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The Aruba Server
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The core component of Aruba's architecture is the report server. The report server provides highly scalable, feature rich, Web-based, reporting made easy. Aruba's Pollers and Flow Collectors gather operational data from SNMP MIBs imbedded in your networked devices and Cisco IOS NetFlow data. The Aruba Server collects that data from the Pollers and Flow Collectors to produce clear, easy to understand, Web-based reports that tell you exactly what's going on inside your network. XML-based Report Architecture Aruba's XML report architecture lets the customer build and edit Aruba's reports to fit the needs of their enterprise. Reports highlight any problem areas, assuring that your network is performing according to your specifications. The Aruba architecture allows the polling of any SNMP capable device. This includes hubs, switches, routers, servers, etc. The standard device list includes Network equipment, Servers, and specialized software. In addition, Aruba uses the core distributed architecture to receive application flow data from Cisco IOS NetFlow. Users can select and place a number of different types of charts that show historical data, calculate trends, and compare fields—including "Top N" charts for any statistic! Reports can be viewed with a standard browser or exported to PDF format for easy sharing via e-mail. The XML architecture also allows Aruba users to build and edit tables that show: single row summaries, individual component summaries, and data summaries broken down by time period. It's also possible to build tables linked to a chart that graphs the currently selected data column. Furthermore, it's possible to mix and match component types in a single report, providing an opportunity to create your own "Executive View" report displaying all of the important areas of your network—WAN interfaces, Server utilization leaders, LAN leaders, etc. Extreme Scalability Aruba will scale to support from as few as one hundred network components to hundreds of thousands and still give you a unified view of the complete network using a standard Web browser. Aruba features a fully distributed architecture that minimizes the movement of collected data while providing a single point of reporting and administration. And Aruba uses Oracle, the industrial-strength database with the horsepower to manage the potentially huge volumes of performance data required to fully analyze a large enterprise network. Flexible Grouping Aruba provides a flexible hierarchical grouping facility, allowing any device or component to be a part of any group or any number of groups. This facilitates such operations as branch-to-branch reporting comparisons and easy maintenance of performance profiles. Grouping is also used in conjunction with secure access to determine what subset of the network each user is authorized to view. This might be used to offer a local network view to regional administrators or for network service providers to offer information to customers on only their portion of the network without revealing that data to other customers. Secure, Partitioned Access User access, whether for administration or reporting purposes, is secured by user ID and password. Users can be restricted to a subset of groups of devices they can see, whether they can perform custom queries on the database, and which reports they receive automatically via e-mail. Aruba Administrators can configure user passwords to expire. Industrial Strength Tools for Simple Administration Aruba's configuration tools are GUI-based, using fill-in forms with good default values to ease system configuration and administration. After installation and setup, Aruba system operation is automatic and unattended. Aruba is flexible, scalable, highly usable, and indispensable when your goal is efficient network operation. Aruba's Reports allow organizations to:
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