Cost-effective. Not Complicated.
Meru Wireless LAN Management
Most wireless LANs are not trusted with mission-critical
applications today precisely because they require too many
scarce IT resources and too much precious time. We don’t think
that mission-critical availability should come at the expense of
operational efficiency. At Meru, we build reliability and simplicity
into our virtualized wireless LAN solutions from the start.
And then we make them so easy to manage that almost anyone
can—even from a smart phone halfway around the world.
It’s Time for a New Approach
Industry studies show that in 2009, best-in-class enterprises experienced management cost
increases of 63% for their wireless LANs and a 69% increase in management employees.
Why so high? Largely because management systems for legacy wireless LANs are based
on wired network management techniques—and they are not adequate for today’s dynamic
wireless environments. Meru believes it’s time for change. Our virtualized wireless LANs and
innovative management capabilities completely change the way that enterprises view wireless
LAN management.
Meru E(z)RF Application Suite
The MeruE(z)RF™ Application Suite provides a comprehensive, lifecycle system for managing
Meru virtualized wireless LANs. By taking advantage of the innovative technology built
into every Meru wireless network, the E(z)RF Application Suite greatly simplifies network
management while delivering vital data for network administration, helpdesk troubleshooting,
and long-term planning.
Automated. Intelligent. (Figure 1)
Meru centralizes and automates wireless LAN management.
Diagnostic agents on the Meru access points and controller continuously capture over-the-air events and client state transitions. Events
are logged into a database for retrieval at any time or use by other
applications. The inference engine analyzes data, generates inferences, and raises alarms or notifications if necessary. Using MeruE(z)
RFOnTheGo, relevant data and events can even be delivered to
managers’ smart phones. A graphical interface enables you to drill
down from global dashboards to specific client data or recreate
the network state for a specific time to get exactly the view that
you need.
Increase Efficiency
Automated inferences and detailed event histories can reduce
troubleshooting time from days to minutes. Comprehensive visibility
at your fingertips can reduce the number of staff needed to manage
your Meru virtualized wireless LAN and also makes data immediately
available to the helpdesk. Many Meru customers manage large virtualized wireless LANs with only one person.
Reduce Costs
A highly reliable network reduces the number of incidents that the
network experiences. With detailed visibility into network and device
activity, the E(z)RFApplication Suite also accelerates troubleshooting
to significantly reduce overall downtime. Automated event correlation and rewind-and-replay features help you get to the root of issues
so that you can prevent them from becoming problems again. For
example, a Meru customer with a network of 1,000 access points
documented a 75% reduction in costs associated with downtime and
reduced actual hours of downtime by 80 percent.
See Everything
Reporting and monitoring flexibility allows you to tailor reports
and dashboards to track the metrics that are most important to you.
Visualize real-time or historical performance. Optional real-time
location tracking also lets you track devices and assets from the
centralized dashboard.
Anywhere, Anytime Access
Bring the network to an IT administrator using a smart
phone. Network health and other information can be delivered
over cellular links in a format designed for small screens and
fast access.
a single interface. View activity details at each level of the infrastructure and gain real-time and cumulative performance metrics:
:: Comprehensive dashboards deliver over-the-air
performance metrics
:: Rapid troubleshooting is further simplified with a view
of network trends
:: Recreate a wireless station state for helpdesk support
:: Context-aware search makes the management dashboards
easy to use
E(z)RF Service Assurance Manager (Figure 3)
E(z)RF Service Assurance Manager is designed to deliver end-to-end
service assurance for the entire Meru wireless LAN and its applications. By creating virtual devices on existing access points that
actively inject traffic over the air, Service Assurance Manager tests
and verifies network performance without impact to users. You can
quickly isolate faults or potential issues—in the wireless network or
back-end wired infrastructure—and take action before users experience performance impact.
:: 24x7 monitoring of entire wireless network
:: Live traffic injected to proactively verify service levels
:: End-to-end testing using virtual clients in a
“neighborhood watch”
:: Automated reports on latency, throughput, and loss
The E(z)RF Application Suite
:: Integrated with network diagnostics
E(z)RF Network Manager (Figure 2)
This comprehensive wireless management and troubleshooting
system provides network visualization, configuration, wireless performance dashboards, and fault management capabilities through
:: Leverages unique Meru wireless LAN
virtualization technologies
Figure 1 | Comprehensive monitoring and
management made easy.
:: No additional sensors or access points are needed
Figure 2 | Rewind and replay events to
create a station state for accelerating troubleshooting and providing helpdesk support.
Figure 3 | Quickly isolate faults and
take action before users experience
performance impact.
Meru Makes Mission-Critical Easier
Managing your Meru wireless LAN is like managing no other wireless network. We can help you
deliver on your enterprise’s mobility initiatives efficiently, effectively, and flexibly.
E(z)RF Location Manager
Automatically track the physical location of thousands of wireless
devices, including laptops, PDAs, wireless VoIP handsets, and
unauthorized access points. You can also create wireless security
policies based on enterprise-defined parameters, and integrate
location tracking capabilities with other business applications, such
as asset tracking.
E(z)RF OnTheGo
Meru also enables you to provide customized management
dashboards on mobile devices, such as smart phones, so that
IT personnel can monitor and manage the network from anywhere
with a Wi-Fi or cellular connection.
For More Information
For more information about Meru wireless LAN products, visit
WWW.Merunetworks.com or Contact us at +1.408.215.5300
About Meru Networks | Founded in 2002,
Meru Networks provides a virtualized
wireless LAN solution that cost-effectively
optimizes the enterprise network to deliver
the performance, reliability, predictability
and operational simplicity of a wired
network, with the advantages of mobility.
Meru’s solution represents an innovative
approach to wireless networking that
utilizes virtualization technology to create
an intelligent and self-monitoring wireless
network, and enables enterprises to migrate
their business-critical applications from
wired networks to wireless networks, and
become all-wireless enterprises. Meru’s
solutions have been adopted in all major
industry vertical markets, including Fortune
500 enterprises, healthcare, education,
retail, manufacturing, hospitality and
government. Meru is headquartered in
Sunnyvale, Calif., and has operations in the
Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia
Pacific. For more information, visit www.
merunetworks.com or call 408.215.5300.
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