Overview:
Exceptional performance with Wi-Fi 6 that’s ideal for hazardous environments such as oil rigs, industrial manufacturing, and transportation sites.
Purpose-built to survive the harshest outdoor and hazardous indoor environments, the Aruba 580EX Series APs withstand exposure to extreme high and low temperatures and persistent moisture, are fully sealed to keep out airborne contaminants, and include industrial surge protection. The Aruba 580EX Series offers flexible power and management options to meet the needs of diverse environments and can be deployed using existing mounts. Like all Aruba APs, the Aruba 580EX Series is Wi-Fi 6 certified and backed by a limited lifetime warranty.
Designed For Outdoor Flexibility
Aruba 580EX Series Outdoor Access Points are weatherproofed and temperature hardened to support hazardous indoor and outdoor environments, including outdoor oil rigs, industrial manufacturing, and transportation sites. With Wi-Fi 6 capabilities, high power Bluetooth and 802.15.4/Zigbee radios, and maximum aggregate throughput of 2.97 Gbps, Aruba 580EX Series APs deliver the speed and reliability needed for demanding Industrial IoT environments.
To support high-performance connectivity in dense mobile and IoT outdoor environments, Aruba 580EX Series APs deliver maximum aggregate on air data rates of 2.97 Gbps and include 5 Gbps Smart Rate Ethernet ports. In addition, dual redundant power/port failover and support for AC ensure high availability with uninterrupted performance.
Available Models for 580 Series
High Wi-Fi 6 performance for harshest outdoor and hazardous indoor environments
Support for hazardous environments such as oil rigs, industrial manufacturing, and transportation sites.
HazLoc Class 1 Division 2, ATEX Zone 2, and IP66 certified for hazardous locations
Delivers impressive multi-gigabit performance and speed with a maximum aggregate data rate of 2.97 Gbps in extreme weather conditions (-40 to +65˚C).
High power Bluetooth 5 and 802.15.4/Zigbee
Simplifies deployment and management of IoT devices for industrial IoT and manufacturing environments.
Wi-Fi 6 certification*
Improve efficiency and security with Wi-Fi 6 capabilities including MU-MIMO, OFDMA, WPA3, and Enhanced Open.
*Wi-Fi 6 certification coming soon
Automatic role-based access enforcement
Centrally configure and automatically enforce role-based policies across wired and wireless networks using Dynamic Segmentation and Policy Enforcement Firewalls.
5 Gbps Smart Rate Ethernet
With 5 Gbps capacity, the 580EX Series meets the needs of high-density environments and provides business continuity.
Powerful power options
Option to connect using direct AC power – no adapter required, PSE+, or PoE.
Features and Benefits:
WI-FI 6 BENEFITS
The 580EX Series APs are based on the Wi-Fi 6/802.11ax standard, which means that Wi-Fi 6 features such as Uplink and Downlink Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), BSS coloring, Downlink Multi-User MIMO (MUMIMO), and cellular co-location are fully supported making it more efficient and secure.
Advantages of OFDMA
This capability allows Aruba’s APs to handle multiple 802.11ax capable clients on each channel simultaneously, regardless of device or traffic type. Channel utilization is optimized by handling each transaction via smaller sub-carriers or resource units (RUs), which means that clients are sharing a channel and not competing for airtime and bandwidth.
Bi-directional Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO)
Similar to downlink MU-MIMO in Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac Wave 2), Aruba 580EX Series APs can simultaneously connect clients using downlink – and now – uplink spatial streams. The added benefit is the ability to multiply the number of clients that can now send traffic, thus optimizing client-to-AP spatial stream diversity.
WI-FI OPTIMIZATION
Client optimization
Aruba’s patented AI-powered ClientMatch technology eliminates sticky client issues by steering a client to the AP where it receives the best radio signal. ClientMatch also dynamically steers traffic to load balance APs to improve the user experience.
Automated Wi-Fi radio frequency management
To optimize the user experience and provide greater stability, Aruba AirMatch allows organizations to automate network optimization using machine learning. AirMatch provides dynamic bandwidth adjustments to support changing device density and enhanced roaming using an even distribution of Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) to radios, and real-time channel assignments to mitigate co-channel interference.
