Aruba Instant

Aruba Instant is technology of the virtual controller of Wi-fi network.

2020: Expansion of a line Instant On for support of small business: Aruba Instant On 1930

On May 27, 2020 the Aruba company announced expansion of a product line Aruba Instant On due to turning on of switches of the following series in it which allow small enterprises to unroll a single high-speed network, easy-to-customize, management and service. The Aruba Instant On 1930 switches are easily integrated with the existing access points of Aruba Instant On and can be operated on a centralized basis with the help of mobile application of Instant On, regardless of whether they will be unrolled for ensuring continuity of business or the project on upgrade of network.

Insistence of users to reliability and security of network does not depend on the size of the company – whether it be large international network or small local business. For this reason small business faces the excessive pressure as often has no resources to contain IT-personnel in the state for the solution of network problems. This problem is even more aggravated when there are unexpected crises - such as recent global pandemic. Requirements of social distancing definitely change model of business interaction, passing from mainly personal interaction to interaction only online that can lead to fluctuations of load of networks. Local grocery stores, restaurants and other businesses had to change cardinally the activity for survival in today's conditions. According to SMB Group, "71% of the enterprises of small and medium business already transferred activity of the real world in virtual, and 16% are going to make it".

As well as the large organizations, small enterprises are anxious with reliability, security and expenses on infrastructure, but at the same time they lack personnel for integrated management or setup of network. Dynamically changing requirements to communication and capacity do simplicity of operation by a crucial factor when choosing the network solution. For the solution of these problems Aruba Instant On offers the unified management of all network services, uniform architecture both for switches, and for access points and the innovation mobile application for simple setup, monitoring and management of all network.

Series of the Instant On 1930 switches it

• The improved PoE + on all ports for a power supply of a number of Internet of Things devices;
• Flexible configurations with 8, 24 or 48 ports 1GbE with PoE and high-speed connection 10G;
• Choice of option of management;
• Ability to manage from a cloud using mobile application or via the web browser;
• Local GUI interface;
• The limited lifelong warranty for ensuring the maximum protection of investments.

Remote access to business services and tools is necessary for small enterprises, however, they lack resources which the large enterprise can use for setup and service of virtual private networks (VPN).

The Aruba company in cooperation with NordVPN company, the supplier of reliable solutions in online security numbering more than 12 million users worldwide offers VPN services to users of Aruba Instant On. Adding of NordVPN to Aruba Instant On network requires only several simple steps and does not require special knowledge in the field of IT that allows employees to get far off access to confidential business data when they work far off.

Small business plays an important role in our society, and for those who provide the vital services, preserving of communication with the clients became a necessity. For those who look for the simple and convenient wireless solution providing safe highly productive, similar to corporate connection, this solution is possible with Aruba Instant On today, - Amol Mitra, the vice president and the CEO of Global Small and Medium Business in Aruba speaks

2019: Aruba Instant On

On June 11, 2019 the Aruba company provided Aruba Instant On, a line of powerful and safe wireless solutions for the current and future demands of small business. Instant On line originally will include access points of Wi-fi (AP) for premises and the streets providing reliable high-speed wireless communication. Setup and control of these devices are very simple.

According to the company, because of universal distribution of mobile devices, more and more wide use of cloud applicaions and need for smooth operation of Wi-fi at the level of the large companies — small enterprises review requirements to the networks to save competitiveness. Small business needs to service the growing requests of users which need safe, constantly available communication and to reach compromise between desire to follow the major technology changes and trends and limitation of the IT resources. For June, 2019 according to IDC, "by 2023 digital transformation will become a crucial element of IT strategy of two thirds of the small and medium companies". As "... the keen interest in digital transformation is followed by growth of requirements to communication infrastructure of such companies, including wireless networks of LAN", the need for specialized solutions of Wi-fi which will provide uninterrupted wireless communication and at the same time will be simple in management and scaling taking into account business needs, is obvious.

The basis of Instant On is Aruba 802.11ac technology of Wave 2. With this line small enterprises will receive Wi-Fi of a corporate class in a format easy-to-customize and operation of solutions which can be scaled easily in process of business growth.

In the solution Instant On it is also offered:

• Intuitive mobile application for easy setup and management.
• Two control modes: through mobile application of Instant On or the cloud Internet portal.
• The safety features, best in the class, including support of modern authentication protocols WPA2/WPA3.
• Smart Mesh technology for simple expansion of network due to connection of zones to which it is difficult to lay cables.
• Installation options on a ceiling, on a wall or a desktop which will be suitable for the most different operating conditions of small business.

Selecting the venue of leisure, hotel, cafe or a working space, visitors pay special attention on quality and safety of connections of Wi-fi as an opportunity always to stay in touch is an important part of their experience. With Aruba Instant On the small organizations will be able easily and quickly to implement the wireless solution with a possibility of remote control from any mobile device. Even those people who not really understand technologies can perform administration. Zeus Kerravala, the founder and the top analyst of ZK Research told

Practical owners of small business well understand that for preserving of competitiveness in the modern oversaturated market it is important to them to provide employees, clients and guests with the uninterrupted and protected wireless communication. Having seized the opportunities of the Aruba Instant On platform and experience of CDW, our customers from among such small companies will be able to satisfy the growing requirements of the business better. Lillis (Norm Lillis), the vice president for work with the small companies in CDW told Regulations

Deliveries of the first batch of access points of Aruba Instant On will begin in the second half of 2019.

2017: Description of Aruba Instant

According to information for March 2, 2017 the technology is developed for small and medium offices with increased requirements on reliability and functionality to Wi-fi network. Where wireless solutions on autonomous access points or several untied routers are no good.

To solve problems of security, performance and scalability in the pseudo-centralized manner, Aruba Instant uses technology of the virtual controller of Wi-fi network. Access points Aruba with 802.11n support Aruba Instant.

Option of Aruba Instant network, (2015)

In small network Wi-fi, from several access points of Aruba, one can be selected and perform functions of the controller of network along with problems of ensuring wireless access.

Configuring of such TD / controller is executed by means of a radio access, via the web interface of access point. Also more usual methods are possible - for gaining access to attach Access point with Aruba Instant to a wired network enough and in the domain to connect the computer. On the connected access point it is possible to configure necessary parameters of Wi-fi network.

Aruba Instant is completely distributed architecture. At failure of the main controller of Wi-fi network other access point in network automatically becomes the controller of a wireless network.

The virtual controller on access point manages other access points within IP subnet L2. Thus access points in Aruba Instant network are added to one subnet and work in one subnet. The access point can support several images of the virtual controller and, respectively, several IP subnets, several groups/networks.

Management of a wireless network can be executed using a graphic system of Aruba AirWave which presents parameters of network in the graphic form, monitors movement of attached devices, shows a radio covering in the form of thermal cards and helps with the analysis and business process optimization. Aruba AirWave gives the chance to make reports on availability, loading, consumption and the analysis of the user traffic for the specified period.