Aruba 2930F Switch Series Technical Product Guide

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Aruba 2930F Switch Series

Technical Product Guide
PRODUCT DEEP DIVE
Rev: December 2018
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Aruba 2930F Switch Series Technical Product Guide
Contents
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................... 4
HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................ 5
Models ................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Aruba 2930F 24G 4SFP Switch (JL259A) ..................................................................................................... 5
Aruba 2930F 24G 4SFP+ Switch (JL253A) ................................................................................................... 5
Aruba 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP Switch (JL261A) ........................................................................................... 5
Aruba 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP+ Switch (JL255A) ......................................................................................... 6
Aruba 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP+ TAA Switch (JL263A) ................................................................................. 6
Aruba 2930F 48G 4SFP Switch (JL260A) ..................................................................................................... 6
Aruba 2930F 48G 4SFP+ Switch (JL254A) ................................................................................................... 7
Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP Switch (JL262A) ........................................................................................... 7
Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP+ Switch (JL256A) ......................................................................................... 7
Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP+ TAA Switch (JL264A) ................................................................................. 8
Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP 740W Switch (JL557A) ................................................................................. 8
Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP+ 740W Switch (JL558A) ............................................................................... 8
Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP+ 740W TAA Switch (JL559A) ...................................................................... 9
Aruba 2930F 8G PoE+ 2SFP+ Switch (JL258A) ........................................................................................... 9
Accessories ........................................................................................................................................................ 9
Aruba 2930F 8-port Cable Guard (JL311A) ................................................................................................... 9
Aruba 2930F 8-port Power Shelf (JL312A) .................................................................................................. 10
HPE X410 1U Universal 4-Post Rack Mounting Kit (J9583A) ..................................................................... 10
Power System .................................................................................................................................................. 11
PoE power budget ........................................................................................................................................ 11
Fans and Airflow ............................................................................................................................................... 11
Transceivers and DACs ................................................................................................................................... 12
Transceivers ................................................................................................................................................. 12
Direct Attach Cables (DACs) ........................................................................................................................ 12
Cables ........................................................................................................................................................... 12
ARCHITECTURE DEEP DIVE ............................................................................................................................ 12
ASIC architecture and packet flows ................................................................................................................. 12
Aruba 2930F Switch Series Basic Packet Flows ............................................................................................. 15
VSF architecture and packet flows .................................................................................................................. 15
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SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 17
Feature matrix .................................................................................................................................................. 17
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INTRODUCTION
This Technical Product Guide (TPG) describes the technical characteristics of the Aruba 2930F Switch Series. This TPG includes
hardware and software overviews, specifications, an architecture deep dive and feature highlights.
The intended audience of this document is Aruba system engineers (SE) and Consulting Systems Engineers (CSE).
Product overview
The 2930F is a Fixed switch designed for campus networks. It offers different options in terms of Ethernet port speeds and PoE.
The product family includes 11 different models.
The 2930F runs the ArubaOS-Switch operating system, WC code. It offers IP routing including OSPF, VXLAN as well as Aruba
mobility integration features.
Positioning
The Aruba 2930F switch series has been designed for campus or large branch LANs. It is positioned as an access switch when
the following requirements are needed.
Access layer: The 2930F switch is the right choice for the access layer when the requirements include:
1U form-factor
• Stackable (with no need for additional hardware using Virtual Switching Framework)
• Online management (Central)
• PoE+
• Basic IP Routing (Access OSPF)
• Integration with Aruba mobility controllers: Tunneled Node (per port and per user)
• Integration with Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager
• Integration with Aruba AirWave
• Automation, visibility and programmability via REST interface
Figure 1. Aruba 2930F in the access layer
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HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW

