0. Multivendor Access Network Management & Monitoring
Aruba AirWave
Multivendor Access Network
Management & Monitoring

1. Managing a Mobile-First Networks
DIGITAL WORKPLACE
Growing workforce using Wi-Fi as primary connectivity & running business critical apps on their mobile devices.
Managing a Mobile-First Networks

2. Today bad connectivity and slower resolution
user device?
bad coverage?
authentication?
network services?
infrastructure?
RF capacity?
Wi-Fi?!!
Today bad connectivity and slower resolution
have a higher business cost

3. IT requires management tools designed for mobile-first networks
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Performance for mobile users
Reliability for critical apps
Unified wired & wireless

4. Why customers choose Aruba AirWave
Management and monitoring designed for mobile-first networks
Performance for mobile
Live RF & client monitoring, VisualRF
Aruba Clarity: live user monitoring & synthetic testing
Reliability for critical apps
App & web analytics
MobileUC visibility
Multivendor management

5. Deliver outstanding network performance and user experience
Powerful end-to-end monitoring with granular insight
Complete network insight
RF performance, coverage, usage statistics & client health
Users, clients, wireless & wired devices, applications & network services
Proactive alerting
Real-time, customizable
Over 30 identifiable events
Rich historical reporting
Network trends, security & compliance
Customizable + 20 pre-defined

6. Identify problems before they impact users
Introducing Aruba Clarity, a new module in AirWave
Complete visibility into end-user experience… beyond RF.
LIVE real-time user experience
SYNTHETIC* proactive testing APs/Sensors** as clients *8.3, **post 8.3

7. Clarity Live Monitoring live client data flow
Visualize:
Radio Association
Authentication
DHCP
DNS
Customizable thresholds & timelines
Drilldown widgets
View failure rates & response times
Holistic network view

8. Ensure reliability for business critical applications
App & Web Analytics
UCC Performance
View common app/web usage and performance
Troubleshoot app performance in real time
View call quality, client health correlation & call volume
Identify root cause & resolve issues faster

9. Analyze and troubleshoot faster
Visualize performance and coverage with VisualRF™
Network wide mapping: Clients, devices, rouges, non Wi-Fi interferences
Context overlays: AppRF, Client Health, UCC, Voice, Channel, Channel Utilization, Speed, Heatmap
Location tracking
Heatmap history/playback
Site planning
AirWave VisualRF gives you an accurate view of your entire network without ever leaving your desk. It automatically generates a map of your RF environment and the underlying wired topology, showing you what your network looks like — in real time. VisualRF builds this map using RF measurements gathered from your active wireless access points and controllers, without requiring you to buy a costly, separate location appliance. 9

10. Take control of wireless security
Keep out rogue devices with AirWave RAPIDS™ - automated detection & containment
RAPIDS does both wireline and wireless scanning that takes advantage of your existing infrastructure.
In addition to rogue detection, RAPIDS captures attack signatures trapped by your controllers
If you don’t have APs installed, you can utilize existing laptops with wireless cards for wireless scanning.
RAPIDS stands out from other solutions in terms of how efficiently it can correlate scanning results and let you classify threats according to your own unique security policies.
Its correlation function aggregates scanning data from multiple sources to provide a more accurate threat assessment and eliminate duplicates
A rules-based classification engine lets you focus on the most important threats.
You can use its default set of classifications, which are based on more than 10 criteria including SSID, signal strength, encryption, # of discovering APs, network type, OS, manufacturer, detected on the wire, detected wirelessly and IP address. Out-of-the box, devices will fall 8 different categories, including Valid, Neighbor, Suspected Rogue, and Rogue.
Alternatively, you can redefine these default classifications to reflect your unique business needs and physical environment.
Automated alerts go out via , syslog, or SNMP (to network management system) based on user-definable triggers
RAPIDS also captures historical data for auditing and reporting purposes
We provide a number of out-of-the-box reports including a PCI compliance report
Scan Wireless + Wired Networks
Identify all connected devices
Aggregate & Correlate Results
Reduce false-positives
Classify Threats
Define & customize rules
Alert & Report
Alert Security team Compliance
Contain
Automated or manual

11. Simplify multivendor networks
Wireless + Wired
Aruba + 3rd Party
Multiple Generations
Centralized management
Configuration, firmware distribution
ZTP for Aruba Instant & ArubaOS Switches (w/Activate or DHCP)
Comprehensive visibility
Device discovery, classification and diagnosis
Reporting and analysis

12. AirWave customer spotlight
ENTERPRISE
RETAIL
EDUCATION
Examples:
New York City Dept of Education
1800 schools
1.1 million students
90,000 APs
Over 30 AirWave servers
Traditionally a Cisco shop using AirWave
Upgrading Network to AP-325s
Now using AirWave for a mixed environment of Cisco + Aruba
Small IT team using AirWave for config and troubleshooting
Intel Corporation
100,000 employees
>20,000 APs
Their policy is to have 2 vendors
They have Cisco and Aruba wireless
Use AirWave for network operations and service desk
Kaiser Permanente
Largest managed care organization in the US
170,000 employees (17,000 doctors)
20,000 APs
Cisco for offices
Aruba Instant for home access
Network is run by Verizon
Morgan Stanley
1300 offices
60,000 employees
10,000 APs
All Cisco deployment
Cisco Prime weaknesses:
Did not scale
Not useful for troubleshooting
HEALTHCARE
SERVICE PROVIDERS
GOVERNMENT

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