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Leverage HPE Aruba Networking Central status page for enhanced uptime telemetry

By TheDreadedMarketer posted Mar 03, 2025
HPE Aruba Networking Central has launched a dedicated status page that provides real-time visibility into platform health and service degradations across our public SaaS hosting clusters. Updated by our NOC teams and accessible at centralstatus.arubanetworking.hpe.com , this webpage empowers IT teams with instant clarity on operational status, ensuring faster response times and improved trust in network reliability. Key features of the status page Real-time cluster monitoring: Track the operational status of all public HPE Aruba Networking Central clusters, with color-coded indicators: Green: All systems operational Yellow: Service degradation ...

A Practical Guide to SSE Agent Troubleshooting

By Gobo posted Feb 28, 2025
A Practical Guide to SSE Agent Troubleshooting by matt.hum@hpe.com One of the questions I get asked often is, "How do I debug or troubleshoot the HPE Aruba Networking SSE agent?" This can be especially relevant when a destination or application isn't pulling up or resolving. In this post, we'll explore some common issues and practical solutions to help you navigate these challenges more effectively. Let's dive in and make troubleshooting a bit easier. A good first step in troubleshooting is checking to ensure the tunnel is up and functioning appropriately. If the agent shows you are connected, then we need to check DNS. All machines should ...

2025 Airheads Community MVPs

By Jamie E posted Feb 10, 2025
Its time to announce the 2025 Airheads Community MVPs! Thank you to each of you that contributed and helped your peers in the community. There were a few members that went above and beyond to support Airheads in need of a config change, best practice, and troubleshooting. The group of you that went above and beyond are the community MVPs for 2025. The Airheads Community MVP program exists to show our gratitude to the members most willing to support their peers when called upon. Within the MVP program there are 4 different levels of MVP. MVP Guru Elite MVP Guru MVP Expert MVP Alright, here are the Airheads Community MVPs for 2025! MVP Guru ...

Simple zero trust networking (part 2)

By sperez posted Jan 21, 2025
In the first part of this blog series we focused on how HPE Aruba Networking Central NAC can help you identify every user and device and build simple policies to assign each to the desired user-role. That’s a great first step in your zero trust journey! In this second post, we’re going to look at how to build on top of that with segmentation policies that will give every user and device access to what they need… And only to what they need! Least-privilege access Ok, so you’re now at a point where you have reasonably good control over who or what is connecting to the network. It’s time to talk about least-privilege access or, as we like to call it in, “Role ...

Simple zero trust networking (part1)

By sperez posted Jan 13, 2025
We’ve been talking about zero trust for a while. And so have many others! This makes sense considering how much of a threat cyber-crime has become. But… What do we mean by zero trust? Why are so many vendors claiming to have a “zero trust” solution? There’s of course a certain amount of the inevitable marketing behind it, but there’s also the fact that zero trust can be applied to many aspects of the organization. In fact, when adopting a zero trust strategy, one of the first aspects you should do is precisely to define your “protect surfaces.” Protect surfaces? Yes, a crucial difference between zero trust and previous cyber security strategies is that, instead ...

Network access control and Blast RADIUS: What you need to know

By agallnx posted Dec 11, 2024
Network access control and Blast RADIUS: What you need to know By Adilson Gal and Nicholas Stark e Researchers demonstrated a novel attack in the summer of 2024 against the RADIUS protocol. Being a protocol level attack, th eir attack affected all RADIUS implementations. The researchers dubbed this attack “Blast RADIUS . ” The attack works by filling specific data fields within the RADIUS UDP Packet with random data in order to force a cryptographic hash collis ion. To better understand the risk posed by this vulnerability — as well as how HPE Aruba ...

Using enrollment over secure transport (EST) to validate network devices

By dannyjump posted Dec 03, 2024
Using enrollment over secure transport (EST) to validate network devices By Danny Jump Adding a new network device to your infrastructure? How confident are you that it actually is a device from your selected vendor, and that it has not been modified since its manufacture? One of the unique challenges that network admins have is validating network devices and their underlying identity, then managing and integrating device identity into an internal Identity Store, such as a Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI. This should be easy, yet many organizations still struggle with cumbersome, potentially risky processes. EST: A potential cure for infrastructure ...

