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AirWave – Practical workshop
Enabling Secure, Reliable and Cost effective WLANs

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Where does AirWave fit
Best practices around AirWave setup
How to leverage AirWave to solve WLAN issues
What’s new in AirWave 7.6
Q & A
Agenda

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•  Multi-vendor wired/WLAN environments
–  Mixed WLANs, L2/L3 switch vendors, Routers, Radius
•  Lack of End-to-End visibility
–  Non-Integrated disparate consoles – WLAN, IDS, Wired etc
•  Transient problems difficult to replicate
–  Mobility brings a unique challenge for troubleshooting
•  RF Analysis expertise is limited
–  How to leverage your WLAN SME across the network
Challenges in Network Management

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•  Multi-vendor Network Management solution
–  End-to-End visibility for wireless and wired network
–  Monitor almost any vendor equipment
•  Integrated Threat Management
–  RAPIDS for Rogue detection and mitigation
–  Consolidated wireless threat visibility
•  Troubleshooting tools for RF Analysis
–  Client oriented troubleshooting for Level 1 Helpdesk
–  RF Metrics and Location analysis for Level2/3 SME
•  Pro-active triggers and Extensive Reporting
–  Actionable events giving heads-up before end users call-in
–  Customizable reporting to gather trending info on WLAN
Why AirWave for Network management

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WLAN Management Architecture
-  APs/AMs
-  802.11 a/b/g/n radios
-  Integrated IDS/IPS
-  Spectrum Analysis
-  Controller (HW/VC)
-  Centralized Radio Management
-  Role based Policy Enforcement
-  Centralized Analysis
-  Airwave
-  Device Management
-  WLAN Troubleshooting
-  Visualization & Reporting

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AirWave Data Flow
Airwave
Controller Virtual
Controller
NMSEmail, SNMP, Syslog

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Where does the Data come from
SNMP
Traps
AMON
Airwave
Controller

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Configuring AirWave Integration (Instant)
HTTPS
Airwave
Virtual
Controller

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Configuring AirWave Integration
SNMP
Traps
AMON
Airwave
Controller

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AOS Traps received by AirWave
130+ Traps

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Additional Traps to trigger alerts

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Organizing AirWave setup
Groups
Define Configuration Standard
Devices share config in Group
Defines polling intervals and protocol
Share same Firmware level on devices
Groups are non-hierarchical
Folders
Similar to Directory structure on your PC
Common monitoring, alerting
Control role based access
Hierarchical based organization
No limit on level depth
Every device associated with ONLY 1 Group and Folder

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Control and Visibility
Key RF Metrics
Historical usage
Client details

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•  Rule based Rogue detection and escalation
•  Wired correlation for Rogue AP detection
•  Integrated IDS Event Management
Integrated Threat Management
Escalate IDS Events
Define Rogue AP Rules
Create Event Triggers
AirWave provides unified view into all
Wireless Threats in your network

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AirWave VisualRF Location services
Visualize Rogue
AP Location
Locate Interference
sources
Review Coverage
Heatmaps
Increases accuracy by automatically
computing RF attenuation on the map

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Easy Helpdesk Tool
1.  Find the device via search
2.  Check Client details : Any RF Issues ?
3.  Analyze AP, Controller, L2 switch
Help Desk tools for RF Triage
RF
Heatmaps
Leverage Helpdesk to solve simple RF
issues thus reducing workload on experts

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Step-by-Step RF Analysis
1.  Review WLAN Stats
2.  Any Errors/Alarms on user ?
3.  Visually plot the user on the map
Forensic Analysis of RF Data
Check Connection
details
Extensive RF data to help experts remotely
analyze the root cause of problem

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Pro-active Event Management
Create Event Triggers
Notify when WLAN behavior is outside
the spec
Escalate Alarms via Email, SNMP

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View Reports
Compliance Reporting/Trending
Schedule Reports
Define Reports
Provide visibility to stakeholders via
scheduled reports emailed automatically

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Device Configuration Management
Discover Devices
Analyze Device
Audit
Configuration
AirWave can Discover, Audit and
Fix configuration mismatches or
settings to the managed devices

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Config Mgmt – Global vs Group
Device Specific
(hostname)
Global/Group
(VAP, AAA, SSID)
Full Device Config

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•  Monitoring Features
–  Sync up rogue classifications
–  Rogue client monitoring
–  Spectrum interferers
–  Track channel utilization
–  Bulk edit of VC variables including
custom variables
•  Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
–  Single Sign-on to the Instant network
–  Running CLI commands from AirWave
•  Run a command on all APs from VC
–  Visibility into configuration errors
7.6 Release – Instant Enhancements

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–  PDF Reports
–  Network Usage Report broken by folder
–  Top Clients in client session report by Bandwidth usage
7.6 Release – Reporting Improvements

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•  API Improvements
–  Additional API data about AP uptime and FQDN name
•  Trigger Enhancements
–  Trigger on client count per BSSID (vs. AP)
–  Notes field to customize all alerts
•  Search with options
–  Users can select to search on active or historical clients
•  Performance and Scalability
–  AirWave PRO1500+, ENT 4000+ (extra RAM)
–  CAC Card Authentication
7.6 Release – AMP Features

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