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Presented by
Aruba Networks
March 2013

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Building an Aruba Proof of Concept Lab
For Partner Engineers

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Javier Urtubia!
SE Enablement Lab Manager!
dl-seel@arubanetworks.com!
Registration for Partner Lab Access!
http://register.arubademo.net!
Introductions
Please connect to “ ” for Internet access.

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What is the SE Enablement Lab?
•  What is the history of the SE Enablement Lab?
•  What is the purpose of the SE Enablement Lab?
•  Who can access the lab?

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History
•  SE Home Labs
–  Equipment supplied by Corporate
–  SE self maintained
–  AOS centric
–  Issues addressed by email distribution list
–  SE used personal labs for demos
–  Connectivity not always reliable

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•  SE Labs
–  Direct corporate networks access
–  Maintained as best effort
–  AOS centric
History
–  Worked directly with Q&A for latest AOS builds
–  Issue handled using email dl
–  Internet access through IT

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•  Partner Demo Labs
–  No corporate networks access
–  Part time dedicated support team
–  Part of Business Development
History
–  AOS centric with partner technology integration
–  Support handled through email dl
–  Dedicated DS3 shared with the EBC.

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•  SE Enablement Lab
–  Partial access to corporate networks
–  Dedicated support team
–  Aruba technologies centric
History
–  Works directly with PLM, TME and PoC for access to the
most current Aruba Technologies
–  Dedicated DS3 shared with the EBC
–  Own domain name

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SE Enablement Lab Infrastructure

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Capabilities
1.  Microsoft Active Directory
•  DHCP
•  DNS (internal & External)
•  NTP
•  Radius
•  Certificate Services
•  TFTP
•  FTP
•  Syslog
2.  Clearpass
•  OnGuard
•  QuickConnect
•  AirGroup
•  Guest Provisioning
•  Self Provisioning
•  Captive portal
•  Advertising Services
•  BYOD
•  Radius
•  Certificate Services
3.  iAP
•  iAP VPN
•  iAP to Rap
•  Activate
4.  PBX
•  VOIP
•  Video Conference
5.  MS Lync
•  Unified Communications
•  Video Conference
•  Chat
6.  Airwave
•  Infrastructure Monitoring
•  Reporting Services
•  Heat Maps
•  Inventory Tracking
•  Historical usage data
7.  AOS
•  Dashboard
•  Spectrum Analysis
•  Policy Enforcement Firewall
•  Application Awareness
8.  S3500
•  L2 & L3 switching
•  POE
•  Port usage monitoring
All services are extendable outside of the
Labs via firewall port forwarding, RAP, VIA
or VPN.
The Latest list of Demos can always be
found on https://afp.arubanetworks.com

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Online Resources

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Controller

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Dashboards

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Application Awareness

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Spectrum

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Clearpass

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Dashboards

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Mobility Access Switch

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AirWave

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Rap Only Resouces

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Captive Portal

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Onboard

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PBX

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Microsoft Lync

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Deploying Your Own Lab

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Who Has Deployed a Lab

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Deploying Your Own Lab
  What kind of lab should
you build?
  What will you need?
  Hardware
  Software
  What help is available?
  How long will it take?
  Are there any gotchas?

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Hardware Requirements
What Aruba hardware is recommended
•  7210 Controller
•  S3500 MAS
•  AP135
•  iAP135
•  Rap 3
Are there Alternatives?
•  3400 Controller
•  S2400 MAS
•  AP105
•  iAP105
•  No Alt for Rap3

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Hardware Requirements
Other Hardware?
•  Rackmount server *
•  2 Xeon Processors
•  32GB Ram *
•  15K RPM HD *
•  Terminal server *
•  PDU
•  UPS
•  Internet Router / Modem

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Suggested Software
Aruba Software
•  AOS 6.2 or higher
•  CPPM 6.0.2 or higher
•  Airwave 7.6 or higher

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Radius-Based Whitelist
ClearPass
Policy Mgr
Activate
http://activate.arubanetworks.com
Controller sends auth’n requests
and CPPM provides auth’z info.
Controller
AP (with Instant)
Legacy RAP
AP (with Instant)
Controller
Airwave
AP (with Instant)
provisioning will check
Activate at boot.
Mr. IT

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Suggested Software
Other Software
•  Windows Server 2008 or higher
•  Kiwi Syslog
•  SolarWinds SCP Server
•  SolarWinds TFTP Server
•  VMware vSphere
•  VMware vCenter Converter
•  WinRaR
•  TextPad
•  Putty
•  Microsoft Lync 2013 or higher *
•  FreePBX
•  VMWare ESXi 5.1

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Financial Resources
•  Authorized Partners Get a 65% Discount
•  $25K Annual limit
•  Clearpass gives a 1 yr full license with training
•  Partners get 2 free training vouchers per yr.
Just an Arm, you can keep the leg!

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•  Request access @
https://activate.arubanetworks.com
Using Activate
•  View your internal inventory
•  Great demo with Airwave
•  View your customers inventory *

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Caveats
•  Certificates
•  iAP with Activate
•  NAT/Proxy ARP
•  What if you can’t deploy a PBX or
a Lync Server?
•  Can’t install Airwave?
•  Can’t Install CPPM?

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Assistance
•  Documentation and Answers are
available on:
https://afp.arubanetworks.com
•  Join a discussion forum:
https://community.arubanetworks.com
•  Lab issue you can contact us at:
dl-seel@arubanetwork.com

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Getting Connected

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Lab Access

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Lab Access
•  The Remote Access Point (RAP) you provide,
enables you to access the SE Enablement Lab
hosted at Aruba’s headquarters in Sunnyvale,
California.
•  Your RAP connects to the SE Enablement Lab
via an Aruba controller. Once your request is
received and your RAP has been whitelisted on
a controller to allow for a secure connection.
•  Details on what demos are currently available
are maintained at https:/afp.arubanetworks.com

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iAP

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