard since 2005 so I am suprised that it is not supported. Even Cisco Switches have the option to run it alongside VTP in the latest firwmares.

The last Procurve Switch I checked 5406zl with firmware 04/12/15 K.15.15.0012 has no mention of MVRP support.

Definition:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Registration_Protocol

Cisco Reference:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12-2SX/configuration/guide/book/IEEE802_1ak_MVRP_MRP.html#wp1079164

Brocade Reference:

http://www1.brocade.com/downloads/documents/html_product_manuals/NI_05700b_SWITCHING/GUID-A7F30208-D923-42AB-8CCF-C067DB8AF0A2.html

Juniper Reference:

http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/en_US/junos13.3/topics/task/configuration/mvrp-mx-series-cli.html

[kchang]

Hello,

There is legal restriction on discussing software roadmap publicly.  Do you work with a HP salesperson?  If so, please send your question to him/her.

Regards,

Kai Chang