The Aruba 2930M Switch Series is designed for customers creating digital workplaces that are optimized for mobile users with an
integrated wired and wireless approach. These
advanced security and
network management tools like Aruba
Central, you
A powerful Aruba ProVision ASIC delivers performance, robust feature support, and value with flexible programmability for fut
applications
approach. The 2930M supports 10GbE and
Rate (IEEE 802.3bz), robust QoS,
with no software licensing
required.
The Aruba 2930M Switch Series provides a convenient and
Zero Touch Deployment. The switches include a limited lifetime warranty.
Key Features
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dynamic segmentation,
• Models with 24 ports of HPE Smart Rate with IEEE 802.3bz
Layer 3 access switches are easy to deploy and manage with
ClearPass Policy Manager and Aruba AirWave. With support from cloud-based Aruba
can quickly set up remote offices with little or no IT support.
. High performance modular stacking for up to 10 switches provides simplicity, scalability with a pay as you grow
40GbE uplinks, dual modular power supplies, up to 1440 Watts of PoE+, HPE Smart
RIP, Access OSPF routing, dynamic segmentation, PIM, VRRP and IPv6
cost-effective access switch solution that can be quickly set up with
Aruba Layer 3 Switch with 10 chassis backplane stacking, static, RIP and access OSPF routing,
ACLs, SDN and robust QoS
• Advanced security and network management tools like Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Aruba AirWave and Aruba
Central
• Modular 10GbE or 40GbE uplinks and HPE Smart Rate (IEEE 802.3bz), up to 1440W PoE+
ure
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Features and Benefits
Software-defined networks
Unified Wired and Wireless
Quality of Service (QoS)
Connectivity
compliant end device;
• IPv6
Ready for the software defined network with REST APIs and OpenFlow support
• Simple deployment with Zero Touch Provisioning
Supports REST APIs, Openflow 1.0 and 1.3, and more, to enable automation of network operations, monitoring, and
troubleshooting.
• ClearPass Policy Manager supports unified wired and wireless policies using Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager
• Multiple programmatic interfaces supported
• Switch auto-configuration automatically configures switch for different settings such as VLAN, CoS, PoE max power, and
PoE priority when an Aruba access point is detected.
• User Role defines a set of switch-based policies in areas such as security, authentication, and QoS. A user role can be
assigned to a group of users or devices, using switch-based local user role or download from ClearPass.
• Dynamic segmentation provides a secured tunnel to transport network traffic on a per-port or per-user-role basis to an
Aruba Controller. In per-user-role Tunneled Node, users are authenticated with ClearPass Policy Manager which can
direct the traffic to be tunneled to Aruba controller or switch locally.
• Large buffers provide graceful congestion management
• Traffic prioritization (IEEE 802.1p) allows real-time traffic classification into eight priority levels mapped to eight queues
• Layer 4 prioritization enables prioritization based on TCP/ UDP port numbers
• Class of Service (CoS) sets the IEEE 802.1p priority tag based on IP address, IP Type of Service (ToS), Layer 3 protocol,
• Unknown Unicast Rate Limiting throttles unicast packets with unknown destination addresses and limits flooding on the
VLAN
• HPE Smart Rate (IEEE 802.3bz) connectivity 4 port HPE Smart Rate Port module available to connect to 802.11ac
wireless access points
• Flexible configurations include:
- Switch with 24 Smart Rate ports
- Switch with 40 gigabit ports and 8 Smart Rate ports
- All 2930M switches support optional 4 port Smart Rate module
• Flexible 10 Gb/s Ethernet connectivity Modular 4 port 10 Gigabit (SFP+) available
• 40Gbps Uplink port connectivity Modular 40Gbps QSFP+ port available
• Auto-MDIX provides automatic adjustments for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100 and 10/100/1000
ports
• IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet (PoE+) provides up to 30 W per port that allows support of the latest PoE+-capable
devices such as IP phones, wireless access points, and security cameras, as well as any IEEE 802.3afeliminates the cost of additional electrical cabling and circuits that would otherwise be necessary in IP phone and WLAN
deployments
• Pre-standard PoE support detects and provides power to pre-standard PoE devices
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- IPv6 host enables switches to be managed in an IPv6 network
Performance
ASIC, providing very low latency, increased packet buffering, and adaptive power
Convergence
Resiliency and high availability
• Energy-efficient design
• Designed with the latest Aruba Provision
• Selectable queue configurations allows for increased performance by selecting the number of queues and associated
• Stacking Topology
- Dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6) transitions from IPv4 to IPv6, supporting connectivity for both protocols
- MLD snooping forwards IPv6 multicast traffic to the appropriate interface
- IPv6 ACL/QoS supports ACL and QoS for IPv6 network traffic
- IPv6 routing supports static and RIPng protocols
- Security provides RA guard, DHCPv6 protection, dynamic IPv6 lockdown, and ND snooping
- 80 PLUS Gold and Platinum Certified power supplies increase power efficiency and savings
- Energy-efficient Ethernet (EEE) support reduces power consumption in accordance with IEEE 802.3az
consumption
memory buffering that best meet the requirements of the network applications
- Ring Stacking Topology High Performance stacking—up to 100 Gbps of stacking throughput per switch. Each 2-
port stacking module can support up to 25Gbps in each direction per port.
