Gateway Subscriptions with Security License

The following gateway subscriptions are packaged along with security license that includes the Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS) monitors, detects, and prevents threats in the inbound and outbound traffic. Aruba IDPS provides an extra layer of protection that actively analyzes the network and takes actions on the traffic flows based on the defined rules. It inspects data packets, and if any threat is identified, acts real-time to prevent it.) feature. These subscriptions can be assigned to HPE Aruba Networking IDPS supported gateways:

• Foundation with Security—All features of a Foundation subscription along with security license.
• Foundation-Base with Security—All features of a Foundation-Base capacity subscription along with security license.
• Advanced with Security—All features of an Advanced subscription along with security license.

  • You can evaluate Gateway IDS/IPS with Advanced with Security subscription for a period of 90 days.

  • When you assign a subscription with security license, the gateways reboot to enable the traffic inspection engine for the first time. It is recommended that you apply the security license after business hours, as this might result in a downtime in the network.

  • When assigning subscriptions, if you change a subscription with security license to a subscription without a security license, you must reboot the gateway manually to release the CPU Central Processing Unit. A CPU is an electronic circuitry in a computer for processing instructions. resources that were assigned to the traffic inspection engine. It is recommended to reboot the gateway after business hours, as this might result in a down time in the network. For more information, see Enabling Traffic Inspection on Gateways.

For more information, see Assigning Manual Subscriptions to HPE Aruba Networking Devices.