HPE Aruba 9240 Gateway

The HPE Aruba 9240 Gateway is a high-performance campus gateway designed to secure and scale enterprise edge networks. Supporting up to 2,048 access points and 32,000 devices, it enables dynamic segmentation, centralised policy enforcement, seamless roaming, and resilient connectivity.

HPE Aruba 9240 Gateway Key Platform Specifications

  • Primary Use Case: Campus
  • Maximum Clients Supported: 32000
  • Controller Throughput (Gbps): 20
  • VPN Throughput (Gbps): 10
  • Maximum WLANs: 4096

Guide price: Price range: £1,690.00 through £11,250.00 Ex. VAT

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HPE Aruba 9240 Gateway Overview

Enterprises increasingly rely on secure, high-performance network infrastructure to support large campus environments, cloud applications, and growing numbers of connected devices.

Enterprise Gateway Built for Large-Scale Campus Networks

The HPE Aruba 9240 Gateway delivers high-capacity network connectivity designed for enterprise campus deployments. Supporting high-throughput IPSec VPN, advanced routing, and dynamic segmentation, it enables secure communication between users, applications, and data centre resources. Integrated routing, segmentation, VPN, and WAN optimisation let the platform steer traffic according to application needs while maintaining secure connectivity between users, branches, and cloud services.

Performance and Security at Scale

With centralised control through Aruba Central and integrated SD-WAN capabilities, the gateway enables consistent policy enforcement and traffic optimisation across large campus and branch environments. This architecture supports high device densities and modern cloud-based workloads. Organisations that do not require 9240-class campus gateway scale may also consider the HPE Aruba 9106 Gateway, for supporting branch and mid-campus aggregation with a smaller footprint.

Reliable Infrastructure for Expanding Enterprise Networks

The Aruba 9240 enables organisations to scale network connectivity while maintaining strong security and visibility. By centralising routing, segmentation, and traffic management, IT teams can simplify operations while supporting growing network demands.

Our specialists can help design and deploy HPE Aruba 9240 Gateway solutions tailored to large campus and enterprise network environments, helping ensure reliable, secure connectivity for critical business applications.

HPE Aruba 9240 Gateway Key Features​

The HPE Aruba 9240 Gateway provides high-performance campus gateway services for large enterprise WLAN environments, delivering scalable wireless traffic aggregation, policy enforcement, and secure connectivity for thousands of users and devices.

High-Performance Campus Wireless Control

High-Speed Uplink Connectivity
Four SFP28 ports support 1/10/25GbE uplinks for high-capacity campus traffic aggregation.

Scalable WLAN Gateway Capacity
Designed to support large numbers of access points and wireless clients.

Dynamic Segmentation
Policy-based network segmentation isolates users, devices, and IoT traffic.

Unified Policy Enforcement
Consistent access policies applied across wired and wireless networks.

Resilient Campus Network Operations

High Availability Clustering
Gateway clustering provides redundancy and resilient campus connectivity.

Non-Disruptive Software Upgrades
Maintenance updates performed without interrupting network services.

Secure Edge Enforcement
Gateway-level policy control protects enterprise network access.

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HPE Aruba 9240 Gateway Technical Specifications

Full specifications for this model are listed below.

Additional information

Product Family

Aruba Gateway

Product Series

9200

Deployment

Large Campus

Deployment Scale

Large

Primary Use Case

Campus

Product Tier

Flagship

Controller Architecture

Hardware Appliance

AP Traffic Mode

Hybrid

Maximum Clients Supported

32000

Controller Throughput (Gbps)

20

VPN Throughput (Gbps)

10

Maximum WLANs

4096

Built-in Ports

4

Maximum Interface Speed

25G

High Availability Support

Yes

Power Redundancy

Hot-swappable PSUs

Maximum Access Points

2048

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HPE Aruba 9240 Gateway Deployment Scenarios

The HPE Aruba 9240 Gateway is designed for organisations that need a high-capacity gateway for large campus wireless environments. It supports large access point estates, high user volumes, and consistent security policy across campus buildings, while providing resilient gateway services for critical wireless infrastructure.

Large Campus Wi-Fi Deployments

The Aruba 9240 Gateway is well suited to large campus environments where it supports wireless traffic from many access points across one or more buildings. It provides central gateway services for high user volumes and large wireless estates.

University and Education Campuses

Universities, colleges, and larger education sites often need wireless infrastructure that supports teaching spaces, student access, staff devices, and guest connectivity across wide campus areas. The Aruba 9240 Gateway supports campus-wide wireless services and centralised policy enforcement at scale.

Healthcare and Clinical Sites

Hospitals and clinical environments depend on wireless connectivity for staff mobility, connected devices, and operational systems across multiple departments and buildings. The Aruba 9240 Gateway provides resilient gateway services for large healthcare wireless networks where uptime and secure access are important.

Campus Roaming and Mobility Services

Large sites where users move between buildings, floors, or departments need wireless infrastructure that supports consistent roaming and access policy. The Aruba 9240 Gateway helps maintain secure campus mobility services across large and busy wireless networks.

Centralised Secure Access Services

The Aruba 9240 Gateway also supports environments that combine campus wireless gateway services with secure remote access and VPN concentration. This makes it suitable for enterprises that want to centralise secure access functions on the same platform as their campus WLAN.

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Our team can help design and deploy Aruba 9240 Gateway infrastructure for large campus wireless, secure access services, and enterprise mobility environments.

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