Hi everyone,
My hospital merge with a new hospital and we must take the existing infrastructure.
Currently installed :
Aruba 3400 v6.3.1.15 Standalone mode (EOL)
18 AP65 / 14 AP105
32 AP licence and 32 PEFNG licence
Constraints :
- Change AP65 but I only have AP103 witch required AOS v6.4.x that is not supported by AP65 ... (thanks Aruba !)
- Provide support on this infrastructure over long time
- Deploy more AP to extand coverage (minimum 20 new AP)
My idea :
Buy an Aruba 7030 v6.4.x.x (with support contract)
Buy 18 Ap licence
Switch the 18 AP65 by AP103 on the new controler
When all AP65 are changed, I update Aruba 3400 to same version 6.4.x.x that 7030.
Finlally, I change to Master/Local mode with 7030 acting as Master.
Activation of Centralized Licencing on master and local
Drink a cup of coffee...
In the future:
There may be more AP to deploy but not more than 64 in total.
With this solution, I have scalability, High availibility, support and save (a little) money.
Do you think it's a good design ?