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2nd March 20212nd March 2021 silvana 0 Comments Aruba Access Points, Wifi

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Aruba AP Comparison	550 Series	530 Series	510 Series
SW Type	Unified	Unified	Unified
Number of Radios	2 to 3	2	2
Supported Bands	DB	DB	DB
Wi-Fi Generations	802.11ax	802.11ax	802.11ax
Highest Order Modulation	1024-QAM	1024-QAM	1024-QAM
Supported Bandwidths	20/40 (2.4GHz) 20/40/80/160 (5GHz)	20/40 (2.4GHz) 20/40/80/160 (5GHz)	20/40 (2.4GHz) 20/40/80/160 (5GHz)
Radio MIMO Type	4×4:4 (2.4GHz) 8×8:8 or dual 4×4:4 (5GHz)	4×4:4 (2.4GHz) 8×8:8 or dual 4×4:4 (5GHz)	4×4:4 (2.4GHz) 8×8:8 or dual 4×4:4 (5GHz)
DL-MU-MIMO	Yes	Yes	Yes
UL-MU-MIMO	Yes	Yes	No
OFDMA	Yes	Yes	Yes
Max Number of Resource Units (OFDMA)	37	37	16
Max Number of BSSIDS (per radio)	16	16	16
Max Number of Associated Clients (per radio)	1024	1024	512
Practical maximum client count indication (per radio)	150	150	100
Max Tx power (per radio chain, MCS0) 2.4GHz/5GHz	18 dBm 18 dBm	18 dBm 18 dBm	18 dBm 18 dBm
RF connectors (RP-SMA)	N/A	4xDB (AP-534)	2xDB + 2SB (AP-514)
Integrated antennas	12x omni downtilt (AP-555)	8x omni downtilt (AP-535)	6x omni downtilt (AP-515)
Antenna polarization diversity	Yes, fixed	Yes, fixed	Yes, fixed
Network interfaces	2x5GE	2x5GE	1×2.5GE + 1xGE
802.3az (EEE) support	Yes	Yes	Yes
BLE radio	Yes	Yes	Yes
802.15.4 radio (Zigbee)	Yes	Yes	Yes
USB host interface, max power	Yes, 5W	Yes, 5W	Yes, 5W
Console port	µUSB serial	µUSB serial	µUSB serial
PoE PD power	802.3at/bt	802.3at/bt	802.3af/at/bt
PoE PSE	No	No	No
DC power support	48V	48V	12V
Ships with AC to DC adapter	No	No	No
AC power support	No	No	No
IPM (Intelligent Power Monitoring)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Restrictions from 802.3at POE (without IPM)	USB, 2nd Ethernet, 4×4 on both radios	USB, 2nd Ethernet	USB power budget (4W)
Temperature range	0° C to +50° C	0° C to +50° C	0° C to +50° C
Enclosure volume (mm, unit only, with default mount)	260 x 260 x 58	240 x 240 x 57	200 x 200 x 46
Weight (unit only)	1570g	1270g	810g
Plenum rated	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lifetime warranty	Yes	Yes	Yes
Minimum AOS SW version	8.5.0.0	8.5.0.0	8.4.0.0
Minimum Instant SW version	8.5.0.0	8.5.0.0	8.4.0.0
Spectrum analysis support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maximum power consumption – active (excluding USB, PoE PSE)	32.6W (DC) 25.1W (1x 802.3at) 38.2W (802.3bt)	23.3W (DC) 23.3W (802.3at) 26.4W (802.3bt)	16.0W (DC) 13.5W (802.3af) 20.8W (802.3at/bt)
Maximum power consumption – idle (excluding USB, PoE PSE)	15.1W (DC) 15.0W (PoE)	14.3W (DC) 13.3W (PoE)	9.7 (DC) 12.6W (PoE)
Max power consumption – deep sleep	3.6W (DC) 3.8W (PoE)	3.6W (DC) 3.8W (PoE)	1.5W (DC) 5.9W (PoE)
Max IPsec encrypted wired throughput (RAP mode)	500	500	100

Aruba AP Comparison	500 Series	340 Series	330 Series
