EMEA Airheads- Aruba 8.x Architecture overview & UI Navigation
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The webinar, led by Pravin Kumar, covers the advancements in ArubaOS 8.0, including features like a new configuration model, centralized visibility, and manageability enhancements. Key highlights include the introduction of a Mobility Master, which can manage up to 1,000 mobility controllers and 10,000 access points, along with features such as air match, client match, and improved user interface options. The session aims to provide technical insights and facilitate discussion through a question panel.
EMEA Airheads- Aruba 8.x Architecture overview & UI Navigation
- 1. CLUSTER MANAGER Technical Climb Webinar 10:00 GMT | 11:00 CET | 13:00 GST July 18th, 2017 Presenter: Pravin Kumar Pravin.kumar2@hpe.com
- 2. 2 Welcome to the Technical Climb Webinar Listen to this webinar using the computer audio broadcasting or dial in by phone. The dial in number can be found in the audio panel, click additional numbers to view local dial in numbers. If you experience any difficulties accessing the webinar contact us using the questions panel.
- 3. 3 Housekeeping This webinar will be recorded All lines will be muted during the webinar How can you ask questions? Use the question panel on your screen The recorded presentation will be posted on Arubapedia for Partners (https://arubapedia.arubanetworks.com/afp/)
- 5. 5 Agenda • What’s New in ArubaOS 8.0? • New Configuration Model • Centralized Visibility & Monitoring • Manageability Features • Services • Platform and Scale
- 7. 7 What’s New in ArubaOS 8.0? - Ideal for Control Plane Functions - Often need more Memory & more Processing Capacity
- 8. 8 In ArubaOS 8.0 Mobility Master Mobility Master - Runs on X86 (VM in 8.0 – Hardware Appliance in post 8.0 releases) - Scales vertically as needed - Flexible CPU/Memory/Disk allocation - Ideal for Control Plane functions - No AP Termination - Economical Solution for Customers
- 9. 9 In ArubaOS 8.0: Mobility Master Controller Cluster Controller Cluster - Cluster up to 12 Nodes - Auto Load balancing of APs and Stations - 100% Redundancy
- 10. CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved 10 What’s New in ArubaOS 8.0? Mobility Master Controller Cluster Controller Cluster (DMZ) Air Wall - APs can be provisioned by more than one controller - Primary Zone vs. Data Zones - Primary Zone – Owner of AP and provision BSSIDs - Data Zones – Provision additional BSSIDs - AP tunnels the traffic directly to the Data Zones AirWall
- 12. 12 MM Overview • New Configuration Model • Centralized Visibility & Monitoring • Manageability Features − Centralized Licensing − Centralized Image Upgrades − ZTP − Multi-Version • Services − Air Match − Client Match − Air Group − WebCC Proxy − In Service Software Upgrades
- 13. 13 Hierarchical Configuration • Current Pain Points − Global vs. Local Configuration − No Multi-Version Support • New Configuration Model − Single Point of Configuration − Hierarchical Configuration Model − Global & Local Configuration − Multi-Version Support − Zero Touch Provisioning for BOC & Local Controllers − Scales up to 1000 Mobility Controllers
- 14. CONFIDENTIAL © Copyright 2014. Aruba Networks, Inc. All rights reserved 14 Hierarchical Configuration / /md/domain1/device1a /sc/mynode md domain1 domain2 device1a device1b device2a device2b sc mynode /md/domain1/device1b /md/domain2/device2a /md/domain2/device2b Configs common to SC and all managed devices Configs common to all managed devices Common domain1 configs device1a specific configs Common SC configs (Synced to Standby SC) Specific SC configs (Not synced to Standby SC) Managed Device Managed Device Managed Device Managed Device
- 15. 15 Central Visibility & Monitoring • Mobility Master provides Central Visibility • Assimilates AMON data from all Mobility Controllers managed by MM • Same dashboards as Mobility Controllers − All Local Controllers − All APs, VAPs, Radios, Stations − State and Statistics − AppRF & WebCC Data • Global Visibility and Per Controller Visibility
- 16. 16 Manageability Features • Centralized Licensing − All Licenses are configured on Mobility Master − Pre-8.0 licenses need to be migrated − License Pool definitions • ZTP − Activate Integration − Pre 8.0 only available on Branch Controllers, now on all Controllers • Centralized Image Upgrade − Report progress of Image Downloads & Reboots • Centralized Whitelist DB − Sync the Whitelist DB across all LCs and SCs
- 17. 17 Services • Air Match - Replaces ARM - Runs Centrally on the Mobility Master - Efficient algorithms and works across Controller Boundaries • Client Match − Runs centrally on Mobility Master or on Mobility Controllers − Works across Mobility Controller boundaries • Air Group − Runs centrally on Mobility Master or on Mobility Controllers − Better policy application and Scales better
