Data Sheet

QuickSpecs
Aruba 2530 Switch Series
Standard Features
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Connectivity
• Compact And Fanless 8-Port Models
offer quiet operation for acoustically sensitive areas and uplink flexibility with two dual-
personality ports that can be used
as either RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet or SFP ports.
• Four Built-In Gigabit Ethernet Uplinks On 24- And 48- Port Models
Gigabit models have small form factor pluggable (SFP) for fiber connectivity and Fast Ethernet models have two SFP and
two RJ-45 Gigabit uplinks.
• 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 & QoS for IPv6 network traffic on Gigabit & 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 P
oE+ 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
Convergence
• LLDP-MED (Media Endpoint Discovery)
defines a
standard extension of LLDP that stores values for parameters such as QoS and VLAN to automatically configure
network devices such as IP phones
• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
facilitates easy mapping using network management applications with LLDP automated device discovery protocol
• PoE and PoE+ allocations
support multiple methods (automatic, IEEE 802.3at dynamic, LLDP-MED fine grain, IEEE 802.3af device class or user
-
specified), to allocate and manage PoE/PoE+ power for more energy savings
• Voice VLAN
uses LLDP-MED to automatically configure a VLAN for IP phones
• IP multicast (IGMP)
prevents flooding of IP multicast traffic
• 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 configured profile that can be a list of MAC prefixes