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  • Microbranch Solution with Zscaler Integration

    The Microbranch (MB) solution can be seamlessly integrated with leading cloud security providers such as Zscaler through the Aruba Central “Cloud Connect” service. This integration facilitates the establishment of a secure connection between the Microbranch AP and one or multiple cloud-hosted enforcement control points. Specifically, in the case of Zscaler, this connection is established with Read more

  • Microsegmentation for Port Based Tunnelling with CX switches

    In this technote, we’ll build on the previous setup (Port Based Tunnelling with CX switches) by demonstrating: The main benefits of Microsegmentation comes from the fact that We assume that the previous setup is in place and note that the word “gateway”, “vpnc” and “controller” is used interchangeably here and hope you’ll find this short Read more

  • Port Based Tunnelling with CX switches

    Port-based tunnelling (PBT) provides a method to tunnel the traffic of wired devices directly to a cluster of gateway /VPN concentrator (VPNC) without requiring an authentication server. By utilising this approach, authentication and network policies can be enforced at the gateway/VPNC side for tunnelled wired traffic. Centralising policies at the VPNC simplifies the management and Read more

  • Microbranch Solution with Aruba SSE

    Microbranch (MB) solution can be integrated with cloud security providers like Aruba SSE (Secure Service Edge), Netskope, Zscaler, Prisma, etc through Aruba Central “Cloud Connect” service. This enables and sets up a secure connection between the MB AP and one or several cloud-hosted enforcement control points. In this condensed technote, we expand upon the previous Read more

  • Aruba Central and GenAI Search

    As you might have heard that Aruba Central was upgraded recently and now it is enhanced with Generative AI (GenAI) based search and that it uses LLM. So what does this mean for the network administrators? Let’s unpack a few of these terms and then analyse it. To start off with, GenAI is a system Read more

  • Microbranch Solution – Part5

    AOS 10.x enables APs in remote sites to use most of the SD-WAN features and be managed by Aruba Central. This deployment model is called Micro Branch. This is a 5x parts microbranch series. The aim here is to provide the starting point to put together a solution that include the AOS10 APs as microbranch, Read more