Aruba, Inc. is a U.S.-based provider of networking equipment and solutions, and the world's leading manufacturer of enterprise wireless networking products, specializing in enterprise-class wireless local area networks (WLANs) and network security. The company was founded in 2002, entered China in 2006, and in March 2007 successfully listed on NASDAQ.
      Moduletek Limited Labs purchased an ARUBA 6300M JL662A switch that can test the 50G SFP product line, and the following takes you through the unboxing and acceptance process.

Table 1 Equipment official description information

Aruba 6300M 24-port 1GbE Class 4 PoE and 4-port SFP56 Switch (JL662A)
  Description   24x ports 10/100/1000 BaseT PoE+ports supporting up to 30W per port
  4x1G/10G/25G/50G1 SFP ports Supports PoE Standards IEEE 802.3af,802.3at
  1x USB-C Console Port
  1x OOBM port
  1x USB Type A Host port
  1x Bluetooth dongle for use with CX Mobile App
  Power supplies   2 field-replaceable,hot-swappable power supply slots
  1 minimum power supply required (ordered separately)
  Supported PSUs
  JL086A
  JL087A
  JL670A
  Max PoE Power:720W
  Fans   Switch has two fan tray slots and comes with one fan tray installed.
  ·Min 1 fan tray required.
  Optional second fan tray ordered separately.
  ·Fan trays are field replaceable and hot-swappable.
  ·Each fan tray contains two fans.
  50G capability is for use with 50G DACs for both interconnect and VSF stacking.50G SR transceivers
  have been added with a minimum software of10.09.1010.VSF stacking not supported on 1G ports.


      Equipment out of the box contains a host (not installed power supply), accessories including a package of screws and rack angle iron, a USB Bluetooth adapter and manual, no power cord, no console cable. The front panel mainly has 24 RJ45 ports, 4 SFP interfaces, a USB-C serial port, a MGMT network management port; the rear panel has two external power supply slots, no access to the power module, two external fan slots, the device comes with a fan module.

JL662A host display

Figure 1 JL662A host display

      According to the datasheet on the official website, we purchased the JL086A power supply module (notch interface), which comes with a power cord.

JL086A Power Supply

Figure 2 JL086A Power Supply

      Install the JL086A power supply to the JL662A mainframe and access the power cord for powering up.

JL662A device power-up

Figure 3 JL662A device power-up

      Use USB-C to USB-A cable to connect JL662A and PC, the host side or need to install USB to serial port driver (this test use driver: CP2102), through the serial port connected to the switch; the default baud rate of the device is 115200, the account/password are admin, log in to the console, the implementation of the command show Log in to the console and execute the command "show version " to view the device model and system version information.

Enter the console to view system information

Figure 4 Enter the console to view system information

      1G/10G optical modules of Moduletek Limited can be very compatible with ARUBA related equipment, welcome to buy.
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