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Difference between local and branch controller

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  • 1.  Difference between local and branch controller

    Posted Jun 17, 2016 02:57 AM
    Hi experts,

    I would really appreciate it if someone can point me towards where to find the difference between local and branch controller.

    Thanks in advance!


  • 2.  RE: Difference between local and branch controller
    Best Answer

    Posted Jun 17, 2016 06:43 AM
    Branch controller has the following capabilities:
    - Zero touch provisioning
    - WAN Health Check / Auth survivability
    - All the config will be pushed from the Master controller (7200) including VLANs , Interfaces, NTP , syslog, profiles,etc ) using Smart Branch Config
    - 70xx series running 6.4.3
    - Policy based routing

    http://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/ArubaOS_64x_WebHelp/Content/ArubaFrameStyles/Branch%20Office/BoC.htm

    Local controller:
    - Master pushes the config except for VLANs, Interfaces , NTP , etc those are configured locally on the local controller
    - No zero touch config
    - No WAN optimization features





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