To power the shift to a digital workplace, you need a network that’s architected to support these experiences, so at Aruba, we have created a Mobile First solution portfolio that’s designed from the edge in or user in approach.This starts with the software layer that provides visibility, control and security, automation and built on top of an infrastructure that is open, standards based and uses APIs to feed all that information for those software tools. The secret sauce of our access solution is ArubaOS-Switch. We know that integrated wired wireless will solve many IT headaches by enabling consistent policy and common management.

ArubaOS-Switch Version 16.07 – Focused mainly on supporting new 802.3bt switches, manageability and Ease of use

- Support 802.3bt switches.

- Central onboarding support on Web GUI -A new Web GUI page to help monitor onboarding status of Aruba Central.

- Stacking support for 2930F & 3810M on Central- Aruba Central 2.4.6 or later can manage stacks of 2930F or 3810M using template configuration

Aruba OS-Switch Version 16.08 – New features added focused on AAA, Ease of use ,manageability and L2 enhancements

+ Ease of use:

Dynamic Segmentation Enhancements -Simplicity - No need to coordinate VLANs between switch and controller.

- Traffic Isolation - Client traffic isolation with Role Policy on the Controller.

- Visibility - Tunneled clients visualized on AirWave, Controller and the Switch.

Simplified ClearPass certificate download

- Validating CPPM server before downloading policies and multiple client and port based options via Downloadable User Roles.

User Role Improvements

- More local user roles and new DUR attributes.

AAA

Configurable order and priority of Authentication

- Choose order of authentication between dot1x and MACAuth and have LMA as fallback.

Dynamic Segmentation over v6 User-based tunneling working in a v6-only deployment.

Bypass Auth. For VoIP phones

- Use CDP and LLDP information to identify and bypass auth. for VoIP phones.

L2

UFD Enhancements

- Link tracking for Uplink Failure Detection.

Smart Link Enhancements

- Use the number of links on LACP to trigger a SmartLink failover.

Manageability:

AirWave ZTP over OOBM

- Reach AirWave via OOBM ports on both v4 and v6 networks.

AAA for REST

- REST APIs can use RADIUS/TACACS server instead of per-device passwords.

Monitoring enhancements for Central

-Improved visibility into device status and PoE monitoring.