Aruba 6000 Controller

Aruba 6000 Controller

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The Aruba 6000 Controller is a fully-featured modular controller able to aggregate up to 8,192 access points (APs) in a single 3RU chassis.

The Aruba 6000 Controller is a fully-featured modular controller able to aggregate up to 8,192 access points (APs) in a single chassis. Designed to address a wide range of wireless and wired network mobility, security, and remote networking requirements for corporate headquarters and large campus-wide deployments, the Aruba 6000 can be easily installed without any disruption to the existing wired network. The Aruba 6000 acts as the head-end portion of Aruba's "virtual edge" architecture, in which Aruba wired and wireless access points installed at the network edge move user traffic to the controller through secure tunnels over any available IP transport network. Running the ArubaOS operating system, the Aruba 6000 comes standard with advanced authentication, encryption, wireless radio management, and L2/L3 networking features. Optional ArubaOS software modules unlock additional functionality including policy enforcement firewall, VPN server, remote access gateway, secure enterprise wireless mesh, and wireless intrusion prevention.

Controller clustering and centralized management allow even the largest enterprise, with hundreds of controllers, to be managed and maintained with minimal staff overhead. A designated "master" controller may be used to manage multiple "local" controllers, or for larger networks the AirWave Management Platform provides the highest visibility and control for the entire IT staff.

Core functionality is enabled by one of three available supervisor modules. Multiple supervisor modules may be installed in a single chassis, and mixing of different supervisor module types is supported. The modular Aruba 6000 chassis supports a combination of supervisor and line card modules:

 
  • The Aruba M3 Controller Module is the industry's highest performing controller module with throughput of 20Gbps and the ability to support up to 512 LAN-connected access points or 2,048 remote access points. Designed for the performance needs of 802.11n, the M3 is built on a flexible multi-core processing architecture that makes it adaptable to wireless LAN, remote networking, or network security services. The M3 includes 2x10GBase-X Ethernet XFP ports and 10x 1000Base-X SFP ports.

  • The Aruba Supervisor Card II (SC2) is a controller module designed to support up to 256 LAN-connected 802.11a/b/g/n wireless access points. The SC2 requires the installation of a line card module for network connectivity.

  • The Aruba Supervisor Card I (SC1) is the original controller module for the Aruba 6000 designed to support up to 128 LAN-connected 802.11a/b/g/n wireless access points. The SC1 requires the installation of a line card module for network connectivity.

  • The Aruba LC-2G is a 2-port line card compatible with the M3, SC2, and SC1 supervisor modules. It contains 2x 1000Base-X GBIC slots.

  • The Aruba LC-2G24F is an Ethernet line card compatible with the M3, SC2, and SC1 supervisor modules. It contains 2x 1000Base-X GBIC slots and 24x 100Base-T ports.

Specifications

Controller Performance and Capacity
Campus connected APs Up to 2048
Remote APs Up to 8192
Users Up to 32,768
MAC addresses Up to 256,000
VLAN IP interfaces 512
Fast Ethernet ports (10/100) Up to 72
Gigabit Ethernet ports (GBIC or SFP) Up to 40
10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (XFP) Up to 8
Active firewall sessions Up to 2,097,200
Concurrent IPSEC tunnels Up to 32,768
Firewall throughput Up to 80 Gbps
Encrypted throughput (3DES) Up to 32 Gbps
Encrypted throughput (AES-CCM) Up to 16 Gbps
Power Supply Options
Power Consumption Max. 466 Watts per PSU
HW-PSU-200 AC power supplies 200W of power
AC Input Voltage 90-132VAC, 170-264VAC
AC Input Frequency 47-63 Hz
AC input current 5A @ 110VAC
HW-PSU-400 AC power supplies 400W of power
AC Input Voltage 85-264 VAC, Auto-sensing
AC Input Frequency 47-63 Hz
AC input current 5A @ 110VAC
Operating Specifications and Dimensions
Operating temperature range 0° to 40° C
Storage temperature range 10° to 70° C
Humidity, non-condensing 5 to 95%
Height 5.75” (146 mm)
Width 17.4” (444 mm)
Depth 12.5” (317.5 mm)
Weight 30 lbs. (unboxed)
Warranty
Hardware 1 year parts/labor
Software 90 days
Regulatory and Safety Compliance
FCC part 15 Class A CE
Industry Canada Class A
VCCI Class A (Japan)
EN 55022 Class A (CISPR 22 Class A), EN 61000-3
EN 61000-4-2, EN 61000-4-3, EN 61000-4-4
EN 61000-4-5, EN 61000-4- 6, EN 61000-4-8
EN 61000-4-11, EN 55024, AS/NZS 3548
UL 60950, EN60950
CAN/CSA 22.2 #60950
CE mark, cTUVus, GS, CB, C-tick, Anatel, NOM, MIC, IQC