Installation and Getting Started Guide

1 Aruba 2930M Switches Installation and Getting Started Guide Part Number: 5200-5214b Published: July 2019. Edition: 3. Copyright 2017, 2019 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Notices The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for Hewlett Packard Enterprise products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Hewlett Packard Enterprise shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

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3 Acknowledgments Intel , Itanium , Pentium , Intel Inside , and the Intel Inside logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Java and Oracle are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group. Contents Chapter 1 About this Applicable Related Chapter 2 Introducing the 2930M 8.

4 Front of the Network 11. Management 13. Console Auxiliary (Aux) 13. Switch and port LEDs on front of the LED mode select button and indicator 20. Reset and Clear 20. Out-of-band management (OOBM) 22. Back of the 22. power power 23. Stacking module 23. Uplink port slot and module LEDs on the back of the 24. 2930M stacking 25. Stacking module 2930M uplink 28. Uplink module Switch 30. Chapter 3 Installing the 33. Shipping the switch in a 33. Included 33. Installation precautions and 34. Installation 1.

5 Prepare the Installation 2. Install a power supply and an (optional) second power 3. (Optional) Install the stacking 38. 4. Verify that the switch boots General LED behavior:..40. (Optional) stacking module LED 5. Disconnect power from the 41. 6. (Optional) Install the uplink port 7. Mount the 43. Mounting the switch in a two-post 43. Mounting a switch on a tabletop or 44. Mounting the switch in a four-post 8. (Optional) Connect a Management 9. Connect the switch to a power 48. 10. (Optional) Installing the stacking Contents 3.

6 11. (Optional) Install 49. 12. Connect network SFP/SFP+/QSFP+ Installation 50. Stacking information and 51. Chain 52. Ring 52. Mesh 52. Sample network Chapter 4 Getting Started with switch 57. Recommended minimal Minimal configuration through the console port Setting up a console 59. Configuring the management 60. Stacking Where to go from here: Network Using the IP address for remote switch 61. Starting a Telnet 62. Starting a web browser 62. Chapter 5 Replacing 64. Replacing the power Replacing the stacking 65.

7 Replacing the uplink port Chapter 6 Basic troubleshooting 68. Diagnosing with the Proactive Hardware diagnostic Testing the switch by resetting 79. Checking the switch Checking console Testing twisted-pair 79. Testing switch-to-device network 79. Testing end-to-end network Restoring the factory default 80. Downloading new switch 80. Chapter 7 81. Switch 83. 84. Connectivity Stacking module 87. Uplink port 87. 4 Aruba 2930M Switches 87. Chapter 8 Cabling and technology 88. Cabling 88. Technology distance Mode conditioning patch 92.

8 Installing the patch 92. Twisted-pair cable/connector 93. Straight-through twisted-pair cable for 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps network Cable 94. Pin 94. Crossover twisted-pair cable for 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps network Cable 95. Pin 95. Straight-through twisted-pair cable for 1000 Mbps network Cable 96. Pin 96. Chapter 9 97. Chapter 10 Support and other 98. Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise 98. Accessing Customer self Remote 99. Warranty Regulatory Documentation 100. Contents 5. Chapter 1. About this document This document is intended for network administrators and support personnel.

9 NOTE: The display and command line illustrated in this document are examples and might not exactly match your particular switch or environment. The switch and accessory drawings in this document are for illustration only, and may not exactly match your particular switch and accessory products. Applicable products JL319A Aruba 2930M 24G 1-slot Switch JL325A Aruba 2930 2-port Stacking Module JL320A Aruba 2930M 24G PoE+ 1-slot Switch JL078A Aruba 3810M/2930M 1-Port QSFP+ 40 GbE. Module JL321A Aruba 2930M 48G 1-slot Switch JL081A Aruba 3810M/2930M 4 HPE Smart Rate 1G/.

10 PoE+ Module JL322A Aruba 2930M 48G PoE+ 1-slot Switch JL083A Aruba 3810M/2930M 4-Port 100M/1G/10G SFP. + MACsec Module JL323A Aruba 2930M 40G 8 HPE Smart Rate JL085A Aruba X371 12 VDC 250W 100-240 VAC power PoE+ 1-slot Switch Supply JL324A Aruba 2930M 24 HPE Smart Rate PoE JL086A Aruba X372 54 VDC 680W 100-240 VAC power + 1-slot Switch Supply R0M67A Aruba 2930M 40G 8 HPE Smart Rate JL087A Aruba X372 54 VDC 1050W 110-240 VAC power PoE Class 6 1-slot Switch Supply R0M68A Aruba 2930M 24 HPE Smart Rate PoE.