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ARUBA 2530 SWITCH SERIES
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The Aruba 2530 Switch Series provides security, reliability,
and ease of use for enterprises, branch oces, and SMBs.
This series of fully managed switches delivers full Layer 2
capabilities with enhanced access security, ACLs, trac
prioritization, sFlow, and IPv6 host support. Right size
deployment is simple with choice of 8-, 24-, and 48-port
models available with Gigabit or Fast Ethernet ports, and
optional PoE+. The 2530 delivers power savings with fanless
models, Energy Ecient Ethernet, ability to disable LEDs and
enable port low power mode.
The Aruba 2530 Switch Series is easy to use and deploy,
and delivers consistent wired/wireless user experience with
unied management tools such as Aruba ClearPass Policy
Manager, Aruba AirWave and cloud-based Aruba Central.
KEY FEATURES
• Cost-eective, reliable and secure Aruba Layer 2
switch series.
• ACLs, EEE, trac prioritization.
• 8-, 24-, and 48-port Gigabit or Fast Ethernet models.
• PoE+ models for voice, video and wireless.
• Security and network management with Aruba
ClearPass Policy Manager, AirWave and cloud-
based Central
The Aruba 2530 Switch Series oers uplink exibility with
four Gigabit Ethernet uplinks on 24- and 48-port models. The
Gigabit 24- and 48-port models have four small form-factor
pluggable (SFP) slots for ber connectivity. The Fast Ethernet
24- and 48-port models have two SFPs and two RJ-45 Gigabit
uplinks. The compact and fan-less 8-port switches oer
additional exibility with two dual-personality ports that can be
used as either RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet or SFP ports. The PoE+
switch models are IEEE 802.3af- and IEEE 802.3at-compliant
with up to 30 W per port, making them suitable for voice, video,
or wireless deployments with PoE+.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Unied Wired and Wireless
• ClearPass Policy Manager supports unied wired and
wireless policies using Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager
• Switch auto-conguration automatically congures switch
for dierent settings such as VLAN, CoS, PoE max power,
and PoE priority when Aruba AP is detected
• User Role denes 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 local
switch conguration (YA only)
Quality of Service (QoS)
• Trac prioritization (IEEE 802.1p) allows real-time trac
classication with support for eight priority levels mapped
to either two or four queues, and uses weighted decit
round robin (WDRR) or strict priority
• Simplied quality of service (QoS) conguration
- Port-based prioritizes trac by specifying a port and
priority level
- VLAN-based prioritizes trac by specifying a VLAN and
priority level
• Class of Service (CoS) sets the IEEE 802.1p priority tag
based on IP address, IP Type of Service (ToS), Layer 3
protocol, TCP/UDP port number, source port, and DiServ
• Rate limiting establishes per-port ingress-enforced
maximums for all ingressed trac or for broadcast,
multicast, or unknown destination trac
• Layer 4 prioritization enables prioritization based on
TCP/UDP port numbers
• Flow control helps deliver reliable communication during
full-duplex operation
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Management
• Aruba Central support—Cloud-based management platform
complies with RFC 7030 for encryption key enrollment
• Zero-Touch ProVisioning (ZTP) uses settings in DHCP to
enable ZTP with Aruba AirWave
• Flexible management with same hardware – Supports both
cloud-based Central and on-premise AirWave with the same
hardware ensuring change management platform without
ripping and replacing switching infrastructure
• Choice of management interfaces
- HTML-based easy-to-use Web GUI allows conguration
of the switch from any Web browser
- Robust CLI provides advanced conguration and diagnostics
- Simple network management protocol (SNMPv1/v2c/v3)