Smart Routing with HPE Aruba Networking SSE

By Gobo posted Dec 02, 2024
Smart Routing with HPE Aruba Networking SSE Matt Hum ( matt.hum@hpe.com ) Smart routing is a unique concept that may spur on some questions but is part of the “secret sauce” of our SSE platform. At its core, Smart Routing creates a comprehensive connectivity mesh from agent to a static list (typically all) of our PoPs. By regularly monitoring these paths, our SSE platform can enforce Smart Routing by identifying the best-performing route and dynamically adjust traffic flow based on the source and destination PoP. This approach ensures optimal performance and efficiency. Let’s illustrate this with an example. In our recorded demonstration, ...

Why your big data needs a micro data center

By rick.a.kauffman@hpe.com posted Nov 14, 2024
Do you know how big a zettabyte is? Take my word for it, its big. It’s a one, followed by seven sets of zeros. The worldwide amount of data is expected to be around 175 zettabytes in the next 500 days. 90 zettabytes will be unstructured data. Think of unstructured data being anything that does not look like an excel spreadsheet. Emails, videos, MP3s, and streaming analytics. The lion’s share of this data will be on the edge. It's no mystery that data holds value. Another widely known fact is data has a shelf life. It can be fleeting. If I am an autonomous vehicle, the color of the traffic light in the last intersection I drove through, has no value to me. The ...

An updated Airheads Community experience

By EFishel posted Nov 13, 2024
The Airheads Community has a fresh new look and enhanced functionality! Things may look different, but you’ll continue to find the best network peer-to-peer discussion forums, technical resources, and educational material that you’ve always found on the Airheads Community. Members who log into their accounts will now see a personalized view, including a discussion feed with relevant content, followed communities, account quick links, upcoming events , and more. Have any questions? Reach out to the Airheads team and let us know.

ZTNA Packet Handling in HPE Aruba Networking SSE

By Gobo posted Oct 25, 2024
ZTNA Packet Handling in HPE Aruba Networking SSE Matt Hum (matt.hum@hpe.com) Packet handling for Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) varies significantly based on the nature of the traffic and the type of application being accessed. This chart is designed to guide you through the different packet handling scenarios available through HPE Aruba Networking SSE. Agentless Access Requests Let’s start with an agentless ZTNA web (self-hosted) application [1]. In agentless web, one of the PoPs is the URL destination — either an XXX.axisapps.io domain where we own the cert to sign for *.axisapps.io, or a CNAME of a vanity URL (customer provided ...

Experience the power of New HPE Aruba Networking Central

By Jamie E posted Sep 24, 2024
Experience the power of New HPE Aruba Networking Central We’re proud to introduce our public preview of HPE Aruba Networking Central, representing the leading-edge of cloud-native management. This update brings: ✨ 3x more AI-powered network optimizations - Elevating performance and efficiency to new heights. 🔍 Expanded network observability - Providing deeper insights and enhanced visibility into your network. ⚙️ Improved network configuration - Streamlining setup and adjustments to meet both current and future needs. Read the press release , tune in to this video , and register for the Airheads Webinar to ...

HPE Aruba Networking Mobility Essentials using AOS10 (webinar)

By Jamie E posted Sep 20, 2024
In the Mobility Essentials webinar you will learn how Radio Frequency (RF) works! Compare wired and wireless networks and understand how communication over wireless networks relies on standards and protocols. You will also gain insight into real-world, Wireless LAN solutions. Once you learn about these, you will be well on your way to understanding what it takes to deploy and manage a WLAN with HPE Aruba Networking Central. Register – English Register – Spanish Audience: Ideal for IT professionals new to wireless networks. Webinar Replays: Available on the Airheads Community. Certificate: Earn a certificate of completion after you ...

