Aruba Central 2.5.3 User guide

Brand: Aruba

Model: Central 2.5.3

Category: Software

Type: User guide

Aruba Central

User Guide

Open Source Code

This product includes code licensed under the GNU General Public License, the GNU Lesser General

Public License, and/or certain other open source licenses. A complete machine-readable copy of the

source code corresponding to such code is available upon request. This offer is valid to anyone in

receipt of this information and shall expire three years following the date of the final distribution of

this product version by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company. To obtain such source code, send a

check or money order in the amount of US $10.00 to:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

6280 America Center Drive

San Jose, CA 95002

USA

Contents

Contents 3

About this Guide 11

Intended Audience 11

Related Documents 11

Conventions 11

Terminology Change 12

Contacting Support 12

What is Aruba Central? 13

Key Features 13

Supported Web Browsers 14

Operational Modes and Interfaces 14

Supported Devices 16

Getting Started with Aruba Central 27

Key Terms and Concepts 27

Workflow Summary 28

Creating an Aruba Central Account 29

Accessing Aruba Central Portal 32

Accessing Aruba Central Mobile Application 34

About the Network Operations App User Interface 34

Overview of Aruba Central Foundation and Advanced Licenses 73

Aruba Centralpa Licenses Feature Details 82

Starting Your Free Trial 92

Setting up Your Aruba Central Instance 98

Configuring Email Notifications for Software Upgrades 104

Configuring Idle Timeout 105

Opening Firewall Ports for Device Communication 105

Connecting Devices to Aruba Central 112

Device Configuration and Network Management 120

Using the Search Bar 120

Administering Aruba Central 138

Apps 138

Global Settings 139

Users and Roles 139

Managing License Keys 192

Managing License Assignments 196

Managing Your Device Inventory 212

Data Collectors 219

Webhooks 255

Streaming API 302

Viewing Audit Trails in the Account Home Page 305

Maintaining Aruba Central 307

Groups for Device Configuration and Management 307

Sites and Labels 330

Certificates 335

Installation Management 337

Viewing Configuration Status 343

Viewing the Configuration Audit Page 343

Applying Configuration Changes 344

Viewing Configuration Overrides and Errors 346

Backing up and Restoring Configuration Templates 350

Managing Software Upgrades 350

Aruba Central | User Guide 3

Contents | 4

ViewingAudit Trail in the Standard Enterprise Mode and MSP Mode 361

Removing Devices 363

The AI Insights Dashboard 364

Insights Context 366

Cards 378

Baselines 380

Access Points with High Number of Reboots 381

Access Points with Excessive Number of Channel Changes 382

Access Points with High CPU Utilization 384

Access Points Impacted by High 2.4 GHz Usage 386

Access Points Radios with Frequent Transmit Power Changes 388

Access Point Transmit Power can be Optimized 390

Access Points Impacted by High 5 GHz Usage 391

Access Points with High Memory Usage 393

Clients with High Roaming Latency 394

Clients with Low SNR Minutes 396

Clients with High MAC Authentication Failures 398

Clients with DHCP Server Connection Problems 400

Clients with High 802.1X Authentication Failures 402

Clients with High Wi-Fi Security Key-Exchange Failures 404

Clients with Captive Portal Authentication Problems 406

Clients with High Number of Wi-Fi Association Failures 407

Clients who Roamed Excessively 409

Coverage Holes Identified 411

