1. Introductory deck to Avaya WLAN 9100 Series
WLAN 9100 is a new WLAN solution that Avaya introduced in June 2014
Avaya Wireless LAN A wireless network that supports the way you work

2. “It was great knowing you, but I really need to get connected…”
<Icebreaker slide > - A social experiment, organized by Cyber Security Research, included a clause in the terms and conditions of a free public wifi service in London, England. WiFi usage was free, provided "the recipient agreed to assign their first born child to us for the duration of eternity.“ Six people signed up to the WiFi in just over an hour – inadvertently signing away their first born children.
Today’s Reality - everyone wants WiFi

3. Wi-Fi capacity can’t keep up with the demand
Today’s environment: the ‘Internet of Things’
Influx of devices, equipment etc. that are “networked”
Increasingly these devices and equipment are mobile/ Wi-Fi enabled
Phones, Tablets, PCs, Printers, Medical devices, Watches, Video Surveillance cameras …. The list goes on
Result is many Wi-Fi networks are overwhelmed
They can’t keep up with the demand

4. Today’s Wi-Fi Challenges
Unpredictable Applications
Myriad of devices & users
Consider WiFi challenges:
Applications -
Average user approx. 40 applications on their smart phone
Business apps (collaboration/Scopia, salesforce etc), personal apps (facebook, etc.)
In a wireless environment, all users that connect to an Access Point share the bandwidth / wireless is a shared medium)
In business it is important to ensure business critical apps get priority and that the network is not bogged down by personal or unproductive applications.
Devices
BYOD is resulting in many different devices entering the workplace
User average 3 devices
Spectrum Congestion
Wireless spectrum, because it is a shared medium, is getting very crowded
Especially true for the 2.4GHz spectrum
Also challenges from something called “sticky clients”. These are those mobile devices that don't roam to the best Access Point when a person moves around. Staying with an AP that is a long way away, causes significant performance degradation for other users on that AP. This is because the bandwidth of an AP is shared among all users.
Complexity
Complexity associated with moving to the latest wireless industry standard (802.11ac)
Configuration and provisioning of Access Points etc .
Spectrum Congestion
Complex planning, deployment
& support

5. A next gen solution designed for the way YOU work
Why Avaya WLAN 9100 Series?
Why the WLAN 9100?
It is a next generation solution that is designed for the way YOU work.
Whether you are a doctor in a hospital that needs to access images on the move
Or a teacher in a school wanting to take advantage of 1:1 student learning
Or people in enterprises globally who want to work and collaborate better together
WLAN is the network that enables that engagement. It offers reliable, seamless mobility and delivers a high quality user experience on your mobile devices.
A next gen solution designed for the way YOU work

6. Application Visibility and Control
WLAN 9100 ensures, with 100% certainty, wireless business applications aren’t compromised by recreational applications.
Application-level control is important because it ensures a predictable application performance. This way business applications are not hindered by recreational apps. This also gives granular control to IT administrators, to define which specific applications can be used by which user groups.
Avaya Application Control is capable of recognizing more than 1,300 applications. This enables enterprises to block, throttle or apply QoS to applications, directly at the network edge.
For example, during school hours, you can block students from using facebook and prioritize eLearning applications.
This reduces network load and ensures a high quality experience for the most important applications.
Prioritize the apps that matter, block those that don’t

7. Programmable Radios Shape your wireless environment to your users
DID YOU KNOW
Most Wireless LAN Access Points have fixed radios?
With WLAN 9100 every radio in every AP is programmable
The result?
A wireless network optimized for the needs of your business
Software Programmable Radios:
Unlike other vendors solutions where the radios in Access Points are preset, WLAN 9100 supports software programmable radios where each radio can be programed for the specific client environment.
For example, if all clients are 2.4GHz (typically low end smart phones, tablets, media players like the Apple iPods), both radios can be set to 2.4GHz. Over time, as the client environment changes (i.e. newer or more high end smart phones/tablets, laptops etc. come onto the network), the APs can be customized to ensure an optimal user experience.
This allows enterprises to customize their APs, based on their specific client environment.
You can put legacy device traffic on one frequency & newer technology devices on the other for optimal usage.
Shape your wireless environment to your users

