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© Copyright 2014. Aruba Networks, Inc.
All rights reserved
#AirheadsConf
Multi-server architecture
database backup
SNMP trap recvr
SNMP pollers
swarm handler
work queue via [distributed] RabbitMQ message bus
UI report gen config gen/audit
Visual RF
database
database master
ALC workers ALC workers ALC workers
Visual RFVisual RF
worker machine #3worker machine #2worker machine #1
AMON recvr
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Network Management with Aruba AirWave
The document provides an overview of Aruba AirWave's network management capabilities, focusing on application visibility, RF visualization, and performance metrics. It discusses features such as client call quality monitoring, enhanced UI improvements, and a scalable multi-server architecture that supports up to 20,000 access points. Additionally, it highlights serviceability aspects including automated provisioning and controller configuration management.
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Network Management with Aruba AirWave
- 1. Network Management withAruba AirWave Sujatha Mandava March, 2014
- 2. CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved 2 #AirheadsConf Agenda Overview of AirWave Application Visibility RF Visualization RF Performance RF Capacity UI Configuration Scalable Clustered Architecture Serviceability Q & A
- 3. 3 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf What is AirWave
- 4. 4 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf AirWave Management Architecture APs / AMs • 802.11 radios • Integrated IDS/IPS • Spectrum Analysis Controller (or VC) • Centralized Radio Management • Role based Policy Enforcement AirWave • Long-term History & Trending • WLAN Troubleshooting • Visualization & Reporting
- 5. 5 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Data Flow to AirWave AirWave Controller Virtual Controller NMSEmail, SNMP, Syslog
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- 7. 7 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Overview
- 8. 8 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Application Visibility: by Destination
- 9. 9 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf 8.0 - AppRF Report • Top destinations and applications • Top applications broken down by device type, WLAN, role • Detailed section for one or more users
- 10. 10 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf 8.0 - AppRF Visualization • AppRF overlay for clients • Identifies clients contributing to the selected application. • TunableThresholds
- 11. 11 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf 8.0 – UCC (Lync, Jabber….) • Dashboards Identify call quality issues and correlate with client health • Lync overlay with historical view of calls • Lync Mobility trail to track historical call sessions
- 12. 12 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf UCC Dashboard • Call Volume by protocol: SIP, Lync, Jabber
- 13. 13 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf UCC Dashboard • Calls broken down by device type • Identify the device types having the worst call quality
- 14. 14 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Dashboard to Diagnostic page
- 15. 15 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Call Details • Selecting a call gives details like jitter, delay for the call. • The red icon shows the point at which the client roamed during the call..
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- 17. 17 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf VisualRF in HTML5 Improved navigation
- 18. 18 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf VisualRF in HTML5 • Floorplan with APs/Clients and relation lines
- 19. 19 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf VisualRF – Heatmaps & Overlays • Heatmap
- 20. 20 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf VisualRF – Floor Upload Wizard
- 21. 21 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Channel Overlay • Identify Overlapping Regions
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- 23. 23 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf RF Capacity 2 radios were “heavily utilized” 80-100% of the time. (“Heavily utilized” is 80%+ utilization). (Only “on time” is considered. That is, blocks of time the radio is doing something, not the middle-of-the-night).
- 24. 24 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf RF Capacity
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- 26. 26 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf RF Performance
- 27. 27 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf RF Performance Track clients with poor health over time
- 28. 28 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Watched Clients
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- 30. 30 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf All Graphs in 7.7 Now HTML5 Graphs in AirWave 7.6 and earlier were Flash-based All graphs in AirWave 7.7 are converted from Flash to HTML5
- 31. 31 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf All Graphs in 7.7 Now HTML5 By clicking on a graph, can then zoom in/out, pan, and hover (to get values for each point)
- 32. 32 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf 8.0 UI Improvements – Views • Select columns and filters to display the desired set of views
- 33. 33 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf UI Contd.. – Simpler Modify Devices • Easy to use UI for Modify Devices
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- 35. 35 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf AirWave 8.0 - Multi-server Architecture Scale to 20,000 APs • No architecture choice will prohibit > 20,000 • Up to that limit, add another server, get another increment of capacity (symmetric arch) Single Virtual IP from perspective of controller/VC • Controllers/VCs need be configured with only a single AMP IPaddr Failover without human intervention • Failover transition lasts 10min or less, during which time data collection may be interrupted • Only data loss might be up to 1hr of client session data; no other data loss • Simple process to re-introduce repaired server to cluster (or add another server) Can still run on a single server
- 36. 36 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Current single-server architecture SNMP trap recvr AMON recvr SNMP pollers swarm handler work queue ALC workers database AW-RRD UI report gen config gen/audit Visual RF message bus
- 37. 37 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Multi-server architecture database backup SNMP trap recvr SNMP pollers swarm handler work queue via [distributed] RabbitMQ message bus UI report gen config gen/audit Visual RF database database master ALC workers ALC workers ALC workers Visual RFVisual RF worker machine #3worker machine #2worker machine #1 AMON recvr OpenTSDBOpenTSDBOpenTSDB
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- 39. 39 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf IGC: Just like Instant embedded UI
- 40. 40 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf IGC: Notes and multi-edit
- 41. 41 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Switch config
- 42. CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2013.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved 42 #airheadsconf Provisioning Using Activate AirWave pushes the latest software image and Site A configuration Instant AP connects to AirWave server via HTTPS and associates to the Site A group Instant AP connects to Aruba Activate via HTTPS and downloads provisioning details 1 2 3 Aruba Activate™ 10 a.m. 10:02 a.m. 10:07 a.m. Site A - Configuration A Site B – Configuration B Site C – Configuration C AirWave™ Secure Data Center Site C Site B Site A Aruba Instant™
- 43. 43 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Controller Config • Local Config • Bulk edit of overrides – a small set of variables like vlan • AOS 6.4 configuration
- 44. 44 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Serviceability
- 45. 45 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Run CLI command(s) at intervals
- 46. 46 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved #AirheadsConf Controller Backups/Config • Preserve controller backups and provision to restore functionality
- 47. 47 CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014.Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved Thank You #AirheadsConf