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ARUBA 500 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
Cost-eective Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) for medium-density indoor environments
These aordable Wi-Fi 6 access points provide
high-performance connectivity for any organization
experiencing growing numbers of mobile, IoT and mobility
requirements. With a maximum aggregate data rate of 1.77
Gbps (1.774 Gbps), they deliver the speed and reliability
needed for venues and workplaces such as schools, midsize
oces andretailers.
INCREDIBLE EFFICIENCY
The 500 Series APs are also designed to optimize user
experience by maximizing Wi-Fi eciency and dramatically
reducing airtime contention between clients.
Features include Orthogonal frequency-division multiple
access (OFDMA), bi-directional multi-user MIMO and
cellular optimization. With up to 2 spatial streams (2SS) and
80MHz channel bandwidth (HE80), the 500 Series provides
groundbreaking wireless capabilities for budget-conscious
deployments.
Read the Multi-User 802.11ax white paper for further
information.
KEY FEATURES
• 1.77 Gbps of maximum throughput
• WPA3 and Enhanced Open security
• Built-in technology that resolves sticky client issues
for Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 5 devices
• OFDMA and MU-MIMO for enhanced multi-user
eciency
• IoT-ready Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee support
Advantages of OFDMA
This capability allows Aruba’s APs to handle multiple Wi-Fi 6
capable clients on each channel simultaneously, regardless
of device or trac type. Channel utilization is optimized
by handling each transaction via smaller sub-carriers or
resource units (RUs), which means that clients are sharing a
channel and not competing for airtime and bandwidth.
Aruba Air Slice™ for Extended Application Assurance
Initially, APs in controller-less mode (Instant) can provide
SLA-grade performance by allocating radio resources, such
as time, frequency, and spatial streams, to specic trac
types. By combining Aruba’s Policy Enforcement Firewall
(PEF) and Layer 7 deep packet inspection (DPI) to identif y
user roles and applications, the APs will dynamically allocate
the bandwidth needed. Non-Wi-Fi 6 clients can also benet.
Air Slice™ for APs uses Aruba Central for management.
Controller-based APs will be supported in a future software
release.
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Multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO)
The 500 Series AP supports downlink MU-MIMO just like Wi-
Fi 5 (802.11ac Wave 2) APs. The added benet is the ability to
multiply the number of clients that cannow send trac, thus
optimizing client-to-AP spatial stream diversity.
Wi-Fi 6 and MU-MIMO aware client optimization
Aruba’s patented AI-powered ClientMatch technology
eliminates stick y client issues by placing Wi-Fi 6 capable
devices on the best available AP. Session metrics are used
to steer mobile devices to the best AP based on available
bandwidth, types of applications being used and trac type –
even as users roam.
Aruba Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC)
This feature uses built-in ltering to automatically minimize
the impact of interference from cellular networks, distributed
antenna systems (DAS), and commercial small cell or
femtocell equipment.
Intelligent Power Monitoring (IPM)
Aruba APs continuously monitor and report hardware
energy consumption. They can also be congured to enable
or disable capabilities based on available PoE power – ideal
when wired switches have exhausted their power budget.
Green AP energy eciency
Aruba Wi-Fi 6 APs utilize analytics from NetInsight to
automatically transition in and out of a sleep mode based on
client density. Learn more in the Green AP At-A-Glance.
ARUBA SECURE INFRASTRUCTURE
The Aruba 500 Series includes components of Aruba’s
360 Secure Fabric to help protect user authentication and
wireless trac. Select capabilities include:
WPA3 and Enhanced Open
Support for stronger encryption and authentication is
provided via the latest version of WPA for enterprise
protected networks.
Enhanced Open oers seamless new protection for users
connecting to open networks where each session is
automatically encrypted to protect user passwords and data
on guest networks.
WPA 2-MPSK
MPSK enables simpler passkey management for WPA2
devices – should the Wi-Fi password on one device or device
type change, no additional changes are needed for other
devices. Requires ClearPass Policy Manager.
VPN Tunnels
In Remote AP (RAP) and IAP-VPN deployments, the Aruba
500 Series can be used to establish a secure SSL/IPSec
VPN tunnel to a Mobility Controller that is acting as a VPN
concentrator.
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
For enhanced device assurance, all Aruba APs have an
installed TPM for secure storage of credentials and keys, and
boot code.
IOT PLATFORM CAPABILITIES
Like all Aruba Wi-Fi 6 APs, the 500 Series includes an
integrated Bluetooth 5 and 802.15.4 radio (for Zigbee
support) to simplify deploying and managing IoT-based
location services, asset tracking services, security solutions
and IoT sensors. This allows organizations to leverage the
500 Series as an IoT platform, which eliminates the need for
an overlay infrastructure and additional IT resources.
