JL728A
HPE Aruba 6200F 48G Class4 PoE 4SFP+ 740W Switch. It is supplied new factory sealed, with the serial list issued before shipment and 12 months replace
Aruba · Aruba Switches
JL258A
Aruba 2930F Switch Series is designed for customer creating digital workplaces optimized for mobile users with an integrated wired and wireless approach. These basic Layer 3 access switches are easy to deploy and manage with advanced security and network manag...
- PoE Power
- 125 W PoE+
- Throughput
- 56 Gb/s
- Form Factor
- Aruba 2930F 8G PoE+ 2SFP+ Switch
- MAC Table
- 32768 entries
- Voltage
- 90 - 264 V ac, rated
- Dimensions
- 4.39 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm ( 1.73 x 10 x 10 in) 1U height
- New factory sealed in the original vendor carton
- Serial list issued before shipment
- 12 months replacement warranty as standard
- Worldwide courier or freight from Hong Kong
Product Overview
JL258A Overview
Aruba 2930F Switch Series is designed for customer creating digital workplaces optimized for mobile users with an integrated wired and wireless approach. These basic Layer 3 access switches are easy to deploy and manage with advanced security and network management tools like Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager and Aruba AirWave and are ideal for enterprise edge, SMB and branch offices. A powerful Aruba ProVision ASIC delivers performance and value supporting the latest SDN applications with future proof programmability. The 2930F supports 10GbE uplinks, PoE+, robust QoS, RIP routing, Access OSPF, ACLs, Tunneled Node and IPv6. This compact JL258A has 8 x 10/100/1000 access ports and 2 x 1000/10G SFP+ transceiver slots for high speed connectivity. PoE+ is supported with a power budget of 125 Watts. This model is fanless for silent operation. The published specification for JL258A lists 125 W PoE+ available to powered devices and a published switching capacity of 56 Gb/s. It is supplied new factory sealed, with the serial list issued before shipment and 12 months replacement warranty as standard.
Key Benefits
What Owning JL258A Changes
Rated Performance Written Into the Quotation
56 Gb/s published for JL258A as its switching capacity, confirmed against the current datasheet revision when the line is quoted.
Table Sizes Checked Against the Design
A MAC address table size of 32768 entries on this model, the kind of ceiling that only becomes visible once a flat segment has grown.
A Power Budget You Can Design Against
125 W PoE+ available to powered devices, which is the figure a PoE budget calculation actually needs rather than the platform's total draw.
Support Registered Under the End User Name
A vendor support contract for JL258A is written under the end customer name, so the entitlement sits with the organisation that owns the outage.
Serials Issued Before It Ships
The serial list for your JL258A consignment is released before despatch, so it can be checked on the manufacturer portal while the goods are still with us.
Problems It Solves
Pain Points JL258A Removes
- A closet-by-closet rollout that needs the same SKU available years after the first order
- PoE budget that stopped covering the access points cameras and phones added since
- Uplink modules and stacking cables quoted separately and discovered missing on site
- AOS-Switch and ArubaOS-CX estates that have drifted into two toolchains
- PoE budgets sized for desk phones and now asked to carry Wi-Fi 6 access points, where 125 W PoE+ is the figure that decides it
Who It Is For
Who Benefits Most From JL258A
Campus Network Teams
Running one access standard across buildings of very different ages
Education IT
Delivering inside vacation windows against a budget year that rarely aligns with the install date
Maintenance and Support Companies
Holding spares against generations the mainstream channel has already dropped
System Integrators
Bidding work that needs firm pricing and a written lead time before the end client is quoted
Specifications
JL258A Manufacturer Specification
As published by Aruba for this part number. Full electrical, port and performance specifications are issued with the quotation against the current datasheet revision.
