JL322A Overview

HPE Aruba JL322A 2930M 48G POE+ 1-Slot 48 Ports Switch

The Aruba JL322A 2930M Switch Series is designed for customers creating digital workplaces that are optimized for mobile users with an integrated wired and wireless approach. These Layer 3 access switches are easy to deploy and manage with advanced security and network management tools like Aruba JL322A ClearPass Policy Manager and Aruba JL322A AirWave. With support from cloud-based Aruba Central, you can quickly set up remote offices with little or no IT support. A powerful Aruba ProVision ASIC delivers performance and value with the support of the latest SDN apps with future-proof programmability for tomorrow’s applications. High-performance modular stacking for up to 10 switches provides pay as you grow scalability and simplicity. The JL322A 2930M supports 10GbE and 40GbE uplinks, Dual Modular Power Supplies, up to 1440 Watts of PoE+, models with 24 ports of HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit Ethernet, robust QoS, RIP, Access OSPF routing, Tunnel Node, PIM, VRRP and IPv6 with no software licensing required.

The Aruba JL322A 2930M Switch Series provides a convenient and cost-effective access switch solution that can be quickly set up with Zero Touch Deployment. The switches include a Limited Lifetime Warranty.

JL322A Key Features

• Aruba JL322A Layer 3 Switch with 10 chassis backplane stacking, static, RIP and access OSPF routing, Tunnel Node, ACLs, SDN, and robust QoS
• Advanced security and network management tools like Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, Aruba AirWave and Aruba Central
• Modular 10GbE or 40GbE uplinks and HPE Smart Rate (IEEE 802.3bz), up to 1440W PoE+
• Models with 24 ports of HPE Smart Rate with IEEE 802.3bz
• Simple deployment with Zero Touch Provisioning JL322A

JL322A Features and Benefits:

Software-defined networking JL322A

• OpenFlow supports OpenFlow 1.3 specifications to enable SDN by allowing separation of the data (packet forwarding) and control (routing decision) paths JL322A

Unified Wired and Wireless

• ClearPass Policy Manager supports unified wired and wireless policies using Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager
• Switch auto-configuration automatically configures the switch for different settings such as VLAN, CoS, PoE max power, and PoE priority when an Aruba access point is detected
• The 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 a switch-based 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
• HTTP redirect function supports HPE Intelligent Management Center (IMC) bring-your-own-device (BYOD) solution

Quality of Service (QoS) JL322A

• Traffic prioritization (IEEE 802.1p) allows real-time traffic classification into eight priority levels mapped to eight queues
• Layer 4 prioritization enables prioritization based on TCP/UDP port numbers
• 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
• Rate limiting sets per-port ingress enforced maximums and per-port, per-queue minimums
• Large buffers Provide graceful congestion management

Connectivity JL322A

• HPE JL322A Smart Rate multi-gigabit (IEEE 802.3bz) Ethernet connectivity—24 port Smart Rate switch and 4 port Smart Rate module available to connect to 802.11ac wireless access points
• Flexible 10 Gbps Ethernet connectivity—Modular 4 port 10 Gigabit (SFP+) available
• 40 Gbps Uplink port connectivity—Modular 40 Gbps QSFP+ port available
• Auto-MDIX provides automatic adjustments for straight-through or crossover cables on all 10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports
• 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 for IP phone and WLAN deployments
• Pre-standard PoE support detects and provides power to pre-standard PoE devices
• IPv6
  • IPv6 JL322A host enables switches to be managed in an IPv6 network
  • Dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6) transitions from IPv4 to IPv6, supporting connectivity for both protocols
  • MLD snooping forwards IPv6 multicast traffic to the appropriate interface
  • IPv6 ACL/QoS supports ACL and QoS for IPv6 network traffic
  • IPV6 Routing supports Static, RIPng, and OSPFv3 protocols
  • Security provides RA guard, DHCPv6 protection, dynamic IPv6 lockdown, and ND snooping

Performance JL322A

• Energy-efficient design
  • 80 PLUS Gold and Platinum Certified power supplies increase power efficiency and savings
  • Energy-efficient Ethernet (EEE) support reduces power consumption in accordance with IEEE 802.3az
• Aruba JL322A Provision ASIC in all locations. Architecture is designed with the latest Aruba Provision ASIC in all locations, providing very low latency, increased packet buffering, and adaptive power consumption
• Selectable queue configurations allow for increased performance by selecting the number of queues and associated memory buffering that best meet the requirements of the network applications
• Stacking Topology
  • High-Performance stacking—up to 100 Gbps of stacking throughput per switch. Each 2-port stacking module can support up to 25 Gbps in each direction per port.
  • Ring topology—Supports up to 10 member stack
  • Virtualized Switching Provides simplified management as the switches act as a single chassis when stacked

Convergence JL322A

• IP multicast snooping and data-driven IGMP automatically prevent flooding of IP multicast traffic
• LLDP-MED (Media Endpoint Discovery) defines a standard extension of LLDP that stores values for parameters such as QoS and VLAN to configure automatically 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 802.3 at dynamic, LLDP-MED fine grain, IEEE 802.3af device class, or user-specified) to allocate and manage PoE/PoE+ power for more efficient energy savings
• Local MAC Authentication assigns attributes such as VLAN and QoS using a locally configured profile that can be a list of MAC prefixes
• IP multicast routing includes PIM sparse and dense modes to route IP multicast traffic