SW Type	Unified	Unified	AOS/Instant
Number of Radios	2	2	2
Supported Bands	DB	DB (D5)	DB
Wi-Fi Generations	802.11ax	802.11n (2.4GHz) 802.11acW2 (5GHz)	802.11n (2.4GHz) 802.11acW2 (5GHz)
Highest Order Modulation	1024-QAM	64-QAM (2.4GHz) 256-QAM (5GHz)	64-QAM (2.4GHz) 256-QAM (5GHz)
Supported Bandwidths	20/40 (2.4GHz) 20/40/80 (5GHz)	20/40 (2.4GHz) 20/40/80/(80+80) (5GHz)	20/40 (2.4GHz) 20/40/80/(80+80) (5GHz)
Radio MIMO Type	2×2:2 (2.4GHz) 2×2:2 (5GHz)	4×4:4	4×4:4
DL-MU-MIMO	Yes	Yes (5GHz)	Yes (5GHz)
UL-MU-MIMO	No	No	No
OFDMA	Yes	No	No
Max Number of Resource Units (OFDMA)	8	N/A	N/A
Max Number of BSSIDS (per radio)	16	16	16
Max Number of Associated Clients (per radio)	256	256	256
Practical maximum client count indication (per radio)	75	100	100
Max Tx power (per radio chain, MCS0) 2.4GHz/5GHz	18 dBm 18 dBm	18 dBm 18 dBm	18 dBm 18 dBm
RF connectors (RP-SMA)	2x RPSMA (AP-504)	4xDB + 4x5G (AP-344)	4xDB (AP-334)
Integrated antennas	Omni (AP-505)	8x omni downtilt (AP-345)	12x omni downtilt (AP-335)
Antenna polarization diversity	Yes	Yes, fixed	Yes, dynamic
Network interfaces	1xGE	1×2.5GE + 1xGE	1x5GE + 1xGE
802.3az (EEE) support	Yes	Yes	No (E0), Yes (E1)
BLE radio	Yes	Yes	Yes
802.15.4 radio (Zigbee)	Yes	No	No
USB host interface, max power	Yes, 5W	Yes, 5W	Yes, 5W
Console port	Micro USB	µUSB serial	RJ-45
PoE PD power	802.3at	802.3af/3at	802.3af/3at
PoE PSE	No	No	No
DC power support	12V	48V	48V
Ships with AC to DC adapter	No	No	No
AC power support	No	No	No
IPM (Intelligent Power Monitoring)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Restrictions from 802.3at POE (without IPM)	N/A	USB	USB, -1dB on 5GHz
Temperature range	0° C to +50° C	0° C to +50° C	0° C to +50° C
Enclosure volume (mm, unit only, with default mount)	160 x 161 x 37	225 x 224 x 52	225 x 224 x 52
Weight (unit only)	500g	1050g	1150g
Plenum rated	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lifetime warranty	Yes	Yes	Yes
Minimum AOS SW version	8.6.0.0	8.3.0.0	6.5.0.0 / 8.0.1.0
Minimum Instant SW version	8.6.0.0	8.3.0.0	4.3.0.0
Spectrum analysis support	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maximum power consumption – active (excluding USB, PoE PSE)	11W	20.0W/22.8W (DC) 13.5W (802.3af) 21.9W/25.1W (802.3at)	27W (DC) 13.2W (802.3af) 25.3W (802.3at)
Maximum power consumption – idle (excluding USB, PoE PSE)	6.1W	11W (DC/PoE)	10.9W (DC/PoE)
Max power consumption – deep sleep	3.3W	N/A	N/A
Max IPsec encrypted wired throughput (RAP mode)	100	600	600

Aruba AP Comparison	320 Series	310 Series	300 Series	303 Series
SW Type	AOS/Instant	AOS/Instant	AOS/Instant	Unified
Number of Radios	2	2	2	2
Supported Bands	DB	DB	DB	DB
Wi-Fi Generations	802.11n (2.4GHz) 802.11acW2 (5GHz)	802.11n (2.4GHz) 802.11acW2 (5GHz)	802.11n (2.4GHz) 802.11acW2 (5GHz)	802.11n (2.4GHz) 802.11acW2 (5GHz)
Highest Order Modulation	64-QAM (2.4GHz) 256-QAM (5GHz)	64-QAM (2.4GHz) 256-QAM (5GHz)	64-QAM (2.4GHz) 256-QAM (5GHz)	64-QAM (2.4GHz) 256-QAM (5GHz)