Dual-band (2.4/5 GHz) Clients Primarily using 2.4 GHz 412

Delayed DNS Request or Response 414

DNS Servers Rejected High Number of Queries 416

Gateways with High Memory Usage 418

Gateways with High CPU Utilization 419

Failure to Establish Gateway Tunnels 421

DNS Queries Failed to Reach or Return from the Server 423

Telemetry Information not Received from APs or Radios 425

Outdoor Clients Impacting Wi-Fi Performance 426

AOS-CX Switches with High CPU Utilization 428

AOS-CX Switches with High Memory Usage 430

AOS-CX Switch Ports with High Power-over-Ethernet Problems 432

AOS-CX Switches with High Port Errors 433

AOS-CX Switches with High Port Flaps 435

AOS-Switches with High Port Errors 437

AOS-Switches with High Port Flaps 439

AOS-Switches with High CPU Utilization 441

AOS-Switches with High Memory Usage 442

AOS-Switch Ports with High Power-over-Ethernet Problems 444

Managed Service Provider 447

Terminology 447

Getting Started with MSP Solution 448

Enabling Managed Service Mode 448

Managing MSP Licenses 451

System Users and User Roles in MSP Mode 456

Groups in the MSP Mode 462

About Provisioning Tenant or Customer Accounts 464

Assigning Devices to Tenant Accounts 468

MSP Dashboard 469

MSP Certificates 475

Navigating to the Tenant Account 477

MSPAlerts 477

MSP Audit Trails 482

MSP Reports 484

Firmware Upgrades for MSP Mode 491

Customizing the Portal in MSP Mode 496

MSP Deployment Models 498

Frequently Asked Questions 505

Aruba Central | User Guide 5

Instant APs 508

Supported Deployment Modes 508

Configuration and Management 508

Supported Instant APs 509

Provisioning Instant APs 512

Configuring APs Using Templates 513

Viewing APs Configuration Tabs 521

Navigating to Virtual Controller Configuration Dashboard 522

Deploying a Wireless Network Using Instant APs 522

Monitoring APs 683

AOS-CX Overview 711

Supported AOS-CX Platforms 711

Getting Started with AOS-CX Deployments 713

Using Configuration Templates for AOS-CX Switch Management 731

Configuring AOS-CX Switches in UI Groups 735

AOS-CX VSF Stack 781

AOS-Switches Overview 790

Supported AOS-Switch Platforms 790

Getting Started with AOS-Switch Deployments 792

Provisioning Workflow 793

Group Assignment 793

Configuration and Management 794

Switch Monitoring 795

Troubleshooting and Diagnostics 795

Configuring AOS-Switches 810

Monitoring Switches and Switch Stacks 869

Monitoring Switches in List View 869

Monitoring Switches in Summary View 872

Switch >Overview > Summary 872

Switch >Overview >Hardware 877

Switch >Overview >Routing 880

Switch >Overview > AI Insights 882

Switch >Clients >Clients 883

Switch >Clients >Neighbours 885

Switch >LAN >Ports 886

Switch > LAN > PoE 889

Switch >LAN >VLAN 893

Switch >VSX 895

Switch > Alerts & Events > Events 898

Rebooting Switches 898

Opening Remote Console for Switch 899

Troubleshooting Aruba Switches 900

Enabling Unsupported Transceivers on AOS-Switches 900

Troubleshooting AOS-CX Switch Onboarding Issues 901

Aruba SD-Branch Solution 903

Why SD-WAN? 903

Key Features and Benefits 903

Understanding SD-WAN 904

What are the Solution Requirements? 906

Supported SD-Branch Components 907

Supported 4G Modems for Aruba SD-Branch 908

SD-Branch Enhancements 909

Getting Started 924

Creating an Aruba Central Account 924

Accessing Aruba Central Portal 928

Managing License Keys 930

Managing License Assignments 934

Onboarding Devices to Aruba Central 938

Assigning Subscriptions to Aruba Gateways 938

Assigning Gateways to a Group 941

Contents | 6

Assigning Gateways to Sites 941

