Page 1
DATA SHEET
ARUBA 530 SERIES
WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
Very high Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) performance with
dual radios
Aruba Wi-Fi 6 access points provide high-performance
connectivity for any organization experiencing growing
numbers of IoT and mobility requirements. With a maximum
real-world aggregate data rate of 2.97 Gbps (HE80/HE20),
the530 Series deliver the speed and reliability needed for
any enterprise.
INCREDIBLE EFFICIENCY
The 530 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 4 spatial streams (4SS) and 160MHz
channel bandwidth (VHT160), the 530 Series provides
groundbreaking wireless capabilities for any enterprise.
KEY FEATURES
• 2.97 Gbps maximum real-world speed (HE80/HE20)
• 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
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 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.
The following table highlights the number of available
resources units per Wi-Fi Channel used:
NUMBER OF CONCURRENT CLIENTS PER
CHANNEL PER RADIO*
Prior Wi-Fi generations 1 at a time
Wi-Fi 6 in 20 MHz Up to 9 at a time
Wi-Fi 6 in 40 MHz Up to 18 at a time
Wi-Fi 6 in 80 MHz Up to 37 at a time
Wi-Fi 6 in 160 MHz Up to 74 at a time
* Client density varies based on congured network settings
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 identify
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.
Bi-directional Multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO)
Similar to downlink MU-MIMO in Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac Wave
2), the530 Series can simultaneously connect clients use
downlink– and now – uplink spatial streams. The added
benet is the ability to multiply the number of clients that can
now send trac, thus optimizing client-to-AP spatial stream
diversity.
Page 2
DATA SHEET
ARUBA 530 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
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.
IOT PLATFORM CAPABILITIES
Like all Aruba Wi-Fi 6 APs, the 530 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 530 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.
ARUBA SECURE INFRASTRUCTURE
The Aruba 530 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 530
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 530 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 technolog y for Aruba
Dynamic Segmentation.
HIGH-DENSITY CONNECTIVITY
Like the higher-end 550 Series AP, each 530 Series AP provides
connectivity for a maximum of 1024 associated clients per
radio (2048 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.
2
Page 3
DATA SHEET
ARUBA 530 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
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 encr yption, 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 factor y-
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)
Seamless cellular-to-Wi-Fi carryover for guests
Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
Optimized use of available RF spectrum
Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC)
Improved receiver performance
Cyclic Delay/Shift Diversity (CDD/CSD)
Greater downlink RF performance
Space-Time Block Coding
Increased range and improved reception
Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC)
High-eciency error correction for increased throughput
SPECIFICATIONS
Hardware variants
• AP-534: External antenna models
• AP-535: Internal antenna models
Wi-Fi radio specications
• AP type: Indoor, dual radio, 5GHz and 2.4GHz 802.11ax
4x4 MIMO
• 5GHz radio: Four spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO
for up to 2.4Gbps wireless data rate with individual 4SS
HE80 (or 2SS HE160) 802.11ax client devices, or with four
1SS or two 2SS HE80 802.11ax MU-MIMO capable client
devices simultaneously
• 2.4GHz radio: Four spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO
for up to 1,147Mbps (574Mbps) wireless data rate with
individual 4SS HE40 (HE20) 802.11ax client devices or with
two 2SS HE40 (HE20) 802.11ax MU-MIMO capable client
devices simultaneously
• Support for up to 1,024 associated client devices per
radio, and up to 16 BSSIDs per radio
• Supported frequency bands (country-specic restrictions
apply):
- 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
• Available channels: Dependent on congured regulatory
domain
• Dynamic frequency selection (DFS) optimizes the use of
available RF spectrum
• Supported radio technologies:
- 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 37 resource units (for an
80MHz channel)
• Supported modulation types:
- 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
• 802.11n high-throughput (HT) support: HT20/40
• 802.11ac very high throughput (VHT) support:
VHT20/40/80/160
• 802.11ax high eciency (HE) support: HE20/40/80/160
• Supported data rates (Mbps):
- 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11
- 802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54
3
Page 4
DATA SHEET
ARUBA 530 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
- 802.11n: 6.5 to 600 (MCS0 to MCS31, HT20 to HT40),
800 with 256-QAM
- 802.11ac: 6.5 to 1,733 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 4,
VHT20 to VHT160), 2,166 with 1024-QAM
- 802.11ax (2.4GHz): 3.6 to 1,147 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS =
1 to 4, HE20 to HE40)
- 802.11ax (5GHz): 3.6 to 2,402 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1
to 4, HE20 to HE160)
• 802.11n/ac/ax 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):
- 2.4 GHz band: +24 dBm (18dBm per chain)
- 5 GHz band: +24 dBm (18 dBm per chain)
- Note: conducted transmit power levels exclude antenna
gain. For total (EIRP) transmit power, add antenna gain.
• Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC) minimizes the impact
of interference from cellular networks
• Maximum ratio combining (MRC) for improved receiver
performance
• Cyclic delay/shift diversity (CDD/CSD) for improved
downlink RF performance
• Space-time block coding (STBC) for increased range and
improved reception
• Low-density parity check (LDPC) for high-eciency error
correction and increased throughput
• Transmit beam-forming (TxBF) for increased signal
reliability and range
• 802.11ax Target Wait Time (TWT) to support low-power
client devices
Wi-Fi antennas
• AP-534: Four (female) RP-SMA connectors for external
dual band antennas (A0 through A3, corresponding
with radio chains 0 through 3). Worst-case internal loss
between radio interface and external antenna connectors
(due to diplexing circuitry): 0.8dB in 2.4GHz and 1.3dB in
5GHz.
• AP-535: Four integrated dual-band downtilt omni-
directional antennas for 4x4 MIMO with peak antenna
gain of 3.5dBi in 2.4GHz and 5.4dBi 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.
- A mix of horizontally and vertically polarized antenna
elements is used
- Combining the patterns of each of the antennas of the
MIMO radios, the peak gain of the combined, average
pattern is 1.9dBi in 2.4GHz and 3.5dBi in 5GHz.
Other interfaces
• E0, E1: HPE SmartRate port (RJ-45, maximum negotiated
speed 5Gbps)
- Auto-sensing link speed (100/1000/2500/5000BASE-T)
and MDI/MDX
- 2.5Gbps and 5Gbps speeds comply with NBase-T and
802.3bz specications
- POE-PD: 48Vdc (nominal) 802.3at/bt POE (class 4 or
higher)
- 802.3az Energy Ecient Ethernet (EEE)
• Link aggregation (LACP) support between both network
ports for redundancy and increased capacity
• POE power can be drawn from either port (single source,
or set to prioritize) or both ports simultaneously (set to
combine) When set to prioritize, the AP draws power from
E0 and may failover to E1.
• DC power interface: 48Vdc (nominal, +/- 5%), accepts
1.35mm/3.5mm center-positive circular plug with 9.5mm
length
• USB 2.0 host interface (Type A connector)
- Capable of sourcing up to 1A / 5W to an attached device
• Bluetooth 5.0 Low Energy (BLE5.0) and Zigbee (802.15.4)
radio (2.4GHz)
- BLE: up to 8dBm transmit power (class 1) and -95dBm
receive sensitivity
- Zigbee: up to 8dBm transmit power and 99dBm receive
sensitivity
- Integrated vertically polarized omnidirectional antenna
with roughly 30 degrees downtilt and peak gain of 3.1dBi
(AP-535) or 5.0dBi (AP-534)
• Visual indictors (two multi-color LEDs): for System and
Radio status
• Reset button: factory reset, LED mode control (normal/o)
• Serial console interface (proprietary, micro-B USB
physicaljack)
• Kensington security slot
Power sources and power consumption
• The AP supports direct DC power and Power over
Ethernet (POE; on port E0 and/or E1)
• When POE power is supplied to both Ethernet ports,
the AP can be congured to combine or prioritize
powersources
• When both DC and POE power sources are available, DC
power takes priority over POE
• Power sources are sold separately; see the ordering
Information section below for details
4
Page 5
DATA SHEET
ARUBA 530 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
• When powered by DC, 802.3bt (class 5) POE or 2x 802.3at
(class 4) POE, the AP will operate without restrictions.
• When powered by 1x 802.3at (class 4) POE and with the
IPM feature disabled, the AP will disable the USB port and
disable the other Ethernet 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.
• Operating the AP with an 802.3af (class 3 or lower) POE
source is not supported.
• Maximum (worst-case) power consumption:
- DC powered: 23.3W
- POE powered (802.3bt or dual 802.3at): 26.4W
- POE powered (802.3at, IPM disabled): 23.3W
- All numbers above are without an external USB device
connected. When sourcing the full 5W power budget
to such a device, the incremental (worst-case) power
consumption for the AP is up to 5.7W ( POE powered) or
5.5W ( DC powered).
• Maximum (worst-case) power consumption in idle mode:
13.3W ( POE) or 14.3W (DC)
• Maximum (worst-case) power consumption in deep-sleep
mode: 3.8W (POE) or 3.6W (DC)
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 ordering Information section
below for details.
Mechanical specications
• Dimensions/weight (AP-535; unit, excluding mount
bracket):
- 240mm (W) x 240mm (D) x 57mm (H) / 9.4” (W) x 9.4” (D)
x 2.2” (H)
- 1,270g / 44.8oz
• Dimensions/weight (AP-535; shipping):
- 285mm (W) x 300mm (D) x 105mm (H) / 11.2” (W) x
11.9”(D) x 4.1” (H)
- 1,930g / 68.1oz
Environmental specications
• Operating 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
• Storage and transportation conditions
- Temperature: -40C to +70C / -40F to +158F
- Humidity: 5% to 93% non-condensing
- ETS 300 019 classes 1.2 and 2.3 environments
Reliability
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF): 995,000hrs (114yrs) at
+25C operating temperature.
