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What are the key features of the Aruba 5400R Series Switches?
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The Aruba 5400R Series offers a modular 7-slot chassis with high-density 1/10/40GbE ports, redundant power and fan modules, advanced Layer 3 routing, and integrated security for campus and data center deployments.
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What performance capacity do the Aruba 5400R Series Switches deliver?
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Each Aruba 5400R chassis provides up to 1.44 Tbps switching capacity and 1.08 Bpps forwarding performance to support wire-speed, low-latency traffic.
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How do Aruba 5400R Series Switches ensure high availability?
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Aruba 5400R supports Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) stacking up to eight units, redundant supervisors, hot-swappable modules, and sub-20 µs failover for continuous uptime.
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What power supply options are available for the Aruba 5400R Series?
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The Aruba 5400R chassis accepts dual, hot-pluggable AC or DC power supplies (up to 1,300 W each) with N+1 redundancy and dynamic load sharing.
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Which stacking technology is supported on the Aruba 5400R Series?
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Aruba 5400R utilizes Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) to deliver single-logical-switch management, up to eight-unit stacks, and hitless failover.
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What management and automation tools work with Aruba 5400R Series Switches?
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You can manage Aruba 5400R via Aruba Network Composer, AirWave, Aruba Central, CLI with RESTful APIs, and SNMPv3 for centralized visibility and automation.
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How many ports and what speeds do Aruba 5400R Series Switches support?
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A single Aruba 5400R chassis can host up to 384 1 GbE ports, 48 10 GbE ports, and 8 40 GbE uplinks using modular I/O blades.
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What I/O modules are available for the Aruba 5400R Series?
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I/O blades include 16- and 32-port 1 GbE, 8-port 10 GbE SFP+, 4-port 40 GbE QSFP+, and optional PoE+ modules, all hot-swappable.
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What security features are built into Aruba 5400R Series Switches?
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Aruba 5400R integrates policy enforcement firewall, 802.1X NAC, dynamic ACLs, and MACsec encryption for end-to-end network security.
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What Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities do Aruba 5400R Series Switches provide?
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The Aruba 5400R offers eight hardware queues, class-based shaping, priority queuing, and 802.1p tagging for deterministic traffic management.
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Which virtualization and routing protocols are supported on Aruba 5400R?
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Aruba 5400R supports VRF, VXLAN with EVPN, VRRP, OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS for scalable, multi-tenant network segmentation.
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What are the ideal use cases for Aruba 5400R Series Switches?
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The Aruba 5400R excels as a campus core/aggregation switch, data center top-of-rack, or service provider access layer with high performance and flexibility.
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How do I configure and deploy an Aruba 5400R Series Switch?
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Initial setup uses the onboard GUI or CLI wizard; full deployment can leverage configuration templates, scripting, and Aruba Central for zero-touch provisioning.
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What warranty and support options are available for Aruba 5400R?
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Aruba 5400R includes a lifetime limited warranty with next-business-day hardware replacement and optional Foundation Care or Proactive Care service packages.
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How energy efficient are Aruba 5400R Series Switches?
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Aruba 5400R features variable-speed fan trays, efficient PoE+ budgeting up to 30 W per port, and dynamic power management to reduce operational costs.
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How do Aruba 5400R Series Switches integrate with Aruba ClearPass and Central?
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Aruba 5400R seamlessly connects to ClearPass for identity-based policy enforcement and Aruba Central for unified cloud management and analytics.
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How are firmware upgrades and maintenance handled on Aruba 5400R?
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The Aruba 5400R supports In-Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) via CLI or Aruba Central, enabling rolling updates across VSF stacks without network disruption.
