ARUBA R2H28A User Guide

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Aruba 500 Series Campus Access Points

Cost-effective Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) for medium-density indoor environments

These affordable Wi

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 offices and retailers.

Aruba 500 Series Campus Access Points

Key Features

• IoT-ready Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee support

Aruba 50

-Fi 6 access points provide high-

• 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 efficiency

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Incredible Efficiency

The 500 Series APs are also designed to optimize user experience by maximizing Wi

efficiency and dramatically reducing airtime

contention between clients.

Features include Orthogonal frequency

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

Read the Multi-User 802.11ax white paper for further information.

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 traffic type. Channel utilization is optimized by handling each

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

as time,
frequency, and spatial streams, to specific traffic types. By combining Aruba’s Policy Enforcement Firewall (PEF) and Layer 7 deep
packet inspection (DPI) to identify user ro

Fi 6

clients can also benefit.

Air Slice™ for APs uses Aruba Central for management. Controller-based APs will be supported in a future software release.

Multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO)

The 500 Series AP supports downlink MU

Fi 5 (802.11ac Wave 2) APs. The added benefit is the ability to multiply

the number of clients that can now send traffic, thus optimizing client-to-AP spatial stream diversity.

Wi-Fi 6 and MU-MIMO Aware Client Optimization

Aruba’s patented AI

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 traffic type – even as users roam.

Aruba Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC)

This feature uses built

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 configured to enable or disable
capabilities based on available PoE power – ideal when wired switches have exhausted their power budget.

Green AP Energy Efficiency

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.

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

sors. This allows
organizations to leverage the 500 Series as an IoT platform, which eliminates the need for an overlay infrastructure and additional
IT resources.

Aruba 50

-Fi

-division multiple access (OFDMA), bi-directional multi-

-conscious deployments.

transaction via smaller sub-

-less mode (Instant) can provide SLA-grade performance by allocating radio resources, such

les and applications, the APs will dynamically allocate the bandwidth needed. Non-Wi-

-MIMO just like Wi-

-powered ClientMatch technology eliminates sticky client issues by placing Wi-

-in filtering to automatically minimize the impact of interference from cellular

-based location services, asset tracking services, security solutions and IoT sen

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Target Wake Time (TWT)

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..

Aruba Secure Infrastructure

The Aruba 500 Series includes components of Aruba’s 360 Secure Fabric to help protect user authentication and wireless traffic.
Select capabilities include the following.

WPA3 and Enhanced Open

Support for stronger encryption and authentication is provided via the latest v
Enhanced Open offers seamless new protection for users connecting to open networks where each session is automatically
encrypted to protect user passwords and data on guest networks.

WPA2-MPSK

MPSK enabl

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

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.

Simple and Secure Access

To simplify policy enforcement, the Aruba 500 Series uses Aruba’s policy enforcement firewall (PEF) feature to encapsulate all traffic
from the AP to the Mobility Controll

end encryption and inspection. Policies are applied based on user
role, device type, applications, and location. This reduces the manual configuration of SSIDs, VLANs 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.

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

this technology

brief.

Mobility Controller Mode

For optimized network performance, roaming and security, APs tunnel all traffic to a mobility controller for centrally managed traffic
forwarding and segmentation, data encryption, and policy enforcement. Learn more in the ArubaOS datasheet.

Management Options

Available management solutions include Aruba Central (cloud

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 configuration, and helps manage inventory.

l all
traffic to a mobility controller for centrally managed traffic forwarding and segmentation, data encryption, and policy enforcement.
Learn more in the ArubaOS datasheet.

ersion of WPA for enterprise protected networks.

es simpler passkey management for WPA2 devices – should the Wi-

-VPN

er (or Gateway) for end-to-

mode, one AP serves as a virtual controller for the entire network. Learn more about Instant mode in

-managed) or Aruba AirWave – a multi-vendor on-

ity, APs tunne

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Additional Wi-Fi Features

Each AP also includes the following standards

• Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) provides a high-efficiency error correction for increased throughput

Mechanical Specifications

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.

-based technologies:

• Transmit beamforming (TxBF) increases signal reliability and range

• Passpoint Wi-Fi (Release 2) (Hotspot 2.0) offers seamless cellular-to-Wi-Fi carryover for guests

• Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) optimizes use of available RF spectrum

• Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC) improves receiver performance

• Cyclic Delay/Shift Diversity (CDD/CSD) provides greater downlink RF performance

• Space-Time Block Coding increases range and improved reception

• 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-

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