Models
Aruba 2930F 24G 4SFP Switch (JL259A)
Figure 2. 2930F 24G 4SFP Switch
• 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports
• 4x 1GbE SFP ports
• 1x RJ45 console port
• 1x USB micro-B console port
• Internal power supply
Aruba 2930F 24G 4SFP+ Switch (JL253A)
Figure 3. 2930F 24G 4SFP+ Switch
• 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports
• 4x 1/10GbE SFP+ ports
Aruba 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP Switch (JL261A)
Figure 4. 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP Switch
• 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T PoE+ ports
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Aruba 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP+ Switch (JL255A)
Figure 5. 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP+ Switch
Aruba 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP+ TAA Switch (JL263A)
Aruba 2930F 48G 4SFP Switch (JL260A)
Figure 7. 2930F 48G 4SFP Switch
• 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports
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Aruba 2930F 48G 4SFP+ Switch (JL254A)
Figure 8. 2930F 48G 4SFP+ Switch
• 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports
Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP Switch (JL262A)
Figure 9. 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP Switch
• Internal power supply.
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Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP+ TAA Switch (JL264A)
Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP 740W Switch (JL557A)
Figure 12. 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP 740W Switch
• Internal 740W power supply
Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP+ 740W Switch (JL558A)
Figure 13. 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP+ 740W Switch
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Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP+ 740W TAA Switch (JL559A)
Figure 14. 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP+ 740W TAA Switch
• 8x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports
• Fan less
• External power supply
Accessories
Aruba 2930F 8-port Cable Guard (JL311A)

Protects from unauthorized access to switch ports and connected cables
Figure 16. Cable guard
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Aruba 2930F 8-port Power Shelf (JL312A)

Connects to the back panel and secures the external power supply
Figure 17. Power shelf
HPE X410 1U Universal 4-Post Rack Mounting Kit (J9583A)

Rack mounting kit for the 24 and 48 port models
The HPE X410 1U Universal Rack Mounting Kit is for mounting the Aruba 2930F Series Switches in 4-post racks and server
cabinets. The Rack Mounting Kit has rails the mount on to the side of the switch and brackets that mount in the racks and server
cabinets. Once installed, the switch just slides into the bracket.
Figure 18. X410 1U universal rack mounting Kit
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Power System
All 24 and 48 port models come with an integrated power supply. The 8-port model comes with an external power supply.
PoE power budget

Table 1. Power budget
Number of devices supported

Product PoE Power Budget
At 30W At 15.4 W At 7 W
Aruba 2930F 8G PoE+ 2SFP+ Switch 125W 4 8 8
Aruba 2930F 24 port models 370 W 12 24 24
Aruba 2930F 48 port models 370 W 12 24 48
Aruba 2930F 48 port models – 740W 740 W 24 48 48
Fans and Airflow

The Aruba 2930F Series Switch provides for primary air flow which is side to side, from the left to right (when facing the front of
the switch [LAN ports]).
Figure 19. Airflow on the 48 ports and 24 ports SFP+ models
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Transceivers and DACs
Transceivers
Table 2. Aruba 2930F Switch Series supported transceivers
Number Description
J9054D Aruba 100M SFP LC FX 2km MMF XCVR
J8177D Aruba 1G SFP RJ45 T 100m Cat5e XCVR
J4858D Aruba 1G SFP LC SX 500m MMF XCVR
J4859D Aruba 1G SFP LC LX 10km SMF XCVR
J4860D Aruba 1G SFP LC LH 70km SMF XCVR
J9142B HPE X122 1G SFP LC BX-D Transceiver
J9143B HPE X122 1G SFP LC BX-U Transceiver
J9150D Aruba 10G SFP+ LC SR 300m MMF XCVR
J9151D Aruba 10G SFP+ LC LR 10km SMF XCVR
J9153D Aruba 10G SFP+ LC ER 40km SMF XCVR
Direct Attach Cables (DACs)

Table 3. List of supported cables for the Aruba 2930F Switch Series
Number Description
J9281D Aruba 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 1m DAC Cable
J9283D Aruba 10G SFP+ to SFP+ 3m DAC Cable
Cables
Table 4. List of supported cables for the Aruba 2930F Switch Series
Number Description
JL448A Aruba X2C2 RJ45 to DB9 Console Cable
ARCHITECTURE DEEP DIVE

ASIC architecture and packet flows
The ProVision architecture consists of two types of ASICs: switching ASICs and Fabric ASICs. Fabric ASICs forward traffic between
switching ASIC. In the case of the Aruba 2930F Switch Series, the fabric and switching ASIC are integrated into a single ASIC.
The ProVision 6th generation switching ASIC is a single chip routing switch capable of forwarding packets at layer 2 thru layer 4.
Using the ProVision Flexible MAC Port technology, the chip can have a number of front-plane configurations. It has a robust
Classification and Security functionality including ACLs, Hardware Virus Throttling, and Tipping Point IPS Pre-Filtering.
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Figure 22. Management and Slave CPU interaction diagram
The Switching ASIC has two main processes: an ingress and an egress process. All traffic flows through the ingress process, goes
to the fabric ASIC and is forwarded to the egress process, either on the same ASIC or on another ASIC.
As mentioned earlier, with the 2930, the fabric ASIC is integrated with the switching ASIC.
Ingress process
The ingress process is performed by a series of components:
1) Input Classifier (IPP): packet parsing