Application assurance
With Air Slice, organizations can provide application assurance to their users that goes beyond the traditional capabilities of airtime fairness. After the SLAs are configured, Air Slice monitors network usage, automatically allocates radio resources, and dynamically adjusts radio resources as new users connect and applications sessions begin or end.
Intelligent Power Monitoring (IPM)
Aruba 580EX Series APs continuously monitor and report hardware energy consumption and temperature. APs can be configured to enable or disable capabilities based on the available PoE power – ideal when wired switches have exhausted their power budget. Additionally, with IPM, if the AP gets too close to the maximum temperature limit, it can disable features to prevent overheating.
Aruba Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC)
Unique to Aruba, Advanced Cellular Coexistence uses built-in filtering to automatically minimize the impact of interference from cellular networks, distributed antenna systems (DAS), and commercial small cell or femtocell equipment.
IOT CAPABILITIES
High power Bluetooth and Zigbee
The Aruba 580EX Series is the first Aruba access point to feature a high-powered Bluetooth and 802.15.4/Zigbee radio, ensuring maximum range and performance for IoT applications. Built in Bluetooth and Zigbee capabilities simplifies deploying and managing IoT-based location services, asset tracking services, security solutions and IoT sensors and allows organizations to leverage the Aruba 580EX Series as an IoT platform. There is no need for an overlay infrastructure or additional IT resources.
Advanced IoT coexistence (AIC)
Built-in filtering allows Wi-Fi and Bluetooth/Zigbee radios to operate at maximum capacity without the impact of interference.
Target Wake Time (TWT)
Ideal for IoT solutions that communicate infrequently, this Wi-Fi 6 capability allows IoT devices to use 802.11ax protocol. TWT coordinates with client IoT devices to allow them to
sleep for extended periods and use shorter wake times to communicate before returning to sleep. This substantially extends the useful operating life of Wi-Fi 6 based, batterypowered sensors.
ARUBA SECURE INFRASTRUCTURE
The Aruba 580EX Series is an integral part of Aruba’s SASE and zero trust security approach to help protect user authentication and wireless traffic. Select capabilities include:
WPA3 and Enhanced Open
With the introduction of WPA3 and Enhanced Open, a Wi-Fi 6 certified client will never send unencrypted traffic over the air. Even with an open authenticated network, Enhanced
Open still provides strong encryption over the air. In all Wi-Fi 6 user sessions, each user is uniquely encrypted and if they disconnect and reconnect, the encryption changes from session to session.
WPA2-MPSK
MPSK enables simpler passkey management for WPA2 devices – should the Wi-Fi password on one device change, no additional changes are needed for other devices. This feature is enabled when networks are deployed with ClearPass Policy Manager.
SIMPLE AND SECURE ACCESS
To improve security and ease of management, IT can centrally configure and automatically enforce role-based policies that define proper access privileges for employees, guests, contractors, and other user groups – no matter where users connect on wired and wireless networks. Dynamic Segmentation eliminates the time consuming and errorprone task of managing complex and static VLANs, ACLs, and subnets by dynamically assigning policies and keeping traffic secure and separated.
FLEXIBLE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT
Our unified APs can operate as standalone access points or with a gateway for greater scalability, security, and manageability. APs can be deployed using zero touch provisioning – without on-site technical expertise – for ease of implementation. Aruba APs can be managed using cloud-based or on premises solutions for any campus, branch, or remote work environment. As the management and orchestration console for Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform), Aruba Central provides a single pane of glass for overseeing every aspect of wired and wireless LANs, WANs, and VPNs. AI-powered analytics, end-to-end orchestration and automation, and advanced security features are built natively into the solution.
ADDITIONAL WI-FI FEATURES
Transmit Beamforming (TxBF)
Increased signal reliability and range
Passpoint Release 2
Seamless cellular-to-Wi-Fi carryover for guests
Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
Optimized use of available RF spectrum
Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC)
Improved receiver performance for multi antenna access points.