| Type | Aruba 2930F 8G PoE+ 2SFP+ Switch |
|---|---|
| I/O ports and slots | 8 RJ-45 autosensing 10/100/1000 PoE+ ports (IEEE 802.3 Type 10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u Type 100BASE-TX, IEEE 802.3ab Type 1000BASE-T, IEEE 802.3at PoE+) Duplex: 10BASE-T/100BASETX: half or full 1000BASE-T: full only |
| Additional ports and slots | 1 dual-personality (RJ-45 or USB micro-B) serial console port |
| Memory and processor | Dual Core ARM Coretex A9 @ 1016 MHz, 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM Packet buffer size: 12.38 MB 4.5MB Ingress/7.785 Egress, 4 GB eMMC |
| Management | Aruba AirWave Network Management; IMC - Intelligent Management Center Command-line interface Web browser Configuration menu SNMP manager Telnet RMON1 FTP Out-of-band management (serial RS-232C or micro USB) |
| 1000 Mb Latency | < 3.8 μs (64-byte packets) |
| 10 Gbps Latency | < 1.6 μs (64-byte packets) |
| Throughput | up to 41.7 Mp/s |
| Switching capacity | 56 Gb/s |
| Routing table size | 10000 entries (IPv4), 5000 entries (IPv6) |
| MAC address table size | 32768 entries |
| Dimensions | 4.39 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm ( 1.73 x 10 x 10 in) 1U height |
| 80plus.org Certification | N/A |
| Description | Power supply meets DoE VI certification |
| Maximum heat dissipation | 558.09 kJ/hr ( 529 BTU/hr) |
| Voltage | 90 - 264 V ac, rated |
| Current | 1.5/0.8 A |
| Maximum power rating | 155 W |
| Idle power | N/A |
| Frequency | 50/60 Hz |
| PoE power | 125 W PoE+ |
| Operating temperature | 0 degC to 45 degC (32 degF to 113 degF) up to 5000 Feet - 0C to 40C (32F to 104F) up to 10000 Feet |
| Operating relative humidity | 15% to 95% @ 40 degC ( 104 degF) noncondensing |
| Nonoperating/Storage temperature | -40 degC to 70 degC (-40 degF to 158 degF) up to 15000 Feet |
| Nonoperating/Storage temperature | 15% to 95% @65 degC ( 149 degF) noncondensing |
| Acoustic | Power: 0 dB, Pressure: 0 dB Fanless |
| Airflow direction | Side-to-side |
| Safety | UL 60950-1, 2nd Edition EN 60950-1:2006 +A11:2009 +A1:2010 +A12:2011+A2:2013 IEC 60950-1:2005 +A1:2009 +A2:2013 CSA 22.2 No. 60950-1-07 2nd EN 60825-1:2007 / IEC 60825-1:2007 Class 1 |
| Emissions | EN 55022:2010/CISPR 22 Class A FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Class A VCCI Class A; ICES-003 Class A CNS 13438 |
| Immunity | Generic:EN 55024:2010/CISPR 24 ESDIEC 61000-4-2 RadiatedIEC 61000-4-3 EFT/BurstIEC 61000-4-4 SurgeIEC 61000-4-5 ConductedIEC 61000-4-6 Power frequency magnetic fieldIEC 61000-4-8 Voltage dips and interruptionsIEC 61000-4-11 HarmonicsIEC/EN 61000-3-2 FlickerIEC/EN 61000-3-3 |
| Type | Aruba 2930F 8G PoE+ 2SFP+ Switch |
| I/O ports and slots | 8 RJ-45 autosensing 10/100/1000 PoE+ ports (IEEE 802.3 Type 10BASE-T, IEEE 802.3u Type 100BASE-TX, IEEE 802.3ab Type 1000BASE-T, IEEE 802.3at PoE+) Duplex: 10BASE-T/100BASETX: half or full 1000BASE-T: full only |
| Additional ports and slots | 1 dual-personality (RJ-45 or USB micro-B) serial console port |
| Memory and processor | Dual Core ARM Coretex A9 @ 1016 MHz, 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM Packet buffer size: 12.38 MB 4.5MB Ingress/7.785 Egress, 4 GB eMMC |
| Management | Aruba AirWave Network Management; IMC - Intelligent Management Center Command-line interface Web browser Configuration menu SNMP manager Telnet RMON1 FTP Out-of-band management (serial RS-232C or micro USB) |