2) Input Packet Buffer (IM): Input Memory system
a) Up to 8 queues for each physical port full frame
b) Forwards first 135 bytes for processing
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Figure 23. ProVision Integrated ASIC block diagram
3) Forwarding Logic (HPP):

a) Parses MAC, VLAN, IP etc.
b) Looks up L2/L3 forwarding tables
4) ACL/QoS Logic: TCAM performs 5-tuple lookups
5) Sequencing logic: maintains packet sequencing
6) Advanced packet processors (APPs): co-processors designed for packet processing:
a) Examples: VXLAN, etc.
7) Pattern matching engine (PME): Programmable packet-scanning module
8) Packet Modifier (PM): is a micro-coded in line packet modification engine embedded in the Fabric Driver.
9) Network Chip Interface (NCI): Routes packets to the destination port (Node/Interface) as indicated by the request, reply and send
headers. It handles failover for HA as well. Hi-Speed Link (HSL): The HSL handles data transmission for data to/from the Fabric
Crossbar.
10) Fabric crossbar: Consists of three buffered crossbars: One each for Requests, Replies and a third one for Unicast and Multicast Data
Sends. All packets are sent through the Fabric Crossbar.
Egress process
11) Output packet buffer (OM): stores the packet and has it ready for transmission
12) Egress ACL: egress rules are applied to the frame before transmission
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Aruba 2930F Switch Series Basic Packet Flows

The following diagram, Figure 20, shows the basic packet flows within the Aruba 2930F Switch Series. As mentioned above, as
part of the ingress process (1), the packet ingresses through the switch ports, where it then ingresses into the Switching ASIC (2)
where it is sent to the input buffer for advanced packet processing. It will then be sent over the Fabric crossbar, where it will be
egressed out the egress port (3).
2.
1. 3.
Figure 24. Aruba 2930F Basic Switch Packet Flow diagram
VSF architecture and packet flows

Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) technology virtualizes multiple physical devices into one virtual fabric which provides high availability
due to significant reduction in recovery time simplified network design and management.
Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) allows supported switches connected to each other through Ethernet connections (copper or fiber) to
behave like a single chassis switch.
Configuration guidelines:
• Supported on the 2930F and 5400R (v3 modules only) Switch Series
• Supports up to 2 members on the 5400R and 4 members on the 2930F
• Differing 2930F models can be used in a VSF stack – 5400R only can use similar models (i.e. 2 x 5406R or 2 x 5412R)
• VSF links supported on 10G and 40G Ethernet interfaces only (no 1G ports can be used as VSF links on 5400R)
• Logical VSF links can support up to 8 physical ports
• VSF is disabled on the switch by default
VSF Deployment methods: There are several ways to implement a Virtual Switching Framework; including:
• Auto-join/plug-and-play – configure one switch with VSF and a second, factory default switch that is connected will join and form a
VSF automatically
• Manual configuration – configure both VSF members manually
o Assign VSF ports to VSF link
o Enable VSF domain ID and reboot
• VSF provisioning – configure one switch with VSF, and manually provision additional switches with:
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o Loose Provisioning
o Strict Provisioning
Figure 26. 2930F VSF Basic Packet Flow
In VSF, the stack is interconnected by front plane ports that operate in VSF mode. In this special mode, Ethernet frames are
encapsulated using a VSF header of 72 bytes.
• The ingress process connected to the ingress port (first hop) encapsulates all frames whose egress port(s) is (are) on
another stack member.
• All forwarding within the stack is performed using only the information located on the VSF header, making the processing
faster.
• The ingress process on the egress switch (last hop) removes the VSF header and forwards the frame across its own
embedded fabric to its egress process which now process the frame based on the Ethernet logic and information.
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Figure 27. 2930F VSF Detailed Packet Flow
SPECIFICATIONS
Feature matrix
Table 5. Aruba 2930F Switch Series Platform Scale Matrix
Protocols and Features 2930F specification Protocols and Features 2930F specification
MAC Address Table 64k ACLs IPV4 1024
Static-MAC 500 ACLs IPV6 1024
ARP Table Size 25k Max VXLAN Tunnel 64
Max VLAN 2048 Max VXLAN VSI 64
PVLAN 32 Port-Based Tunneling 192 stacked/All ports in

standalone
32 clients per port -
Max LAGs 144 User-Based Tunneling
1024 clients per switch/stack
Members per LAG 8 OpenFlow Instances 16
MVRP 512Vlan's/128Ports OpenFlow Rules 16000
VSF stacking 8 units ZTP 1 NMS
Max_IPV4 Multinetting per 32 NTP Client/Server 8