allows the switch to be managed with a variety of third-
party network management applications
• Virtual stacking provides single IP address management for
up to 16 switches
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• sFlow
(RFC 3176) delivers wire-speed trac accounting and
monitoring, congured by SNMP and CLI with three terminal
encrypted receivers
• IEEE 802.1AB Link-Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
automates device discovery protocol for easy mapping by
network management applications
• Logging provides local and remote logging of events via
SNMP (v2c and v3) and syslog; provides log throttling and
log ltering to reduce the number of log events generated
• Port mirroring allows trac to be mirrored on any port or
a network analyzer to assist with diagnostics or detecting
network attacks
• Remote monitoring (RMON) provides advanced monitoring
and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms,
and events
• Friendly port names allows assignment of descriptive
names to ports
• Dual ash images provides independent primary and
secondary operating system les for backup while upgrading
• Multiple conguration les are easily stored with a
ash image
• Front-panel LEDs
- Locator LEDs allows users to set the locator LED on a
specic switch to turn on, blink, or turn o; and simplies
troubleshooting by making it easy to locate a particular
switch within a rack of similar switches
- Per-port LEDs provides an at-a-glance view of the status,
activity, speed, and full-duplex operation
- Power and fault LEDs display issues, if any
• Download Software via DHCP adds the option to specify
the location of switch software via DHCP
• TR-069 support enables zero-touch conguration for switches
Connectivity
• IPv6
- IPv6 host allows the switch to be deployed and
managed at the edge of an IPv6 network
- Dual stack (IPv4/IPv6) supports connectivity for both
protocols; provides a transition mechanism from IPv4
to IPv6
- MLD snooping forwards IPv6 multicast trac to
appropriate interface; prevents IPv6 multicast trac
from ooding the network
- IPv6 ACL/QoS supports ACL and QoS for IPv6 network
trac on Gigabit and 48 port 10/100 models
- Security RA Guard, DHCPv6 Protection, Dynamic IPv6
Lockdown (YA only)
• 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 802.3af
compliant end device; eliminates the cost of additional
electrical cabling and circuits that would otherwise be
necessary in IP phone and WLAN deployments
• Auto-MDIX adjusts automatically for straight-through or
crossover cables on all ports
• Pre-standard PoE support detects and provides power to
pre-standard PoE devices
• SFP slots provides ber connectivity such as Gigabit-SX,
LX, LH, and BX with four SFP slots on all 24- and 48-port
Gigabit Ethernet models. Fast Ethernet 24- and 48-port
models have two SFP slots and two RJ-45 Gigabit uplinks;
8-port models have two dual-personality ports supporting
either SFP or RJ-45 Gigabit uplinks
• Dual-personality (RJ-45 or USB micro-B) serial console
port gives easy access to switch CLI with front-of-switch
location and the exibility of using either an RJ-45 or USB
micro-B serial console port
Layer 2 switching
• VLANs provides support for 512 VLANs and 4,094
VLAN IDs
• Jumbo packet support supports up to 9,220-byte frame
size to improve the performance of large data transfers;
8- and 24-port Fast Ethernet models automatically support
up to 2,000-byte frames with no conguration needed
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• 16K MAC address table provides access to many
Layer 2 devices
• GARP VLAN Registration Protocol allows automatic learning
and dynamic assignment of VLANs
• Rapid Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (RPVST+) allows each
VLAN to build a separate spanning tree to improve link
bandwidth usage; is compatible with PVST+
Security
• ACLs accommodates IPv4/IPv6 port and VLAN-based ACLs
(IPv6 ACL is supported only on Gigabit Ethernet and 48-
port models.)
