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  • 1.  AirWave Licensing

    Posted Jul 30, 2025 05:49 AM

    Hello all,

    TAC has told one of our customer the following: -

    Airwave considers each physical device as count 1 irrespective of any method of stacking, each device will be considered as a each three as three devices not as one logical device.

    I thought that this changed at 8.2.2 and now only one AirWave license is needed for the entire stack.



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    Jason
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  • 2.  RE: AirWave Licensing

    Posted Jul 31, 2025 12:30 AM

    Hello,

    the AirWave licensing confusion the TAC mentioned to you:

    To clarify this, I suggest:

    1.  Asking the TAC for official documentation to support their claim.
    2.  Confirming the exact models and software versions of AirWave and the Aruba devices the customer is using.

    regards,

    Francisco

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  • 3.  RE: AirWave Licensing

    Posted Jul 31, 2025 03:01 AM

    I was under the same assumption that you need a license per device not per stack, but also know that it's hard to determine as a stack is managed as a single device and Airwave not always counted/computed the license correctly.

    In this case, the documentation is clear: When you add switches to a stack, one AirWave license covers the switch stack.

    Please point TAC to that statement. Unsure what the context/relevance is...



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    Herman Robers
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