Assigning Labels to Gateways 942

Recovering an Aruba Gateway 942

Assigning a Group Role to an Aruba Gateway Group 943

Connecting Aruba Gateways to Aruba Central 944

Configuring Communication Ports 945

Certificates 946

Provisioning Aruba Gateways in Aruba Central 949

Different Modes of Configuring Gateways and Gateway Groups 949

Configuring Branch Gateway Groups Using the Guided Setup 950

Configuring Branch Gateways Using the Guided Setup 963

Configuring VPNC Group Using the Guided Setup 969

Configuring VPNCs Using the Guided Setup 980

Configuring an SD-Branch Network Using the Advanced Setup 993

Configuring Address Pools for Aruba Gateways 993

Uploading Bulk Configuration Template 1000

Configuring System Information on Aruba Gateways 1001

Configuring VLANs on Aruba Gateways 1019

Configuring SLB using NAT 1024

Configuring Ports 1026

Configuring Uplinks 1032

Managing 9004-LTE Branch Gateway 1038

Configuring WAN Health Check 1043

Configuring WAN Interface Bandwidth Priorities 1045

SD-WANOverlay Tunnel and Route Orchestration 1047

Configuring the SD-Branch Overlay Network 1088

Configuring the SD-WAN Hub Mesh Topology 1095

Branch Mesh Topology in SD-Branch 1097

Configuring Site-to-Site VPN 1099

Configuring Site-to-Site VPN with GRE Tunnel 1104

Configuring IKE Policies 1110

Routing 1116

Configuring Policies for PBR 1157

Configuring Policies for Dynamic Path Steering 1161

SaaS Application Traffic Management with SaaS Express 1166

Configuring Aruba Gateways for Application Visibility and Control 1203

Enforcing a Common Security Policy for Wired and Wireless Users 1213

Configuring Firewall Policies and ACLs 1214

Configuring User Roles for Clients 1227

Configuring Authentication Profiles 1231

Applying Policies to Gateway Interfaces 1267

SD-Branch Redundancy 1269

Configuring Aruba Gateways for Certificate-Based Authentication 1275

Configuring Aruba Gateways for SNMP-Based Reporting 1279

Configuring Captive Portal IP Redirect Address 1281

Viewing Gateway Configuration Status 1281

Managing Configuration Overrides 1282

Configuring Aruba Gateways for Syslog Message Collection 1283

Configuring an SD-Branch Network Using the Basic Setup 1286

Configuration Checklist 1286

Configuring System Information on Aruba Gateways 1288

Configuring a LAN Interface 1292

Configuring Routing Profiles 1302

Configuring LANRedundancy for High Availability 1316

Configuring VPN Pools 1317

Configuring Policies for a Branch Gateway Group 1317

Overview of Aruba IDPS 1324

Why Aruba IDPS? 1324

Key Features and Benefits 1324

How does Aruba IDPS Work? 1325

Preparing to add the Aruba IDPS Supported Gateways 1325

Aruba Central | User Guide 7

Configuring Aruba IDPS 1326

Monitoring Aruba IDPS 1341

Data Filters 1341

Threat Categories 1348

Integration with AWS Public Cloud through Cloud Connect Service 1352

Additional References 1353

Generating API Token in AWS Console 1353

Configuring Aruba Branch Gateway in Aruba Central 1353

Onboarding AWS Account in Aruba Central 1354

Orchestrating Tunnel to the AWS VPC through Cloud Connect Service 1355

Verifying the Instantiation Status 1356

Integration with Microsoft Azure Public Cloud through Cloud Connect

Service 1359

Additional References 1360

Configuring Azure Application in Azure Admin Portal 1360

Configuring Azure Application for API Access in Azure Admin Portal 1360

Configuring Aruba Branch Gateway in Aruba Central 1361

Onboarding Azure Account in Aruba Central 1361

Orchestrating Tunnels to Azure Virtual WAN and Vhub through Cloud Connect Service 1362