• Source-port ltering allows only specied ports to
communicate with each other
• RADIUS/TACACS+ eases switch management security
administration by using a password authentication server
• Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encrypts all HTTP trac,
allowing secure access to the browser-based
management GUI in the switch
• Port security allows access only to specied MAC addresses,
which can be learned or specied by the administrator
• MAC address lockout prevents particular congured MAC
addresses from connecting to the network
• Multiple user authentication methods
- IEEE 802.1X uses an IEEE 802.1X supplicant on the client
in conjunction with a RADIUS server to authenticate in
accordance with industry standards
- Web-based authentication provides a browser-based
environment, similar to IEEE 802.1X, to authenticate
clients 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
• Secure shell (SSH) v2 encrypts all transmitted data for
secure remote CLI access over IP networks
• Secure shell encrypts all transmitted data for secure
remote CLI access over IP networks
• STP BPDU port protection blocks Bridge Protocol Data
Units (BPDUs) on ports that do not require BPDUs,
preventing forged BPDU attacks
• STP root guard protects the root bridge from malicious
attacks or conguration mistakes
• Secure management access delivers protected encryption
of all access methods (CLI, GUI, or MIB) through SSHv2
and SNMPv3
• Custom banner displays security policy when users log in
to the switch
• Secure FTP allows secure le transfer to and from the
switch; protects against unwanted le downloads or
unauthorized copying of a switch conguration le
• Protected ports CLI oers intuitive CLI to congure the
source-port lter feature, by allowing specied ports to be
isolated from all other ports on the switch; the protected
port or ports can communicate only with the uplink or
shared resources
• Authentication exibility
- Multiple IEEE 802.1X users per port provides
authentication for up to 32 IEEE 802.1X users per port;
prevents a user from “piggybacking” on another user’s
IEEE 802.1X authentication
- Concurrent IEEE 802.1X and Web or MAC authentication
schemes per port allows a switch port to accept any
IEEE 802.1X and either Web or MAC authentications
• Switch management logon security helps secure switch
CLI logon by optionally requiring either RADIUS or
TACACS+ authentication
• DHCP protection blocks DHCP packets from unauthorized
DHCP servers, preventing denial-of-service attacks
• Dynamic ARP protection blocks ARP broadcasts from
unauthorized hosts, preventing eavesdropping or theft of
network data
• Dynamic IP lockdown works with DHCP protection to block
trac from unauthorized hosts, preventing IP source
address spoong
• MAC Pinning allows non-chatty legacy devices to stay
authenticated by pinning client MAC addresses to the port
until the clients logo or get disconnected
Convergence
• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) facilitates
easy mapping using network management applications with
LLDP automated device discovery protocol
• LLDP-MED (Media Endpoint Discovery) denes a standard
extension of LLDP that stores values for parameters such
as QoS and VLAN to automatically congure network
devices such as IP phones
• IP multicast (data-driven IGMP) prevents ooding of IP
multicast trac
• PoE and PoE+ allocations support multiple methods—
automatic, IEEE 802.3at dynamic, LLDP-MED ne grain,
IEEE 802.3af device class, or user specied—to allocate and
manage PoE/PoE+ power for more ecient energy use
• Voice VLAN uses LLDP-MED to automatically congure a
VLAN for IP phones
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• IP multicast (data-driven IGMPv3) prevents ooding of IP
multicast trac
• LLDP-CDP compatibility receives and recognizes CDP
packets from Cisco’s IP phones for seamless interoperation
• Local MAC Authentication assigns attributes such as VLAN
and QoS using locally congured prole that can be a list
of MAC prexes Unied Wired and Wireless
• HTTP redirect function supports HPE Intelligent
Management Center (IMC) bring your own device
(BYOD) solution
Resiliency and high availability
• Port trunking and link aggregation
- Trunking supports up to eight links per trunk to increase
bandwidth and create redundant connections; and
supports L2, L3, and L4 trunk load-balancing algorithm
(L4 trunk load balancing is supported only on Gigabit
Ethernet and 48-port models.)
- IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol
(LACP) eases conguration of trunks through
automatic conguration
• 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
• SmartLink provides easy-to-congure link redundancy of
active and standby links
Flexibility
• Flexible mounting
- Rack mountable allows the switch to be mounted on a
standard 19-inch rack, with the hardware included
- Wall mountable allows the switch to be mounted on a
wall, using the hardware included
- Surface mountable allows the switch to be mounted
above or below a surface (such as a desk or table), using
the hardware included
• Quiet operation lowers noise, making it suitable for
deployments in acoustically sensitive environments such
as conference rooms and oce spaces
• Compact size reduces space requirements (refer to the
product specications for the exact dimensions)
Warranty and support
• Limited Lifetime Warranty
See www.hpe.com/networking/warrantysummary for
warranty and support information included with your
product purchase.
