Aruba 6000 Controller
The Aruba 6000 Controller is a fully-featured modular controller able to aggregate up to 8,192 access points (APs) in a single 3RU chassis.
The Aruba 6000 Controller is a fully-featured modular controller able to aggregate up to 8,192 access points (APs) in a single chassis. Designed to address a wide range of wireless and wired network mobility, security, and remote networking requirements for corporate headquarters and large campus-wide deployments, the Aruba 6000 can be easily installed without any disruption to the existing wired network. The Aruba 6000 acts as the head-end portion of Aruba's "virtual edge" architecture, in which Aruba wired and wireless access points installed at the network edge move user traffic to the controller through secure tunnels over any available IP transport network. Running the ArubaOS operating system, the Aruba 6000 comes standard with advanced authentication, encryption, wireless radio management, and L2/L3 networking features. Optional ArubaOS software modules unlock additional functionality including policy enforcement firewall, VPN server, remote access gateway, secure enterprise wireless mesh, and wireless intrusion prevention.
Controller clustering and centralized management allow even the largest enterprise, with hundreds of controllers, to be managed and maintained with minimal staff overhead. A designated "master" controller may be used to manage multiple "local" controllers, or for larger networks the AirWave Management Platform provides the highest visibility and control for the entire IT staff.
Core functionality is enabled by one of three available supervisor modules.
Multiple supervisor modules may be installed in a single chassis, and
mixing of different supervisor module types is supported. The modular
Aruba 6000 chassis supports a combination of supervisor and line card
modules:
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The Aruba M3 Controller Module is the industry's highest performing
controller module with throughput of 20Gbps and the ability to support
up to 512 LAN-connected access points or 2,048 remote access points.
Designed for the performance needs of 802.11n, the M3 is built on a
flexible multi-core processing architecture that makes it adaptable
to wireless LAN, remote networking, or network security services. The
M3 includes 2x10GBase-X Ethernet XFP ports and 10x 1000Base-X SFP ports.
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The Aruba Supervisor Card II (SC2) is a controller module
designed to support up to 256 LAN-connected 802.11a/b/g/n wireless access
points. The SC2 requires the installation of a line card module for
network connectivity.
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The Aruba Supervisor Card I (SC1) is the original controller
module for the Aruba 6000 designed to support up to 128 LAN-connected
802.11a/b/g/n wireless access points. The SC1 requires the installation
of a line card module for network connectivity.
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The Aruba LC-2G is a 2-port line card compatible with the M3, SC2,
and SC1 supervisor modules. It contains 2x 1000Base-X GBIC slots.
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The Aruba LC-2G24F is an Ethernet line card compatible with the M3,
SC2, and SC1 supervisor modules. It contains 2x 1000Base-X GBIC slots
and 24x 100Base-T ports.
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