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Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide
The Aruba Network Rightsizing Best Practices Guide provides an overview of network rightsizing. Network rightsizing is a network capacity planning and cost optimization strategy based on the principle that wired and wireless LANs should be sized and structured to meet current and future demand. After explaining the principles of network rightsizing and how it can benefit your organization, the methodology for analyzing and planning a rightsized network will be discussed. Finally, you will learn how to implement a rightsized yet scalable Aruba 802.11n network
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Campus Wireless Networks Validated Reference Design v3.3
This Design Guide presents a best practice architecture for a large campus wireless LAN (WLAN) serving thousands of users spread across many different buildings joined by SONET, MPLS or other high-speed, high-availability backbone. It provides network administrators with guidelines to design and deploy a centralized enterprise-wide wireless network in an enterprise, higher education, healthcare or other typical campus setting.
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Virtual Branch Networks Validated Reference Design v3.0RN
The Aruba Virtual Branch Networks Validated Reference Design Guide provides best practices and step-by-step instructions for designing, deploying, and supporting the Aruba Virtual Branch Network (VBN) solution for fixed telecommuters and branch offices with up to 100 employees. The Aruba VBN is a remote networking architecture that dramatically reduces capital and operating costs by blending the simplicity of a centralized VPN with the flexibility of role-based access control for multi-user, multi-device remote sites. This guide describes defining requirements, developing a physical and a logical design, designing security architecture and policies, and provisioning and deploying the solution. Complete example configurations and an extensive troubleshooting guide are also included.
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Retail Wireless Networks Validated Reference Design v3.3
This Design Guide provides a best practice architecture for retailers who want to deploy centrally managed and secure WLANs with wireless intrusion detection capability across the entire retail enterprise. It describes the underlying network design requirements and shows how Aruba WLAN products can help maintain PCI compliance, reduce costs, improve operations, and enhance the customer experience. This guide can help retailers plan for and successfully provide wireless coverage for retail facility types ranging from large footprint stores to small footprint stores, warehouses, distribution centers, and fulfillment centers.
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Optimizing Aruba WLANs for Roaming Devices v3.3
This Solution Guide describes best practices for implementing an Aruba 802.11 wireless network that supports thousands of highly mobile devices (HMDs) such as Wi-Fi phones, handheld scanning terminals, voice badges, and computers mounted to vehicles. It describes the design principles particular to keeping devices that are in constant motion connected to the network as well as best practices for configuring Aruba Networks controllers and the mobile devices. The comprehensive guide addresses six areas of network planning to ensure a high quality of service for roaming data and voice sessions: device configuration, airtime optimization, roaming optimization, IP mobility configuration, IP multicast configuration, and interference resistance. A detailed troubleshooting section covers common issues that arise with these types of WLANs.
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Wired Multiplexer (MUX) Validated Reference Design v3.3
The reference design presented in this guide is a best practice architecture for a wired network access control system that enables specific wired Ethernet ports on a customer network to benefit from Aruba's role-based security features. This capability is valuable inside a customer building in common areas like conference rooms and auditoriums that may need to provide different levels of security at different times to transient employee and guest users on the same Ethernet jack.
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Aruba Validated Reference Design Visio Stencils
The complete line of network elements from the Aruba Validated Reference Designs is included in this package of Visio stencils, to enable customers to create customized reference designs for their own organizations.
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Aruba Networks Product Line Visio Stencils
Aruba's entire controller and access point product family is included in this package of Visio stencils for network engineers to create accurate diagrams of their wireless infrastructure.
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RF Design & Antenna Selection
Indoor Access Points: Site Survey and Planning
The purpose of this Predeployment Guide is to provide systems engineers, technical support engineers, and site survey teams with the tools needed to conduct a successful site survey, select appropriate access points or antennas, and plan for the implementation of an Aruba wireless network.
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Aruba Networks Antenna Line Reference Matrix
Aruba offers a comprehensive line of indoor and outdoor antennas that have been certified for operation with Aruba access points. This document summarizes all of these antennas choices, and complements the data sheets for each individual antenna model.
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ArubaOS Configuration Guides
WLAN Base Configuration for ArubaOS 3.1
This document describes a typical configuration for a base production Aruba Networks infrastructure running ArubaOS 3.1. The Guide includes step-by-step instructions for configuring a Master mobility controller, secure employee WLAN access, and Adaptive Radio Management.
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WLAN Base Configuration for ArubaOS 2.5
This Configuration Guide presents step-by-step instructions for configuring a typical base production Aruba infrastructure running ArubaOS 2.5. The document covers Master controller setup, secure employee access, transparent Layer 3 client mobility, system management and Adaptive Radio Management.
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In an Aruba Networks infrastructure, there are two types of controllers. Master controllers manage all WLAN configuration, RF management and security events. Local controllers manage and terminate encrypted GRE tunnels from lightweight access points. This Guide describes a typical configuration for an Aruba network that incorporates Master/Local scaling techniques.
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Redundancy Best Practice Design Guide v2.5
In this Configuration Guide, the reader is taken through how to design and provision a typical architecture that includes redundancy for high availability. Aruba controllers utilize Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) to enable enterprises to provide a backup switch for AP and user connectivity with minimal failover times.
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Secure Guest Access Best Practice Design Guide v2.5
Building on the WLAN Base Configuration for ArubaOS 2.5 guide, this document describes how to design and configure secure wireless access for guests on a production Aruba infrastructure. Step-by-step instructions are presented to set up the integrated stateful firewall, implement a standard Captive Portal authentication page, and configure the applicable network infrastructure.
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