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Feature Description

Multicast Listener Discovery The Source Specific Multicast (SSM) option supports delivery of multicast

packets that originate only from a specific source address requested by

the receiver.

Hotspot 2.0 Hotspot 2.0 is a Wi-Fi Alliance Passpoint specification based upon the

802.11u protocol that provides wireless clients with a streamlined

mechanism to discover and authenticate to suitable networks, and allows

mobile users the ability to roam between partner networks without

additional authentication.

IGMPv3 Support ArubaOS 6.4 supports IGMPv3 functionality that makes Dell controllers

aware of the Source Specific Multicast (SSM) and is used to optimize

bandwidth of the network

Controller LLDP Support ArubaOS 6.4 provides support for Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) on

the controllers to advertise identity information and capabilities to other

nodes on the network, and store the information discovered about the

neighbors.

ClearPass Policy Manager

Integration

ArubaOS now supports downloadable roles. By using this feature, when

CPPM successfully authenticates a user, the user is assigned a role by

CPPM and if the role is not defined on the controller, the role attributes

can also be automatically downloaded.

High Availability The high availability feature has been enhanced with the following new

features in ArubaOS 6.4:

l High Availability Configuration Using the WebUI

l Extended Standby Controller Capacity

l High Availability State Synchronization

l High Availability Inter-controller Heartbeats

ArubaOS and ClearPass Guest

This feature enhances the security for the ClearPass Guest login URL. A

new parameter called "url_hash_key"in the Captive Portal profile provides

ClearPass the ability to trust and ensure that the client MAC address in the

redirect URL has not been tampered with by anyone.

Palo Alto Networks Firewall

Integration

This feature takes advantage of the User-Identification (User-ID) feature

of the Palo Alto Networks (PAN) firewall allows network administrators to

configure and enforce firewall policies based on user and user groups.

User-ID identifies the user on the network based on the IP address of the

device which the user is logged into. Additionally, firewall policy can be

applied based on the type of device the user is using to connect to the

network. Since the Dell controller maintains the network and user

information of the clients on the network, it is the best source to provide

the information for the User-ID feature on the PAN firewall.

Table 5: New Features in ArubaOS 6.4.0.0