Advanced Mobility Solutions and Services
Advanced capabilities
Understand location services, AirGroup (Bonjour/mDNS services), dynamic segmentation, and SD-WAN/Gateway integration. Know role-based tunneling, VPN termination, and IoT onboarding. Familiarize yourself with Aruba Central cloud management and how on-premises controllers integrate with cloud telemetry.
Services and policy
AirGroup controls which mDNS services are visible across VLANs and users. Dynamic segmentation applies role-based policy across wired and wireless. Location services use APs and tags for asset tracking and analytics.
Traps
Questions often confuse AirGroup service discovery with network reachability - AirGroup is policy, not routing. Another trap: assuming cloud management replaces local forwarding; data plane behavior depends on deployment mode. Watch for mDNS flooding without AirGroup controls.
Worked example
Apple TV on a guest VLAN should be visible only to a specific user group. Configure AirGroup with a service definition and role-based visibility; verify mDNS is not broadcast campus-wide, which would otherwise flood the network.
Best practice
Scope AirGroup services narrowly and monitor mDNS traffic to prevent broadcast storms.