Target Wake Time (T WT)
Ideal for IoTs that communicate infrequently, TWT establishes
a schedule for when clients need to communicate with an AP.
This helps improve client power savings and reduces airtime
contention with other clients.
SIMPLE AND SECURE ACCESS
To simplify policy enforcement, the Aruba 500 Series
uses Aruba’s policy enforcement rewall (PEF) feature
to encapsulate all trac from the AP to the Mobility
Controller (or Gateway) for end-to-end encryption and
inspection. Policies are applied based on user role, device
type, applications, and location. This reduces the manual
conguration of SSIDs, VL ANs and ACLs. PEF also serves as
the underlying technology for Aruba Dynamic Segmentation.
HIGH-DENSITY CONNECTIVITY
Each 500 Series AP provides connectivity for a maximum of
256 associated clients per radio (512 in total). In real-world
scenarios, the maximum recommended client density is
dependent on environmental conditions.
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FLEXIBLE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT
A unique feature of Aruba APs is the ability to operate in
either controllerless (Instant) or controller-based mode.
Controller-less (Instant) mode
In controllerless mode, one AP serves as a virtual controller
for the entire network. Learn more about Instant mode in
this technology brief.
Mobility Controller mode
For optimized network performance, roaming and security,
APs tunnel all trac to a mobility controller for centrally
managed trac forwarding and segmentation, data
encryption, and policy enforcement. Learn more in the
ArubaOS datasheet.
Management options
Available management solutions include Aruba Central
(cloud-managed) or Aruba AirWave – a multi-vendor
on-premises management solution.
For large installations across multiple sites, APs can be
factory-shipped and can be activated with Zero Touch
Provisioning through Aruba Central or AirWave. This reduces
deployment time, centralizes conguration, and helps
manage inventory.
ADDITIONAL WI-FI FEATURES
Each AP also includes the following standards-based
technologies:
Transmit beamforming (TxBF) Increased signal reliability and
range
Passpoint Wi-Fi (Release 2)
(Hotspot 2.0)
Dynamic Frequency Selection
(DFS)
Maximum Ratio Combining
(MRC)
Cyclic Delay/Shift Diversity
(CDD/CSD)
Space-Time Block Coding Increased range and improved
Low-Density Parity Check
(LDPC)
Seamless cellular-to-Wi-Fi
carryover for guests
Optimized use of available RF
spectrum
Improved receiver performance
Greater downlink RF
performance
reception
High-eciency error correction
for increased throughput
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Model AP-504 AP-505
AP type Indoor, dual radio, 5GHz and 2.4GHz 802.11ax 2x2 MIMO
5GHz radio Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 1.2Gbps wireless data rate with individual 2SS
HE80 802.11ax client devices, or with two 1SS HE80 802.11ax MU-MIMO capable client devices
simultaneously
2.4GHz radio Two spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 574Mbps wireless data rate with individual
2SS HE40 802.11ax client devices or with two 1SS HE40 802.11ax MU-MIMO capable client devices
simultaneously
Maximum number of associated
client devices
Maximum number of BSSIDs 16 BSSIDs per radio
Supported frequency bands
(country-specic restrictions apply)
Available channels Dependent on congured regulatory domain
Supported radio technologies
Supported modulation types:
802.11n high-throughput (HT)
support:
802.11ac very high throughput
(VHT) support:
802.11ax high eciency (HE)
support:
Supported data rates (Mbps):
802.11n/ac packet aggregation: A-MPDU, A-MSDU
Transmit power: Congurable in increments of 0.5 dBm
Maximum (aggregate, conducted
total) transmit power (limited by
local regulatory requirements):
Up to 256 associated client devices per radio
• 2.400 to 2.4835GHz
• 5.150 to 5.250GHz
• 5.250 to 5.350GHz
• 5.470 to 5.725GHz
• 5.725 to 5.850GHz
• 802.11b: Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS)
• 802.11a/g/n/ac: Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
• 802.11ax: Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) with up to 8 resource units
• 802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK
• 802.11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM (proprietary extension)
• 802.11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM (proprietary extension)
• 802.11ax: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM
HT20/40
VHT20/40/80
HE20/40/80
• 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11
• 802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54
• 802.11n: 6.5 to 300 (MCS0 to MCS15, HT20 to HT40), 400 with 256-QAM
• 802.11ac: 6.5 to 867 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 2, VHT20 to VHT80), 1,083 with 1024-QAM
• 802.11ax (2.4GHz): 3.6 to 574 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 2, HE20 to HE40)
• 802.11ax (5GHz): 3.6 to 1,201 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 2, HE20 to HE80)
2.4 GHz band: +21 dBm (18dBm per chain)
5 GHz band: +21 dBm (18 dBm per chain)
Note: conducted transmit power levels exclude antenna gain. For total (EIRP) transmit power, add
antenna gain.