Cyclic Delay/Shift Diversity (CDD/CSD)
Enable use of multiple transmit antennas
Space-Time Block Coding (STBC)
Increased connection robustness
Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC)
High performance error detection and correction coding for enhanced receiver performance
Specifications:
| HARDWARE VARIANTS |
- AP-585EX
- Built in omni-directional antennas (H and V polarized)
- 5Ghz Antennas 4.5dBi uncorrelated avg (5.8dBi peak)
- 2.4GHz Antennas 3.0dBi uncorrelated avg (4.4dBi peak)
- Bluetooth Antenna 4.8dBi peak
- AP-587EX
- Built in directional antennas (H, V, and +/-45 polarized)
- 5Ghz Antennas 5.2dBi uncorrelated avg (6.6dBi peak)
- 2.4Ghz Antennas 5.7dBi uncorrelated avg (5.8dBi peak)
- Bluetooth Antenna 6.3dBi peak
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| WI-FI RADIO SPECIFICATIONS |
- AP type: Outdoor Hardened, Wi-Fi 6 dual radio, 5GHz and 2.4GHz 802.11ax 4x4 MIMO
- 5GHz radio: Four spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 2.4Gbps wireless data rate with individual 4SS HE80 (or 2SS HE160) 802.11ax client devices, or with four 1SS or two 2SS HE80 802.11ax MU-MIMO capable client devices simultaneously
- 2.4GHz radio: Four spatial stream Single User (SU) MIMO for up to 1,150Mbps wireless data rate with individual 4SS HE40 802.11ax client devices or with two 2SS HE40 802.11ax MU-MIMO capable client devices simultaneously
- Support for up to 1,024 associated client devices per radio (typical recommended limit for active outdoor clients is 100-200 depending on distance), and up to 16 BSSIDs
per radio
- Supported frequency bands (country-specific restrictions apply):
- 2.400 to 2.4835GHz
- 5.150 to 5.250GHz
- 5.250 to 5.350GHz
- 5.470 to 5.725GHz
- 5.725 to 5.850GHz
- Available channels: Dependent on configured regulatory domain
- Dynamic frequency selection (DFS) optimizes the use of available RF spectrum
- Supported radio technologies:
- 802.11b: Direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS)
- 802.11a/g/n/ac: Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
- 802.11ax: Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) with up to 37 resource units (for an 80MHz channel)
- Supported modulation types:
- 802.11b: BPSK, QPSK, CCK
- 802.11a/g/n: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM (proprietary extension)
- 802.11ac: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM (proprietary extension)
- 802.11ax: BPSK, QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM, 1024-QAM
- 802.11n high-throughput (HT) support: HT20/40
- 802.11ac very high throughput (VHT) support: VHT20/40/80/160
- 802.11ax high efficiency (HE) support: HE20/40/80/160
- Supported data rates (Mbps):
- 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11
- 802.11a/g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54
- 802.11n: 6.5 to 600 (MCS0 to MCS31, HT20 to HT40), 800 with 256-QAM
- 802.11ac: 6.5 to 1,733 (MCS0 to MCS9, NSS = 1 to 4, VHT20 to VHT160), 2,166 with 1024-QAM
- 802.11ax (2.4GHz): 3.6 to 1,147 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 4, HE20 to HE40)
- 802.11ax (5GHz): 3.6 to 2,402 (MCS0 to MCS11, NSS = 1 to 4, HE20 to HE160)
- 802.11n/ac packet aggregation: A-MPDU, A-MSDU
- Transmit power: Configurable in increments of 0.5 dBm
- Maximum (aggregate, conducted total) transmit power (limited by local regulatory requirements):
- 2.4 GHz band: +29 dBm (23dBm per chain)
- 5 GHz band: +28 dBm (22 dBm per chain)
- Hazardous Location APs do not exceed 33dBm total EIRP to stay under the ATEX Zone 2 intrinsic safety limits
- Note: conducted transmit power levels exclude antenna gain. For total (EIRP) transmit power, add antenna gain.