- 18. 18 Services • WebCC Proxy − Mobility Manager maintains about 1 million WebCC Cache entries − Also queries the BrightCloud in the event of cache miss • In Service Module Upgrades − AOS is no more a monolith (Based Image & Packages) − Packages with hot-fixes can be upgraded without reloading the entire box
- 19. 19 Platform and Scale • Mobility Master Platform − 8.0 • Runs on a Virtual Machine and deployed as OVA • Supports only on VMWare ESXi Hypervisor • Flexible Selection of # of CPUs and Memory based on the Scale − Post 8.0 • X86 based Hardware Appliance Available • Support for other Hypervisors (KVM, ZEN etc) • Scale − Supports up to • 1000 Mobility Controllers (Managed Devices) • 10K AP Deployment • 100K Clients − Full Scale needs a dedicated VM capacity of up to • 16 CPU Cores, 64G RAM, -2-4 Gig Ethernet Ports
- 20. UI NAVIGATION
- 21. 21 UI Navigation: • Introduction • New UI view in WEB and CLI • New menus vs hierarchy • Managed Controllers • Add/Edit controller and/or groups • New Banner • New Controllers page • Geolocation and Maps
- 22. 22 Introduction: • The 8.0 release adds the Mobility Master (MM) and Managed Controller in a topology that permits the MM to manage and monitor one or more controllers. The MM only manages controllers and can’t manage any Access Points (AP) Licensing is controlled by the MM for all the Managed controllers. New Hierarchy: “/mm” or Mobility Master • Contains mynode “/mm/mynode” “/md” or Managed Network • Contains groups and managed controllers (physical or VMs)
- 23. 23 New User Interface (WEB view)
- 24. 24 New User Interface (CLI view)
- 25. 25 Dashboard data In order to populate data in the Dashboard from the Managed controllers, we must configure the Mobility Manager server via one of these two options: Option 1 is to go to Managed Network -> Configuration -> System -> More -> General -> MON Receivers and adding the info there
- 26. 26 Dashboard data (continued) Option 2 consists on configuring the IP of the Mobility Master in the Airwave section
- 27. 27 Managed Controllers Access • When we make any change on the Managed controller we notice below error
- 28. 28 Managed Controllers Access • Most likely the Managed controllers are accessed directly for Diagnostics and Maintenance. • Ping , Logs, tech support files. • Software, configuration file.
- 30. 30 New and improved Navigation Tree
- 31. 31 Adding a controller or group under Managed Networks Click on the “+” to get to the Add dialog
- 32. 32 Edit a controller or delete controller/group
- 33. 33 New Login / Reboot / Work in progress animations
- 34. 34 New Banner At the top of the MM WEBUI there is a new style banner which displayed the following information aggregated from all local controllers: • Number of Managed Controllers (up/down) • Number of Access Points from all Managed Controllers (up/down) • Number of clients from all APs from all Managed Controllers • Alerts (both MM and Managed Network) You will also find a simplified Aruba Networks logo to the left and the Admin/Logout dropdown to the right as well as the Help button
- 35. 35 New controllers page in Dashboard menu The new page lists all the managed controllers configured under Managed Network
- 36. 36 Dashboard -> Network –> Location (Maps) • This screen displays all controllers and status put on a map. • Several controllers are grouped into "donuts". Details can be seen from a pop-up. • Go into edit mode to move around controller pins on the map.
- 37. 37 Configuration -> System -> General -> Geolocation • Search location and move the selected controller to a position on the map. • Does a reverse address lookup on the controller position.
- 38. 38 Questions ?
- 39. THANK YOU!
Editor's Notes
- #7: Current Aruba’s Move Architecture and what is the current challenge in this. Network Access: Layer 1 Access(AP’s) - Innovation from .11b to .11ac – Wireless or RF optimization – Client Match - Hardware changes Aggregation: (Local controllers or Mobility Controllers) All the client tunnel to the controller – AppRF – WCC - Wireless CP/DP – Not good for resilient – Upgrade and not good for failover – Load sharing is not possible Network Services: (Master Controllers or Master Mobility controller) Central mgmt – WMS + N+1 redundancy – No support for SDN(Software Defined Networking) or Open flow controllers– No Global view/visibility like topology, all AP’s. Airgroup - Need more scale and push for more intelligence or more memory.
- #32: Note :Whenever we add or delete a MD from a group ,it will reboot.