- Resilient and Reliable Fast Ethernet Access Layer Switches
 - Powerful Quality of Service (QoS)
 - Integrated and Distributed Security Enforcement
 - Single View of the Network
 - Resiliency and high availability
 - Manageability
 - Layer 2 switching
 
The HP 3600 EI Switch Series delivers resiliency, security, and reliability at the enterprise edge with support for advanced Layer 3 and multicast routing. This advanced Layer 3 Fast Ethernet switch series has a robust feature set supporting IRF stacking, Static & RIP Routing, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, PoE+, ACLs, and IPv6. The HP 3600 EI Switch Series can be managed with the optional HP Intelligent Management Center (IMC) Software Platform for a single view of your entire network and includes a Limited Lifetime Warranty 2.0 with 3 years 24x7 phones support.