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Presented by Aruba Networks

March 2013


Building an Aruba Proof of Concept Lab For Partner Engineers

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Javier Urtubia!SE Enablement Lab [email protected]!

Registration for Partner Lab Access!

http://register.arubademo.net!

Introductions

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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?


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


•  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


•  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.


•  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


SE Enablement Lab Infrastructure


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


Online Resources


Controller


Dashboards


Application Awareness


Spectrum


Clearpass


Dashboards


Mobility Access Switch


AirWave


Rap Only Resouces


Captive Portal


Onboard


PBX


Microsoft Lync


Deploying Your Own Lab


Who Has Deployed a Lab


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?


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


Hardware Requirements

Other Hardware?

•  Rackmount server * •  2 Xeon Processors •  32GB Ram * •  15K RPM HD *

•  Terminal server * •  PDU •  UPS •  Internet Router / Modem


Suggested Software

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


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


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


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!


•  Request access @ https://activate.arubanetworks.com

Using Activate

•  View your internal inventory •  Great demo with Airwave •  View your customers inventory *


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?


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: [email protected]


Getting Connected


Lab Access


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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