5400R ZL2 Switch Series Data 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, Dynamic Segmentation, 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, robust
feature support, and value with exible programmability for
future 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 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-dened networks
• Supports multiple programmatic interfaces, including REST
APIs and Openow 1.0 and 1.3, to enable automation of
network operations, monitoring, and troubleshooting
Unied Wired and Wireless
• ClearPass Policy Manager supports unied wired and
wireless policies using Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager
• 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
ARUBA 5400R ZL2
SWITCH SERIES
• User Role denes 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-
based local user role or download from ClearPass
• Dynamic Segmentation provides a secure tunnel that
transports network trac 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 trac 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 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, Dynamic Segmentation, low latency
and resiliency.
• HPE Smart Rate for high-speed multi-gigabit
bandwidth (IEEE 802.3bz) and PoE+ power.
• Scalable line rate 40GbE for wireless trac aggregation.
• Ready for the software dened network with REST
APIs and OpenFlow support.
• Security and network management tools with
ClearPass Policy Manager, AirWave and cloud-
based Central