J9993A - Aruba 8-port 1G/10GbE SFP+ MACsec v3 zl2 Module

Aruba J9993A — 5400R zl2 8-Port 1G/10G SFP+ MACsec v3 zl2 Module

What it is

J9993A isn’t a switch or optic — it’s a chassis line module.
It’s the 8-port 1G/10GbE SFP+ MACsec v3 zl2 expansion module for the Aruba 5400R zl2 Series chassis (5406R zl2 / 5412R zl2). You slide it into a zl2 module slot to add eight SFP+ fiber/uplink ports, each running 1G or 10G, with hardware MACsec for secure link encryption.

Why buyers pick J9993A (plain English)

• Adds lots of 10G uplinks to a 5400R chassis
  Great for aggregation, distribution, or high-density access uplinks.

• MACsec built in for secure links
  Encrypt switch-to-switch or switch-to-server fiber links at line rate.

• Flexible per-port speed
  Each port can run 1G or 10G, so you can mix older 1G optics with new 10G uplinks.

• Hot-swappable chassis module
  Easy to add capacity or replace a module without a full chassis outage (best practice: with redundant management/PSUs installed).

60-second spec box (J9993A)

Module type

• v3 zl2 connectivity / uplink module for 5400R zl2

Ports added

• 8 × SFP+ cages

Speed per port

• 1GbE or 10GbE (SFP / SFP+ capable)

Security

• Hardware MACsec v3 on all ports (link-level encryption)

Media supported

• SFP/SFP+ optics (SR/LR/LRM, etc.)

• DAC/AOC where supported by platform and port speed

Compatibility

• Aruba 5400R zl2 Series chassis only

  • 5406R zl2

  • 5412R zl2

Install / service

• Slot-based, hot-swappable module

Where it fits (and when to choose something else)

Perfect for:

• 5400R zl2 deployments needing dense 10G SFP+ uplinks

• Aggregation/distribution tiers that want secure MACsec links

• Campus cores feeding multiple access closets

Choose something else if:

• You need 40G/100G uplinks → use QSFP+ / QSFP28 zl2 modules instead

• You’re not on a 5400R zl2 chassis → this module won’t fit other families

TL;DR

J9993A is the 5400R zl2 “8-port SFP+ 1G/10G uplink module with MACsec”:
eight flexible SFP+ ports for high-density fiber uplinks, plus hardware MACsec v3 for secure, encrypted links at the chassis edge or core.