Verifying the Instantiation Status 1363

Integration with Zscaler through Cloud Connect Service 1367

Additional References 1368

Configuring ZIA for API Access in Zscaler Admin Portal 1368

Onboarding a Cloud Provider Account in Aruba Central 1369

Orchestrating Tunnels to the Nearest ZIA Public Service Edge 1370

Configuring Zscaler Nexthop List 1372

Adding Nexthop List to PBR Policy 1372

Verifying Tunnel Status 1372

Integration with Zscaler Cloud Security Service 1373

Integrating SD-Branch with ZIA 1374

Setting up Tunnels to ZIA 1374

Additional References 1378

Integration with Prisma Access 1379

Deployment Scenarios 1379

Configuring Prisma Access 1382

Integration with Check Point 1387

Supported IKE and IPsec Cryptographic Profiles 1387

Configuration Steps 1387

Configuring Aruba Gateways for Integration with Check Point 1390

Integration with Symantec WSS 1397

Integration Overview 1397

Role-Based and Application-Based Routing 1398

Supported IKE and IPSec Cryptographic Profiles 1400

Configuring Symantec WSS 1400

Micro Branch Redundancy Architectures 1409

Configuring a Micro Branch with Instant APs 1413

Configuring Support for Aruba VIA Service 1417

Configuring VIA 1417

Configuring VPN IP Pool 1417

Defining IKEv1 Shared Secret 1419

Configuring VIA User Role 1419

Creating VIA Server Group for Authenticating VIA Users 1419

Configuring VIA Authentication Parameters 1419

Loading and Applying VIA Certificates 1422

Configuring and Attaching VIA Connection Profile 1422

Uploading VIA Installer to VPNC 1427

Contents | 8

Provisioning Gateways Using ConfigurationTemplates 1429

Important Points to Note 1429

Configuring Gateways Using a Template 1429

Creating a Template Group 1430

Assigning a Gateway to a Template Group 1430

Creating a Configuration Template for Gateways 1431

Customizing a Template Using Variable Definitions 1432

Downloading a Sample Variables File 1432

Modifying a Variables File 1433

Uploading a Variables File 1433

Sample Template and Variables Files 1434

Sample Variables File 1436

Verifying Configuration Status 1438

Backing up and Restoring Templates 1438

Monitoring SD-Branch 1439

Monitoring Gateway 1439

WAN Health—Global 1495

WAN Health—Transport 1496

WAN Health—Site 1498

Monitoring Sites in the Topology Tab 1499

Monitoring SaaS Express 1513

Gateway Alerts 1521

Reports 1523

Maintenance 1536

Troubleshooting Devices 1536

Gateway Diagnostic Tests 1536

Updating Software Images on Aruba Gateways 1542

APIs 1544

Updating Software Images on Aruba Gateways 1545

Feature Availability Across Multiple Software Versions 1545

Upgrading Software 1545

Deploying Aruba Virtual Gateways 1546

Features Supported by Virtual Gateway 1546

Virtual Gateway Redundancy 1546

Software Image for Virtual Gateways 1546

Deploying Aruba Virtual Gateways in AWS 1547

Deploying Aruba Virtual Gateways in Microsoft Azure 1571

Deploying Aruba Virtual Gateways in VMware ESXi (Unmanaged Mode) 1616

Deploying Aruba Virtual Gateways in Google Cloud Platform (Unmanaged Mode) 1626

Deploying Aruba Virtual Gateways in MSP (Unmanaged Mode) 1633

Provisioning Virtual Gateways to Groups 1634

Troubleshooting Deployment Issues 1634

High Availability Support for Aruba Virtual Gateways 1635

Monitoring Virtual Gateways 1641

Monitoring Gateway 1642

Monitoring Gateways in List View 1642

Monitoring Gateways in Summary View 1643

Gateway > Overview > Summary 1644

Gateways > Overview > IDPS 1648

Gateway > Overview > Routing 1650

Gateway > Overview > Sessions 1669

Viewing the Overview > Sessions Tab 1669

Session Summary 1670

Sessions 1670

Gateway >Overview > AI Insights 1672

Gateway > WAN > Summary 1673

Viewing the WAN > Summary Tab 1673

Port Status 1674

WAN Interfaces 1675

Aruba Central | User Guide 9

Actions 1678

Go Live 1679

Gateway > WAN > Tunnels 1679

Gateway > WAN > Path Steering 1682

Gateway > LAN > Summary 1687

Gateway >LAN > DHCP 1690

Gateway > Applications > Visibility 1692

Downloading Gateway Details 1695

Deleting a Gateway 1695

Rebooting a Gateway 1696

Opening a Remote Console 1697

Clearing IPSec SA 1697

Clearing ISAKMP SA 1698

Monitoring Your Network 1699

Network Overview 1699

Network HealthDashboard 1699

Global—Summary 1711

Wi-Fi Connectivity 1713

Monitoring SaaS Express 1716

Monitoring Sites in the Topology Tab 1724

Gateway Firewall Logging 1738

About RAPIDS 1744

About Floorplans 1747

Alerts & Events 1755

Reports 1776

Viewing Audit Trail 1788

All Clients 1790

Clients 1790

Client Overview 1796

Client Status Changes 1797

