Tag :: CV-CUE 18.0.0

With the 18.0 release, you can perform Client Connectivity Tests (CCT) in a network that has deployed proxy servers.  CCT lets you use the Access Point’s third radio as a client that can connect to another AP you want to test. This gives you the ability to proactively validate network connectivity, the reachability of network services, and the quality of experience for critical applications such as VoIP.  For more information on CCT,

Network Administrators can create SSIDs at any location in CV-CUE, and the same SSID can be inherited from a parent to a child location. The inherited SSIDs, by default, share the same attributes as the parent location. With the 18.0 release, Administrators can override certain attributes of SSID at a child location without breaking the inheritance, so that the entire SSID configuration remains the same, except for the overridden attributes.

With the 18.0 release, Access Points (AP) can also use LAN2 as the Uplink Port. If both the LAN Ports are available as Uplink, the AP monitors both ports equally. Only on the first AP boot will AP consider LAN1 as the default Uplink, and LAN2 will be the failover. If LAN1 and LAN2 are connected and LAN1 fails to receive any packets, the AP can fail over to LAN2 as the Uplink Port and will continue to operate on the same uplink even if LAN1 is active again. 

With the 18.0 release, you can send a copy of DHCP Packets from Access Points (AP) to Network Access Control (NAC) solutions for profiling clients and assigning appropriate network segments. When you enable the packet forwarding option on the UI, the AP forwards a copy of the DHCP packets to Port 67 of the destination server.

In the 18.0 release, along with Slack, you can also subscribe to Google Chat and Microsoft Teams webhooks to receive alerts in your conversation channels whenever a network issue or anomaly is detected. Note: This is a BETA feature. Reach out to your Arista account manager to enable it.

CloudVision Cognitive Unified Edge (CV-CUE) 18.0 introduces the following new features and enhanced functionalities:

With the 18.0 release, you can trigger the Auto-Channel Selection (ACS) Mode and Transmit Power Control (TPC) Mode for a radio on demand. In ACS Mode, the Access Point (AP) scans the network to select the best channel. In Auto-TPC Mode, the AP automatically adjusts its transmit power to minimize interference with neighboring Arista APs.

RADIUS Pooling lets you assign a pre-defined list of RADIUS Servers that Access Points (AP) can use to authenticate, authorize, and maintain clients' accounts. It offers better load-balancing capabilities and improved scalability.You do not have to specify the order of the RADIUS servers as Primary or Secondary. Every AP randomly chooses the RADIUS servers from the pool, and then independently decides the sequence of the RADIUS servers and follows the order. Two APs sharing the same RADIUS pool may not share the same order for the RADIUS servers. APs automatically distribute the client load based on an intelligent algorithm.

With the 18.0 release, you can prevent clients using locally-administered MAC addresses from accessing your network. Network administrators can ensure that only clients using their device’s globally unique MAC addresses are able to connect to the network. By making sure that only devices with globally unique MAC addresses connect to the network, you can mitigate potential security threats associated with spoofing or unauthorized access by having control over device identification.

VLAN Pooling is a list of VLAN IDs defined by the Network Administrator. The Access Point (AP) distributes the VLAN IDs from this pool of VLAN to the clients connecting to the SSID.VLAN Pooling offers better scalability and optimized load-balancing of traffic.

With the 18.0 release, the Access Point (AP) and CV-CUE Server (previously called Wireless Manager Server or WM Server) connectivity for on-premises and cloud deployments have been updated with additional security and improved security posture of AP-Server communication.