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WI-FI ANTENNAS
AP-504 AP-505
Two (female) RP-SMA connectors for external dual band antennas (A0
and A1, corresponding with radio chains 0 and 1). Worst-case internal
loss between radio interface and external antenna connectors (due
to diplexing circuitry): 0.7dB in 2.4GHz and 1.3dB in 5GHz.
Two integrated dual-band downtilt omni-directional antennas for
2x2 MIMO with peak antenna gain of 4.9dBi in 2.4GHz and 5.7dBi in
5GHz. Built-in antennas are optimized for horizontal ceiling mounted
orientation of the AP. The downtilt angle for maximum gain is roughly
30 degrees.
• Combining the patterns of each of the antennas of the MIMO
radios, the peak gain of the combined, average pattern is 4.3dBi
in 2.4GHz and 5.6dBi in 5GHz.
OTHER INTERFACES
Model AP-504 AP-505
E0: Ethernet wired network port
(RJ-45)
DC power interface 12Vdc (nominal, +/- 5%), accepts 2.1mm/5.5mm center-positive circular plug with 9.5mm length
USB 2.0 host interface (Type A
connector)
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE5.0) and
Zigbee (802.15.4) radio
Visual indictors (two multi-color
LEDs):
Reset button: Factory reset, LED mode control (normal/o)
Serial console interface Proprietary, micro-B USB physical jack
Security slot Kensington security slot
• Auto-sensing link speed (10/100/1000BASE-T) and MDI/MDX
• POE-PD: 48Vdc (nominal) 802.3af/at POE (class 3 or 4)
• 802.3az Energy Ecient Ethernet (EEE)
Capable of sourcing up to 1A / 5W to an attached device
• BLE: up to 7dBm transmit power (class 1) and -93dBm receive sensitivity (1Mbps)
• Zigbee: up to 6dBm transmit power and -96dBm receive sensitivity
Integrated vertically polarized omnidirectional antenna with roughly 30 degrees downtilt and peak
gain of 3.3dBi
For System and Radio status
POWER SOURCES AND POWER CONSUMPTION
Model AP-504 AP-505
Power Sources: The AP supports
direct DC power and Power over
Ethernet
Maximum (worst-case) power
consumption (without / with a USB
device attached):
Maximum (worst-case) power
consumption in idle mode:
Maximum (worst-case) power
consumption in deep-sleep mode:
• The AP supports direct DC power and Power over Ethernet
• When both DC and POE power sources are available, DC power takes priority over POE
• Power sources are sold separately; see the 500 Series Ordering Guide for details
• When powered by DC or 802.3at (class 4) POE, the AP will operate without restrictions.
• When powered by 802.3af (class 3) POE and with the IPM feature disabled, the AP will disable
the USB port. In the same conguration but with IPM enabled, the AP will start up in unrestricted
mode, but may dynamically apply restrictions depending on the POE budget and actual power.
The feature restrictions and order can be programmed.
• DC powered: 8.9W / 14.2W.
• POE powered (802.3at): 11.0W / 16.5W.
• POE powered (802.3af): 11.0W / 13.5W.
• This assumes that up to 5W is supplied to the attached USB device.
4.3W (DC) or 6.1W (POE).
1.7W (DC) or 3.3W (POE).
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MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Model AP-505
Dimensions/weight (AP-505; unit, excluding mount bracket): 160mm (W) x 161mm (D) x 37mm (H)
500g
Dimensions/weight (AP-505; shipping): 193mm (W) x 183mm (D) x 63mm (H)
645g
Mounting details A mounting bracket has been pre-installed on the back of the AP.
This bracket is used to secure the AP to any of the mount kits (sold
separately); see the 500 Series Ordering Guide for details.
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS
Model AP-504 AP-505
Operating conditions
Storage and transportation
conditions
• Temperature: 0C to +50C / +32F to +122F
• Humidity: 5% to 93% non-condensing
• AP is plenum rated for use in air-handling spaces
• ETS 300 019 class 3.2 environments
• Temperature: -40C to +70C / -40F to +158F
• Humidity: 5% to 93% non-condensing
• ETS 300 019 classes 1.2 and 2.3 environments
RELIABILITY
Model AP-504 AP-505
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF):
1.3Mhrs (148yrs) at +25C operating temperature.
