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AirWave 7.4.0

Release Notes

0510822-33 | November 2011 1

This document describes new features and resolved issues in this AirWave release.

 “What’s New in This Release” on page1

 “Changes” on page4

 “Resolved Issues” on page9

 “Known Issues” on page15

What’s New in This Release

Faster Default Search Results; Option for Expanded Results Available

Search is now faster! Now when you enter a search term in the Search bar on any AMP page, the search

results filtered across a handful of common categories (active Clients, APs, Controllers, and Switches)

instantly display in a pop-up window. You can then select a link inside this window to expand the results to

include Rogue Devices, Groups, Folders, VPN Sessions, Tags, and Historical Clients and Sessions, but more

time will be required to return expanded results. In the documentation, these are often referred to as the

“Full” search results.

AirWave UI Terminology Matches AOS Terminology: Clients, Usage, and Speed

The Users tab has been renamed Clients, and most other UI elements with the term “users” are now

known as “clients.” The User Session report is now the Client Session Report. “Users” will still refer to

people and usernames, and “Clients” will be used for entities with MAC addresses. This change makes

AirWave interface text usage more consistent with ArubaOS usage.

Similarly, the word Bandwidth has been changed in most pages to Usage. As a combined example, the

User Bandwidth trigger is now known as the Client Usage trigger.

References in the UI to Data Rate have been changed to Speed, such as the new Speed interactive graph in

the Clients > Client Detail page.

Maintenance Windows

AirWave can now automate the manual action of putting multiple devices into Manage mode at once so that

changes can be applied, and after the maintenance period is over, the devices automatically revert to

Monitor-Only mode.

Maintenance windows can be set as a one-time or recurring event on the APs/Devices > Manage and

Groups > Basic page. You can also use the Modify Devices link to add or delete maintenance windows to

multiple selected devices at once. Additionally, this feature can be used on Master Console to set

maintenance windows for multiple AMPs.

New Helpdesk

The previous Remedy-based Helpdesk has been removed from AMP. In its place is an entirely new interface

accessible to Helpdesk-enabled roles. The new Helpdesk displays client problem information in fast-loading

line and pie graphs with zoom capability, and allows users to drill down to information more quickly.

Summary of content (17 pages)

