Fast tracking network configuration with Aruba Solution Exchange (ASE) configuration templates
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The document discusses Aruba Solution Exchange (ASE), a free online tool that provides intelligent configuration wizards for Aruba networking solutions. It describes ASE's benefits like dynamically generated configurations, standardized solution presentations, and community support. The agenda includes an introduction to ASE, a feature demonstration, a live demo, information on contributing, and Q&A. It also outlines the ASE workflow, configuration pain points addressed by ASE, and ASE's planned roadmap.
Fast tracking network configuration with Aruba Solution Exchange (ASE) configuration templates
- 1. #ATM16 Aruba Solution Exchange (ASE) Choh Kok – Technical Lead Ravi Mehra – Full Stack Developer March 8, 2016 @ArubaNetworks |
- 2. 2#ATM16 Agenda @ArubaNetworks | • Introduction to ASE • Feature Demonstration • Live Demo • Contributing • Q&A 10 minutes 25 minutes 10 minutes 20 minutes 10 minutes
- 4. 4#ATM16 What is Aruba Solution Exchange? – Visit ASE at https://ase.arubanetworks.com/ – Intelligent configuration wizards – It’s free! Available to all customers, partners, and Airheads community users for free @ArubaNetworks |
- 6. 6#ATM16 Configuration Pain Points – User guides are long and often don’t contain thorough configuration samples. – Tech notes and VRDs must be translated to match your network topology. Configuration options and values are static. – Tech notes expect a certain level of knowledge. – User missing a “hidden” configuration step. – KB articles, white papers, and tech notes get outdated. – Configuration applied from going through a tech note can not be reverted. There are no “undo” steps. – Limited community involvement. @ArubaNetworks |
- 7. 7#ATM16 ASE Benefits – Configuration dynamically generated. – Holistic configuration spanning multiple products. – Less user error stemming from less user typing. – Lab validated configuration. – Standardized solution presentation. – Flexible platform to design and program any solution. – Community supported – idea submission, solution creation, modification, and compatibility feedback. – Solution versioning and notification system. – Recognition for contributors. – Email generated configuration. @ArubaNetworks |
- 10. 10 Contributing
- 12. 12#ATM16 Solution Creation and Modification – Every solution can be modified by customers, partners, and internal employees. – All submissions for new solutions or modified solutions will be reviewed before being approved. – Solution changes are tracked. – Accepted submissions will add you to the list of contributors. – Email approved changes to users followed the solution. @ArubaNetworks |
- 13. 13#ATM16 How to create a solution? – Tutorials available at https://ase.arubanetworks.com/docs – Learn configuration syntax – View Source of existing solutions – Copy configuration from similar solutions or from your running configuration. – Verify configuration – Submit! @ArubaNetworks |
- 14. 14#ATM16 Best Practices – Use Live Preview to preview your solution before submitting for approval. – Use all lower case for variable name. – Use underscore as separator variable name. – Example: ip_address – Use validator to validate user input. – Use placeholder or help text to guide user in entering the correct value. – Use rich text if contain graphical instructions. – Use (#nonconfigvar #) tag to, – Change the order of the questions. – Get user input for controlling the flow of codes block. – Use annotations to illustrate the GUI based device configuration. @ArubaNetworks |
- 15. 15#ATM16 Sample Solution – Let’s start kicking the tire by creating a simple calculator in ASE – https://ase.arubanetworks.com/solutions/id/122 – Feel free to modify the solution and submit for approval. @ArubaNetworks |
- 17. 17#ATM16 Planned Features – More solutions! – Private space for customers, departments, or partners. – Ability to save configuration for future retrieval. – Better integration with AirHeads Community. – Expand config syntax tags to support more use cases. – Better organization and presentation of existing solutions. @ArubaNetworks |
- 18. 18 Q&A
- 19. 19#ATM16 Join Aruba’s Titans of Tomorrow force in the fight against network mayhem. Find out what your IT superpower is. Share your results with friends and receive a free superpower t-shirt. www.arubatitans.com
Editor's Notes
- #4: 10 minutes
- #7: Talk about both of our backgrounds as customer support engineers and how there were a large proportion of configuration how-to cases. For first bullet, “For example, IP address, shared secret and etc.” Talk about these pain points are shared with product’s in-built wizards.
- #8: Email generated configuration -> Custom tailored tech note.
- #9: 25 minutes Walk through the UI, go through a couple solutions, and show off all the main features.
- #10: 10 minutes Configure a device with a simple solution. Prove it works.
- #11: 20 minutes
- #14: Walk through first modifying a solution and then go through creating a new solution.
- #15: Walk through first modifying a solution and then go through creating a new solution.
- #19: 10 minutes
- #20: Contest Overview - Aruba is running a marketing campaign where we ask “What is your IT superpower?” - Go to arubatitans.com to take a quick quiz to discover your superpower. - Share your results with friends and encourage others to play the game - Once you share, go to the Social and Community Hub, Gracia Commons, 3rd fl to pick up your free superpower shirt. FAQ 1. What do I have to do to get a shirt? Share your IT superpower results with friends and encourage them to play the game. Then come to the Social & Community Hub, 3rd Floor Gracia Commons to pick up your shirt. We just need your name and badge for verification. 2. Where do I get my shirt? Come to the #ATM16 Social & Community hub located at Gracia Commons on the 3rd Floor 3. Do I have to be at the event to get the shirt? Yes. You have to be at #ATM16 to get a shirt. 4. Can I get my colleague a shirt? He/she is in a session right now. Unfortunately not. We encourage your colleague to participate so that they can win a shirt for themselves. 5. Can I bring a shirt home for my colleague? Unfortunately not. You have to be at #ATM16 to get a shirt. 6. You don’t have a shirt in my size, can you ship the right size to me later? Unfortunately not. Please select the best size from our inventory on site.