VLAN
Max_IPV4 Multinetting 2048 SNMP Community Strings 5
Max_Vlan_IPV4 512 SNMP Trap Receivers 10
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Max_IPV6 Multinetting per 32 sFlow instances 3

VLAN
Max_IPV6 Multinetting 2048 local mirror Session 4
Max_Vlan_IPV6 512 remote mirror session 4
IPV4 Routes 200 remote mirror end point 32
IPV6 Routes 200 Telnet/SSH Sessions 5
Static Routes Interface 256 MAC Auth Clients/Port 256

Based
Static Routes Gateway 256 Cert Manager TA Profile 10

Based
RIP routes 10000 RBAC Authorization Groups 64
RIP interface 128 RBAC Rules Per Group 1000
RIPng routes 5000 Schedule Job 1000
OSPFv2 routes 200 MDNS Profiles 50
OSPFv2 Area ID 1 MDNS Rules 15
OSPFv2 interface 8 DHCP Server VLANs 512
OSPFv3 routes 200 DHCP Pool 128
OSPFv3 Area ID 1 STP Instances 16
OSPFv3 Interface 8 VRRP - VR's per Vlan NS
BGP routes NS VRRP - VR's NS
BFD Sessions NS VRRP-IPv6 VR's per Vlan NS
Multicast Routes NS VRRP - IPv6 VR's NS
IPv6-ND Snooping Per Vlan 32 Prefix-list Local User Roles 512
Downloadable User Roles 100
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Aruba 2930F Switch Series

Rev: December 2018

• Online management (Central)

• Basic IP Routing (Access OSPF)

• Integration with Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager

• Integration with Aruba AirWave

• Automation, visibility and programmability via REST interface

Figure 1. Aruba 2930F in the access layer

HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW

Aruba 2930F 24G 4SFP Switch (JL259A)

Figure 2. 2930F 24G 4SFP Switch

• 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports

• 4x 1GbE SFP ports

• 1x RJ45 console port

• 1x USB micro-B console port

• Internal power supply

Aruba 2930F 24G 4SFP+ Switch (JL253A)

Figure 3. 2930F 24G 4SFP+ Switch

• 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports

• 4x 1/10GbE SFP+ ports

• 1x RJ45 console port

• 1x USB micro-B console port

• Internal power supply

Aruba 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP Switch (JL261A)

Figure 4. 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP Switch

• 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T PoE+ ports

• 4x 1GbE SFP ports

• 1x RJ45 console port

• 1x USB micro-B console port

• Internal power supply

Aruba 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP+ Switch (JL255A)

Figure 5. 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP+ Switch

• 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T PoE+ ports

• 4x 1/10GbE SFP+ ports

• 1x RJ45 console port

• 1x USB micro-B console port

• Internal power supply

Aruba 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP+ TAA Switch (JL263A)

Figure 6. 2930F 24G PoE+ 4SFP+ Switch

• 24x 10/100/1000BASE-T PoE+ ports

• 4x 1/10GbE SFP+ ports

• 1x RJ45 console port

• 1x USB micro-B console port

Aruba 2930F 48G 4SFP Switch (JL260A)

Figure 7. 2930F 48G 4SFP Switch

• 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports

• 4x 1GbE SFP ports

• 1x RJ45 console port

• 1x USB micro-B console port

• Internal power supply

Aruba 2930F 48G 4SFP+ Switch (JL254A)

Figure 8. 2930F 48G 4SFP+ Switch

• 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T ports

• 4x 1/10GbE SFP+ ports

• 1x RJ45 console port

• 1x USB micro-B console port

• Internal power supply

Aruba 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP Switch (JL262A)

Figure 9. 2930F 48G PoE+ 4SFP Switch

• 48x 10/100/1000BASE-T PoE+ ports

• 4x 1GbE SFP ports

• 1x RJ45 console port