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RUCKUS SmartZone

CommScope RUCKUS SmartZone network controllers simplify network set-up and management. Offering enhanced security and minimising troubleshooting on the network.

CommScope RUCKUS SmartZone network controllers simplify managing wired switches and wireless access points. This is visible through an interface to support private-cloud network-as-a-service (NaaS), adding to businesses networks. SmartZone appliances come in either physical or virtual models, supporting network configuration, provisioning, troubleshooting, performance management and security.

RUCKUS SmartZone’s simplified web interface handles network visibility from the wireless edge to the network core, enabling IT teams to perform day to day network management tasks. SmartZone controllers allow IT teams to troubleshoot user connectivity, monitor users and application policies without having advanced networking skills and CLI expertise.

RUCKUS SmartZone Network Controllers

RUCKUS SmartZone 144
CommScope RUCKUS SmartZone 144 |
 Network Controller – Mid Scale

Scalable midsize campus and branch
wired and wireless network controllers

RUCKUS SmartZone 144

RUCKUS SmartZone 144 (SZ144) 

Benefits

  • Supports distributed networks

  • Automates repetitive IT work

  • Is flexible

  • Future-ready with scalable wired and wireless network management capabilities

  • SmartZone 144 manages up to 120,000 clients

  • Up to 6,000 RUCKUS access points

  • 1,200 RUCKUS switches from a single cluster

RUCKUS SmartZone SZ300 network management
CommScope RUCKUS SmartZone 300 |
Network Controller – High Scale

Scalable network controller for
service providers and large businesses

RUCKUS SmartZone 300

SmartZone 300 (SZ300)

Benefits

  • Carrier-grade network controller that gives you the flexibility you need
    to manage complex network architectures—and business models—for networks of practically any scale

  • Need to integrate with your own management system or other tools?
    No problem. Open APIs let 3rd party applications easily invoke SmartZone OS functionality

  • Together with RUCKUS access points and switches you get scale, control and deployment flexibility and your users get a consistently great experience—fast, reliable and secure

VIRTUAL NET CONTROLLER SmartZone Essentials
CommScope RUCKUS Virtual SmartZone |
Virtual Network Controller – Mid Scale

Scalable virtual network controller for
mid-sized businesses

Virtual SmartZone – Essentials (vSZ-E)

RUCKUS Virtual SmartZone – Essentials (vSZ-E)

Benefits

  • Virtual SmartZone – Essentials (vSZ-E) gives you loads of flexibility, lower deployment cost and the ability to scale your network right up to 60,000 clients

  • Manage quality of experience with intuitive,
    visual troubleshooting and analytics tools

  • Together with RUCKUS access points and switches you get scale, control and deployment flexibility and your users get a consistently great experience—fast, reliable and secure

RUCKUS SmartZone Virtual Net Controller
CommScope RUCKUS Virtual SmartZone |
Virtual Network Controller – High Scale

Scalable virtual network controller for
service providers and large businesses

RUCKUS Virtual SmartZone – High Scale (vSZ-H)

RUCKUS Virtual SmartZone – High Scale (vSZ-H)

Benefits

  • Allow you to build an all-virtual wired and wireless management system in your data center or private Cloud

  • Multi-tenant capable to support your Networking-as-a-Service (NaaS) or managed services business

  • Virtual SmartZone – High Scale (vSZ-H) is a carrier-grade network controller that gives you the flexibility you need to manage complex network architectures—and business models—for networks of practically any scale

  • Need to integrate with your own management system or other tools?
    The Open APIs let 3rd party applications easily invoke SmartZone OS functionality

  • Together with RUCKUS access points and switches you get scale, control and deployment flexibility and your users get a consistently great experience—fast, reliable and secure

Why Choose RUCKUS SmartZone?

SmartZone In Your Mid-Large Business

The SmartZone 144 (SZ144) and Virtual SmartZone -Essential allows all businesses to deploy with a cost-effective solution, that provides a highly resilient wired and wireless network to support Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD), heavy dependent bandwidth applications and IoT.