8. Up to 70% more bandwidth than competitive offerings
Why 70%?
Consider an industry standard , 3x ac AP (fixed config)
Radio 1 = 225Mbps (2.4GHz)
Radio 2 = 1.3Gbps (5GHz)
Max Bandwidth = 1.5Gbps
With Avaya, every radio in our APs can be configured
Radio 1 =1.3 Gbps (5Ghz)
Radio 2 = 1.3 Gbps (5Ghz)
Max bandwidth = 2.6 Gbps
The programmable radio capability allows you to future proof your network!
When you consider a typical ac Access Point for sale today, they have two radios – one running at 2.4 GHz and the second at 5Ghz. The radio’s are fixed and the maximum bandwidth you can have is 1.5 Gbps.
With the Avaya ac Access Point, the radios are software programmable. What this means is you can have one running at 2.4 GHz and the second at 5Ghz today if that is what your user environment warrants, but in the future, as your client devices evolve, you can set both radios to 5GHz and get up to 2.6 Gbps of bandwidth capacity from your AP. 70% more than competitive offerings!!
Supporting more users, more devices, more applications

9. Technician Free Upgrades
Investment Protection +
Throughput
Savings
Another unique capability of the WLAN 9100 Series is that you can buy n technology today and upgrade to ac later with just a software license.
Most of our competitors upgrades from .11n to .11ac require a manual swap-out of the Access Point. That is, a technician must be dispatched to climb a ladder and swap the AP, causing Labor and OPEX costs.
Avaya WLAN 9100 offers a software only upgrade from n to ac. This way a company can start with .11n and upgrade to .11ac in their time, without having to physically touch the AP.
Software only upgrade from n to ac

10. Simplified Controller-less Architecture
Avaya WLAN 9100 also offers a next generation controller-less architecture.
Many WLAN solutions in the market today still offer a controller based architecture that comprises a wireless controller and Access Points. With the move to ac and gigabit bandwidth this is problematic as the controller can become a choke point (all the traffic traverses via the controller)
WLAN 9100 offers a controller-less or distributed controller architecture, eliminating the controller choke point and bottleneck.
It offers an integrated architecture, where everything needed for a secure, high-performance wireless LAN is built directly into each wireless access point.
This simple two tier architecture – APs and Management (WLAN Orchestration system) – translates to reduced equipment requirements and costs.
No single point of failure or performance bottleneck

11. Comprehensive management
WLAN Orchestration System (WOS) offers intuitive, comprehensive management.
There are two flavors of WOS
One is on premise - this is what is available today
A second flavor is cloud based management - which we will roll out in 2015.
The WLAN Orchestration System is an extremely scalable, intuitive tool that provides complete visibility over the network and applications running over it.
One instance of the management application can support up to 5000 APs
Includes a built into the planning tool so you don’t need to purchase a separate site planner tool
Unparalleled visibility of the network & the applications

12. Anytime, Anywhere Access
Advanced Radio Frequency (RF) Management improves the user experience by maximizing the use of RF resources. This is specially important for clients that require roaming assistance or for sticky clients.
Roaming assist – This helps clients roam to APs that will give them high quality connections & best user experience. Some smart phones and tablets will stay connected to a radio with poor signal quality, even when there’s a radio with better signal strength within range – roaming assist gently nudges clients to an AP that gives it a better signal. It does this by assisting the device to deauthenticate if certain parameters are met and reauthenticate to a new AP. This happens within milliseconds – prevents interruption to apps.
Farewell to ‘sticky’ clients

