阿鲁巴Wi-Fi solution mobilizes 10M sq. ft. and supports IoT at one of America's largest higher-ed institutions.

在社交媒体上提出的Wi-Fi投诉和雪崩呼叫的雪崩使旧的无线大修成为Brice圣经的主要关注点。幸运的是，这也列为他同胞的名单。

“我们处于增长时期，我们的新领导认识到对高密度，高度可用的Wi-Fi的需求，”布法罗大学（UB）的副校长兼首席信息官圣经说。纽约大学（SUNY）系统和该国最大的高等教育机构。

评估的高密度，高度可用的选项

我们的Aruba Gigabit Wi-Fi拥有ClearPass，Airwave和即将到来的创新，简化了我们复杂的环境，同时提供了可靠的，高度可用的网络，我们需要满足当今和明天的客户期望。J. Brice圣经，，，，Vice President and Chief Information Officer, University at Buffalo – SUNY

To meet the 24/7 demands of 30,000 students spread across three campuses comprised of more than 1,200 acres with 150 buildings totaling 10 million square feet, UB sought a robust, scalable and secure Wi-Fi solution flexible enough to meet rapidly changing demands.

"As a member of our faculty stated, 'Wi-Fi is as important to a university today as ink or chalk was 100 years ago'," says Bible. "We needed a solution that could evolve to meet new curriculum developments, satisfy student life expectations and enable everyone to connect with multiple devices."

After an extensive proof of concept phase, the University selected a comprehensive Aruba solution. "We evaluated Wi-Fi as three separate components," says Bible. "This included wireless architecture, meaning access points (APs) and controllers, network management and, for security, network access control. Aruba stood out in all three."

阿鲁巴: Best Price for Performance Value

In all, UB is deploying approximately 6000Aruba 802.11ac Wave 1和Wave 2 AP，阿鲁巴的7000系列移动控制器，，，，阿鲁巴空军用于网络管理，带有明晰module, and阿鲁巴ClearPass用于政策管理和访客访问。

“我们之所以选择Aruba解决方案，是因为它们为绩效价值提供了更高的价格，并且投资组合包括Gigabit Wi-Fi访问点，专门为宿舍/酒店应用程序设计，” UB信息技术的网络建筑师Jerry Bucklaew解释说。

他补充说：“对于策略管理，ClearPass在部署和配置方面是最灵活的。”

ClearPass Unif.

According to Bible, ClearPass was key to UB's selection of Aruba as it enabled two guest connectivity initiatives.

"Of course we're using ClearPass Guest to create a guest's active account," he says. "More importantly, we're also using it as a way to automatically drive individuals to register all of their personal devices, which then reside on the Guest side of the access house."

圣经补充说，除了来宾之外，Clearpass政策经理还提供洞察力和分析功能以及安全的设备身份验证。

By replacing outdated legacy AAA with context-aware policies, ClearPass enables organizations like UB to achieve differentiated device access on their wireless and wired networks, as well as streamlining guest connectivity.

Profiler自动为数千个设备的注册自动

Another feature the University leverages is the ClearPass Universal Profiler, available built-in or standalone, which collects real-time data including device categories, vendors, and OS versions for wireless, wired and IoT devices.

在UB，内置的Profiler正在帮助自动化大学的举动，以需要对每个网络设备进行注册和身份验证。Bucklaew说：“我们两种最大的设备是我们有线网络上的AP和IP电话。”“我们有6,000名前者和后者的10,000人。”

他继续说：“使用探查者来确定设备是AP还是电话，可以实时应用适当的策略。”“它避免单独注册16,000个设备。”

"As we expect IoT devices on our network to increase," Bucklaew adds "this capability will become even more useful. It's a big win for us."

Airwave，创新管道完成解决方案

For network performance and availability, UB also appreciates AirWave. "AirWave does an excellent job of presenting information," says Bucklaew. "It gives us the reporting and troubleshooting capabilities we need."

Additionally, the university is excited about Aruba's forthcoming introductions related to incorporating artificial intelligence and the Rasa Networks acquisition. Such innovations will enable integrating big data predictive analytics to assist with adaptively and proactively managing networks for even greater resiliency and IT efficiency.

圣经说：“我们在收购之前看了Rasa。”“在我们庞大的非常复杂的环境中，我们无法控制大多数客户设备，因此我们看到了技术的巨大潜在价值，并期待Aruba围绕它的介绍。”

立即奖励

圣经说，大学已经看到了新网络的重大结果。他说：“当我们在2000年首次部署无线时，那就是那些不错的事情之一。”“ Wi-Fi很酷，但是如果不起作用，那没什么大不了的。

圣经补充说：“现在，期望发生了变化，无论客户的位置，应用或类型如何，每个人都认为无线关键。”“它必须有100％的时间工作，也不例外。”

“例如,在线和混合学习模式strategically important for our institution," he continues. "Videos and recorded lecture utilization is growing exponentially. This makes reliable, high performance Wi-Fi in the residences as critical as classroom connectivity."

满意

圣经说，在部署即将完成之前，Wi-Fi连接成为学生，教职员工和管理人员最抱怨的项目。

如今，根据学生的调查，与仍在传统网络上的那些相比，配备了新的Wi-Fi基础设施的宿舍增长了21％。

"We're seeing utilization through the roof and complaints declining rapidly," Bible says.

效率提高了

这是一个类似的故事。在那里，尽管大约将大学的AP密度翻了一番，但阿鲁巴的解决方案正在降低复杂性，从而释放了管理资源以进行更关键的任务任务。

Bucklaew说：“有了Aruba和Clearpass，我们将SSID凝结了五，六个降至三个。”“我们的最终目标是802.1倍，而其他所有目标都是。”

为今天和明天创新

Looking ahead, Bible expects UB's Aruba infrastructure to enable expanded Wi-Fi capabilities, like mobile engagement for location-based services, such as wayfinding.

He also foresees the University extending coverage to outdoor areas, fine-tuning their use of ClearPass on the wired network to bring it in line with the wireless side, and facilitate increased adoption of IoT.

圣经说：“借助我们的新Wi-Fi，我们已经显着提高了我们更好地满足学生，教职员工和管理人员的出行期望的能力，同时为大学做准备。”