Software releases
• To nd software for your product, refer to www.hpe.com/
networking/support; for details on the software releases
available with your product purchase, refer to www.hpe.
com/networking/warrantysummary
Product architecture
• Energy-ecient design
- IEEE 802.3az reduces power consumption during
periods of low data activity on Gigabit Ethernet switches
- Port low-power mode enables the port to automatically
go into low-power mode to conserve energy when no
link is detected
- Fan-less and variable-speed fans decreases power
consumption in fan-less (all 8-port, 2530-24, and 2530-
48 PoE+ switches) as well as variable-speed fan switches
- Port LEDs conserves energy by optionally turning o
port link and activity LEDs
• Switch on a chip provides a highly integrated, high-
performance switch design with a nonblocking architecture
SPECIFICATIONS
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Aruba 2530-48G-PoE+ Switch
(J9772A)
I/O ports and slots
48 RJ-45 autosensing 10/100/1000
PoE+ ports (IEEE 802.3 Type
10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u Type
100BASE-TX, IEEE 802.3ab Type
1000BASE-T, IEEE 802.3at PoE+);
Media Type: Auto-MDIX; Duplex:
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX: half or full;
1000BASE-T: full only
4 xed Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports
1 dual-personality (RJ-45 or USB
micro-B) serial console port
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 17.44 (w) x 13.00 (d) x 1.75 (h) in
(44.3 x 32.26 x 4.45 cm)
(1U height)
Weight 10.4 lb (4.72 kg) 8.7 lb (3.95 kg) 2.2 lb (1 kg)
Memory and processor
Processor ARM9E @ 800 MHz, 128 MB ash,
256 MB DDR3 DIMM; packet buer
size: 3 MB dynamically allocated
Mounting and enclosure
Mounts in an EIA-standard 19-inch
telco rack or equipment cabinet
(rack-mounting kit available);
Horizontal surface mounting;
Wall mounting
Performance
IPv6 Ready Certied IPv6 Ready Certied IPv6 Ready Certied
100 Mb Latency < 7.4 µs (LIFO 64-byte packets) < 7.4 µs (LIFO 64-byte packets) < 7.4 µs (LIFO 64-byte packets)
1000 Mb Latency < 2.3 µs (LIFO 64-byte packets) < 2.3 µs (LIFO 64-byte packets) < 2.6 µs (LIFO 64-byte packets)
Throughput up to 77.3 Mpps (64-byte packets) up to 41.6 Mpps (64-byte packets) up to 14.8 Mpps (64-byte packets)
Switching capacity 104 Gbps 56 Gbps 20 Gbps
MAC address table size 16000 entries 16000 entries 16000 entries
Aruba 2530-24G-PoE+ Switch
(J9773A)
24 RJ-45 autosensing 10/100/1000
PoE+ ports (IEEE 802.3 Type
10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u Type
100BASE-TX, IEEE 802.3ab Type
1000BASE-T, IEEE 802.3at PoE+);
Media Type: Auto-MDIX; Duplex:
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX: half or full;
1000BASE-T: full only
4 xed Gigabit Ethernet SFP ports
1 dual-personality (RJ-45 or USB
micro-B) serial console port
17.44 (w) x 13.00 (d) x 1.75 (h) in
(44.3 x 33.02 x 4.45 cm)
(1U height)
ARM9E @ 800 MHz, 128 MB ash,
256 MB DDR3 DIMM; packet buer
size: 1.5 MB dynamically allocated
Mounts in an EIA-standard 19-inch
telco rack or equipment cabinet
(rack-mounting kit available);
Horizontal surface mounting;
Wall mounting
Aruba 2530-8G-PoE+ Switch
(J9774A)
8 RJ-45 autosensing 10/100/1000
PoE+ ports (IEEE 802.3 Type
10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u Type
100BASE-TX, IEEE 802.3ab Type
1000BASE-T, IEEE 802.3at PoE+);
Media Type: Auto-MDIX; Duplex:
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX: half or full;
1000BASE-T: full only
2 dual-personality ports; each port
can be used as either an RJ-45
10/100/1000 port (IEEE 802.3 Type
