We are super excited to announce that VLAN Profiles is now available to access via the early access page. VLAN Profiles is a new feature spanning MR and MS as a means to provide both dynamic, RADIUS-based assignment of VLANs to devices/users/endpoints based on an alphanumeric name, but also as a means to abstract VLAN IDs from certain elements in Dashboard using relatable terminology instead of numbers.
What is VLAN profiles?
VLAN profiles can work along with 802.1X/MAB authentication to assign authenticated users and devices to specific VLANs according to a VLAN name rather than an integer. This can reduce the configuration and management burden on the RADIUS server by allowing fewer authentication policies to be used for multiple sites which may use different VLAN IDs for the same functional group of users and devices.For example, sites A and B may both have a "guest" VLAN, which is VLAN ID 100 at site A but ID 99 at site B. Without VLAN profiles, a separate RADIUS policy or rule would normally be created on the RADIUS server for each of site A and site B. With VLAN profiles, a single policy can be created on the RADIUS server which sends the VLAN name "guest" to the switches at each site, which then can map the "guest" VLAN name to the appropriate VLAN ID.
For requirements, guidelines, and limitations, please refer to the VLAN Profiles documentation page.
Ready to sign up?
MS users, please go to the dashboard, navigate to Organization>Early Access, and toggle “VLAN Profiles” to sign up today!
For MR users who would like to use this feature, please join the MR 30 Early Adopters Signup here.
