CloudVision CUE 15.0.1
Release Date: Q3, 2023
This release of CloudVision CUE introduces features that enable switches to be onboarded, configured, and managed directly from CV-CUE. By having APs and now switches centrally managed in CV-CUE, administrators have a more holistic view of how traffic on the network is behaving and provides the tools to continually optimize performance.
Following are the highlights of this release
- VXLAN tunnel from access points (AP) to switches. By having the same VXLAN configuration for APs and switches, you can aggregate all wireless traffic from the same VXLAN to a single wired destination for better traffic management and visibility.
- Wired monitoring capabilities allow you to onboard switches (710P, 720XP, 720DP) to CV-CUE, configure and manage switch-related settings directly from the UI.
CloudVision CUE 15.0
Release Date: Q2, 2023
This release of CloudVision CUE includes increased security, improved scalability and enhanced user performance. Additionally, this release provides platform support for the C-330 Wi-Fi 6E access point. CloudVision CUE (Cognitive Unified Edge) is Arista’s industry leading cloud hosted operations platform for managing enterprise wired and wireless LAN infrastructure (Arista Wi-Fi access points and PoE switches).
Following are the highlights of this release
- Support for the C-330 Wi-Fi 6E access point
- Secure communication between an access point and RADIUS server using RadSec
- Enhancements to the Unique-PSK (UPSK) improving security and auto-onboarding of clients
- Improved device certificate and CA certificate management
- Create API sandboxes to test API flows in CV-CUE
- Additional monitoring for troubleshooting Wi-Fi interference
- Alerts for memory and CPU utilization
More information about these and additional enhancements are available in the CloudVision CUE User Guide.
New Wi-Fi 6E Access Point C-330
Release Date: Q2, 2023
The Arista C-330 Access Point broadens Arista’s Wi-Fi 6E indoor offerings, where customers can choose between three models, based upon their ceiling, wall, desktop and coverage requirements (see chart below). The C-330 rounds out these offerings with the perfect balance between performance and cost.
The C-330 is an indoor AP featuring concurrent 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz 2 stream 802.11ax operation. The C-330 has integrated IoT support and an additional dedicated tri-band multi-functional radio that provides security, network assurance and AI/ML driven troubleshooting. As with the Arista C-318 indoor wall mounted access point, and the C-360 top of the line ceiling mounted access point, the C-330 leverages all of the benefits of Wi-Fi 6E, including 5X improvements in performance, less channel interference, and wider bands for higher throughput and lower latency.
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The C-330 is targeted for customers looking to upgrade from older slower performing access points, and do not require the ultra high performance of the C-360. Like all other Arista access points, the C-330 is managed via CloudVision CUE while traffic and forwarding plane decisions are handled locally, thereby avoiding single points of failure, and the inefficient hairpinning of traffic.
The C-330 is competitively priced with a simple licensing structure where all software features are included with the access point.
Additional information:
C-330 Data Sheet: C-330 Data Sheet
Arista Access Point Comparison Guide: Access Point Comparison Guide
Arista Cognitive Wi-Fi Web Pages: CloudVision Wi-Fi Resources
CloudVision CUE Data Sheet: CloudVision-Wifi-Datasheet
CloudVision CUE 14.0
Release Date: Q4, 2022
Arista has enhanced the feature capabilities and hardware support for CloudVision CUE distributed enterprise networking offerings. These new features include support for PoE switches and enhanced security, monitoring and management capabilities.
Enhancements include:
- Discovery, visibility and monitoring or PoE switches including the 710, 720D and 722
- 802.1X authentication of hosts that are connected to the W-118, and W-318 access points
- Enhanced client connectivity troubleshooting tests with historical views
- Configuration backup allows administrators to easily revert back to previous configuration if needed (also known as checkpointing)
- Monitor health status of access points for critical conditions such as memory and CPU utilization of APs
- Enhanced Wi-Fi radio reports with properties including AP names, MAC addresses, Retry rates, RSSI, channel and location
- Support for captive portal based authentication of Wi-Fi clients with OpenID connect plugin
- Ability to disable WPA3 transition mode for better security with WiFi-6 and WiFi-6E
New Wi-Fi 6E Access Point W-318
Release Date: Q1, 2023
This new access point is a wall mounted tri-radio Wi-Fi 6E access point.
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Arista’s W-318 access point is a high-end, Wi-Fi 6E enterprise grade, wall plate, access point. The W-318 delivers concurrent 6GHz, 5GHz and 2.4GHz 2 stream 802.11ax wireless networking, with tightly integrated cloud based management, and Arista’s controllerless Cognitive Campus architecture. |
Featuring Wi-Fi 6E standards, the W-318 provides maximized wireless performance for high bandwidth, ultra low-latency and IoT connectivity. With local Ethernet PoE ports, port authentication and secure tunneling, the W-318 makes a perfect fit for small offices and in-room use. This W-318 access point can be conveniently placed on a horizontal flat surface via a desktop mounting bracket or mounted on the wall, wherever there is a nearby active RJ-45 Ethernet port.
W-318 Data Sheet: W-318 Data Sheet
Access Point Comparison Guide: Access Point Comparison Guide
Arista Cognitive Wi-Fi Web Pages: CloudVision Wi-Fi Resources
CloudVision CUE Data Sheet: CloudVision-Wifi-Datasheet