- Advanced Cellular Coexistence (ACC) minimizes the impact of interference from cellular networks
- Maximum ratio combining (MRC) for improved receiver performance
- Cyclic delay/shift diversity (CDD/CSD) for improved downlink RF performance
- Space-time block coding (STBC) for increased range and improved reception
- Low-density parity check (LDPC) for high-efficiency error correction and increased throughput
- Transmit beam-forming (TxBF) for increased signal reliability and range
- 802.11ax Target Wait Time (TWT) to support low-power client devices
- Advanced IoT Existence (AIC) allows for concurrent operation of the IoT and 2.4Ghz radios without issue
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| WI-FI Antennas |
- AP-585EX: Four integrated dual-band omni-directional antennas for 4x4 MIMO with peak antenna gain of 4.4dBi in 2.4GHz and 5.8dBi in 5GHz. Built-in antennas are optimized for a horizontally mounted orientation of the AP. The downtilt angle for maximum gain is roughly 10 degrees.
- A mix of horizontally and vertically polarized antenna elements are used
- Combining the patterns of each of the antennas of the MIMO radios, the peak gain of the combined, average pattern is 3.0dBi in 2.4GHz and 4.5dBi in 5GHz.
- AP-587EX: Four integrated dual-band directional antennas for 4x4 MIMO with peak antenna gain of 5.8dBi in 2.4GHz and 6.6dBi in 5Ghz. Built-in antennas are optimized for a vertically oriented installation to a wall or pole.
- A mix of horizontal, vertical, and +/-45 degree antenna elements are used
- Combining the patterns of each of the antennas of the MIMO radios, the peak gain of the combined, average pattern is 5.7dBi in 2.4Ghz, and 5.2dBi in 5Ghz
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| OTHER INTERFACES |
- Wired network interface (E0)
- 100/1000/2500/5000Base-T Ethernet
- 5Gbps Smart Rate: NBase-T, 802.3bz
- PoE PD support on E0
- IEEE/802.3az support
- Support for jumbo frames (MTU up to 9,216 bytes)
- Wired network interface (E1)
- 10GBASE-R SFP+ port
- IEEE/802.3az support (as applicable)
- Support for jumbo frames (up to 9,216 bytes)
- 1 x SFP+ cage
- When used in operation it is expected that this is the
primary uplink port
- Only recommended industrial temperature SFP/SFP+
modules should be used for optimal performance
- Wired network interface (E2)
- 10/100/1000BaseT Ethernet
- IEEE/802.3az support (as applicable)
- Support for jumbo frames (up to 9,216 bytes)
- Support for PoE PSE of 802.3af (may be able to reach 802.3at PSE with IPM policy if needed depending on temperature and load)
- AC power interface: 110-240V (requires AP-AC-MLX power connector BT)
- Bluetooth (BLE5.0) and Zigbee (802.15.4) radio
- BT: up to 8dBm transmit power (class 2) and -98dBm receive sensitivity (125kbps)
- Zigbee: up to 8dBm transmit power and -96dBm receive sensitivity
- Visual indictors (multi-color LED): for System and Radio status
- Reset button: factory reset, LED mode control (normal/off)
- USB-C console interface
- Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) Ethernet cable should be used on all Ethernet interfaces for proper surge protection
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| POWER SOURCES AND POWER CONSUMPTION |
- The AP supports direct AC power and Power over Ethernet (POE; on port E0 only)
- When both AC and POE power sources are available, AC power takes priority over POE
- Power sources are sold separately; see the ordering Information section below for details
- See below conditions for each power configuration:
- When powered by AC, the AP will operate without
restrictions, including 802.3af/at support (with upper
thermal limitations).* With IPM enabled, the AP will
adjust power requirements to meet requirements, and
will reduce according to established IPM policy
- When powered by 802.3bt Class 6, the AP will operate
without restriction, limited to 802.3af PSE support.* With
IPM enabled, the AP will adjust power requirements
to meet requirements, and will reduce according to
established IPM policy
- When powered by 802.3bt Class 5 with LLDP, full
function but no PSE support*
- When powered by 802.3at, AP will reduce 2.4Ghz to 1
chain, and will reduce the 5Ghz to 3 chains, no PsE out*
- When powered by 802.3af, the AP will boot up, but not
enable any radios, regardless of IPM settings.
