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Virtual WLC or Physical?

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  • 1.  Virtual WLC or Physical?

    Posted Sep 18, 2017 01:52 PM

    Hello,

     

    I am creating an 802.11ac wave 2 wireless environment for a healthcare building. 5 floors, 325 devices per floor and using cisco voice phones. I am looking at Aruba wireless controllers and wondering the pros and cons to using a virtual wireless controller vs a physical one?

     

    Any feedback would be appreciated. 



  • 2.  RE: Virtual WLC or Physical?
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    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Sep 27, 2017 09:53 AM

    The benefit of a physical controller is that the performance is predictable and it has hardware acceleration for encryption features and a TPM for enhanced security. If you deploy on VM, you will need to make sure that you have the required resources reserved for the virtual mobility controller.

    As your question is quite broad, the local Aruba sales team should be able to help/guide you towards the best solution in your case.



  • 3.  RE: Virtual WLC or Physical?
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    Posted Sep 28, 2017 08:31 PM

    if you have budget it's better to use physical appliance (it gives more benefits)