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AirWave 7.4.0 Release Notes This document describes new features and resolved issues in this AirWave release.
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Admins setting up an AMP user role can set the default page upon login to be the new Clients > Diagnostic helpdesk page; this hides the tabbed navigation bar, but the role will still be able to access other AMP pages by editing the URL. Admins should ensure that a role with the Display client diagnostics screens by default setting enabled also has the appropriate access and device management privileges desired for this role.
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The choices are to add new controllers, autonomous devices, or thin APs to the New Device List, the same Group/Folder as the discovering devices, the same Group/Folder as the closest IP neighbor, and/or a specified auto-authorization group and folder. Global settings on AMP Setup > General can be overridden in Groups > Basic. In Device Setup > Discover, you can also set the Add New Devices location when you set up a new scan. Automatically authorized devices are authorized in Monitor-Only mode.
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New and Enhanced Triggers and Trigger Conditions in AMP In order to check for DHCP server problems, a new trigger called IPv4 Link-Local Addresses has been added to Systems > Triggers. When enabled, this trigger will check whether the total count of selfassigned IP addresses has crossed a set threshold for clients within a selected folder or group. The alert deployed by this trigger includes a link to search for IP addresses containing 169.254.x.x.
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 When a VPN User is selected, a VPN User Detail page displays with current VPN sessions, a client and usage interactive graph, and historical VPN sessions list table.  The supported VPN legend items in the Clients graph are Max VPN Sessions and Avg VPN Sessions; in the Usage graph, Avg Bits Per Second In for VPN Sessions, Avg Bits Per Second Out for VPN Sessions, Max Bits Per Second In for VPN Sessions, Max Bits Per Second Out for VPN Sessions are shown.
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 IAPs in an Aruba Instant implementation can be rebooted all at once in AMP. Support has been extended for Aruba Remote Access Points (RAPs) that will run an upcoming version of ArubaOS:  The Device Info section in the APs/Devices > Monitor page for a RAP now displays the Remote LAN IP Address (used for local network troubleshooting), Tunnel IP Address (used for testing controller connectivity), and Outer IP Address (tracks RAP location or an ISP-modified address).
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to fire when a user associates to a “Suspected Rogue” AP. This trigger can generate an NMS trap called ClientOnRogueAP.  A new trap, rogueAPDetectedDetail, is sent when the Rogue Device Classified trigger is enabled. This trap includes the last discovering agent and the folder name of the rogue device.  New Rogue Classification rules have been added, such as Valid User Count and Detected Client Count.
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 Cisco WiSM 2 devices added to the AMP as a generic type will convert to the Cisco WiSM specific type. Also, generic WLC and IOS types will not convert to the generic Catalyst type, but will convert to specific Catalyst types.  Added support for the Cisco IOS 1260 series (1261 and 1262 models).  Added support for the Cisco WLC 2500 controller.  Added configuration support for Cisco Remote LANs.
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Resolved Issues Table 2 below lists resolved issues in AirWave 7.4.0: Table 1 Resolved Issues in AirWave 7.4.0 ID Description DE9863 The Data Rention settings in AMP Setup > General now work for the failed reports, based on the failed report's generation date. DE9961 VisualRF: Removed Aruba AirMesh devices from the Add Planned APs option. DE10039 The Dell PowerConnect W-Series 651 controller now deletes internal APs the same way as the Aruba and Alcatel-Lucent-branded 651 controllers.
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Table 1 Resolved Issues in AirWave 7.4.0 (Continued) ID Description DE10691 Software updates for Aruba- and AirWave-licensed customers are no longer downloaded from airwave.com. They are now downloaded from support.arubanetworks.com. For this upgrade alone, you will be prompted for your airwave.com credentials, and subsequently for your support.arubanetworks.com credentials. Future upgrades will only prompt for your support.arubanetworks.com credentials.
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Table 2 Resolved Issues in AirWave 7.4b6 (Continued) ID Description DE10534 Changes to Full Search: - Fixed an issue that caused Full Search in 7.4 to run much slower than 7.2. - Search results for connected clients will not display any historical IP addresses of a currently connected client. - Search results for historical clients will only display the most recent IP address of a client session. DE10573 The folder list XML now includes mismatched devices and vpn client counts.
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Table 3 Resolved Issues in AirWave 7.4b5 (Continued) ID Description DE10520 VisualRF: Permissions to import floor plans from backup is now as follows: 1. Admins have import permission. 2. Management/audit/monitoring user can import only if the user has Read/Write access to VisualRF. 3. In all other cases, import is disallowed. DE10522 VisualRF: Floor plan with a newly added Aruba Instant IAP no longer goes blank after a page refresh.
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Table 5 Resolved Issues in AirWave 7.4b3 (Continued) ID Description DE10008 Master Console no longer crashes if it fails to unmanage configuration on a Managed AMP. DE10028 Master Console Down list no longer reports devices in planned maintenance mode. DE10032 Fixed a page crash that can occur when viewing Managed AMP Alerts in the Master Console. DE10089 VisualRF: Fixed an issue where, if AP Location is enabled under Preferences, overlays would not display for APs with status 'suspect'.
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Table 7 Resolved Issues in AirWave 7.4b1 (Continued) ID Description DE9322 VisualRF: New users added to AMP will no longer need to restart VisualRF to see racks and devices in IDS. DE9371 VisualRF now ensures that the iptables rules UID matches its VisualRF UID. Previously, VisualRF would fail to restart if the two UIDs did not match. DE9419 The visualrf_audit.log, visualrf_db.log, visualrf_msg.log, and visualrf_ui.log files have been added to the VisualRF diagnostic .zip file.
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Table 7 Resolved Issues in AirWave 7.4b1 (Continued) ID Description DE10070 For IOS APs, the AP Include fields have been removed from the APs/Devices > Manage page and from the list of available variables in the template pages. DE10182 AMP now properly restricts the firmware download protocol for Aruba AirMesh to FTP-only.
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Table 8 Known Issues in AirWave 7.4.0 (Continued) ID Description DE10689 Page crashes may occur if you add an Aruba Mobility Access Switch, then immediately attempt to import configuration. It is recommended to wait until after the first polling period, or (more conservatively) 15 minutes after adding a new switch. DE10695 AMP does not support downgrading a primary Aruba Mobility Access Switch from AOS 7.0.4.0 from 7.1. DE10697 Device health memory threshold is set at 80% for switches but not controllers.
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The following were known issues for AirWave 7.4b3: Table 11 Known Issues in AirWave 7.4b3 ID Description US7697 The LAN IP address for RAP devices are not being sent over SNMP to AirWave. This will be fixed in a future update to AOS. DE10081 VisualRF: In the Plan by Capacity feature, APs may not be evenly distributed on the floor plan. The following were known issues for AirWave 7.4b1: Table 12 Known Issues in AirWave 7.