Supported Bandwidths	20/40 (2.4GHz) 20/40/80 (5GHz)	20/40 (2.4GHz) 20/40/80/(80+80) (5GHz)	20/40 (2.4GHz) 20/40/80 (5GHz)	20/40 (2.4GHz) 20/40/80 (5GHz)
Radio MIMO Type	4×4:4	2×2:2 (2.4GHz) 4×4:4 (5GHz)	2×2:2 (2.4GHz) 3×3:3 (5GHz)	2×2:2
DL-MU-MIMO	Yes (5GHz)	Yes (5GHz)	Yes (5GHz)	Yes (5GHz)
UL-MU-MIMO	No	No	No	No
OFDMA	No	No	No	No
Max Number of Resource Units (OFDMA)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Max Number of BSSIDS (per radio)	16	16	16	16
Max Number of Associated Clients (per radio)	256	256	256	256
Practical maximum client count indication (per radio)	100	75	50	30
Max Tx power (per radio chain, MCS0) 2.4GHz/5GHz	18 dBm 18 dBm	18 dBm 18 dBm	18 dBm 18 dBm	18 dBm 18 dBm
RF connectors (RP-SMA)	2xDB + 2SB (AP-314)	2xDB + 2SB (AP-314)	3xDB (AP-304)	No
Integrated antennas	8x omni downtilt (AP-325)	6x Omni downtilt (AP-315)	3x Omni downtilt (AP-305)	Omni downtilt
Antenna polarization diversity	No	No	No	No
Network interfaces	2xGE	1xGE	1xGE	1xGE
802.3az (EEE) support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
BLE radio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
802.15.4 radio (Zigbee)	No	No	No	No
USB host interface, max power	Yes, 5W	Yes, 5W	Yes, 5W	No
Console port	RJ-45	Header	Header	µUSB serial
PoE PD power	802.3af/3at	802.3af/3at	802.3af/3at	802.3af
PoE PSE	No	No	No	No
DC power support	12V	12V	12V	12V (303P – 48V)
Ships with AC to DC adapter	No	No	No	No
AC power support	No	No	No	No
IPM (Intelligent Power Monitoring)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Restrictions from 802.3at POE (without IPM)	None	None	None	None (303P – 802.3at PSE)
Temperature range	0° C to +50° C	0° C to +50° C	0° C to +50° C	0º C to +40º C
Enclosure volume (mm, unit only, with default mount)	203 x 203 x 57	182 x 180 x 48	165 x 165 x 38	150 x 150 x 35
Weight (unit only)	950g	650g	460g	260g (303P – 280g)
Plenum rated	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lifetime warranty	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Minimum AOS SW version	6.4.4.0	6.5.0.0 / 8.0.1.0	6.5.1.0 / 8.1.0.0	8.3.0.0 (303P – 8.4.0.0)
Minimum Instant SW version	4.2.2.0	4.3.0.0	4.3.1.0	8.3.0.0
Spectrum analysis support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maximum power consumption – active (excluding USB, PoE PSE)	18.5W (DC) 13.5W (802.3af) 20W (802.3at)	12.7W (DC) 13.6W (802.3af PoE) 14.4W (802.3at PoE)	12W (DC) 13W (PoE)	8.8W (303P – 11.5W) (DC) 10.1W (303P – 11.3W) (PoE)
Maximum power consumption – idle (excluding USB, PoE PSE)	7W (DC) 8W (PoE)	5.9W (DC) 6.4W (PoE)	2.6W (DC) 3.7W (PoE)	4.0W (303P – 7.0W) (DC) 4.2W (303P – 4.2W ) (PoE)
Max power consumption – deep sleep	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Max IPsec encrypted wired throughput (RAP mode)	300	300	100	100

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