Meru Networks SA2000 Services Appliance Network Management Device

The Meru SA250 and SA2000 Services Appliances provide a hardware platform for Meru Center and Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) and PCI Compliance Manager. The SA250 is designed for small enterprises, and the SA2000 is designed for medium to large enterprises.

The services appliances support the following applications:
• Meru Center – A wireless application platform to help IT build a more agile and open network. It unifies network applications under one platform and permits easy activation of pre-installed network tools. It also monitors network vitality and supports multiple applications from one place (SA2000 only).
• Meru Network Manager* – Provides wireless performance dashboards, RF visualization, centralized monitoring, configuration, fault management, visibility over long-term trends, and centralized reporting. • Service Assurance Manager* – Delivers end-to-end service assurance for the network and its applications.
• Spectrum Manager* – Detects and identifies both Wi-Fi and non-Wi-Fi interference on all channels all the time.
• Meru Connect* – Simplifies secure guest access and device provisioning for any client on any vendor’s network.
• Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) – Detects wireless intrusions with predefined and custom signatures on an integrated platform with other WLAN management applications (SA2000 only). • PCI Compliance Manager – Audits and verifies WLAN security to ensure PCI compliance (SA2000 only).