Abstract

Supporting wireless mobility means continually addressing new devices in a rapidly advancing industry. The Effortless Network enabled by the Brocade HyperEdge Architecture provides the ideal foundation for wireless network solutions. By working together with Aruba Networks (an HP Company), Brocade aims to deliver the best-in-class, open wired network underlay infrastructure upon which to deploy wireless networks (WLAN). Brocade is committed to working with industry standard wireless networks to deliver open and secure multi-vendor wired/wireless network solutions.

Brocade commissioned Tolly to evaluate the interoperability of its Brocade ICX 7250/7450 switches with the Aruba WLAN solution as implemented in its Aruba 225 802.11ac Access Point (AP) and Aruba 7010 WLAN Controller.

The Brocade LAN switch and Aruba wireless WLAN solutions demonstrated interoperability across all tests. While Tolly tested only the Aruba 225 AP and the Aruba 7010 WLAN Controller, all other Aruba APs and Controllers should pass all the interoperability tests except for the Link Aggregation test, which is only relevant to APs with two Gigabit Ethernet ports.