Take a Walk on the Wired Side
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The document discusses the design fundamentals for Aruba switching in campus networks, emphasizing a mobile-first approach characterized by unified policies, end-to-end manageability, and optimized wired networks for wireless aggregation. It presents reference designs and scalability options for network architecture, with a focus on both wired and wireless components, including various switch series and their functionalities. Additionally, it outlines a case study demonstrating the implementation of this architecture in a practical scenario.
Take a Walk on the Wired Side
- 1. #ATM16 Take a walk on the wired side Rob Haviland Ruben Iglesias Justin Noonan March 2016 @ArubaNetworks | Design fundamentals for Aruba switching in the campus
- 4. 4#ATM16 Agenda – Introduction – Mobile-first reference designs – An SDN case study – FlexNetwork reference designs – Square peg round hole – The other 20% – Summary
- 5. 5#ATM16 What Capabilities Characterize a ‘Mobile-First’ Network? 1. Policy is unified and multi-vendor 2. Manageability is end-to-end and multi-vendor 3. Wireless is best-of-breed 4. Wired is optimized for wireless aggregation 5. Network analytics for IT, user analytics for LOB
- 6. 6#ATM16 This is the Network for Mobile Campus Today Network management from AirWave/Central and IMC Mobile engagement & business analytics Infrastructure Control Management Policy management and Network Access Control (NAC) 802.11ac Wave 1 & 2 Wired edge and distribution CoreBLE Beacons Routers SDN and Mobility Controllers
- 8. 8#ATM16 Sell what’s on the truck…
- 9. 9#ATM16 Mobile-first 2-tier design LoCtrl2 CSw1 CSw1 LoCtrl1 Acc2/2Acc1/2 Acc2/1Acc1/1 NetMgr AAA SDNCtlr M-Ctrl1 M-Ctrl2 Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller AirWave SDN Controller ClearPass Policy Manager Aruba 3810 Switch Series Aruba 3810 Switch Series Aruba 5400R zl2 Switch Series Aruba 330 AP (May 2016) Aruba 330 AP (May 2016) Aruba 330 AP (May 2016)
- 10. 10#ATM16 • Max client devices: 24000 • Max users: 6000 (3 devices/user) Design scale – typical 2-tier scenario CSw1 CSw1 Acc2/ 2 Acc1/ 2 Acc2/ 1 Acc1/ 1 5400R VSF Default gateway for all clients 5400R VSF or standalone • Max MAC address: 64000 • Max ARP entries: 25000 Access switch and mobility controller in L2 mode
- 11. 11#ATM16 Policy is unified and multi-vendor LoCtrl2 CSw1 CSw1 LoCtrl1 Acc2/2Acc1/2 Acc2/1Acc1/1 NetMgr AAA SDNCtlr M-Ctrl1 M-Ctrl2 Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller AirWave SDN controller and apps ClearPass Policy Manager ClearPass Policy Manager Wireless and wired access policies SDN Network Visualizer Integrated with ClearPass Policy Manager
- 12. 12#ATM16 Manageability is end-to-end and multi-vendor LoCtrl2 CSw1 CSw1 LoCtrl1 Acc2/2Acc1/2 Acc2/1Acc1/1 NetMgr AAA SDNCtlr M-Ctrl1 M-Ctrl2 Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller AirWave SDN Controller ClearPass Policy Manager • Switch montoring • Configuration and software upgrade management • ZTP for wireless and wired
- 13. 13#ATM16 Airwave - Switch Monitoring CLI Commands Device Monitoring Interface Monitoring
- 14. 14#ATM16 Airwave - Switch configuration and upgrade management Configuration template Audit Firmware updates
- 16. 17#ATM16 Wireless is best of breed LoCtrl2 CSw1 CSw1 LoCtrl1 Acc2/2Acc1/2 Acc2/1Acc1/1 NetMgr AAA SDNCtlr M-Ctrl1 M-Ctrl2 Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller AirWave SDN Controller ClearPass Policy Manager Soon: AP 330 w/ Smart Rate Soon: AP 330 w/ Smart Rate
- 17. 19#ATM16 Soon: 330 Series AP - 11ac Wave 2+ Aruba 330 Series AP - 11ac Wave 2+ – Primary focus: Peak performance – Adding 160MHz channel support (2x2) – 4SS SU-MIMO, 4SS MU-MIMO: 3x 1SS clients or 1SS + 2SS clients – Eliminate PHY bottleneck (NBASE-T, 2.5GbE, CAT5E ok) – QCA radio chipset, Freescale CPU, Aquantia Ethernet PHY Aruba 310 Series Access Points: Mid-range 11ac Wave 2 – Delivering the full value of 802.11ac Wave 2 at an aggressive price – Same 5GHz radio capabilities as flagship 330 Series – Single (Gb) Ethernet port, 2x2:2SS 2.4GHz radio – 802.11ac 4x4:4SS MU-MIMO – 1,733Mbps peak datarate, and up to 3 MU-MIMO client devices
- 18. 20#ATM16 Wired is optimized for wireless aggregation LoCtrl2 CSw1 CSw1 LoCtrl1 Acc2/2Acc1/2 Acc2/1Acc1/1 NetMgr AAA SDNCtlr M-Ctrl1 M-Ctrl2 Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller AirWave SDN Controller ClearPass Policy Manager VSF Backplane stacking Backplane stacking
- 19. 21#ATM16 Mobile-first wired access Main functions • AP and wired client connection • Policy enforcement (access control / QoS marking / SDN ) for wired traffic Aruba 3810 Switch Series • Backplane stacking (5u full-mesh, 10u ring) • Layer 3 access • Smart Rate • 10/40GbE uplinks Aruba 2920 Switch Series • Backplane stacking (4u ring) • Layer 2 access (L3 lite) Wired is optimized for wireless aggregation
