Breakout - Airheads Macau 2013 - Cloud WiFi

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Cloud WiFi

Srini P. & Gokul R.

Nov 2013

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Introduction to Cloud Wi-Fi

Aruba Cloud WiFi

Roadmap

Agenda

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Business drivers for Cloud Wi-Fi

• Capital expense to Operational expense

• Focus on core competency• Reduce dependency on “external” departments (server/virtualization

teams)

• Business agility

• Low upfront investment and commitment

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Where is Cloud Wi-Fi applicable?

• Distributed organizations– Many branches

– K-12

– SME

– Retail

• Already using other cloud services

• Connect offices with broadband connections

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General pros and cons of the cloud model

• Ease of deployment and setup

• No servers/server software to manage

• Ability to start with minimal to no upfront investment

• Ability to scale “infinitely”

• Ability to get feature agility from vendors

PROS CONS

• Control over software version

• Potential policy compliance issues

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Components of Aruba Cloud Wi-Fi Solution

Aruba Instant

Aruba Activate

Centralized Management

− Aruba Central – Public cloud

Optional Components

− Cloud-hosted 3rd party services

− VPN

Analytics &

Location Engine

ClearPass

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Aruba Instant Wi-Fi

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Evolution of Controllerless Wi-Fi

FAT AP’s

• Limited performance

• No scale, roaming

• Limited features

Controllers!

• Complex

• Feature-rich

• High scale

Controller-less?

• Hobbled

• Not reliable

• Not scalable

Controller-less!

• Simplified

• Full featured

• No limits

Cloud-managed

• Subscription

• Multi-site

• Resilient

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Virtual Controller Technology

Distributed data-plane– Wireless encryption / decryption, firewall

– Scalability, Edge-firewalling, application awareness

Distributed control-plane– Authentication, DHCP, ARM, WIPS

– Survivability

Centralized (local) management-plane– Configuration, firmware management, GUI, SNMP

– Flexibility, remote management

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Aruba Instant Wi-FiWi-Fi for Real Businesses

At high density with Adaptive RF, interference avoidance

One set of access points for all locations with no hidden costs

Unmatched Affordability

10x Faster

Unsurpassed Uptime

Aruba Central

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Simple, but powerful

Wireless– Adaptive Radio Management, mesh, spectrum analysis

Security and Policy Enforcement– Aruba Policy Enforcement Firewall & RFProtect

Application Optimization– Application Level Gateways, Lync, Multicast video

Advanced Services– Content security, Real-time location, AirGroup

– VPN

– Guest-access

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Instant 225Highest performance wireless

802.11ac. 3X3 MIMO 1.3 Gbps

Instant Access Points

Instant OS– Dual ISP uplink

– 4G modem support

– VPN failover

– 100% survivability

– On all Instant APs

Instant 105Most popular wireless

Dual band 802.11n. 2X2 MIMO 300 Mbps

Instant 135High performance wireless

Dual band 802.11n. 3X3 MIMO 450 Mbps

Instant 109High performance wireless and wired

Dual band 802.11n, 2X2 MIMO 300 Mbps, 4 wired ports

Instant 3Affordable wireless and wired

2.4 GHz 802.11n, 2X2 MIMO 300 Mbps, 3 wired ports

Instant 175Outdoor wireless, 802.11n, 2X2 MIMO 600 Mbps

Instant 155Highest performance wireless and wired

Dual band 802.11n, 3X3 MIMO, 450 Mbps, 4 wired portsC

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Aruba Activate & Onboarding

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Ease of deployment

CustomerARUBA ERP

CENTRAL ACTIVATE

1. ORDER PLACED

2. REGISTRATION EMAIL

3. ACCOUNT CREATE/LOGIN

4. DEVICE LIST CONFIRM/OVERRIDE

✔ 5. Start managing the network on Aruba Central

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Aruba

Activate

Customer End Location

Customer Web portal

IAP

Aruba

Central

Aruba Central – Activate – IAP Workflow

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Aruba Central Management Demo

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- Application Visibility

- Enhanced policy based forwarding

- Managed Services Portal

- Expanded value-added cloud services

- Expanded management portfolio

Cloud WiFi - Future

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Thank You

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