HP Aruba 2530 48G PoE+ Switch J9772A

HP Aruba 2530 48G PoE+ Switch (J9772A) 

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

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 local switch configuration (YA only)

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 configuration of the switch from any Web browser - Robust CLI provides advanced configuration and diagnostics - Simple network management protocol (SNMPv1/v2c/v3) allows the switch to be managed with a variety of thirdparty network management applications • Virtual stacking provides single IP address management for up to 16 switches • sFlow® (RFC 3176) delivers wire-speed traffic accounting and monitoring, configured 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 filtering to reduce the number of log events generated • Port mirroring allows traffic 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 flash images provides independent primary and secondary operating system files for backup while upgrading • Multiple configuration files are easily stored with a flash image • Front-panel LEDs - Locator LEDs allows users to set the locator LED on a specific switch to turn on, blink, or turn off; and simplifies 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  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 filtering allows only specified 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 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 • 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 configuration 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 file transfer to and from the switch; protects against unwanted file downloads or • Local MAC Authentication assigns attributes such as VLAN and QoS using locally configured profile that can be a list of MAC prefixes Unified Wired and Wireless • HTTP redirect function supports HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) bring your own device (BYOD) solution

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 traffic to appropriate interface; prevents IPv6 multicast traffic from flooding the network - IPv6 ACL/QoS supports ACL and QoS for IPv6 network traffic 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 fiber 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 flexibility 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 configuration needed • 16K MAC address table provides access to many Layer 2 devices unauthorized copying of a switch configuration file • Protected ports CLI offers intuitive CLI to configure the source-port filter feature, by allowing specified 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 flexibility - 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 traffic from unauthorized hosts, preventing IP source address spoofing • MAC Pinning allows non-chatty legacy devices to stay authenticated by pinning client MAC addresses to the port until the clients logoff or get disconnected

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 configuration of trunks through automatic configuration • 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-configure link redundancy of active and standby links