Description
What is a Mobility Controller?
The Aruba 7008 Mobility Controller is Aruba’s next-step up from the 7005 in this category. Basically, a mobility controller ramps up the performance of a Wide Local Area Network. It does this by centralizing all control of individual access points.
So it acts as the nerve center of a fleet of (what could be) widely dispersed access points. It is part of the Aruba 7000 series, which consists of the 7005, 7008, 7010, 7024, and 7030.
Controllers improve security, even thought they are not themselves security appliances.They do this with Aruba’s Policy Enforcement Firewall. This is a next-generation role-based user, device and application firewall.
It provides automated Dynamic Segmentation for wireless and wired access security in any Aruba environment. It’s available through Mobility Controllers, Gateways and APs in Instant mode.
More cool features of the Aruba 7008
Controllers also improve client roaming, and general utilization. For example, in a demanding environment that requires 24/7 mission-critical connectivity, Aruba’s patented, AI-powered wireless technology integrates right into the ArubaOS. The same OS used by all Aruba devices. And that means everything’s talking the same language.
Adaptive Radio Management, AirMatch and ClientMatch (now enhanced with Wi-Fi 6 grouping) provide RF optimization. This improves user experience and network health based on changing environmental conditions. It also corrects for noisy or congested RF and resolves sticky client issues during user roaming.
Specs on the Aruba 7008
The Aruba 7005 and Aruba 7008 each support 16 access point licenses and 1,024 concurrent users/devices. The 7010 and 7024 support 32 and 2,048 users/devices, and the 7030 supports 64 and 4,096, respectively.
The 7005 and 7008 push 4 gbps of Firewall Throughput, 4 Gbps of Wired Bridged Throughput, and 1.2 Gbps of encrypted throughput (3DES).
Summary
The Aruba 7008 is perfect for medium-to-large organizations. The 7000 Series provides connectivity for up to 4,096 concurrent users or devices and 64 access points. Plus, they include up to 24 Ethernet ports and multiple WAN uplinks. And they come with up to 8 Gbps of maximum throughput to perform their built-in firewall features.
The Aruba 7008 Mobility Controller delivers superb, easy user experience for medium-to-high density environments.
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Aruba 7000 series highlights
- Support for new Wi-Fi 6, WPA3 and Enhanced Open – and existing standards
- Patented ClientMatch technology can now group together Wi-Fi 6 capable devices
- 8 Gbps of maximum firewall throughput
- Built-in AI-powered wireless/RF optimization