The Aruba 5400R zl2 Switch Series is an industry-leading mobile campus access solution with HPE Smart Rate multigigabit ports for high-speed 802.11ac devices. It delivers enterprise-class resiliency with innovative flexibility and scalability for customers creating digital workplaces that are optimized for mobile users with an integrated wired and wireless approach. This series brings scalable aggregation with Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) stacking technology, hitless failover, and Fast Software Upgrade for 5400R VSF stacks. The advanced Layer 2 and 3 feature set includes OSPF, IPv6, IPv4 BGP, Tunnel Node, robust QoS and policybased routing with no software licensing required.

Based on a powerful ProVision ASIC, the Aruba 5400R zl2 Switch Series has a high-speed, high-capacity architecture with 2 Tbps crossbar switching fabric with low 2.1µ latency, robust feature support, and value with flexible programmability for future applications. This series offers flexible connectivity options with 6- or 12-slot compact chassis, line rate 40GbE, up to 96 line rate 10GbE ports and up to 288 ports of PoE+. The 5400R is easy to deploy and manage with advanced security and network management tools like Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Aruba AirWave and cloud-based Aruba Central.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Software-defined networks

• Supports multiple programmatic interfaces, including REST APIs and Openflow 1.0 and 1.3, to enable automation of network operations, monitoring, and troubleshooting

Unified Wired and Wireless ?

• ClearPass Policy Manager supports unified wired and wireless policies using Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager ?
• Switch auto-configuration automatically configures switch for different settings such as VLAN, CoS, PoE max power, and PoE priority when Aruba AP 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 switchbased local user role or download from ClearPass
• Tunnel Node provides a secure tunnel that transports network traffic on a per-port or per-user role basis to an Aruba Controller. In a per-user role Tunnel Node, users are authenticated by the ClearPass Policy Manager which directs traffic to be tunneled to an Aruba controller or switch locally
• Static IP Visibility allows ClearPass to do accounting for clients with static IP address

Quality of Service (QoS)

• Advanced classifier-based QoS classifies traffic using multiple match criteria based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information; applies QoS policies such as setting priority level and rate limit to selected traffic on a per-port or per-VLAN basis
• Traffic prioritization allows real-time traffic classification into eight priority levels mapped to eight queues
• Bandwidth shaping
• Port-based rate limiting provides per-port ingress-/ egress-enforced increased bandwidth
• Classifier-based rate limiting uses an access control list (ACL) to enforce increased bandwidth for ingress traffic on each port
• Reduced bandwidth provides per-port, per-queue egress-based reduced bandwidth
• 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 DiffServ
• Unknown Unicast Rate Limiting throttles unicast packets with unknown destination addresses and limits flooding on the VLAN

The Aruba 5400R zl2 Switch Series is an industry-leading mobile campus access solution with HPE Smart Rate multigigabit ports for high-speed 802.11ac devices. It delivers enterprise-class resiliency with innovative flexibility and scalability for customers creating digital workplaces that are optimized for mobile users with an integrated wired and wireless approach. This series brings scalable aggregation with Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) stacking technology, hitless failover, and Fast Software Upgrade for 5400R VSF stacks. The advanced Layer 2 and 3 feature set includes OSPF, IPv6, IPv4 BGP, Tunnel Node, robust QoS and policybased routing with no software licensing required.

Based on a powerful ProVision ASIC, the Aruba 5400R zl2 Switch Series has a high-speed, high-capacity architecture with 2 Tbps crossbar switching fabric with low 2.1µ latency, robust feature support, and value with flexible programmability for future applications. This series offers flexible connectivity options with 6- or 12-slot compact chassis, line rate 40GbE, up to 96 line rate 10GbE ports and up to 288 ports of PoE+. The 5400R is easy to deploy and manage with advanced security and network management tools like Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Aruba AirWave and cloud-based Aruba Central.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Software-defined networks

• Supports multiple programmatic interfaces, including REST APIs and Openflow 1.0 and 1.3, to enable automation of network operations, monitoring, and troubleshooting

Unified Wired and Wireless ?

• ClearPass Policy Manager supports unified wired and wireless policies using Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager ?
• Switch auto-configuration automatically configures switch for different settings such as VLAN, CoS, PoE max power, and PoE priority when Aruba AP 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 switchbased local user role or download from ClearPass
• Tunnel Node provides a secure tunnel that transports network traffic on a per-port or per-user role basis to an Aruba Controller. In a per-user role Tunnel Node, users are authenticated by the ClearPass Policy Manager which directs traffic to be tunneled to an Aruba controller or switch locally
• Static IP Visibility allows ClearPass to do accounting for clients with static IP address

Quality of Service (QoS)

• Advanced classifier-based QoS classifies traffic using multiple match criteria based on Layer 2, 3, and 4 information; applies QoS policies such as setting priority level and rate limit to selected traffic on a per-port or per-VLAN basis
• Traffic prioritization allows real-time traffic classification into eight priority levels mapped to eight queues
• Bandwidth shaping
• Port-based rate limiting provides per-port ingress-/ egress-enforced increased bandwidth
• Classifier-based rate limiting uses an access control list (ACL) to enforce increased bandwidth for ingress traffic on each port
• Reduced bandwidth provides per-port, per-queue egress-based reduced bandwidth
• 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 DiffServ
• Unknown Unicast Rate Limiting throttles unicast packets with unknown destination addresses and limits flooding on the VLAN