阿鲁巴Wi-Fi 6, Central and AIOps supplies intelligent, self-healing network for learning without limits today and tomorrow

Vestavia Hills City Schools凭借其战略计划呼吁学习无限制，发现自己处于技术十字路口。

"Our legacy wired and wireless networking infrastructure was limiting teaching and learning," says Keith Price, Director of Technology for the 7,200-student PK-12 district located in suburban Birmingham, Alabama. "As we were rapidly adopting cloud-based classroom applications and moving toward a 1:1 mobility environment, we needed to improve connectivity reliability, security and performance across the district."

"We definitely appreciated zero-touch and the ability to create a common environment across all of our sites," Price says. "This significantly streamlines management."

阿鲁巴Wi-Fi 6, Powered by Central, the Clear Choice

To satisfy federal E-rate funding requirements and state mandates, Vestavia Hills began its journey with a competitive bid process that included Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company.

普莱斯说：“阿鲁巴是其解决方案质量的明确选择以及我们所需的服务，以帮助我们安装，配置和维护现代，未来的有线和无线网络平台，同时导致纳税人资金。”

通过选择阿鲁巴的边缘服务平台（ESP），Vestavia Hills从单个直观的仪表板中获得了集中，自动化的云网络管理阿鲁巴中央。解决方案还包括Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6 access points (APs), which are based on the latest IEEE 802.11ax standard, along withwired aggregation edge switches, and阿鲁巴ClearPassfor secure, granular and centralized access control.

Central + AIOPS促进部署，管理和可靠性

During deployment, Vestavia Hills used Central's zero-touch provisioning capabilities to automate AP and switch implementation and configuration. With Central, traditionally time-consuming and error-prone manual deployment and network optimization tasks are reduced to fast, accurate points and clicks.

"We definitely appreciated zero-touch and the ability to create a common environment across all of our sites," Price says. "This significantly streamlines management."

用户可以指望

Vestavia Hills还赞赏AIOPS（人工智能操作）Aruba ESP平台基础的AIOPS（人工智能操作）框架提供的网络可靠性增强。它通过将机器学习与匿名数据相结合，从而从Aruba的全球客户群中收集了数百万个设备，从而挑战了网络问题。

The AIOps-driven platform combined with Central's granular visibility and management tools are delivering Wi-Fi connectivity the school system's teachers can count on.

"Prior to implementing Aruba, teachers reported sporadic wireless connectivity," says Price. "With Aruba and Central as a one-stop location for troubleshooting and correcting issues, we've reduced our teacher downtime from four or five hours to a few minutes."

多层零信托安全和网络催化剂^smAdvantages

To support Zero Trust security best practices, while further unifying its network to build consistent wired and wireless experiences, Vestavia Hills is adding ClearPass to Aruba's native security capabilities.

ClearPass采用其可自定义和基于模板的策略执法方法，可自动为用户，设备和“事物”的发现，分析和访问控制。它还可以快速钻探到特定设备，无论是打印机，安全摄像头还是笔记本电脑。

普莱斯说：“借助ClearPass，我们可以提供更多简化的网络访问并改善用户体验，同时提高安全性和网络完整性。”

"Prior to implementing Aruba, teachers reported sporadic wireless connectivity," says Price. "With Aruba and Central as a one-stop location for troubleshooting and correcting issues, we've reduced our teacher downtime from four or five hours to a few minutes."

保险益处来自网络催化剂^smdesignation

As a whole, Aruba's security features have achieved Cyber Catalyst^sm名称，使像Vestavia Hills这样的组织有资格获得参与保险公司的网络保险政策条件的增强条件。

Further, Aruba's tight integration with other industry-leading security platforms enables quickly and easily creating a multi-layered zero-trust approach.

在课堂，运动场和放学后的现代体验

尽管COVID-19 Vestavia暂时改变Hills' instruction to include blended, remote and triage models as well as in-person learning, its new network is key to delivering all four options. "During the pandemic, our network is supporting the learning platform required for our hybrid, remote and triage models," Price says.

In traditional classroom settings, curriculum innovations include traffic-intensive Google AR & VR along with other IoT-enabled learning tools. "In addition, our teachers use web conferencing internally for building-to-building and class-to-class projects," says Price. "We also partner with universities and others, which frequently involves video-enabled collaboration."

Vestavia山”new network also shines in high density areas, like gymnasiums, cafeterias and large conference rooms. "All of these are multi-use spaces in today's educational environment," Price says. "Whether it's robotics competitions, guest speakers, or online testing, we've gained the capability to stream content to any gathering."

普莱斯说：“我们还与大学和其他人合作，这经常涉及视频启动的合作。”

Network keeps Vestavia Hills in the game

For the athletic department, the network supplies the capability to fulfill contemporary requirements. This includes real-time score streaming as well as providing visiting teams and coaching staff with smooth and secure Wi-Fi guest connectivity for access to Hudl and other athletic platforms.

Additionally, the infrastructure supports the courtside scoreboard and statistical system for basketball, volleyball, and wrestling along with the football team's instant replay and scoring solutions.

普莱斯说：“今天的田径运动是一项高科技的努力。”“我们的网络确保我们可以充分参与。”

扩展受控访问社区活动

To benefit its students and the community, Vestavia Hills also hosts a variety of extra-curricular events where guest Wi-Fi is key. "For example, we've hosted an annual Thespian festival where we extended access to attendees," Price says.

"With our new infrastructure, we're able to serve the larger needs of our students and community while also having granular control over who, and what, we allow to connect," he says.

Significant Business, IT and Operational Rewards

From a business and operations perspective, the network modernization is also a plus. With Aruba's Wi-Fi 6 supplying military-grade Suite B cryptography, Vestavia Hills ensures optimal, secure experiences in the most congested settings. Sustainability is also improved with capabilities like Green AP mode, which offers energy savings of up to 70%.

"As our 1:1 deployment is expected to bring an average of 8000 devices on the network at any given time, we're now ready for daily and peak data traffic loads," says Price. "This includes supporting our faculty and staff's participation in multiple internal and external learning communities."

在有线的一侧，Vestavia Hills的VoIP电话，安全摄像机，门访问，对讲机和HVAC使用新网络。普莱斯说：“通过POE向所有这些设备供电是比运行更多电缆的大量节省。”

"As our 1:1 deployment is expected to bring an average of 8000 devices on the network at any given time, we're now ready for daily and peak data traffic loads," says Price.

较少的开销使资金进一步发展

在其中，Price报告说，他的精益员工的生产力更高和敏捷。他说：“系统升级以前需要数周的时间安排和准备时间，现在需要几分钟。”“同样，我们的常规每月维护窗户从48小时削减到不到两个小时。”

向前迈进，Vestavia Hills计划利用其网络解决方案中的更多自动化进步，例如动态细分。此功能替换了在有线和无线网络跨越有线和无线网络的手动配置任务，并根据Price团队确定的用户，设备和“事物”角色进行动态有效的数据流量。