Aruba Central 25xx/6100/8 to 12 port Switch Foundation 1 year

Lifecycle

• Obsolete Date 01-05-2027
• End of support date 01-05-2032

Specifications

• Available SDK/APIs REST APIs for rich network context available through API Gateway with secure Oauth access and rate-limiting capabilities.

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Overview

Aruba Central is a powerful, cloud-based networking solution that uniquely unifies management of wireless, wired, and WAN infrastructure across campus, branch, data center, and remote worker locations. Featuring built-in, AI-driven analytics and intelligent alerts, Aruba Central provides the actionable insights required to proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and improve network performance. Aruba Central provides enterprise-grade scale and resiliency, delivers advanced security and threat management capabilities, and offers flexible deployment options with cloud, on-premises, and as-a-service models, making it a perfect fit for large enterprises, as well as SMBs with limited IT personnel. A real-time summary of network-wide health is delivered through an intuitive dashboard that can be accessed from anywhere, including through a mobile app for on-the-go operations. Whether managing one location or several hundred, network management is now far simpler with Aruba Central.

What’s new

• AIOps improvements, including insights for Aruba CX switches and an AI Assist feature that can automatically collect diagnostics, alert admins, and even create support cases when an issue occurs.
• SD-WAN feature enhancements, including enhanced data plane troubleshooting, a WAN health dashboard, and better application visibility.
• Multi-tier subscription licenses provide customers greater choice and flexibility with purchasing and consumption of network services.
• Advanced configuration capabilities for Aruba CX switches, such as a GUI option for making fast, routine changes, as well as a multi-editor for implementing more complex changes at scale.
• Improved integration with Aruba ClearPass Device Insight, including the ability to pull telemetry from SD-WAN gateways and instant access points to profile all connected clients.
• An on-premises deployment model that delivers a cloud-like IT experience for greater agility and efficiency while helping maintain stringent security or compliance needs.

Features

AI Assist brings support services to the forefront by using machine learning to perform search queries, automatically collect diagnostics, and proactively initiate a TAC service request, as needed.

Additional Wi-Fi and BLE analytics enable businesses to conduct contact tracing and location tracing to aid in COVID-19 responses.

View, analyze, and enforce policies for traffic based on individual applications, application categories, web categories, and web reputation.

REST APIs are available through the API Gateway, and include protected OAuth access and rate-limiting capabilities.

Using Aruba’s micro branch, RAP, and SD-WAN light features, work from home, teleworker, and remote call center deployments are also supported.

Aruba Threat Defense enables IPS/IDS, while integration with Zscaler and Palo Alto provide advanced web security capabilities.

SD-WAN with new Cloud Connect functionality improves WAN performance, simplifies branch configurations, and enables seamless connectivity to AWS and Azure gateways.

AIOps for Wired, Wireless, and SD-WAN Infrastructure

AI Insight provides actionable intelligence of the overall health of the network to simplify troubleshooting and boost overall performance.

Leveraging a common data lake hosted in the cloud, peer comparisons are available to crowdsource commonly encountered issues.

AI Search provides more advanced issue detection capabilities, simplifying Day 0 to Day 2 operations with context-based troubleshooting and guided remediation steps to quickly fix issues.

A mobile installer app can be used to provision an access point, switch, or gateway – ideal for systems integrators or third-party contractors.

Manage Aruba CX switches alongside ArubaOS-S switches and convert existing Mobility Controllers and campus APs for investment protection.

Aruba Central provides zero-touch provisioning through a common configuration and deployment framework.

Simplified Deployment and Lifecyle Management

Advanced AOS capabilities like AirMatch, Live Upgrades, and clustering provide enhanced performance and reliability.

Aruba Central delivers higher scale and resiliency for enterprise campus, branch, and remote networks, with support for tens of thousands of devices in a single instance. Cloud, on-premises, and as-a-service options are available.

Enterprise Scale and Resiliency

Documents

• Intercontinental Hotel Group case study
• AI and the NHS Long Term Plan
• Aruba Central for Government Data Sheet
• Prime Group case study
• Vestavia Hills City Schools case study
• Homebase case study
• Smart Digital Healthcare Solution Overview
• Cloud Authentication & Policy for Aruba Central
• IoT Operations At A Glance
• The Aruba AI Advantage White Paper
• 1-Year Aruba Central Subscription Free for Qualified AirWave Customers (Promotion)
• Aruba Pro Care Service Brief
• Aruba AIOps Use Cases – Peer Comparisons, a New Level of Insight
• HPE Greenlake for Aruba Service Brief
• AIOps Use Cases – Solving passerby performance problems in retail
• HPE Greenlake for Aruba Infographic
• IT’s 5 Toughest Work from Home Challenges Solution Overview
• Working From Home: Teleworking At-A-Glance
• Aruba Central for Work From Home Initiatives At-a-Glance
• Rapid-Response Healthcare At-a-Glance
• Aruba Central
• SCHURTER case study