- With IPM enabled, the AP will adjust power requirements to meet requirements, and will reduce power as necessary according to the established IPM policy
- Maximum (worst-case) power consumption:
- AC powered: 71W (802.3af/at*)
- POE powered (802.3bt Class 6): 49.5W (802.3af PSE only)
- POE powered (802.3bt Class 5 with LLDP): 35.5W
(no PSE)
- POE powered (802.3at, IPM disabled): 25.5W (1 chain @
2.4Ghz, 3 chains @ 5Ghz, no PSE)
- Maximum (worst-case) power consumption in idle mode: 9.2W (POE) or 10.8W (AC)
- Maximum (worst-case) power consumption in deep-sleep mode: 3.0W (POE) or 4.4W (AC)
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| MOUNTING DETAILS |
- AP-OUT-MNT-V1A – Long arm wall or pole mounting bracket
- AP-270-MNT-H1 – Single-tilt mounting bracket for wall or ceiling
- AP-270-MNT-H2 – Flush ceiling or wall mounting bracket
- AP-270-MNT-H3 – Dual-tilt mounting bracket for wall or ceiling
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| MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS |
- AP-585EX
- Dimensions/weight (AP-585EX unit only):
- 324mm (W) x 313mm (D) x 320mm (H) / 12.6” (W) x 12.3” (D) x 9.6” (H)
- 5.24kg / 11.5lbs
- Dimensions/weight (AP-585EX shipping pkg, no mount):
- 431mm (W) x 415mm (D) x 442mm (H) / 17” (W) x 16.3” (D) x 17.4” (H)
- 7.81kg / 17.2lbs
- AP-587EX
- Dimensions/weight (AP-587 unit only):
- 302mm (W) x 300mm (D) x 174mm (H) / 11.9” (W) x 11.8” (D) x 6.9” (H)
- 4.51kg / 9.9lbs
- Dimensions/weight (AP-587EX shipping pkg, no mount):
- 385mm (W) x 272mm (D) x 433mm (H) / 15.2” (W) x 10.7” (D) x 17” (H)
- 6.03kg / 13.3lbs
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| ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS |
- Operating conditions:
- Temperature: -40°C to +65°C / -40°F to +149°F with full solar loading
- Humidity: 5% to 93% non-condensing internal
- Rated for operation in all weather conditions
- Storage and transportationn conditions:
- Temperature: -40°C to +70°C / -40°F to +158°F
- Operating Altitude: 3,000 m
- Water and Dust: IP66
- Salt Tolerance: Test to ASTM B117-07A Salt Spray 200hrs
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| RELIABILITY |
| Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF): 828,651hrs (~95yrs) at +25C operating temperature. |
| REGULATORY COMPLIANCE |
- FCC/ISED
- CE Marked
- RED Directive 2014/53/EU
- EMC Directive 2014/30/EU
- Low Voltage Directive 2014/35/EU
- UL/IEC/EN 60950-1
- IEC 60950-22
- UL/IEC/EN 62368-1
- IEC/EN60601-1-2
- EN 50155
- EN IEC 60079-0
- EN IEC 60079-7
- IEC 60079-0
- IEC 60079-7
- CSA C22.2 No.213-17
- UL 121201
- UL 50E
For more country-specific regulatory information and approvals, please see your Aruba representative. |
| REGULATORY MODEL NUMBERS |
- AP-585EX: APEX0585
- AP-587EX: APEX0587
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| CERTIFICATIONS |
- Wi-Fi Alliance :
- Bluetooth SIG
- Ethernet Alliance (E0, PoE PD device, class 6; E2, PoE PSE device, class 3 )
- Class 1 Div 2
- ATEX Zone 2
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| WARRANTY |
- Aruba’s hardware limited lifetime warranty.
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| MINIMUM OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE VERSIONS |
- ArubaOS and Aruba InstantOS 8.10.0.0
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*With IPM enabled, the AP will adjust power requirements to meet requirements, and will reduce power as necessary according to the established IPM policy