Clients > Wireless Client > Overview 1798

Clients > Wired Client > Overview 1813

Clients > Remote Client > Overview 1820

Classifying Clients 1825

Application Visibility 1828

Viewing Visibility Dashboard 1828

Applications 1829

Websites 1830

Blocked Traffic 1832

Using Troubleshooting Tools 1834

Troubleshooting Network Issues 1834

Enabling Gateway Logs 1847

Troubleshooting Device Issues 1848

Advanced Device Troubleshooting 1851

Proximity Tracing 1863

Service Apps 1869

Guest Access 1869

Presence Analytics 1884

API Gateway 1890

API Gateway and NB APIs 1890

Accessing API Gateway 1891

Viewing Swagger Interface 1892

List of Supported APIs 1893

Creating Application and Token 1895

Using OAuth 2.0 for Authentication 1897

Obtaining Token Using Offline Token Mechanism 1900

Obtaining Token Using OAuth Grant Mechanism 1900

Viewing Usage Statistics 1907

Changes to Aruba Central APIs 1908

Contents | 10

Troubleshooting Workflows 1916

Client Connectivity 1916

Device Issues 1943

AI Insights 1946

Network Check 1948

Chapter 1

About this Guide

This user guide describes the features supported by Aruba Central and provides detailed instructions to set

up and configure devices such as Instant APs, Aruba Switches, and Aruba SD-WAN Gateways.

Intended Audience

This guide is intended for system administrators who configure and monitor their networks using Aruba

Central.

Related Documents

In addition to this document, the Aruba Central product documentation includes the following documents:

nAruba Central Help Center

nAruba Central Getting Started Guide

nAruba Central Managed Service Provider User Guide

nAruba Central SD Branch Solution Guide

Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this guide to emphasize important concepts:

Type Style Description

Italics

This style is used to emphasize important terms and to mark the titles of

books.

System items This fixed-width font depicts the following:

nSample screen output

nSystem prompts

Table 1: Typographical Conventions

The following informational icons are used throughout this guide:

Indicates helpful suggestions, pertinent information, and important things to remember.

Indicates a risk of damage to your hardware or loss of data.

Indicates a risk of personal injury or death.

Aruba Central | User Guide 11

About this Guide | 12

Terminology Change

As part of advancing HPE's commitment to racial justice, we are taking a much-needed step in overhauling

HPE engineering terminology to reflect our belief system of diversity and inclusion. Some legacy products

and publications may continue to include terminology that seemingly evokes bias against specific groups of

people. Such content is not representative of our HPE culture and moving forward, Aruba will replace

racially insensitive terms and instead use the following new language:

Usage Old Language New Language

Campus Access Points + Controllers Master-Slave Conductor-Member

Instant Access Points Master-Slave Conductor-Member

Switch Stack Master-Slave Conductor-Member

Wireless LAN Controller Mobility Master Mobility Conductor

Firewall Configuration Blacklist, Whitelist Denylist, Allowlist

Types of Hackers Black Hat, White Hat Unethical, Ethical

Contacting Support

Main Site arubanetworks.com

Support Site asp.arubanetworks.com

Airheads Social Forums and Knowledge

Base

community.arubanetworks.com

North American Telephone 1-800-943-4526 (Toll Free)

1-408-754-1200

International Telephone arubanetworks.com/support-services/contact-support/

Software Licensing Site lms.arubanetworks.com

End-of-life Information arubanetworks.com/support-services/end-of-life/

Security Incident Response Team Site: arubanetworks.com/support-services/security-bulletins/

Email: aruba-sirt@hpe.com

Table 2: Contact Information

Chapter 2

What is Aruba Central?

Aruba Central offers unified network management, AI-based analytics, and IoT device security for wired,

wireless, and SD-WAN networks. All of these capabilities are combined into one easy-to-use platform, which

includes the following apps:

nNetwork Operations—Provides unified network management by consolidating wired, wireless, and SD-

WAN deployment and management tasks, real-time diagnostics, and live monitoring, for simple and fast

problem resolution.

nClearPass Device Insight—Provides a single pane of glass for device visibility employing automated

device discovery, machine learning (ML) based fingerprinting and identification. For more information,

see Aruba ClearPass Device Insight Information Center.