- 20. 22#ATM16 Aruba 5400R Switch Series • Gen 6 Switch ASIC based modular switch • VSF for switch level L2/L7 aggregation (2u) Mobile-first small campus core / large campus aggregation Main functions • Traffic aggregation: convergence of all client traffic: wired and wireless • SDN enforcement point for wireless traffic Aruba 3810 Switch Series • Gen 6 Switch ASIC based stackable switch • Backplane stacking (5 u full-mesh, 10u ring) • 10G aggregation model (16 SFP+ & 2 slots)
- 21. 23#ATM16 Backplane stacking and VSF 23 Stacks Access Aggregation Core Physical view Device-level redundancy Logical view Single virtual redundant devices Virtualize switches to optimize design and minimize configuration and maintenance
- 22. 24#ATM16 Soon: Tunneled node – per-port / per-user LoCtrl2 CSw1 CSw1 LoCtrl1 Acc2/2Acc1/2 Acc2/1Acc1/1 Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Wireless and wired traffic receives the same treatment
- 23. 25#ATM16 Mobile-first 3-tier design CSw1 CSw1 Acc2/2Acc1/2 Acc2/1Acc1/1 NetMgr AAA SDNCtlr M-Ctrl1 M-Ctrl2 LoCtrl2 CSw1 CSw1 LoCtrl1 CSw1 CSw1 Acc2/2Acc1/2 Acc2/1Acc1/1 Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller AirWave SDN Controller ClearPass Policy Manager VSF Backplane stacking Backplane stacking VSF Backplane stacking Backplane stacking IRF
- 24. 26#ATM16 Design scale – typical 3-tier scenario CS w1 CS w1 CS w1 CS w1 CS w1 CS w1 • Max wired client devices / building: 24000 5400R VSF Default gateway for wired clients in building 5400R VSF or standalone • Max MAC address: 64000 • Max ARP entries: 25000 10500 IRF Default gateway for all wireless clients in campus • Max wireless client devices / campus: 126000 • Max mobile users / campus: 61000 (2 devices/user) 10500 IRF or standalone (EC) • Max MAC address: 256000 • Max ARP entries: 128000 5400R VSF Default gateway for wired clients in building Access switch in Layer 2 mode Mobility controllers in L2 mode
- 25. 27#ATM16 Main functions • Multibuilding traffic aggregation HPE 10500 Switch Series • High density 10GbE and 40 GbE • IRF up to 4 units • IP routing: OSPF, BGP, IS-IS • MPLS L3VPN/L2VPN/VPLS termination Medium / large campus core
- 26. An SDN case study The power of the mobile-first architecture
- 27. 29#ATM16 The need WWAS16 | Confidential 400 Schools 700 Switches Troubleshoot Improve QoE Higher visibility – analyze traffic Independent from user location Issue Deploying a network probe • Expensive • Slow • Time consuming
- 28. 30#ATM16 The solution WWAS16 | Confidential HPE Network Visualizer HPE VAN SDN Controller LDAP / AD Server Local agent Traffic analyzer application Traffic capture by User Traffic capture by Application
- 30. 32#ATM16 FlexNetwork 2-tier design LoCtrl2 CSw1 CSw1 LoCtrl1 Acc2/2Acc1/2 Acc2/1Acc1/1 NetMgr AAA M-Ctrl1 M-Ctrl2 Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller ClearPass Policy Manager IMC IRF IRF IRF
- 31. 33#ATM16 FlexNetwork 3-tier design CSw1 CSw1 Acc2/2Acc1/2 Acc2/1Acc1/1 NetMgr AAA M-Ctrl1 M-Ctrl2 LoCtrl2 CSw1 CSw1 LoCtrl1 CSw1 CSw1 Acc2/2Acc1/2 Acc2/1Acc1/1 Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller Aruba 7200 Mobility Controller IMC ClearPass Policy Manager IRF IRF IRF IRF IRF IRFIRF
- 33. 37#ATM16 Square peg, round hole
- 34. 38#ATM16 Case 1: 5130 EI WWAS16 | Confidential Comware 7 VAN/SDN Controller Apps: Visualizer Right? Wrong!!!
- 35. 39#ATM16 Case 2: 3810 – Customer need – 700 sites/branches – Building Management System – Overlay network – Zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) – Initial proposal – Branch side: 3810 switches – DC side: 5400R (+ 3810) – Overlay: VxLAN – Routing: OSPF – ZTP: AirWave WWAS16 | Confidential
- 36. 40#ATM16 Case 2: 3810 – Customer – “We want a layer 3 overlay, preferably GRE with BGP” – Solution – Branch side: 5510 HI 48 port PoE+ – DC side: HSR6600 routers – Overlay: GRE Tunnels with BGP routing – ZTP: IMC BIMS WWAS16 | Confidential WAN/VPN Datacenter 3 Branch n Datacenter 1 Datacenter 2 Branch 1 GRE Tunnels Application subnets CPE Default routes B P BGP Peers B P B P B P B P B P BGP network injection IMC BIMS Zero-touch Provisioning
- 38. 45#ATM16 Summary –Lead with mobile-first products – Aruba WLAN – Aruba switches – AirWave – ClearPass –Detect when Aruba switch do not fit and offer FlexNetwork designs – HPE switches – IMC – ClearPass
- 39. 46#ATM16 What Capabilities Characterize a ‘Mobile-First’ Network? 1. Policy is unified and multi-vendor 2. Manageability is end-to-end and multi-vendor 3. Wireless is best-of-breed 4. Wired is optimized for wireless aggregation 5. Network analytics for IT, user analytics for LOB
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Editor's Notes
- #15: Configuration of switches using templates Zero-touch provisioning Configuration backup Configuration audits
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