Air Slice

Aruba's key RF Radio Frequency. RF refers to the electromagnetic wave frequencies within a range of 3 kHz to 300 GHz, including the frequencies used for communications or Radar signals. differentiation, Air Slice, designed for 11ax APs optimizes user experience and assures QoS Quality of Service. It refers to the capability of a network to provide better service and performance to a specific network traffic over various technologies. to enterprise applications. Air Slice combines AppRF and UCC Unified Communications and Collaboration. UCC is a term used to describe the integration of various communications methods with collaboration tools such as virtual whiteboards, real-time audio and video conferencing, and enhanced call control capabilities. for classifying applications and it also supports custom flow definitions. Air Slice uses a combination of priority queuing, dynamic WMM Wi-Fi Multimedia. WMM is also known as WME. It refers to a Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability certification, based on the IEEE 802.11e standard. It provides basic QoS features to IEEE 802.11 networks. WMM prioritizes traffic according to four ACs: voice (AC_VO), video (AC_VI), best effort (AC_BE), and background (AC_BK). boosting, and 11ax based radio resource scheduling to prioritize enterprise applications in the presence of competing background traffic flows to meet latency and bandwidth requirements.

The following procedure associates an Air Slice profile to an AP group profile:

1. In the Managed Network node hierarchy, navigate to Configuration > System > Profiles > AP > AP group.
2. Select an AP group and select Airslice. To create a new profile, click +.
3. Enter a Profile name.
4. Select the airslice-app monitoring check-box to enable traffic monitoring for applications.
5. Select the airslice-policy check-box to optimize communication quality for applications.
6. Click Submit.
7. Click Pending Changes.
8. In the Pending Changes window, select the check box and click Deploy changes.

The following procedure describes how to enable reporting the clients application usage:

1. In the Managed Network node hierarchy, navigate to Configuration > System > Profiles > Controller Profile > Mgmt Config.
2. Select a profile and enable the AP application stats checkbox.
3. Click Submit.
4. Click Pending Changes.
5. In the Pending Changes window, select the check box and click Deploy changes.

Monitoring Applications

The following procedure describes how to monitor applications used by the clients:

1. In the Managed Network node hierarchy, navigate to Dashboard > Overview > Clients.
2. Select a client. The Traffic Analysis pane displays the top 5 applications used by the client.
3. You can view the following information using the by drop-down list:
   • Usage
   • Latency
   • Jitter
   • Packet Loss

Figure 1  Traffic Analysis Pane

The following CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions. commands configure an Air Slice profile:

The following CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions. commands enable Air Slice profile in ap-group and ap-name profiles:

The following command enables reporting client application usage:

Session ACLs Access Control List. ACL is a common way of restricting certain types of traffic on a physical port. for custom applications can be configured only using the CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions.. The following command configures session ACL Access Control List. ACL is a common way of restricting certain types of traffic on a physical port. for a custom application:

In addition to custom applications, Air Slice is supported only for the applications listed below:

• Zoom
• Slack
• Skype
• FaceTime
• WebEx
• GoToMeeting
• Office365
• Dropbox
• Amazon AWS
• Github
• Micrsoft Exel Online
• Onedrive
• Outlook
• Microsoft Planner
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• SharePoint
• Microsoft Sway
• Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft Word Online
• Yammer
• Wifi-Calling