This section includes the following topics:

nKey Features

nWhat is Aruba Central?

nSupported Web Browsers

nOperational Modes and Interfaces

Key Features

Aruba Central offers the following key features and benefits:

nStreamlined configuration and deployment of devices—Leverages the ZTP capability of Aruba devices to

bring up your network in no time. Aruba Central supports group configuration of devices, which allows

you to provision and manage multiple devices with similar configuration requirements with less

administrative overhead.

nIntegrated wired, WAN, and wireless Infrastructure management—Offers a centralized management

interface for managing wireless, WAN, and wired networks in distributed environments, and thus help

organizations save time and improve efficiency.

nAdvanced analytics and assurance—With continuous monitoring, AI-based analytics provide real-time

visibility and insight into what’s happening in the Wi-Fi network. The insights utilize machine learning that

leverage a growing pool of network data and deep domain experience.

nSecure cloud-based platform—Offers a secure cloud platform with HTTPS connection and certificate

based authentication.

nInterface for Managed Service Providers—Offers an additional interface for MSPs to provision and

manage their respective tenant accounts. Using the MSP mode, service provider organizations can

administer network infrastructure for multiple organizations in a single interface.

nSD-Branch Management—Offers a simplified solution for managing and monitoring SD Branch devices

such as Branch Gateways, VPNConcentrators, Instant APs, and Aruba Switches. It also provides detailed

dashboards showing WAN health and pictorial depictions of the branch setup. The Aruba SD-Branch

solution extends the SD-WAN concepts to all elements in a branch setup to deliver a full-stack solution for

managing WLAN, LAN and WAN connections. The SD-Branch solution provides a common cloud-

management model that simplifies deployment, configuration, and management of all components of a

Aruba Central | User Guide 13

What is Aruba Central? | 14

branch setup. The solution leverages the ZTP and cloud management capabilities of Aruba devices to

integrate management and infrastructure for WAN, WLAN, and LAN and provide a holistic solution from

access network to edge with end-to-end security. It also addresses all communications in distributed

deployments, from micro branches to medium or large branches. For more information, see the Aruba

SD-Branch Solution.

nHealth and usage monitoring—Provides a comprehensive view of your network, device status and

health, and application usage. You can monitor, identify, and address issues by using data-driven

dashboards, alerts, reports, and troubleshooting workflows. Aruba Central also utilizes the DPI feature of

the devices to monitor, analyze and block traffic based on application categories, application type, web

categories and website reputation. Using this data, you can prioritize business critical applications, limit

the use of inappropriate content, and enforce access policies on a per user, device or location basis.

nGuest Access—Allows you to manage access for your visitors with a secure guest Wi-Fi experience. You

can create guest sponsor roles and social logins for your guest networks. You can also design your guest

landing page with custom logos, color, and banner text.

nPresence Analytics—Offers a value added service for Instant AP based networks to get an insight into

user presence and loyalty. The Presence Analytics dashboard allows you to view the presence of users at

a specific site and the frequency of user visits at a given location or site. Using this data, you can make

business decisions to improve customer engagement.

Supported Web Browsers

To view the Aruba Central UI, ensure that JavaScript is enabled on the web browser.

Browser Versions Operating System

Google Chrome 39.0.2171.65 or later Windows and Mac OS

Mozilla Firefox 34.0.5 or later Windows and Mac OS

Safari 7 or later Mac OS

Microsoft Edge version 79 or later Windows

Table 3: Browser Compatibility Matrix

Operational Modes and Interfaces

Aruba offers the following variants of the Aruba Central web interface:

nStandard Enterprise Mode

nManaged Service Provider Mode

Standard Enterprise Mode

The Standard Enterprise interface is intended for users who manage their respective accounts end-to-end.

In the Standard Enterprise mode, the customers have complete access to their accounts. They can also

provision devices and subscriptions to manage their respective accounts.

The following figure illustrates a typical Standard Enterprise mode deployment.

Aruba Central | User Guide 15

Figure 1 Standard Enterprise Mode

Managed Service Provider Mode

Aruba Central offers the MSP mode for managed service providers who need to manage multiple customer

networks. The MSP administrators can provision tenant accounts, allocate devices, assign licenses, and

monitor tenant accounts and their networks. The administrators can also drill down to a specific tenant

account and perform administration and configuration tasks. Tenants can access only their respective

accounts, and only those features and application services to which they have subscribed.

The following figure illustrates a typical MSP mode deployment.

