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Last post 10-02-2008 9:53 AM by gregwilliams. 12 replies.
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  • 09-19-2007 10:33 AM

    • janunez
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    Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support

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     Does the Wireless Module supports Aruba APs and the Aruba Controller? If not... Are you guys planning to do so?

    We are moving from Cisco APs to a complete Aruba Wireless infrastructure and we would like to keep using the Orion Wireless Module to monitor the infrastructure.

    Thanks,

    Jose
     
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  • 09-19-2007 11:06 AM In reply to

    Re: Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support

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    No support at this time.  We haven't made any firm decisions about whether to extend support to Aruba. 

    Denny LeCompte
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  • 09-19-2007 4:22 PM In reply to

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    Re: Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support

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     Thanks for the quick answer.

     Please add Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support to your long list of user feature requests.
     
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  • 04-22-2008 6:36 PM In reply to

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    Re: Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support

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    denny.lecompte:
    No support at this time.  We haven't made any firm decisions about whether to extend support to Aruba. 

     

    Denny, is Aruba support in the plans yet?  In v9 hopefully?  We also are primarily an Aruba shop and the Wireless module has been pretty much useless?
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  • 04-22-2008 7:11 PM In reply to

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    The Wireless Network Monitor is separate from v9.  As for plans for Aruba, we're considering what to do.  Specifically, our newest product manager, Andy McBride, is considering what to do, so I'll let him respond.

     http://thwack.com/forums/p/8216/34328.aspx#34328

    Denny LeCompte
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  • 04-22-2008 7:49 PM In reply to

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    Re: Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support

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    Ok, thanks Denny.  I should have said, the next version of Wireless Monitor that will be paired with v9.
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  • 04-23-2008 9:54 AM In reply to

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    Re: Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support

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    rgward,

     Aruba and possible a couple of other vendors support is high on my list of additional functionality for the next version of WNM. Note that WNM versions are not attached to Orion version launches. Orion will launch a new version soon and WNM will be sometime after that. I don't have a published schedule at this time. The good news is that Orion's new release will include a universal device poller you can use to poll equipment which is otherwise not supported.

     Andy

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  • 04-23-2008 7:33 PM In reply to

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    Thanks for the positive news Andy!  Looking forward to the next version of WNM and v9 UDP.

     Ron
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  • 08-04-2008 10:37 AM In reply to

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    Re: Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support

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    Has there been any movement on this yet?   We run an exclusive aruba wireless shop (over 4000 AP's and 1800 controllers)  Very happy with Solarwinds with all else, but need this to get into being supported.  Any timetable for it?
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  • 08-04-2008 10:44 AM In reply to

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    Re: Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support

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    Hi Mike,

     It is on my roadmap but I can't discuss a timetable at this point.

    Andy

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  • 10-01-2008 11:25 AM In reply to

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    Re: Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support

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    We are going to be evaluating Orion and the wireless module for Aruba APs and controllers.  I talked to my Solarwinds account rep and to Aruba and they said IEEE802dot11 MIB is the only thing we need to track clients.  According to Aruba, this IEEE802dot11 MIB is located in the aruba.my MIB file (we are running version 3.3.1.16).  Is this not the case?  We haven't gone through completely setting Orion up yet for evaluation.
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  • 10-01-2008 12:30 PM In reply to

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    Re: Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support

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    If you have those devices you could MIB walk them and see if the MIB is present. I don't have access to them here.

    Andy McBride
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  • 10-02-2008 9:53 AM In reply to

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    Re: Aruba APs and Aruba Controller Support

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    Looks like Aruba took out SNMP on the APs on version 3.3.x to make room for more of the boot image.  User data can be pulled off the controllers with the aruba-user.my MIBs but there isn't support for 802.11 MIB.  Guess we'll have to wait for Solar Winds to program this into Orion before it will work.
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