Spec Sheet

DATA SHEET
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
The Aruba 5400R zl2 Switch Series is an industry-leading
mobile campus access solution with HPE Smart Rate multi-
gigabit ports for high-speed 802.11ac devices. It delivers
enterprise-class resiliency with innovative exibility 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, Tunneled Node, robust QoS and policy-
based 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,
unprecedented programmability, and supports innovative
SDN applications. This series oers exible 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 SDN optimized with OpenFlow support and
is easy to deploy and manage with advanced security and
network management tools like Aruba ClearPass Policy
Manager and Aruba AirWave.
FEATURES AND BENEFITS
Software-dened networking
• OpenFlow supports OpenFlow 1.0 and 1.3 specications
to enable SDN by allowing separation of the data (packet
forwarding) and control (routing decision) paths
• Fully exible OpenFlow creates custom OpenFlow pipelines
(processing stages) on-demand to support new SDN
applications (requires v3 modules)
Unied Wired and Wireless
• ClearPass Policy Manager supports unied wired and
wireless policies using Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager
• HTTP redirect function supports HPE Intelligent
Management Center (IMC) bring your own device
(BYOD) solution
ARUBA 5400R ZL2
SWITCH SERIES
• Switch auto-conguration automatically congures switch
for dierent settings such as VLAN, CoS, PoE max power,
and PoE priority when Aruba AP is detected
• Local User Role 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 switch
conguration or ClearPass
• Per-port Tunneled Node provide secured tunnel to
transport network trac on a per-port basis to Aruba
Controller. Authentication and network policies will be
applied and enforced at the Controller
• NEW Static IP Visibility allows ClearPass to do accounting
for clients with static IP address
Quality of Service (QoS)
• Advanced classier-based QoS classies trac 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 trac on a per-port or per-VLAN basis
• Trac prioritization allows real-time trac classication into
eight priority levels mapped to eight queues
KEY FEATURES
• Powerful Aruba Layer 3 modular switch series with
VSF stacking, low latency and resiliency.
• HPE Smart Rate for high-speed multi-gigabit
bandwidth and PoE+ power.
• Scalable line rate 40GbE for wireless trac aggregation.
• Optimized for innovative SDN applications with
OpenFlow support.
• Security and network management tools with
ClearPass Policy Manager and AirWave support.