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Aruba 5400R Series Switches

Performance and power for the mobile-first campus. Modular Layer 3 chassis switches with VSF stacking, 2Tbps switching fabric, and up to 288 ports of PoE+.

Aruba 5400R Series Switch Family

Why Choose the Aruba 5400R Series

Industry-leading mobile campus access solution with HPE Smart Rate multi-gigabit ports for high-speed 802.11ac devices.

VSF Stacking

Virtual Switching Framework creates one virtual resilient switch from two switches for simplified management.

HPE Smart Rate

Multi-gigabit bandwidth and PoE+ power for high-speed devices using existing cabling.

Scalable 40GbE

Line-rate 40GbE for wireless traffic aggregation with 2Tbps switching fabric.

SDN Optimized

OpenFlow support for innovative software-defined networking applications.

Aruba 5400R Switch Models

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Aruba 5406R zl2 Switch

5406R zl2 Switch (J9821A)

6-slot modular chassis

  • 6 interface module slots
  • Up to 144 PoE+ ports
  • 1 management module slot
Aruba 5412R zl2 Switch

5412R zl2 Switch (J9822A)

12-slot modular chassis

  • 12 interface module slots
  • Up to 288 PoE+ ports
  • 1 management module slot
HP 5412R-Gig-T-PoE+/SFP v2 zl2

HP 5412R-Gig-T-PoE+/SFP v2 zl2 (J9826A)

Pre-configured 12-slot bundle

  • 12-slot chassis with modules
  • Gigabit PoE+ ports
  • SFP uplinks included
Aruba 5412R 92GT PoE+/4SFP+ v3 zl2

5412R 92GT PoE+/4SFP+ v3 zl2 (JL001A)

92-port PoE+ bundle with 10GbE

  • 92x Gigabit PoE+ ports
  • 4x SFP+ (10GbE) uplinks
  • v3 modules included
Aruba 5406R 8XGT PoE+/8SFP+ v3 zl2

5406R 8XGT PoE+/8SFP+ v3 zl2 (JL002A)

6-slot with 10GBASE-T and SFP+

  • 8x 10GBASE-T PoE+ ports
  • 8x SFP+ (10GbE) ports
  • v3 modules included
Aruba 5406R 44GT PoE+/4SFP+ v3 zl2

5406R 44GT PoE+/4SFP+ v3 zl2 (JL003A)

44-port PoE+ bundle with 10GbE

  • 44x Gigabit PoE+ ports
  • 4x SFP+ (10GbE) uplinks
  • v3 modules included
Aruba 5406R 16SFP+ v3 zl2

5406R 16SFP+ v3 zl2 (JL095A)

16-port 10GbE SFP+ bundle

  • 16x SFP+ (10GbE) ports
  • 6-slot chassis
  • v3 modules included

Key Features

Enterprise-class chassis switches with advanced Layer 3 capabilities and high availability.

  • OpenFlow: Supports OpenFlow 1.0 and 1.3 specifications for SDN
  • Fully flexible OpenFlow: Creates custom OpenFlow pipelines on-demand (requires v3 modules)

  • ClearPass Policy Manager: Unified wired and wireless policies
  • Switch auto-configuration: Automatic VLAN, CoS, PoE settings when Aruba AP is detected
  • Local user role: Switch-based policies for security, authentication, and QoS
  • Per-port tunneled node: Secured tunnel to transport traffic to Aruba Controller

  • VSF: Stack two switches as one virtual switch (requires v3 modules)
  • Fast Software Upgrade: Reduces downtime during VSF stack upgrades
  • VRRP: Highly available routed environments for IPv4 and IPv6
  • Nonstop switching: Traffic continues during failover
  • Nonstop routing: OSPFv2/v3 and VRRP continue during failover
  • Hot-swappable modules: Replace modules without interruption

  • 2Tbps switching fabric: High-speed, high-capacity architecture
  • 785.7 million pps: Wire-speed throughput
  • Low 2.1us latency: Purpose-built ProVision ASICs
  • Up to 96 line rate 10GbE ports: High-density connectivity

  • Access control lists (ACLs): Filtering based on IP, source/destination, TCP/UDP port
  • Multiple authentication methods: IEEE 802.1X, Web-based, MAC-based
  • IEEE 802.1AE MACsec: Link security between switch ports (requires v3 modules)
  • DHCP protection: Blocks unauthorized DHCP servers
  • Dynamic ARP protection: Prevents eavesdropping attacks
  • SSH/SSL: Encrypted management access

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  • Competitive pricing and volume discounts
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