Aruba’s New Unified Mobility Solution

Mobile users need and expect the same secure access to company networks, servers, and applications when they're on the move as they do when working in their offices. Aruba's unified mobility solution meets this need by integrating wireless LANs, network security, enterprise fixed mobile convergence (eFMC), and remote access into one seamlessly integrated solution. Whether you're working at the office, at home, from a hotel, or at a remote field site, Aruba brings the network to you - securely, reliably, transparently.

Aruba's unified mobile solution is designed to accommodate a wide variety of deployment architectures and scenarios. Centralized forwarding, distributed multi-controller forwarding, split-tunnel forwarding, and resilient mesh forwarding architectures are all supported at the same time, and without core upgrades.

To simplify deployment, the solution is designed to leverage existing edge and core infrastructure - including power-over-Ethernet (PoE), cabling, switches, routers. For example, Aruba's new 802.11n Access Points can be powered using existing 802.3af PoE, minimizing the need for an upgrade just to support 802.11n. This design allows customers to follow an IT migration path in line with their preferred schedule and available budget.

Multi-Service Mobility Module

The heart of a unified mobility solution is a Mobility Controller. Aruba's new Multi-Service Mobility Module can be used with new, or retrofitted to existing, MMC-5000 and MMC-6000 Mobility Controllers, and includes the following features:

• 32-core, multi-threaded network processor
• Dedicated cryptographic core processors
• High performance Mobility Controller chip is field reprogrammable via software updates

With a full complement of four hot-swappable modules, an MMC-6000 Mobility Controller has the following specifications:

• Sizzling 80Gbps throughput
• 32,768 users
• 2048 local access points
• 8,192 remote access points

Remote access points are ideal for telecommuter and business-continuity applications as they offer a simple means of securely connecting remote users and sites without having to manage clients.
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MMC-3000 Series Multi-Service Mobility Controllers

To serve the needs of small to medium sized enterprises, Aruba offers the new MMC-3000 Mobility Controller family. These three controllers provide up to 8Gbps throughput and support up to 2048 users, 128 local access points, and 512 remote access points. The wireline capability of the new controllers extends Aruba's award-winning, identity-based security technology to wired networks, eliminating the need for extra-cost security processors.
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802.11n Access Points

Aruba's new dual-radio AP-124/AP-125 802.11n Access Point family is based on 2nd generation RF chips and high performance MIPS CPUs with hardware-accelerated cryptographic processing. Featuring a field-upgradeable design and 3x3 Multiple-In Multiple-Out (MIMO) operation, the new access points can be used for wireless access, intrusion detection monitoring, traffic analysis, secure enterprise mesh, or remote access point applications. The mode of operation is determined by network-downloadable software, a feature that allows the access points to be re-purposed and updated without the expense of physically accessing the device.

To protect access points installed in unsecured areas, or during use in distributed encryption modes of operation, security credentials can be stored in a TPM microcontroller. The TPM specification was defined by the TPM subgroup of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) for the secure generation and storage of cryptographic keys, and is widely implemented on devices for which high security is paramount. The TPM vault protects the access point against attack and physical theft.

The access points include automatic Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) management that supports 802.3af, 802.3at, and PoE +, minimizing the need to change PoE infrastructure just to support 802.11n.
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The All-Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business

Used together Aruba's new ultra high-performance Mobility Controllers and 802.11n Access Points are designed to offer the speed of a wired network, the low total cost of ownership and adaptability of a wireless network, and the security and centralized management for which Aruba is already well known. When combined with an Aruba remote access and/or enterprise FMC solution, these benefits extend across geographic boundaries and provide an extensible platform on which new applications can be built in the future.

The all-wireless workplace is now a reality. Click here to speak with an Aruba salesperson about how such a solution can be made to work for you.