NetInsight

NetInsight is a cloud-based monitoring and analytics tool. NetInsight compares similar Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to a WLAN network, mainly using the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands. Wi-Fi can apply to products that use any 802.11 standard. networks and provides configuration recommendations to improve the network performance. NetInsight offers network anomaly detection with insights from Wi-Fi, authentication, and DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A network protocol that enables a server to automatically assign an IP address to an IP-enabled device from a defined range of numbers configured for a given network.  data resources. NetInsight continuously monitors the network and makes specific recommendations that can improve the performance of the network. NetInsight provides intelligence to organizations to proactively optimize how data, voice, and video applications perform across your entire campus—including local and remote locations.

Some of the key features of NetInsight are:

  • Recommendations to optimize Wi-Fi performance and application assurance.

  • Real-time detection of network performance anomalies.

  • Monitoring of authentication, DHCP, and Wi-Fi connectivity failures.

  • Closed-loop operation for continuous self-optimization.

  • Green AP mode for AP power management and operational savings.

  • Web-based dashboard for accelerated troubleshooting.

For more information, see NetInsight documentation.

Aruba Central supports NetInsight as a selectively available feature. This release is available for all existing stand-alone NetInsight accounts.

Launching NetInsight

NetInsight is available as an application within Aruba Central. To launch NetInsight, complete the following steps:

  1. In Aruba Central, set the filter to global.

  2. Under Launch, click App Catalog.

  3. In the App Catalog, click Launch next to NetInsight.

Figure 1  Launching NetInsight

New User Roles in NetInsight

NetInsight provides the following new user roles that allow the user to access the NetInsight launch option in Aruba Central:

  • NetInsight Campus Admin

  • NetInsight Campus Viewonly

The following image displays the new user roles (highlighted in the image) to access the NetInsight launch page.

Figure 2  NetInsight User Roles