Hewlett Packard Aruba User Manual

AT A GLANCE

ENABLING A SAFER RETURN TO THE OFFICE

Advanced Network Telemetry for Integrated Contact Tracing

The way we think about the workplace has fundamentally

changed. As we consider a return to the physical oce or

campus, insight into who users are coming into contact with

and where they are congregating is critical to understand. IT

professionals are now being tasked with providing this insight

on an ongoing basis and are challenged with accelerated time

lines for reopening, as well as limited budgets and resources.

KEY CONSIDER ATIONS

• Speed to Deployment

Given aggressive timelines to return to physical

locations, implementing a contact tracing framework in

a limited timeframe that delivers meaningful, actionable

information can be challenging. This is why Aruba

isdelivering two options for contact tracing using

network telemetry from both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low

Power (BLE) telemetry. This provides a range of options

to implement contact tracing that works, largely based

on infrastructure and management frameworks that are

already in place.

• Leveraging What you Have

Implementing a Contact Tracing strategy that leverages

existing infrastructure ensures a quick deployment,

but also addresses challenges related to ongoing

manageability and hedges risks related to user

behavior. Aruba provides core Contact Tracing insight

without the need for large investments in incremental

infrastructure, yet provides the ability to implement

advanced granularity and use cases with the addition of

purpose-built hardware and a vast partner ecosystem of

compatible solutions

Aruba APs listen for

users, Wi-Fi devices, or

Bluetooth tags

Location traced

Listing dwell time

at various AP/building

locations for sick person

Contacts traced

(sorted by total contact minutes with each infected person)

Figure 1: Aruba uses both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy telemetry to perform contact and location tracing

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)

location data ingested and displayed in

cloud-based dashboard

HR informed of

potential sick person

ORDERING GUIDE

ENABLING A SAFER RETURN TO THE OFFICE

SOLUTION COMPONENTS AND DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS

Aruba Access Points

Aruba APs use AI-powered RF optimization, rich user and app

intelligence, dynamic segmentation and smart management

options for improved user experiences, seamless cellular

and Wi-Fi transitions, and SLA-grade application QoS.

APs support IoT devices running Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Bluetooth,

and third-party protocols. These capabilities make Aruba

access points a powerful platform for providing contact and

location-based telemetry using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energ y

(BLE), and sophisticated data analytics.

Aruba Central

With the addition of “Proximity Tracing” in Aruba Central,

users can run a simple query based on a username or

MAC address to see who has come into contact with a

specic individual. This means correlating which users were

associated with the same access point including how long

they were in close proximity with a particular user. This

capability leverages existing Aruba wireless infrastructure

and Aruba’s ability to do intelligent location triangulation

and provides granularity down to approximately 10M. This

provides insight into which users were on the same oor or

working in the same part of a particular physical location.

For customers who are using Aruba AirWave, Aruba provides

the ability to export data into the Central dashboard or into

popular third-party visualization tools such as PowerBI or

Tableau.

Aruba Meridian

Aruba’s leadership in location services has enabled powerful

contact and proximity-oriented use cases. In addition to

the integrated Wi-Fi contact tracing capabilities provided in

Central, Meridian works together with Aruba 300/500 series

access points and Aruba Tags to provide even higher levels of

location and proximity granularity and enable advanced use

cases related to heat mapping and location analytics within a

physical building or campus.

Arub a Tag s

Aruba Tags are a key component of the Aruba Location

Services portfolio. When used with the Meridian platform,

these Tags enable granular contact and proximity tracing

use cases, as well as broader physical asset tracking in both

indoor and outdoor locations. Based on Bluetooth Low

Energy (BLE) technology (Bluetooth 4.0), Aruba Tags provide

location data for each person or physical asset within the

range of BLE-enabled access points within an organization’s

Wi-Fi network, eliminating the need for a dedicated network

of readers or observers.

© Copyright 2020 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for Hewlett Packard Enterprise products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Hewlett Packard Enterprise shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.

AAG_EnablingaSaferReturntoOce_SK_080720