- Ring topology—Supports up to 10 member stack
- Virtualized Switching Provides simplified management as the switches act as a single chassis when stacked
• IP multicast snooping and data-driven IGMP automatically prevent flooding of IP multicast traffic
• LLDP-MED (Media Endpoint Discovery) defines a standard extension of LLDP that stores values for parameters such as
QoS and VLAN to configure automatically network devices such as IP phones
• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) facilitates easy mapping using network management applications
with LLDP automated device discovery protocol
• PoE and PoE+ allocations support multiple methods (automatic, IEEE 802.3at dynamic, LLDP-MED fine grain, IEEE
802.3af device class, or user-specified) to allocate and manage PoE/PoE+ power for more efficient energy savings
• Local MAC Authentication assigns attributes such as VLAN and QoS using locally configured profile that can be a list of
MAC prefixes
• IP multicast routing includes PIM sparse and dense modes to route IP multicast traffic
• Protocol Independent Multicast for IPv6 supports one-to-many and many-to-many media casting use cases such as IPTV
over IPv6 networks
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) allows groups of two routers to back each other up dynamically to create
highly available routed environments in IPV4 and IPV6 networks
• IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree provides high link availability in multiple VLAN environments by allowing multiple
spanning trees; provides legacy support for IEEE 802.1d and IEEE 802.1w
• IEEE 802.3ad link-aggregation-control protocol (LACP) and port trunking Support up to 26 static, dynamic, or distributed
trunks with each trunk having up to eight links (ports) per static trunk
• SmartLink provides easy-to-configure link redundancy of active and standby links
• Dual hot-swappable power supplies
- Increased Resiliency provides secondary power supply to enable complete switch power redundancy in case or
power line or supply failure
- Increased PoE+ Power provides secondary power supply to increase the total available PoE+ power
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Management
Manageability
(UDLD) monitors the link between two switches and blocks the ports on both ends of the link
Layer 2 switching
VLAN Spanning Tree (RPVST+) allows each VLAN to build a separate spanning tree to improve link bandwidth
Layer 3 services
Layer 3 routing
OSPF area and up to eight interfaces are supported.
• Zero-Touch-Provisioning (ZTP) simplifies installation of the switch infrastructure using Aruba Activate-based or DHCP-
• Flexible management with same hardware - Supports both cloud-based Central and on-premise AirWave with the same
• Built-in programmable and easy to use REST API interface provides configuration automation for mobile-first campus
• Out-of-band Ethernet management port enables management a separate physical management network, and keeps
• SNMPv1, v2, and v3 provide complete support of SNMP; provide full support of industry-standard Management
• Dual flash images provides independent primary and secondary operating system files for backup while upgrading
• Aruba Central cloud- based management platform offers simple, secure and cost effective way to manage switches
• Friendly port names allow assignment of descriptive names to ports
• Find-Fix-Inform finds and fixes common network problems automatically, then informs administrator
• Multiple configuration files allow multiple configuration files to be stored to a flash image
• Software updates free downloads from the Web
• RMON, XRMON, and sFlow provide advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and
• Troubleshooting ingress and egress port monitoring enable network problem solving
• Unidirectional link detection
• Power down mode allows power savings while the switch is not in use by powering down most of the switch, except for a
based process with AirWave Network Management
hardware ensuring change management platform without ripping and replacing switching infrastructure
networks
management traffic segmented from network data traffic
Information Base (MIB) plus private extensions; SNMPv3 supports increased security using encryption
events
if the link goes down at any point between the two devices
clock which will boot up the switch on a schedule
LANs on a high-speed campus or metro network
• VLAN Support and Tagging supports IEEE 802.1Q (4094 VLAN IDs) and 2K VLANs simultaneously
• Jumbo packet support improves the performance of large data transfers; supports frame size of up to 9220 bytes
• IEEE 802.1v protocol VLANs isolate select non-IPv4 protocols automatically into their own VLANs
• Rapid Per-
usage; is compatible with PVST+
• GVRP and MVRP allows automatic learning and dynamic assignment of VLANs
• VxLAN encapsulation (tunneling) protocol for overlay network that enables a more scalable virtual network deployment
• IEEE 1588v2 Transparent Clock Mode1-step and end to end delay mode support critical timing Applications
• DHCP server centralizes and reduces the cost of IPv4 address management
• Static IP routing provides manually configured routing; includes ECMP capability
• IEEE802.1ad QinQ Increases the scalability of an Ethernet network by providing a hierarchical structure; conets multiple
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP) provides RIPv1, RIPv2, and RIPng routing