| 1000 Mb Latency | < 3.8 μs (64-byte packets) |
| 10 Gbps Latency | < 1.6 μs (64-byte packets) |
| Throughput | up to 41.7 Mp/s |
| Switching capacity | 56 Gb/s |
| Routing table size | 10000 entries (IPv4), 5000 entries (IPv6) |
| MAC address table size | 32768 entries |
| Dimensions | 4.39 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm ( 1.73 x 10 x 10 in) 1U height |
| 80plus.org Certification | N/A |
| Description | Power supply meets DoE VI certification |
| Maximum heat dissipation | 558.09 kJ/hr ( 529 BTU/hr) |
| Voltage | 90 - 264 V ac, rated |
| Current | 1.5/0.8 A |
| Maximum power rating | 155 W |
| Idle power | N/A |
| Frequency | 50/60 Hz |
| PoE power | 125 W PoE+ |
| Operating temperature | 0 degC to 45 degC (32 degF to 113 degF) up to 5000 Feet - 0C to 40C (32F to 104F) up to 10000 Feet |
| Operating relative humidity | 15% to 95% @ 40 degC ( 104 degF) noncondensing |
| Nonoperating/Storage temperature | -40 degC to 70 degC (-40 degF to 158 degF) up to 15000 Feet |
| Nonoperating/Storage temperature | 15% to 95% @65 degC ( 149 degF) noncondensing |
| Acoustic | Power: 0 dB, Pressure: 0 dB Fanless |
| Airflow direction | Side-to-side |
| Safety | UL 60950-1, 2nd Edition EN 60950-1:2006 +A11:2009 +A1:2010 +A12:2011+A2:2013 IEC 60950-1:2005 +A1:2009 +A2:2013 CSA 22.2 No. 60950-1-07 2nd EN 60825-1:2007 / IEC 60825-1:2007 Class 1 |
| Emissions | EN 55022:2010/CISPR 22 Class A FCC CFR 47 Part 15 Class A VCCI Class A; ICES-003 Class A CNS 13438 |
| Immunity | Generic:EN 55024:2010/CISPR 24 ESDIEC 61000-4-2 RadiatedIEC 61000-4-3 EFT/BurstIEC 61000-4-4 SurgeIEC 61000-4-5 ConductedIEC 61000-4-6 Power frequency magnetic fieldIEC 61000-4-8 Voltage dips and interruptionsIEC 61000-4-11 HarmonicsIEC/EN 61000-3-2 FlickerIEC/EN 61000-3-3 |
Supply Terms
How JL258A Is Supplied
| Part Number | JL258A |
|---|---|
| Brand | Aruba |
| Category | Aruba Switches |
| Product Condition | New factory sealed |
| Serial Traceability | Full serial list supplied before shipment |
| Warranty | 12 months replacement plus optional vendor support contract |
| Packaging | Original vendor carton with export grade outer |
| Lead Time | Confirmed in writing per line at quotation |
| Delivery | Worldwide courier or freight from Hong Kong |
Comparison
JL258A Against Other Models in Aruba Switches
Values are taken from each manufacturer specification. A blank means the manufacturer does not publish that attribute for that model.
| Attribute | JL258A | JL728A | R8N85A | R8N86A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PoE Power | 125 W PoE+ | - | - | - |
| Throughput | 56 Gb/s | - | - | - |
| Form Factor | Aruba 2930F 8G PoE+ 2SFP+ Switch | - | - | - |
| MAC Table | 32768 entries | - | - | - |
| Voltage | 90 - 264 V ac, rated | - | - | - |
| Dimensions | 4.39 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm ( 1.73 x 10 x 10 in) 1U height | - | - | - |
| Product page | View JL258A | View JL728A | View R8N85A | View R8N86A |
Use Guide
Deployment Guide for JL258A
Confirm the Full Part Number
Check JL258A character for character including any suffix. On this class of hardware a single trailing character commonly changes the software tier, the power option, or whether a bundle is included.