Multi-Service and Mobile Network Operators

The SmartZone 300 (SZ300) and Virtual SmartZone -High Scale (vSZ-H) version allows operators to flexibly deploy access points and switches at ease, delivering public access Wi-Fi and, at the same time Wi-Fi as a managed service to business customers.

Service Providers

Internet service providers can deliver Wi-Fi-as-a-Service (Waas) and Network-as-a-service (NaaS) to create revenue streams. With SmartZone, it enables a simplified approach to manage complex network components, by providing tiered multi-tier business and operational models across geographic and commercial boundaries.

Allowing administrators to create and reuse configuration profiles within domains and zones. The Partner domain layer allows operators to separate tenants with their own set of configurations, profiles, and system objects that are private and confidential and not shared with other tenants. This creates a wall between tenants to ensure privacy and any other associations that may be associated with tenant management.

Wi-Fi Control and Network Management

Quick demo on how easy it is to set-up, monitor and
manage a mid-to -large scale businesses on SmartZone

RUCKUS SmartZone – Navigation Overview

In this video, we will provide a brief initial overview of basic system navigation and settings for RUCKUS SmartZone 5.2

SmartZone Network Management

CommScope RUCKUS SmartZone administrative dashboard is customisable and provides a rich interface that reduces the workloads of supporting large-scale networks. With a simple navigation and menu system that provides routine tasks for AP configuration or monitoring and switch monitoring actions. A dashboard that you can personalise with network alerts and statistics. View maps, health and traffic analysis, spectrum analysis and more.

An enhanced Connection Failure View feature for wireless connections lets administrators check all system-wide failure trends and identify connection anomalies that systematic difficulties can cause. Troubleshooting features that allow administrators to focus on specific devices and their connection status. SmartZone tracks the step-by-step progress of a clients connection with an intuitive interface and then shows useful guidance on how to fix any issues.

RUCKUS SmartZone Traffic Analysis Dashboard Network Intelligence
Network Intelligence

Traffic analysis features display domain, zone access points/switch groups, WLAN, and AP traffic and the trends of visitors over time. Enabling to quickly identify heavily loaded AP/Switches/Ports or top network users and devices. Allows you to view OS types and application consumption for wireless clients. Filter statistics by the band (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, or both).

RUCKUS Smartzone URL filtering & traffic management
Enhanced Security & Policy

URL filtering for wireless devices – protects users from harmful websites, allowing businesses to create and enforce safe internet browsing. The dashboard interface provides real-time visibility into millions of URLs, classified into 83+ categories, either being allowed or denied access to specific URLs. RUCKUS patented Dynamic PSKTM (DPSK).

RUCKUS SmartZone Benefits

1

One Platform

A single platform to manage your wired and wireless network for deployment, monitoring and troubleshooting access points and switches

2

Automated Provisioning

L3 and L2 auto-discovery and auto-provisioning of access points (APs) and switches, reducing manual administration and deployment time

3

Scalability

SmartZone network controller can manage 10,000 APs and 150,000 clients and up to 30 Gbps of throughput and more

4

Fast troubleshooting

Provides visual Connection Diagnostics speeds that help detect problems ahead, with special ‘super-KPI’s’ enables IT to quickly detect future connectivity issues for the end-user.

5

Custom Dashboards

SmartZone enables 3rd party applications and scripts to invoke provisioning, configuration and real-time monitoring of APs and Switches

6

Ultra-high Resiliency

SmartZone protects from failures with inter and intra-cluster failover.  Active clusters deliver higher availability versus traditional hot-standby

Network Management Resources

RUCKUS SmartZone Firmware Upgrade

This video demonstrates how to upgrade the RUCKUS SmartZone platform.

CommScope RUCKUS UK Distributor

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SmartZone network controllers simplify network set-up and management, enhance security, minimize troubleshooting and ease upgrades.

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