Regulatory compliance
• 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
For more country-specic regulatory information and
approvals, please see your Aruba representative.
Regulatory model numbers
• AP-534: APIN0534
• AP-535: APIN0535
Certications
• 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
- Passpoint (release 2)
• Bluetooth SIG
WARRANTY
Aruba’s hardware limited lifetime warranty.
MINIMUM OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE
VERSIONS
ArubaOS and Aruba InstantOS 8.5.0.0 (with some
restrictions). For unrestricted operation, use 8.6.0.0 or later.
5
Page 6
RF PERFORMANCE TABLE
DATA SHEET
ARUBA 530 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
Band, rate
Maximum transmit power (dBm)
per transmit chain
Receiver sensitivity (dBm)
per receive chain
2.4GHz, 802.11b
1Mbps 18 -96
11Mbps 18 -88
2.4GHz, 802.11g
6Mbps 18 -93
54Mbps 17 -75
2.4GHz, 802.11n HT20
MCS0 18 -93
MCS7 16 -75
2.4GHz, 802.11ax HE20
MCS0 18 -92
MCS11 14 -62
5GHz, 802 .11a
6Mbps 18 -93
54Mbps 17 -75
5GHz, 802.11n HT20
MCS0 18 -93
MCS7 16 -73
5GHz, 802.11n HT40
MCS0 18 -90
MCS7 16 -70
5GHz, 802.11ac VHT20
MCS0 18 -93
MCS9 16 -68
5GHz, 802.11ac VHT40
MCS0 18 -90
MCS9 16 -65
5GHz, 802.11ac VHT80
MCS0 18 -87
MCS9 16 -62
5GHz, 802.11ac VHT160
MCS0 18 -84
MCS9 16 -59
5GHz, 802.11ax HE20
MCS0 18 -90
MCS11 14 -60
5GHz, 802.11ax HE40
MCS0 18 -87
MCS11 14 -57
5GHz, 802.11ax HE80
MCS0 18 -84
MCS11 14 -54
5GHz, 802.11ax HE160
MCS0 18 -81
MCS11 13 -51
6
Page 7
DATA SHEET
ARUBA 530 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
ANTENNA PATTERNS
Horizontal planes (top view)
Showing azimuth (0 degrees) and 30 degrees downtilt patterns (averaged patterns for all applicable antennas)
2.45GHz Wi-Fi (antennas 0, 1, 2, 3)
5.5GHz Wi-Fi (antennas 0, 1, 2, 3)
Vertical (elevation) planes (side view, AP facing down)
Showing side view with AP rotated 0 and 90 degrees (averaged patterns for all applicable antennas)
2.45GHz Wi-Fi (antennas 0, 1, 2, 3)
5.5GHz Wi-Fi (antennas 0, 1, 2, 3)
7
Page 8
ARUBA 530 SERIES WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS
ORDERING INFORMATION
Part Number Description
Aruba 530 Series Campus Access Points
JZ328A Aruba AP-534 (EG) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ329A Aruba AP-534 (IL) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ330A Aruba AP-534 (JP) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ331A Aruba AP-534 (RW) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ332A Aruba AP-534 (US) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ333A Aruba AP-535 (EG) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ334A Aruba AP-535 (IL) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ335A Aruba AP-535 (JP) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ336A Aruba AP-535 (RW) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ337A Aruba AP-535 (US) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ338A Aruba AP-534 (EG) TAA Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ339A Aruba AP-534 (IL) TAA Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ340A Aruba AP-534 (JP) TAA Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ341A Aruba AP-534 (RW) TAA Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ342A Aruba AP-534 (US) TAA Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax External Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ343A Aruba AP-535 (EG) TAA Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ344A Aruba AP-535 (IL) TAA Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ345A Aruba AP-535 (JP) TAA Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ346A Aruba AP-535 (RW) TAA Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ347A Aruba AP-535 (US) TAA Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ336ACM Aruba CM AP-535 (RW) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
JZ337ACM Aruba CM AP-535 (US) Dual Radio 4x4:4 802.11ax Internal Antennas Unied Campus AP
DATA SHEET
Note: All hardware SKUs can be managed by Aruba Central. Central Managed (CM) SKUs are used for simplied ordering within US and Canada only.
For more ordering information and compatible accessories, please refer to the orderingguide.
© Copyright 2020 Hewlett Packard Enterpri
notice. The only warranties for Hewlett Packard Enterprise products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements
accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Hewlett
Packard Enterprise shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
DS_AP530Series_SK_072820 a00064816enw
se Development LP. The information contained herein is subject to change without
Contact Us Share
8
Loading...