Check Site Prerequisites
Confirm rack space, power feed, cabling and any uplink or accessory dependency before the order rather than on the day of installation.
Calculate the Power Budget
Compare the devices this unit will feed against the 125 W PoE+ available, using realistic device draw with headroom rather than class maximums.
Record It on Arrival
Photograph the sealed carton, reconcile the serial against the list supplied before shipment, then open and confirm the unit matches the label.
Bench Power Before Racking
Power the unit, capture the software version and the port or drive inventory, and record it while the unit is still accessible.
Register Support Entitlement
Register the support contract under the end user name so the entitlement sits with the organisation that owns the outage.
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Where It Goes
Industries That Deploy It
Data Center
Top of rack switching, compute and storage delivered in the phased increments a cabinet build actually consumes.
Enterprise Campus
Access, distribution and wireless supplied to one standard so every closet in every building behaves the same way.
Service Provider
Repeatable CPE and aggregation hardware supplied at the volume and consistency a managed service contract depends on.
Solutions
Programmes It Is Supplied Under
Support Contracts and SmartNet
A support contract registered under a reseller name is of limited use to the organisation that owns the outage. Entitlement is written under the end user name.
Global Logistics and Drop Shipping
Hong Kong is a practical despatch point for most of the world. Consignments go to the site, not to a central store and then out again.
Procurement for System Integrators
An integrator carries the risk between quoting a client and receiving the hardware. Firm pricing and a written lead time per line is what makes that risk manageable.
Reference
Project Cases and Guides
System Integrator Data Center Tender
The tender required a firm price and date at submission, months before any award, across a bill of materials of several hundred lines
Manufacturer Multi Site Network Standard
Each site had bought its own network hardware locally, so no two plants ran the same equipment and no spares could be shared
How to Read Cisco Catalyst Part Numbers
A Catalyst part number encodes the port count, the port type, the uplink arrangement and the software tier. Misreading one character changes what arrives.
PoE Budget Planning for Access Switches
Port count and power budget are two separate limits. Most PoE shortfalls come from planning only the first one.
Choosing Optical Transceivers for Reach
Coding, fibre type, reach and connector are four independent decisions, and any one of them can stop a link coming up.
FAQ
JL258A Frequently Asked Questions
Is JL258A New or Refurbished
Standard supply is new factory sealed in the original vendor carton. If a quotation offers another condition that is stated explicitly in writing before you commit.
Can I Get the Serial Numbers for JL258A Before Payment Clears
Yes. Serials are issued before shipment so you can check them on the manufacturer portal while the goods are still with us.
What Is the Lead Time for JL258A
Availability is confirmed in writing per line at quotation rather than as a project average, because one late line is what moves an installation date.
What Warranty Does JL258A Carry
12 months replacement as standard. A vendor support contract is available separately and is registered under the end user name.
How Much PoE Power Does JL258A Provide
The manufacturer lists poE power of 125 W PoE+ for this model. A PoE budget should be calculated from realistic device draw with headroom rather than from class maximums.
What Performance Is JL258A Rated For
The published switching capacity is 56 Gb/s. Full port and performance specifications are issued with the quotation against the current datasheet revision.
What Table Sizes Does JL258A Carry
The published MAC address table size is 32768 entries. Table ceilings usually only become visible once a flat segment has grown, so they are worth checking against the design rather than against today's estate.
Can You Ship JL258A to My Country
Yes. Consignments go worldwide by courier or freight from Hong Kong, with the routing chosen against the destination clearance regime and your deadline.
Can You Drop Ship JL258A to My Customer
Yes. Consignments can be released directly to an end customer address under your own documentation.
Request Pricing for JL258A
Send the quantity and destination country. Availability and lead time come back in writing, with the serial list before shipment.