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AD integration with Aruba Controller

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  • 1.  AD integration with Aruba Controller

    Posted May 08, 2016 11:37 AM

    Hi All,

     

    I have aruba 7210 controllers running on aos 6.4.3.5. Is there any way to integrate Active Directory with the aruba Controllers except through RADIUS method?

     

    If yes , what would be the configuration on Controllers side?

     

    Regards

    Sachin



  • 2.  RE: AD integration with Aruba Controller

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted May 08, 2016 11:40 AM
    It's recommended to use a RADIUS server, but LDAP can be used with certain restrictions. 

    http://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Controller-Based-WLANs/How-do-I-configure-LDAP-on-the-Aruba-controller/ta-p/184056


  • 3.  RE: AD integration with Aruba Controller
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    EMPLOYEE
    Posted May 08, 2016 12:35 PM
    @Sachin wrote:

    Hi All,

     

    I have aruba 7210 controllers running on aos 6.4.3.5. Is there any way to integrate Active Directory with the aruba Controllers except through RADIUS method?

     

    If yes , what would be the configuration on Controllers side?

     

    Regards

    Sachin

    LDAP is fine if you are only authenticating AD users via captive portal.  If you are using 802.1x, LDAP has too many client restrictions to deploy at scale.



  • 4.  RE: AD integration with Aruba Controller

    Posted Nov 16, 2018 07:04 AM

    hello Tim and Joseph, 

    curious to know what kind of restriction users may face, please could you provide some details for visibility.

     

    Thank you !



  • 5.  RE: AD integration with Aruba Controller

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 16, 2018 08:51 AM

    I don't understand.  This thread is also two years old.



  • 6.  RE: AD integration with Aruba Controller

    Posted Nov 19, 2018 07:24 AM

    Hello Joseph, 

    sorry for not being more specific, 

    I'm thinking about an integration of Aruba controller with Windows AD, and I noticed in your contribution that it feasible but LDAP had too many restrictions for users. 

    so I would like to know what kind of restriction we may face?

     

    thank you!



  • 7.  RE: AD integration with Aruba Controller

    Posted Nov 22, 2018 12:45 PM

    Any feedback here? 

     

    thank you! 



  • 8.  RE: AD integration with Aruba Controller

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 22, 2018 12:54 PM

    You have to install additonal software on Windows clients if you use LDAP instead of radius.  Nobody does that.