HPE Aruba Networking Days

By Jamie E posted Sep 17, 2024
North America Roadshow Join us in a city near you to hear the latest from HPE Aruba Networking, and gain valuable takeaways from some of the most popular sessions at Atmosphere 2024! HPE Aruba Networking Days (formerly known as Atmosphere Meetups) are a series of one-day events that bring the best of Atmosphere 2024 to a city near you. These events are free to attend. Network engineers, architects, administrators, security specialists and Partner Engineers will benefit most from the technical content presented on the Airheads track. Employees of HPE Aruba Networking’s value-added resellers will benefit most from the solutions-focused content on our Partner ...

Zero Trust Made Simple (webinar)

By Jamie E posted Sep 13, 2024
Join us for a Zero Trust webinar! Zero trust is a critical strategy for safeguarding your organization against threats, yet implementing zero trust across your enterprise can be challenging and complex. Join this webinar to discover how security capabilities within HPE Aruba Networking Central, AOS10, and HPE Aruba Networking SSE can simplify zero trust network and application access throughout your organization. Learn simpler ways to activate: - Identity management: Ensuring that all access is authenticated, authorized, and encrypted. - Least-privilege access: Restricting access to resources based on user roles and necessity. - ...

Coming soon: Updated look, new functionality, same great community!

By Jamie E posted Aug 15, 2024
Our August newsletter will preview a bit of the new look you’ll be seeing in the Airheads Community in the months ahead. This community is constantly evolving, and right now, we’re diligently working behind the scenes to give you the improved functionality you’ve been asking for (improved search, anyone?), along with more intuitive navigation, and views tailored to your interests. It’ll still be the same awesome Airheads Community of network professionals that you’ve come to love—just with more useful tools and an improved experience, in a look and feel that both brings us closer to the rest of HPE and celebrates our unique, collective Airheads identity. Keep ...

Making private 5G (almost) as easy as Wi-Fi

By Jamie E posted Jun 12, 2024
You may have seen the announcement earlier this month regarding the launch of HPE Aruba Networking Enterprise Private 5G. What does that mean for Airheads? Private 5G augments Wi-Fi with a flexible type of connectivity to address higher speed mobility, wider area coverage, traffic segmentation, and deterministic access. Last year, we acquired Athonet, a leader in mobile core software with more than 500 customers over 15 years, to bring this technology to our enterprise customers. With the recent launch of HPE Aruba Networking Enterprise Private 5G, we are offering a turnkey cellular network that includes everything from SIM cards to small cell radios. ...

What's happening at Atmosphere '24

By Jamie E posted Jun 11, 2024
Whether you'll be there live from Las Vegas or not, Atmosphere has something for all our Airheads. Read below to learn how you can get the most out of Atmosphere, no matter where you are. Livestream the HPE Aruba Networking General Sessions Can't make it to Atmosphere this year? You can still watch the HPE Aruba Networking general sessions, live from the comfort of your desk! Check out the details below. Tuesday, June 17 | Building the networks of the future 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (PDT) | ADD TO CALENDAR Hear from Phil Mottram , EVP & GM, Intelligent Edge/HPE Aruba Networking, on how we are helping customers modernize their network ...

Drop in Office Hours in the Airheads Lounge at Atmosphere ‘24

By Jamie E posted Jun 04, 2024
Drop in Office Hours in the Airheads Lounge at Atmosphere ‘24 Ask a question, share an idea, inquire about a product feature, or just drop by to say “hi” Anything is fair game at Office Hours in the Airheads Lounge . HPE Aruba Networking’s technical and product expert s will be hanging out in the Airheads Lounge, ready to meet with you. Office hours are drop-in only, no reservation needed, however they will fill up on a first-come basis. Check out the schedule below – we’ll continue to update our office hours availability through Atmosphere, so bookmark this page and check for updates. See you there, ...

Save time and boost network performance with the HPE Networking Support Portal

By Jamie E posted May 13, 2024
Technical issues can arise at any moment, disrupting network performance and reducing the efficiency of IT teams. Whether it's a software bug, hardware malfunction, or an error message never seen before, technical problems can be frustrating and distract staff from more strategic activities. Self-service options provide users with a convenient and efficient way to resolve issues on their own and HPE Aruba Networking has built an industry-leading support portal that makes our customers more efficient. In fact, the HPE Networking Support Portal (NSP) recently received the the 2024 Gold Stevie ® award for Innovation in Customer Service – Computer Industries, ...