Aruba is delivering
industry-first power
management
innovations allowing
customers to preserve
their existing PoE
switch investments
while significantly
reducing access point
power consumption
during off hours.
The network at the edge is what
connects people and IoT to the digital
world. It is the platform for building
these digital experiences and it must
be secure, intelligent and always on.
However, a solid network foundation
is not enough. To enable these new
experiences, IT must be able to deliver
improved and consistent service levels
to address growing business demands
and heightened user expectations.
This requires not only a state-of-the-
art network but also the ability for IT
to proactively anticipate issues in an
ever-changing environment before they
impact users and the business.
To address these challenges, Aruba is
introducing the following new products
and innovations:
• The Aruba 510 Series APs, a new
series of 802.11ax, IoT-ready APs,
with advanced security, AI-powered
RF optimisation, intelligent power
monitoring and integrated Zigbee
and Bluetooth 5 capabilities
• The Aruba 2930M access switches,
with support for the 802.3bt
standard to provide higher power
PoE (up to 60 watts per port), a
requirement for some high-end
802.11ax access points
• Support for Wi-Fi Alliance WPA3 and
Enhanced Open security standards
to deliver state-of-the-art device
security. Aruba is the first vendor
in the industry to receive WFA
certification for these new standards.
• Green AP, a unique, new feature
of NetInsight, Aruba’s AI-powered
analytics and assurance solution,
that dynamically powers down APs
when user devices are not present,
offsetting the increased power
requirements associated with select
11ax APs
Leveraging Aruba’s rich
heritage to bring intelligence
to the network
An effective AI solution requires domain
expertise, a historical pool of clean
data to feed the algorithms that deliver
precise and trusted network automation
and assurance and real-world
experiences to validate the solution.
Aruba has 16 years of Wi-Fi expertise,
with learnings and best practices built
into the AI algorithms from the largest
edge networks in the world and from
millions of installed APs to deliver
secure, autonomous network operations.
The new 510 Series APs work in
concert with Aruba NetInsight to
proactively monitor and troubleshoot
the network, generating actionable
insights and recommendations based
on peer comparisons and benchmarks,
and applying these recommendations
to the network autonomously. This
allows businesses to deliver the
kind of improved performance and
efficiency needed for today’s highly
mobile and IoT-centric environments,
while continually adapting to changing
requirements and improving experiences
for their users and customers.
Built for IoT with Zigbee and
Bluetooth 5 integration
The Aruba 510 series is the industry’s
first set of 802.11ax APs with integrated
support for Zigbee and Bluetooth 5,
enabling Aruba customers to support
74% of IoT devices. Having all three
wireless technologies available in a
single access point gives customers
powerful, extensive connectivity. In
addition, customers can significantly
reduce both their capital and operational
expenditures since the Aruba
infrastructure with Zigbee integration
eliminates the need to deploy and
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