13. The right level of access, to the right users, at the right time
Secure Network Access
The first challenge of any wireless (or wired) network security policy is controlling access to the network.
Because most Wi-Fi devices are mobile, they can connect to hundreds of networks in their lifetime.
Avaya Identity Engines solution is fully integrated with the WLAN 9100 solution (IDE LITE is provided as part of the WLAN Orchestration system) providing centralized authentication and authorization for devices including:
AAA identity-based network access control
Easy-to-use standards- based policy engine
RADIUS integration with all enterprise network equipment
Quick and deep integration with major directories
It makes it easier and more cost effective for organizations to provide secure, controlled BYOD access to employees and guests on the wireless network. It gives the right users, the right level of access, to the right resources, at the right time.
Flexible Network Access
The right level of access, to the right users, at the right time

14. A broad portfolio that caters to your every need
Access Points for every use:
Avaya WLAN 9100 offers a broad portfolio of indoor and outdoor Access Points that cater to different deployment and client requirements.
Portfolio includes n and ac APs (2x2 and 3x3 MIMO options) and an outdoor AP that can withstand harsh outdoor weather or industrial environmental conditions.
Product summary below:
WLAN AP 9122: The WLAN Access Point 9122 is an n (software upgradable to ac), Dual Radio, 2x2 Multiple Input / Multiple Output (MIMO) access point. With a powerful integrated controller, application-level intelligence, automated provisioning and cloud management, the WLAN AP 9122 is the ideal solution for providing robust wireless connectivity for enterprise environments where users predominantly connect to wireless using tablets and smart phones which utilize 1x1 and 2x2 antenna technologies.
WLAN AP 9123: The WLAN Access Point 9123 is a high performance n (software upgradeable to ac), Dual Radio, 3x3 Multiple Input / Multiple Output (MIMO) access point. With a powerful integrated controller, application-level intelligence, automated provisioning and cloud management, the WLAN AP 9123 is the ideal solution for providing robust wireless connectivity for enterprise environments.
WLAN AP 9132: The WLAN Access Point 9132 provides an economical solution for deploying an ac wireless network. With a 2x2 radio design that provides twice the performance of 3x n, the WLAN AP 9132 delivers uncompromising performance.
WLAN AP 9133: The WLAN Access Point 9133 is a high performance ac, Dual Radio, 3x3 Multiple Input / Multiple Output (MIMO) access point. With a powerful integrated controller, application-level intelligence, automated provisioning and cloud management, the WLAN AP 9133 is the ideal solution for providing robust wireless connectivity for enterprise environments
WLAN AO 9122: The Avaya WLAN Outdoor Access Point 9122 (WAO 9122) is a high-performance n access point designed for harsh environments. It includes two software programmable (2.4GHz and 5GHz) radios with two lightning protected RP-TNC style connectors each, integrated wireless controller, application-level intelligence, automated provisioning, and cloud management (optional, future) contained in a hardened case. The WAO 9122 is designed to meet requirements for extending wireless coverage outdoors or in other harsh environments such as playgrounds, campus quads, stadium stands and warehouse freezers.
WLAN 9172/9173: Four radio, ac Access Points (2x2/3x3 respectively) for high density deployments such as auditoriums, meeting halls, hotel conference rooms etc.
Indoor, Outdoor, n, ac

15. Including high density environments
APs with Four Programmable Radios
Dual Gig Ethernet Ports
Fabric Ready
Conference/Auditorium design
Avaya also offers four radio APs tailored for high density environments where many users need to be supported within a fixed area.
Examples of high-density wireless environments include convention centers, auditoriums, hotel meeting rooms, lecture halls, sports stadiums, and concert halls.
Providing high-density wireless coverage in these types of large, open venues poses a number of challenges in wireless network design due to the number of uncontrollable variables, including the total number of active wireless clients in the area, the total number online at any one time, the spacing between the clients, and the amount of client roaming throughout the venue. Avaya’s four radio Access Points are ideal for these environments.
Two model options:
WLAN Access Point 9172 is a high performance, four radio, ac, 2x2 Multiple Input / Multiple Output (MIMO) access point (AP).
WLAN Access Point 9173 is a high performance, four radio, ac, 3x3 Multiple Input / Multiple Output (MIMO) access point (AP).
They deliver superior price and performance by integrating four software programmable (2.4GHz/5GHz) modular radios with high gain directional antennas, integrated wireless controller, multi-gigabit switch, firewall, threat sensor and spectrum analyzer into a single AP.
Sports stadiums, Convention centers, Auditoriums, etc.