10Base-T; IEEE 802.3u Type 100BaseTX; IEEE 802.3ab1000Base-T Gigabit
Ethernet) or as a SFP slot (for use with
SFP transceivers)
1 dual-personality (RJ-45 or USB
micro-B) serial console port
10.00(w) x 6.28(d) x 1.75(h) in
(25.4 x 15.95 x 4.45 cm)
(1U height)
ARM9E @ 800 MHz, 128 MB ash,
256 MB DDR3 DIMM; packet buer
size: 1.5 MB dynamically allocated
Mounts in an EIA-standard 19-inch
telco rack or equipment cabinet
(rack-mounting kit available);
Horizontal surface mounting;
Wall mounting
SPECIFICATIONS
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Aruba 2530-48G-PoE+ Switch
(J9772A)
Environment
Operating temperature 32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C) 32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C) 32°F to 113°F (0°C to 45°C)
Operating relative
humidity
Nonoperating/Storage
temperature
Nonoperating/Storage
relative humidity
Altitude up to 10,000 ft (3 km) up to 10,000 ft (3 km) up to 10,000 ft (3 km)
Acoustic Power: 43.6 dB, Pressure: 33.6 dB Power: 43.9 dB, Pressure: 39.6 dB Power: 0 dB, Pressure: 0 dB
Electrical characteristics
Frequency 50/60 Hz 50/60 Hz 50/60 Hz
Maximum heat dissipation 236 BTU/hr (248.98 kJ/hr), (switch
AC voltage 100 - 127/200 - 240 VAC 100 - 127/200 - 240 VAC 100 - 127/200 - 240 VAC
Current 5.8/2.9 A 3.2/1.6 A 1.4 A
Maximum power rating 476 W 247 W 86 W
Idle power 40.1 W 25.2 W 13.4 W
PoE power 382 W 195 W 67 W
Notes Idle power is the actual power
Safety
Emissions
15% to 95% @ 104°F (40°C),
noncondensing
-40°F to 158°F (-40°C to 70°C) -40°F to 158°F (-40°C to 70°C) -40°F to 158°F (-40°C to 70°C)
15% to 90% @ 149°F (65°C),
noncondensing
only: 236 BTU/hr; combined switch
+ max. PoE devices: 1624 BTU/hr)
consumption of the device with no
ports connected.
Maximum power rating and
maximum heat dissipation are the
worst-case theoretical maximum
numbers provided for planning
the infrastructure with fully loaded
PoE (if equipped), 100% trac, all
ports plugged in, and all modules
populated.
PoE power is the total power
budget available to all PoE ports.
UL 60950-1; CAN/CSA 22.2
No. 60950-1; EN 60825;
IEC 60950-1; EN 60950-1
FCC Class A; EN 55022/CISPR-22
Class A; VCCI Class A
Aruba 2530-24G-PoE+ Switch
(J9773A)
15% to 95% @ 104°F (40°C),
noncondensing
15% to 90% @ 149°F (65°C),
noncondensing
135 BTU/hr (142.42 kJ/hr), (switch
only: 135 BTU/hr; combined switch
+ max. PoE devices: 843 BTU/hr)
Idle power is the actual power
consumption of the device with no
ports connected.
Maximum power rating and
maximum heat dissipation are the
worst-case theoretical maximum
numbers provided for planning
the infrastructure with fully loaded
PoE (if equipped), 100% trac, all
ports plugged in, and all modules
populated.
PoE power is the total power
budget available to all PoE ports.
UL 60950-1; CAN/CSA 22.2
No. 60950-1; EN 60825;
IEC 60950-1; EN 60950-1
FCC Class A; EN 55022/CISPR-22
Class A; VCCI Class A
Aruba 2530-8G-PoE+ Switch
(J9774A)
15% to 95% @ 104°F (40°C),
noncondensing
15% to 90% @ 149°F (65°C),
noncondensing
65 BTU/hr (68.58 kJ/hr), (switch only:
65 BTU/hr; combined switch + max.
PoE devices: 293 BTU/hr)
Idle power is the actual power
consumption of the device with no
ports connected.
Maximum power rating and
maximum heat dissipation are the
worst-case theoretical maximum
numbers provided for planning
the infrastructure with fully loaded
PoE (if equipped), 100% trac, all
ports plugged in, and all modules
populated.
PoE power is the total power
budget available to all PoE ports.
UL 60950-1; CAN/CSA 22.2
No. 60950-1; EN 60825;
IEC 60950-1; EN 60950-1
FCC Class A; EN 55022/CISPR-22
Class A; VCCI Class A