What is Aruba Central? | 16

Figure 2 Managed Service Provider Mode

Supported Devices

This section provides the following information:

nSupported Instant APs

nSupported AOS-Switch Platforms

nSupported AOS-CX Platforms

nSupported SD-Branch Components

nSupported 4G Modems for Aruba SD-Branch

Supported Instant APs

The following table lists the Instant AP platforms, the installation mode, the minimum supported Aruba

Instant software versions, and the Instant APs supporting power draw:

Instant AP

Platform Installation Mode Minimum Supported Aruba

Instant Software Version

Power

Draw

Support

AP-567EX Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.7.1.0 No

AP-567 Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.7.1.0 Yes

AP-565EX Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.7.1.0 No

AP-565 Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.7.1.0 Yes

AP-503H Indoor Aruba Instant 8.7.1.0 Yes

Table 4: Supported Instant AP Platforms

Aruba Central | User Guide 17

Instant AP

Platform Installation Mode Minimum Supported Aruba

Instant Software Version

Power

Draw

Support

AP 577EX Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.7.0.0 Yes

AP-577 Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.7.0.0 Yes

AP-575EX Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.7.0.0 Yes

AP-575 Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.7.0.0 Yes

AP-574 Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.7.0.0 Yes

AP 518 Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.7.0.0 Yes

AP-505H Indoor Aruba Instant 8.7.0.0 Yes

AP-505 Indoor Aruba Instant 8.6.0.0 Yes

AP-504 Indoor Aruba Instant 8.6.0.0 Yes

AP-555 Indoor Aruba Instant 8.5.0.0 No

AP-535 Indoor Aruba Instant 8.5.0.0 No

AP 534 Indoor Aruba Instant 8.5.0.0 No

AP 515 Indoor Aruba Instant 8.4.0.0 Yes

AP-514 Indoor Aruba Instant 8.4.0.0 Yes

AP-387 Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.4.0.0 Yes

AP-303P Indoor Aruba Instant 8.4.0.0 No

AP-377EX Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.3.0.0 No

AP-377 Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.3.0.0 Yes

AP-375EX Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.3.0.0 No

AP-375 Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.3.0.0 Yes

AP-374 Outdoor Aruba Instant 8.3.0.0 Yes

AP-345 Indoor Aruba Instant 8.3.0.0 Yes

AP-344 Indoor Aruba Instant 8.3.0.0 Yes

AP-318 Indoor Aruba Instant 8.3.0.0 Yes

AP-303 Indoor Aruba Instant 8.3.0.0 No

AP-203H Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.3.0 No

AP-367 Outdoor Aruba Instant 6.5.2.0 No

What is Aruba Central? | 18

Instant AP

Platform Installation Mode Minimum Supported Aruba

Instant Software Version

Power

Draw

Support

AP-365 Outdoor Aruba Instant 6.5.2.0 No

AP-303HR Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.2.0 No

AP-303H Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.2.0 Yes

AP-203RP Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.2.0 No

AP-203R Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.2.0 No

IAP-305 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0 Yes

IAP-304 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0 Yes

IAP-207 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0 No

IAP-335 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.0.0-4.3.0.0 Yes

IAP-334 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.0.0-4.3.0.0 Yes

IAP-315 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.0.0-4.3.0.0 No

IAP-314 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.5.0.0-4.3.0.0 Yes

IAP-325 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.4.4.3-4.2.2.0 No

IAP-324 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.4.4.3-4.2.2.0 No

IAP-277 Outdoor Aruba Instant 6.4.3.1-4.2.0.0 No

IAP-228 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.4.3.1-4.2.0.0 No

IAP-205H Indoor Aruba Instant 6.4.3.1-4.2.0.0 No

IAP-215 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.4.2.0-4.1.1.0 No

IAP-214 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.4.2.0-4.1.1.0 No

IAP-205 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.4.2.0-4.1.1.0 No

IAP-204 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.4.2.0-4.1.1.0 No

IAP-275 Outdoor Aruba Instant 6.4.0.2-4.1.0.0 No

IAP-274 Outdoor Aruba Instant 6.4.0.2-4.1.0.0 No

IAP-103 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.4.0.2-4.1.0.0 No

IAP-225 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.3.1.1-4.0.0.0 No

IAP-224 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.3.1.1-4.0.0.0 No

IAP-115 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.3.1.1-4.0.0.0 No

Aruba Central | User Guide 19

Instant AP

Platform Installation Mode Minimum Supported Aruba

Instant Software Version

Power

Draw

Support

IAP-114 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.3.1.1-4.0.0.0 No

RAP-155P Indoor Aruba Instant 6.2.1.0-3.3.0.0 No

RAP-155 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.2.1.0-3.3.0.0 No

RAP-109 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.2.0.0-3.2.0.0 No

RAP-108 Indoor Aruba Instant 6.2.0.0-3.2.0.0 No

RAP-3WN Indoor Aruba Instant 6.1.3.1-3.0.0.0 No

RAP-3WNP Indoor Aruba Instant 6.1.3.1-3.0.0.0 No

nRAP-155, RAP-155P, IAP-214, IAP-215, IAP-224, IAP-225, IAP-228, IAP-274, IAP-275, and IAP-277 IAPs are no

longer supported from Aruba Instant 8.7.0.0 onwards.

