AirWave is HPE Aruba Networking's on-premises network management system for enterprise campus networks, supporting wired, wireless, and remote connectivity and multiple vendor devices. It offers features such as zero-touch provisioning, device configuration templates and workflows, auditing, traffic analysis, user and application visibility, Wi‑Fi health analytics, and options for physical or virtual appliances, supporting up to 4,000 devices per server. It can integrate with HPE Aruba Central for cloud or on‑premises management and includes capabilities for contact tracing and location tracing using historical Wi‑Fi data and Bluetooth beacons via Meridian to support enterprise operations and public health responses.
AI named Aruba AirWave in October 2025.