vWLAN - the first enterprise wireless system to run on VMware
7 April 2011
The vWLAN® solution offers organisations in education, healthcare, hospitality, government and retail an excellent solution for wireless that is completely scalable to future technologies.
vWLAN® 802.11n is a uniquely distributed architecture that supports decisions at the edge of the network and manages them with a centralized appliance or server running on a VMware platform.
Cutting edge management console:
vWLAN integrates Bluesocket's WLAN management software to provide a rich set of visual tools for analyzing and troubleshooting the wireless network. The management solution includes location and head maps, health summary, enhanced reporting, notifications, and summary of the overall RF environment.
Integrated security:
Identity-based QoS and Fairness Algorithms are appolied at the access point. Tightly integrated security modules offer robust and scalable NAC, Guest Access, AAA and WIDS capability.
Additional security at the edge:
With vWLAN, as user's role is determined by his or her identity. User roles are managed by the central control software but are enforced by the AP. The roles contain multiple attributes including service policies, VLAN/subnet assignment, bandwidth, and QoS. A single SSID can be used to support multiple roles, eliminating the need to manage multiple SSIDs.
Increased Capacity:
By forwarding data traffic directly to the access point you free enormous capacity within the wireless controller. More capacity means vWLAN can deliver enhanced wireless management.
Reduction in Controller Hardware:
The uniquely distributed architecture supports decisions at the edge of the network and manages them centrally. By forwarding data traffic directly to the access point you eliminate the need for costly controller hardware. By removing hardware from the equation both CapEx and OpEx are reduced and scale is cheaper and faster. In large and brand deployments the cost saving is significant.