Important Aruba switch 2530 commands

 

🖥️ Top 5 Useful Aruba Switch Commands with Output (Aruba 2530 Series)

If you're managing an Aruba 2530 switch, these five CLI commands are essential for monitoring and troubleshooting. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced network engineer, knowing these commands will help you stay efficient.

✅ 1. show interfaces brief

📌 Purpose:

Displays a summary of all physical ports — link status, speed, and mode.

💻 Command:

show interfaces brief

📋 Output:

Status and Counters - Port Status

Port Type Enabled Status Mode Speed Duplex

------- ---------- -------- ----------- -------- --------- -------

1 10/100TX Yes Up Auto 100FDx Full

2 10/100TX Yes Down Auto Auto Auto

3 10/100TX Yes Up Auto 100FDx Full

24 10/100TX Yes Up Trunk 100FDx Full

👉 Helps identify connected devices, cable issues, or speed mismatches.

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✅ 2. show log

📌 Purpose:

Displays system events, port status changes, login attempts, and errors.

💻 Command:

show log

📋 Output:

I 06/08/25 10:15:33 ports: port 1 is now on-line

I 06/08/25 10:16:07 ports: port 2 is now off-line

W 06/08/25 10:20:00 system: High CPU utilization detected

I 06/08/25 10:30:11 user: admin logged in from 192.168.1.101 via SSH

💡 Use show log -r to display in reverse (newest entries first).

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✅ 3. show interfaces port-utilization

📌 Purpose:

Shows real-time bandwidth usage (in percentage) for each port.

💻 Command:

show interfaces port-utilization

📋 Output:

Port Utilization (percentage of available bandwidth)

Port In Out

------- ----- -----

1 5% 3%

2 0% 0%

3 15% 10%

24 35% 40%

📈 Useful for finding busy or underused ports.

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✅ 4. show run

📌 Purpose:

Displays the running configuration of the switch — includes VLANs, interfaces, IP settings, passwords, etc.

💻 Command:

show running-config

📋 Output (shortened example):

hostname "Aruba2530"

interface 1

   name "Uplink"

   untagged vlan 1

vlan 1

   ip address 192.168.1.10 255.255.255.0

   name "Default_VLAN"

trunk 23-24 Trk1 Trunk

ip default-gateway 192.168.1.1

📝 You can save this output before making changes for backup.

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✅ 5. show ip route

📌 Purpose:

Shows the switch’s IP routing table — including connected networks and static routes.

💻 Command:

show ip route

📋 Output:

Destination Gateway VLAN Type

--------------- ------------- ---- --------

192.168.1.0/24 DIRECT 1 connected

0.0.0.0/0 192.168.1.1 1 static

🔎 Helps you verify default gateway, static routes, or troubleshoot routing issues.

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