Resiliency and high availability JL322A

• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) allows groups of two routers to back each other up dynamically to create highly available routed environments in IPV4 and IPV6 networks
• 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
• IEEE 802.3ad link-aggregation-control protocol (LACP) and port trunking Support up to 26 static, dynamic, or distributed trunks with each trunk having up to eight links (ports) per static trunk
• SmartLink provides easy-to-configure link redundancy of active and standby links
• Dual Hot Swappable Power Supplies
  • Increased Resiliency provides a secondary power supply to enable complete switch power redundancy in case of power line or supply failure
  • Increased PoE+JL322A  Power provides a secondary power supply to increase the total available PoE+ power

Management JL322A

• Aruba Central cloud-based management platform offers a simple, secure, and cost-effective way to manage switches
• Zero-Touch-Provisioning (ZTP) simplifies installation of the switch infrastructure using an Aruba Activate-based or DHCP-based process with AirWave Network Management
• Built-in programmable and easy-to-use REST API interface provides configuration automation for Mobile-first campus networks
• Out-of-band Ethernet management port enables management a separate physical management network, and keeps management traffic segmented from network data traffic
• SNMPv1, v2, and v3 provide complete support of SNMP; provide full support of industry-standard Management Information Base (MIB) plus private extensions; SNMPv3 supports increased security using encryption

Manageability

• Dual flash images provides independent primary and secondary operating system files for backup while upgrading
• Friendly port names allow assignment of descriptive names to ports
• Find-Fix-Inform finds and fixes common network problems automatically, then informs administrator
• Multiple configuration files allow multiple configuration files to be stored to a flash image
• Software updates free downloads from the Web
• RMON, XRMON, and sFlow provide advanced monitoring and reporting capabilities for statistics, history, alarms, and events
• Troubleshooting ingress and egress port monitoring enable network problem solving
• Unidirectional link detection (UDLD) monitors the link between two switches and blocks the ports on both ends of the link if the link goes down at any point between the two devices
• Power down mode allows power savings while the switch is not in use by powering down most of the switch, except for a clock which will boot up the switch on a schedule

Layer 2 switching JL322A

• IEEE802.1ad QinQ—Increases the scalability of an Ethernet network by providing a hierarchical structure; connects multiple LANs on a high-speed campus or metro network
• VLAN Support and Tagging supports IEEE 802.1Q (4094 VLAN IDs) and 2K VLANs simultaneously
• Jumbo packet support improves the performance of large data transfers; supports frame size of up to 9220 bytes
• IEEE 802.1v protocol VLANs isolate select non-IPv4 protocols automatically into their own 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+
• GVRP and MVRP allows automatic learning and dynamic assignment of VLANs
• VxLAN encapsulation (tunneling) protocol for overlay network that enables a more scalable virtual network deployment
• IEEE 1588v2 Transparent Clock Mode1-step and end to end delay mode support critical timing Applications

Layer 3 services

• DHCP server centralizes and reduces the cost of IPv4 address management

Layer 3 routing

• Static IP routing provides manually configured routing; includes ECMP capability
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP) provides RIPv1, RIPv2, and RIPng routing
• Access OSPF provides OSPFv2 and OSPFv3 protocols for routing between access and the next layer on the LAN. One OSPF area and up to eight interfaces are supported.
• Policy-based routing uses a classifier to select traffic that can be forwarded based on policy set by the network administrator (limited to 16 next-hop routes)

Security JL322A

• 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
• TPM-based Security
  • Includes a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for secure hardware-based generation and storage of cryptographic keys that can be used for a variety of authentication purposes
• Authentication flexibility
  • Multiple IEEE 802.1X users per port provide authentication of multiple IEEE 802.1X users per port; prevents a user from “piggybacking” on another user’s IEEE 802.1X authentication
  • Concurrent IEEE 802.1X, Web, and MAC authentication schemes per port switch port will accept up to 32 sessions of IEEE 802.1X, Web, and MAC authentications
• Access control lists (ACLs) provide IP Layer 3 filtering based on source/destination IP address/subnet and source/destination TCP/UDP port number
• Source-port filtering allows only specified ports to communicate with each other
• Control Plane Policing: Set rate limit on control protocols to protect CPU overload
• RADIUS/TACACS+ eases switch management security administration by using a password authentication server
• Secure shell encrypts all transmitted data for secure remote CLI access over IP networks
• 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
• Secure FTP allows secure file transfer to and from the switch; protects against unwanted file downloads or unauthorized copying of a switch configuration file
• Switch management logon security helps secure switch CLI logon by optionally requiring either RADIUS or TACACS+ authentication
• Custom banner displays security policy when users log in to the switch
• STP BPDU port protection blocks Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) on ports that do not require BPDUs, preventing forged BPDU attacks
• 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
• STP root guard protects the root bridge from malicious attacks or configuration mistakes
• Identity-driven ACL enables the implementation of a highly granular and flexible access security policy and VLAN assignment specific to each authenticated network user
• Per-port broadcast throttling Configures broadcast control selectively on heavy traffic port uplinks
• Private VLAN provides network security by restricting peer-to-peer communication to prevent a variety of malicious attacks; typically a switch port can only communicate with other ports in the same community and/or an uplink port, regardless of VLAN ID or destination MAC address
• IEEE 802.1AE MACsec provides security on a link between two switch ports (1Gbps or 10Gbps or HPE Smart Rate) using standard encryption and authentication

Monitor and diagnostics JL322A

• Digital optical monitoring of SFP+ and 1000BASE-T transceivers allows detailed monitoring of the transceiver settings and parameters

Warranty and support JL322A

• Limited Lifetime Warranty