HPE Aruba 9012 (US) – gateway ZigBee NFC Bluetooth Cloud-Managed

• Cloud-managed and purpose-built for branch SDWAN requirements
• Up to 10 times the performance and 80 times the client density of typical SD-WAN appliances
• Unified policy enforcement for wired and wireless traffic through Aruba Dynamic Segmentation
• Visibility into over 3,000 applications with no added hardware

Extra Features

• For distributed enterprises with increasing performance and bandwidth needs, the 9000 Series is designed with scale and flexibility, and equipped with plenty of horsepower at a competitive price-point. The 9000 Series provides connectivity for up to 2,048 users or client devices at up to 6 Gbps of firewall throughput. These capabilities are up to 80 times the client density and 10 times the maximum throughput of typical SD-WAN appliances. For enhanced resiliency and high availability, multiple 9000 Series can be clustered together at each branch.
• The 9000 Series includes flexible connectivity options, with up to 12 Ethernet ports (6x PoE+) that can be used as access/WAN uplinks, a USB 3.0 port for cellular connectivity, and an IoT radio that supports Bluetooth 5, Zigbee, and Near Field Communication (NFC) wireless protocols. The gateway also uses integrated device profiling to improve client visibility, and works with Aruba Central, Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager or ClearPass Device Insight to provide advanced user, device and IoT policy management and insights…
• For organizations that are now managing multiple WAN connections, 9000 Series Gateways can be connected to the Aruba SD-WAN fabric right out of the box. SD-WAN is a rich WAN management solution that is used to simplify management of traffic entering and exiting branch sites. Role-based intrusion detection and prevention (IDS/IPS), Dynamic Segmentation, and stateful firewall deliver integrated security requirements.
• 9000 Series Gateways can also be re-purposed as Mobility Controllers starting with ArubaOS 8.5 software to provide WLAN and LAN services such as Dynamic Segmentation, stateful firewall and llve upgrades… In this mode, the 9000 Series cannot simultaneously be used for SD-WAN.
• Aruba’s integration with Microsoft enables unique application intelligence that detects Microsoft 365 (Office 365), Teams, and Skype for Business traffic and then prioritizes them over less critical applications. Through management interfaces on Aruba Central, ArubaOS, and Aruba AirWave, IT can visualize call quality metrics such as MOS, latency, jitter, and packet loss for additional insights.
• The 9000 Series includes a Layer 4-7 stateful firewall with PEF to deliver a consistent user, device, and application awareness across WLAN, LAN, and WAN. When deployed alongside Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, policies are automatically enforced to simplify SSID, VLAN and policy management. This is the foundation of Dynamic Segmentation, and is included within the Foundation, Foundation Base Capacity, and PEF licenses.
• To improve security against a growing attack surface, gateways deployed in SD-WAN mode add role and identity-based intrusion detection and prevention capabilities (IDS/IPS) on top of existing security features. The threat defense function is further augmented with one-click integration with third-party cloud-based security solutions.
• The 9000 Series includes a Layer 4-7 stateful firewall with PEF to deliver a consistent user, device, and application awareness across WLAN, LAN, and WAN. When deployed alongside Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager, policies are automatically enforced to simplify SSID, VLAN and policy management. This is the foundation of Dynamic Segmentation, and is included within the Foundation, Foundation Base Capacity, and PEF licenses.
• Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology, which is a component of PEF, consistently evaluates and optimizes performance and usage policies for over 3,000 applications. This ensures the highest possible Quality of Service (QoS) – even for encrypted traffic.
• The 9004 can be deployed with N+1 or NxN redundancy, and can also join a controller cluster when deployed as a Mobility Controller managed by Mobility Master. This increases performance and scale for enhanced resiliency.
• Allows on-site personnel to use a mobile app to onboard gateways. A central IT team can verify device location, licenses, and status with no additional steps required.
• The Aruba integration with Microsoft enable unique application insight that detects Office365, Teams and Skype for Business traffic and then prioritizes them over less critical applications. Aruba Central also includes specific call quality heuristics for additional visibility.