REGULATORY AND SAFETY COMPLIANCE
Model AP-504 AP-505
Regulatory model numbers APIN0504 APIN0505
Minimum ArubaOS Release ArubaOS and Aruba InstantOS 8.6.0.0
Regulatory compliance (For
more country-specic regulatory
information and approvals, please
see your Aruba representative.)
Certications
Learn more about the AP hardware limited lifetime warranty
• FCC/ISED
• CE Marked
• RED Directive 2014/53/EU
• EMC Directive 2014/30/EU
• Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU
• UL/IEC/EN 60950
• EN 60601-1-1, EN60601-1-2
• UL2043 plenum rating
• Wi-Fi Alliance:
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED a, b, g, n, ac
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 (ax)
- WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 – Enterprise with CNSA option, Personal (SAE), Enhanced Open (OWE)
- WMM, WMM-PS, Wi-Fi Vantage, W-Fi Agile Multiband
- Wi-Fi Location
- Passpoint (release 2)
• Bluetooth SIG
• Ethernet Alliance (POE, PD device, class 4)
RF PERFORMANCE TABLE
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Band, rate Maximum transmit power (dBm)
per transmit chain
2.4GHz, 802.11b
1Mbps 18 -98
11Mbps 18 -90
2.4GHz, 802.11g
6Mbps 18 -93
54Mbps 18 -76
2.4GHz, 802.11n HT20
MCS0 18 -93
MCS7 16 -75
2.4GHz, 802.11ax HE20
MCS0 18 -93
MCS11 14 -62
5GHz, 802.11a
6Mbps 18 -92
54Mbps 18 -75
5GHz, 802.11n HT20
MCS0 18 -92
MCS7 16 -74
5GHz, 802.11n HT40
MCS0 18 -90
MCS7 16 -71
5GHz, 802.11ac VHT20
MCS0 18 -92
MCS9 16 -69
5GHz, 802.11ac VHT40
MCS0 18 -90
MCS9 16 -65
5GHz, 802.11ac VHT80
MCS0 18 -87
MCS9 16 -62
5GHz, 802.11ax HE20
MCS0 18 -93
MCS11 14 -62
5GHz, 802.11ax HE40
MCS0 18 -90
MCS11 14 -59
5GHz, 802.11ax HE80
MCS0 18 -87
MCS11 14 -56
Receiver sensitivity (dBm)
per receive chain
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ANTENNA PATTERNS
Horizontal planes (top view)
Showing azimuth (0 degrees) and 30 degrees downtilt patterns (averaged patterns for all applicable antennas)
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2.44GHz Wi-Fi (antennas 1, 2)
Vertical (elevation) planes (side view, AP facing down)
Showing side view with AP rotated 0 and 90 degrees (averaged patterns for all applicable antennas)
5.5GHz Wi-Fi (antennas 1, 2)
2.44GHz Wi-Fi (antennas 1, 2)
5.5GHz Wi-Fi (antennas 1, 2)
ARUBA 500 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
ORDERING INFORMATION
Part number Description
Aruba 500 Series Campus Access Points
Internal antenna access points
R2H25A Aruba AP-505 (EG) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H26A Aruba AP-505 (IL) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H27A Aruba AP-505 (JP) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H28A Aruba AP-505 (RW) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H28ACM Aruba CM AP-505 (RW) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H29ACM Aruba CM AP-505 (US) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H29A Aruba AP-505 (US) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
External antenna access points
R2H19A Aruba AP-504 (EG) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H20A Aruba AP-504 (IL) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H21A Aruba AP-504 (JP) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H22A Aruba AP-504 (RW) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H23A Aruba AP-504 (US) Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
Internal antenna access points – TAA models
R2H35A Aruba AP-505 (EG) TAA Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H36A Aruba AP-505 (IL) TAA Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H37A Aruba AP-505 (JP) TAA Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H38A Aruba AP-505 (RW) TAA Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H39A Aruba AP-505 (US) TAA Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
External antenna access points – TAA models
R2H30A Aruba AP-504 (EG) TAA Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H31A Aruba AP-504 (IL) TAA Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H32A Aruba AP-504 (JP) TAA Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H33A Aruba AP-504 (RW) TAA Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
R2H34A Aruba AP-504 (US) TAA Dual Radio 2x2:2 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
For compatible accessories, see the 500 Series Ordering Guide
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Note: All hardware SKUs can be managed by Aruba Central. Central Managed (CM) SKUs are used for simplied ordering within US and Canada only.
Resources:
1. 500 Series Ordering Guide
2. Aruba Access Points webpage
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