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What is the Aruba MACsec?

Meela Zeng

Media Access Control security (MACsec) provides Layer 2 security for wired LANs, protecting network communications against a range of attacks including: denial of service, intrusion, man-in-the-middle, and eavesdropping. These attacks exploit Layer 2 vulnerabilities and often cannot be detected. MACsec appends a header and tail to all Ethernet frames, and encrypts data payload within the frame. Receiving device checks header and tail for integrity. If the check fails, traffic is dropped. If the check is successful, the frame is encrypted.

8360 Switch Series models that support MACsec:

8360 model	Ports	Speed
JL700A, JL701A	1/1/1 to 1/1/4	10G or 25G
JL704C, JL705C, JL719C	1/1/1 to 1/1/4 1/1/53 to 1/1/54 in split mode with breakout cables (1/1/53 when used with QSA28 Adapter (845970-B21) does not support the use of MACsec) )	10G or 25G
JL704C, JL705C, JL719C	1/1/53, 1/1/54	40G or 100G

There are also some HPE Aruba modules that support MACsec, such as JL363A.

Categories: Interfaces & Modules

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