16. Holistic Unified Access
Single End-to-End
Integrated
Infrastructure
Avaya is one of the few vendors who can offer a holistic Unified Access solution. We ranked as a Visionary in the 2013 Gartner UA Magic Quadrant.
Avaya’s UA solution comprises the WLAN 9100 Series, a broad wired portfolio of Ethernet switches, Identity Engines for Guest and BYOD Access Control, and Unified Network Management.
One of the unique differentiators of Avaya’s UA solution is that we are extending our innovative Fabric technology to the wired and wireless edge.
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Common security, policy enforcement and management

17. Plug n Play Access Points
By combining WLAN with Avaya Fabric we are extending the benefits of Avaya Fabric to the AP to offer zero touch provisioning and enhanced performance.
The integrated, end to end solution makes the entire implementation, provisioning, and ongoing changes of your network fast, easy, and error proof.
At the same time it enhances the performance and resiliency of network. It reduces application latency, and overall gives a better end user experience to your mobile clients.
Avaya Fabric Technology
Rapid Deployment, Simplified Administration, Error Proof

18. Stop the activity you don’t want. Support what’s really important
WLAN 9100 in Education
eRate eligible
Application Control
Bonjour support
APs for all environments
Classrooms, Auditoriums etc.
Wi-Fi has become an essential requirement for delivering educational content and Avaya WLAN 9100 offers an ideal solution for K-12 and higher education.
It is eRate eligible ($B opportunity in the US in 2015!)
The Application Control makes sure that bandwidth is available for learning during school hours but can be used for recreational Apps in the After Hours.
Offers Bonjour support – with the majority of devices in school being Apple devices,
Broad range of APs to cater to different class room sizes, lecture halls etc.
Education Networking brochure
Stop the activity you don’t want. Support what’s really important

19. Access to what you need, when you need it, wherever you are
WLAN 9100 in Healthcare
Strong VoIP support
Fast roaming
Voice Certifications
Distributed architecture ideal for smaller clinics
High availability and performance
Similarly Wi-Fi is an essential requirement in hospitals. Healthcare staff are mobile and need to be able to access what they need, when they need it.
Strong VoIP support – key requirement in healthcare.
Fast roaming – ensuring seamless mobility and no dropped calls when on the move.
Voice Certifications – Spectralink etc.
Distributed architecture ideal for smaller clinics
High availability and performance – for access to mission critical applications (Xrays, radiation scans etc)
Access to what you need, when you need it, wherever you are

20. Helping people in enterprises globally work better together
The BEST network for Avaya Customer Engagement and Team Engagement Applications
App Control for Scopia
Single Sign On for Avaya Aura
Plug n Play for VoIP phones
Proactive performance monitoring
Secure
WLAN is an ideal solution for Avaya customer and team engagement applications (UC, Video applications etc).
It offers:
App Control for Scopia: prioritize your Scopia video call over less important applications
Single Sign On for AURA – forget multiple userids and passwords; with Avaya you have single sign on
Plug N Play for Avaya VoIP Phones
Helping people in enterprises globally work better together

21. Mobilizing Customers around the Globe
Education
Hospitality
Healthcare
Enterprise
Government
Stadiums
Finance
We have seen great traction with the 9100 solution since it was introduced 6+ months ago
We have customers in every vertical and every region.
Continue to see great demand
Number of case studies in the works that will be shared soon.

22. The bottom line
Takeaway: wireless solution that allows you to take full advantage of the applications that matter to you
Thank you
WLAN 9100 enables your business to take full advantage of the applications that matter to you, anywhere in the organization