• Access OSPF provides OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 protocols for routing between access and the next layer on the LAN. One
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Security
IEEE 802.1X uses an IEEE 802.1X supplicant on the client in conjunction with a RADIUS server to authenticate in
based environment, similar to IEEE 802.1X, to authenticate clients
Role ensures that important infrastructure devices such as IP phones are allowed network
chatty legacy devices to stay authenticated by pinning client MAC addresses to the port
rt until the
specific to each authenticated network user
Policy-based routing uses a classifier to select traffic that can be forwarded based on policy set by the network
administrator (limited to 16 next-hop routes)
• Multiple user authentication methods
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accordance with industry standards
- Web-based authentication provides a browser-
that do not support the IEEE 802.1X supplicant
- MAC-based authentication authenticates the client with the RADIUS server based on the client’s MAC address
• TPM-based Security
- Includes a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for secure hardware-based generation and storage of cryptographic
keys that can be used for a variety of authentication purposes
• Authentication flexibility
- Multiple IEEE 802.1X users per port provides authentication of multiple IEEE 802.1X users per port; prevents a
user from “piggybacking” on another user’s IEEE 802.1X authentication
- Concurrent IEEE 802.1X, Web, and MAC authentication schemes per port switch port will accept up to 32
sessions of IEEE 802.1X, Web, and MAC authentications
- Open Authentication Role simplifies first-time deployment of AAA in brownfield deployments by allowing full
network access for failed clients and provides instant connectivity as soon as a client is plugged-in
- Critical Authentication
access even in the absence of a RADIUS server
- MAC Pinning allows non-
until the clients logoff or get disconnected
• Open authentication role simplifies first-time deployment of AAA in brownfield deployments by allowing full network
access for failed clients and provides instant connectivity as soon as a client is plugged-in
• Critical authentication role ensures that important infrastructure devices such as IP phones are allowed network access
even in the absence of a RADIUS server
• MAC pinning allows non-chatty legacy devices to stay authenticated by pinning client MAC addresses to the po
clients logoff or get disconnected
• Access control lists (ACLs) provide IP Layer 3 filtering based on source/destination IP address/subnet and
source/destination TCP/UDP port number
• Control plane policing: Set rate limit on control protocols to protect CPU overload
• Source-port filtering allows only specified ports to communicate with each other
• RADIUS/TACACS+ eases switch management security administration by using a password authentication server
• Secure shell encrypts all transmitted data for secure remote CLI access over IP networks
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encrypts all HTTP traffic, allowing secure access to the browser-based management GUI in
the switch
• Port security allows access only to specified MAC addresses, which can be learned or specified by the administrator
• MAC address lockout prevents particular configured MAC addresses from connecting to the network
• Secure FTP allows secure file transfer to and from the switch; protects against unwanted file downloads or unauthorized
copying of a switch configuration file
• Switch management logon security helps secure switch CLI logon by optionally requiring either RADIUS or TACACS+
authentication
• Custom banner displays security policy when users log in to the switch
• STP BPDU port protection blocks Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) on ports that do not require BPDUs, preventing
• Dynamic ARP protection blocks ARP broadcasts from unauthorized hosts, preventing eavesdropping or theft of network
data
• STP root guard protects the root bridge from malicious attacks or configuration mistakes
• Identity-driven ACL enables implementation of a highly granular and flexible access security policy and VLAN assignment
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switch ports (1Gbps or 10Gbps or HPE Smart Rate) using
Monitor and diagnostics
Warranty
; for details on the
Per-port broadcast throttling configures broadcast control selectively on heavy traffic port uplinks
• Private VLAN provides network security by restricting peer-to-peer communication to prevent a variety of malicious
attacks; typically a switch port can only communicate with other ports in the same community and/or an uplink port,
regardless of VLAN ID or destination MAC address
• IEEE 802.1AE MACsec provides security on a link between two
standard encryption and authentication Control plane policing
• Digital optical monitoring of SFP+ and 1000BASE-T transceivers allows detailed monitoring of the transceiver settings
and parameters
• Limited Lifetime Warranty
See http://www.hpe.com/networking/warrantysummary
product purchase.
• Software releases to find software for your product, refer to http://www.hpe.com/networking/support
software releases available with your product purchase, refer to http://www.hpe.com/networking/warrantysummary
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