HPE Aruba Networking Central AP Foundation 3 year Subscription E-STU

• Lifecycle
• Obsolete Date 31-12-2099
• End of support date 31-12-2104
• Specifications
• Available SDK/APIs REST APIs for rich network context available through API Gateway with secure Oauth access and rate-limiting capabilities.
• Software (required) HPE Aruba Networking Central
• Quickspecs
• QuickSpecs (PDF)
• QuickSpecs (HTML)
• Overview
• HPE Aruba Networking Central is a powerful, cloud-based networking solution that 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, it provides actionable insights required to proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and improve network performance. This solution 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 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 this solution.
• What's new
• HPE Aruba Networking Central NAC for cloud-delivered network access control (NAC) solution offering robust authentication, authorization, and seamless client onboarding.
• Introducing public preview of new HPE Aruba Networking Central providing IT teams with easier navigation, improved network observability, and intuitive AIOps for enhanced user experience.
• More AI Insights specifically boosting network performance by reducing the time and effort to plan, deploy, manage and troubleshoot the network.
• Offering deployment flexibility with software-as-a service (SaaS), on-prem, virtual private cloud (VPC), and managed service provider (MSP) options to meet the varying networking needs of customers.
• Enhanced network observability providing deeper insights and enhanced visibility into your network.
• Offering third-party device monitoring by integrating HPE OpsRamp Software technology into HPE Aruba Networking Central, reducing blind spots and improving troubleshooting across diverse environments.
• 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 Bluetooth Low Energy (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 HPE Aruba Networking’s micro branch, RAP, and SD-WAN light features, work from home, teleworker, and remote call center deployments are also supported.
• HPE Aruba Networking 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.
• Central NAC: Enforces dynamic, policy-based access control based on user roles, device types, and risk posture. It automatically applies least-privilege access, minimizing lateral movement and exposure to threats.
• Built-in securityPolicy Manager: Centralizes policy orchestration across wired, wireless, and WAN environments. It simplifies compliance, eliminates duplication, and ensures consistent enforcement from a single interface.
• Client Insights: Delivers continuous, AI-powered device discovery and profiling with up to 99% accuracy, enabling real-time visibility into every endpoint—whether managed, unmanaged, or IoT. This reduces blind spots and ensures that only trusted devices access the network.
• AIOps for Wired, Wireless, and SD-WAN InfrastructureAI 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 HPE Aruba Networking CX switches alongside HPE Aruba Networking Switch Operation System (AOS-S) switches and convert existing Mobility Controllers and campus APs for investment protection.
• HPE Aruba Networking Central provides Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) through a common configuration and deployment framework.
• Simplified Deployment and Lifecycle ManagementAdvanced AOS capabilities like AirMatch, Live Upgrades, and clustering provide enhanced performance and reliability.
• HPE Aruba Networking 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.
• Enterprise Scale and ResiliencyMedia
• Simple. Fast. Secure. LendingTree enjoys seamless Wi-Fi delivery with ArubaFrom workstation to patio to library, LendingTree associates enjoy always-on connectivity anywhere — thanks to Aruba Wi-Fi. Learn more at: https://www.arubanetworks.com
• Achieving end-to-end security with group-based policiesHPE Aruba Networking’s security-first, AI-powered networking offers a revolutionary approach to securing modern networks. By integrating group-based policies from the data center to enterprise end-users, organizations can ensure consistent, granular, and adaptive security.
• Manage and organize network devices with groups with Aruba CentralLearn how HPE Aruba Networking Central simplifies the process of managing and organizing devices in an organization’s network by allowing network admins to combine a set of devices into a group. Watch the guided demo to get started, then try the interactive demo to see how intuitive this solution is.
• Determine port usage with Aruba CentralLearn how HPE Aruba Networking Central simplifies the troubleshooting process for organizations by allowing network admins to manage and monitor all their Aruba networking equipment within a single platform. Watch the guided demo to get started, then try the interactive demo to see how intuitive this solution is.
• Monitor and filter network clients with Aruba CentralLearn how network monitoring and resource provisioning was designed to be simple with HPE Aruba Networking Central so network admins can quickly narrow down their search and find insights. Watch the guided demo to get started, then try the interactive demo to see how intuitive this solution is.
• Troubleshoot user connectivity with Aruba CentralLearn how unification of organization’s networks in HPE Aruba Networking Central simplifies troubleshooting and eliminates time wasted. Watch the guided demo to get started, then try the interactive demo to see how intuitive this solution is.
• Manage and organize network devices with sites with Aruba CentralLearn how HPE Aruba Networking Central simplifies the process of managing and monitoring devices in an organization’s network by allowing network admins to organize devices with sites. Watch the guided demo to get started, then try the interactive demo to see how intuitive this solution is.
• Compatible products
• ARUBA AP-655 (RW) CAMPUS AP
• HPE Aruba Networking AP-635 (RW) Tri Radio 2x2 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E Internal Antennas Campus AP
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