Feature

Description

 

Provisioning 802.11n APs for Sin-

AP radios in single-chain mode will transmit and receive data using only legacy rates

 

gle-Chain Transmission

and single-stream HT rates up to MCS 7. This setting is disabled by default.

 

 

 

 

Intelligent ARM Scanning at

If the AP does not have any associated clients (or if most of its clients are inactive)

 

dynamic time intervals

the ARM feature can dynamically readjust its default scan interval, allowing the AP

 

 

 

 

obtain better information about its RF neighborhood by scanning non-home channels

 

 

 

 

more frequently. Starting with ArubaOS 6.2, if an AP attempts to scan a non-home

 

 

 

 

channel but is unsuccessful, the AP will make additional attempts to rescan that

 

 

 

 

channel before skipping it and continuing on to other channels.

 

 

 

 

Spectrum enhancements:

Spectrum monitor radios can now monitor the entire 5 Ghz radio band at once,

Spectrum Analysis for 5Ghz

allowing you to view spectrum data for the upper, middle, or lower portions of

the 5 Ghz band using a single radio. In previous releases, a spectrum monitor

 

 

band as a single slice

 

 

radio could monitor just one portion of the 5Ghz radio band at any time.

RFPlayback utility

You can view recordings using the RFPlayback tool available for download from

Increased device support

the Dell web site. This tool can play spectrum recordings created in this and

 

 

 

 

earlier versions of ArubaOS. Dell uses the Adobe AIR application to display

 

 

 

 

spectrum recording information.

 

 

 

 

In ArubaOS 6.2, radios on W-AP104 and W-AP93H devices can be configured as

 

 

 

 

spectrum monitors, and W-AP105 radios can be configured as either a spectrum

 

 

 

 

monitor or a hybrid AP.

 

 

 

 

Policy Enforcement Firewall

The Policy Enforcement Firewall (PEF) Visibility is a new PEF feature on the ArubaOS

 

(PEF) Visibility

controller. It enables network administrators to monitor the applications running and

 

 

 

 

the users using them in a given network.

 

 

 

 

The Dashboard page of the WebUI now has a new Firewall page. This page displays

 

 

 

 

the PEF summary of all the sessions in the controller aggregated by users, devices,

 

 

 

 

destinations, applications, WLANs, and roles.

 

 

 

 

Instant AP VPN Support

Dell PowerConnect W-Series ArubaOS 6.2 provides an ability to terminate VPN and

 

 

 

 

GRE tunnels from Instant AP and provide corporate connectivity to the branch Instant

 

 

 

 

AP network.

 

 

 

 

Timestamps in CLI Output

The timestamp feature can include a timestamp in the output of each show command

 

 

 

 

issued in the command-line interface, indicating the date and time the command was

 

 

 

 

issued.

 

 

 

 

RAP 3G/4G Backhaul Link

The RAP is enhanced to support link monitoring on 2G, 3G, and 4G modems to provide

 

Quality Monitoring

 

information about the state of USB modem and cellular network.

 

 

 

 

IAP to RAP Mode Conversion

An Instant AP can now be provisioned as a Campus AP (CAP) or a Remote AP (RAP)

 

 

 

 

in a controller-based network.

 

 

 

 

Captive Portal Enhancements

This release of ArubaOS introduces enhancements to the captive portal feature.

 

 

 

 

WMM-DSCP Mapping Enhance-

The WMM-DSCP mapping functionality has been enhanced to retain the original

 

ments

DSCP value.

 

 

 

 

LCD Screen and USB Port

The new W-7200 Series Controller includes an LCD Screen for basic configuration.

 

 

 

 

Additionally, the W-7200 Series is equipped with a USB drive that can be used for

 

 

 

 

loading a configuration and upgrading the controller's software.

 

 

 

 

 

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