network management with aruba airwave

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Network Management with Aruba AirWaveDan Comfort

March, 2015

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• AirWave Overview

• Diagnosing client problems

• Proactive management

• Triggers and alerts

• VisualRF

• Reports

• Rogue detection

• Multi-server cluster

Agenda

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• AirWave Overview

• Diagnosing client problems

• Proactive management

• Triggers and alerts

• VisualRF

• Reports

• Rogue detection

• Multi-server cluster

Agenda

@ArubaNetworks

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Deployment Options

• AirWave Appliances• Professional Appliance – up to 1500 devices

• Enterprise Appliance – up to 4000 devices

• Install on your own hardware

• Install on VMWare, Hyper-V

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AirWave Manages It All

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Aruba

WLAN

Aruba

Networks

Controllers &

APs

Instant

Wired

Aruba

Any MIB-II

compliant

device

Legacy

WLAN

Migrate from

Cisco

Motorola

Legacy

Users &

Devices

Classification &

reporting

Integration with

MDM

Monitor

network activity

Outdoor /

Mesh

Aruba

AirMesh

Aruba

AP175/AP275

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AirWave Communication

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AMON – Advanced monitoring features

Traps – Event info from controllers

Syslog

SNMP – Traditional monitoring features

SSH – Configuration

HTTPS – APIs

Controller AirWave

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AirWave Communication

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HTTPS

Virtual Controller AirWave

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AirWave Communication

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Other Devices AirWave

Mostly SNMP

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Groups and Folders

Groups are used for

• Device configuration

• Firmware policies

Use as few groups as possible to simplify configuration management and auditing

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Groups and Folders

Folders are hierarchical and are used for:

• Reporting

• Alerting

• Access control

Organize them in a way that’s logical

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• AirWave Overview

• Diagnosing client problems

• Proactive management

• Triggers and alerts

• VisualRF

• Reports

• Rogue detection

• Multi-server cluster

Agenda

@ArubaNetworks

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• AirWave Overview

• Diagnosing client problems

• Proactive management

• Triggers and alerts

• VisualRF

• Reports

• Rogue detection

• Multi-server cluster

Agenda

@ArubaNetworks

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• AirWave Overview

• Diagnosing client problems

• Proactive management

• Triggers and alerts

• VisualRF

• Reports

• Rogue detection

• Multi-server cluster

Agenda

@ArubaNetworks

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• AirWave Overview

• Diagnosing client problems

• Proactive management

• Triggers and alerts

• VisualRF

• Reports

• Rogue detection

• Multi-server cluster

Agenda

@ArubaNetworks

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• AirWave Overview

• Diagnosing client problems

• Proactive management

• Triggers and alerts

• VisualRF

• Reports

• Rogue detection

• Multi-server cluster

Agenda

@ArubaNetworks

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• AirWave Overview

• Diagnosing client problems

• Proactive management

• Triggers and alerts

• VisualRF

• Reports

• Rogue detection

• Multi-server cluster

Agenda

@ArubaNetworks

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• AirWave Overview

• Diagnosing client problems

• Proactive management

• Triggers and alerts

• VisualRF

• Reports

• Rogue detection

• Multi-server cluster

Agenda

@ArubaNetworks

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• AirWave Overview

• Diagnosing client problems

• Proactive management

• Triggers and alerts

• VisualRF

• Reports

• Rogue detection

• Multi-server cluster

Agenda

@ArubaNetworks

THANK YOU

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