nIAP-103, RAP-108, RAP-109, IAP-114, IAP-115,IAP-204, IAP-205, and IAP-205H IAPs are no longer supported

from Aruba Instant 8.3.0.0 onwards.

nBy default, AP-318, AP-374, AP-375, and AP-377 IAPs have Eth1 as the uplink port and Eth0 as the downlink

port. Aruba does not recommend you to upgrade these IAPs to Aruba Instant 8.5.0.0 or 8.5.0.1 firmware

versions, as the upgrade process changes the uplink port from Eth1 to Eth0 port thereby making the

devices unreachable.

nFor more information about Aruba's End-of-life policy and the timelines for hardware and software

products at the end of their lives, see: https://www.arubanetworks.com/support-services/end-of-life/.

nData sheets and technical specifications for the supported AP platforms are available at:

https://www.arubanetworks.com/products/networking/access-points/.

What is Aruba Central? | 20

Supported AOS-Switch Platforms

nAruba Central uses the SSLcertificate by GeoTrust Certificate Authority for device termination and web

services. As the SSL certificate is about to expire, Aruba is replacing it with a new certificate from another

trusted Certificate Authority. During the certificate upgrade window, all devices managed by Aruba Central

will be disconnected. After the upgrade, the devices reconnect to Aruba Central and resume their services

with Aruba Central. However, for AOS-Switches to reconnect to Aruba Central after the certificate

upgrade, you must ensure that the switches are upgraded to the recommended software version listed in

Table 5.

nAruba Central does not support switch software versions below 16.08 release for firmware upgrade. In

addition, only the latest three switch software versions of all major release versions will be available for

firmware upgrade from Aruba Central. For example, if the latest switch software version released is

16.10.0011, the following versions will be available for firmware upgrade: 16.10.0009, 16.10.0010 and

16.10.0011.

nChanging AOS-Switches firmware from latest version to earlier major versions is not recommended if the

switches are managed in UI groups. For features that are not supported or not managed in Aruba Central

on earlier AOS-Switch versions, changing firmware to earlier major versions might result in loss of

configuration.

The following tables list the switch platforms, corresponding software versions supported in Aruba Central,

and switch stacking details.

Switch

Platfor

Supported

Software

Version

Recommended

Software

Version

Switch Stacking

Support

Supported

Stack Type

(Frontplan

e (VSF) /

Backplane

(BPS))

Supported

Configuratio

n Group

Type for

Stacking (UI

/ Template)

Aruba

2530

Switch

Series

nYA/YB.16.08.002

1 or later

nYA/YB.16.09.001

6 or later

nYA/YB.16.10.001

2 or later

nYA/YB.16.08.002

1 or later

nYA/YB.16.09.001

6 or later

nYA/YB.16.10.001

2 or later

N/A N/A N/A

Aruba

2540

Switch

Series

nYC.16.08.0019

or later

nYC.16.09.0015

or later

nYC.16.10.0012

or later

nYC.16.08.0019

or later

nYC.16.09.0015

or later

nYC.16.10.0012

or later

N/A N/A N/A

Aruba

2920

Switch

Series

nWB.16.08.0019

or later

nWB.16.09.0015

nWB.16.08.0019

or later

nWB.16.09.0015

Yes

Switch Software

Dependency:

BPS UI and

Template

Table 5: Supported AOS-Switch Series, Software Versions, and Switch Stacking

Page is loading ...

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
591
592
593
594
595
596
597
598
599
600
601
602
603
604
605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878
879
880
881
882
883
884
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907
908
909
910
911
912
913
914
915
916
917
918
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934
935
936
937
938
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948
949
950
951
952
953
954
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963
964
965
966
967
968
969
970
971
972
973
974
975
976
977
978
979
980
981
982
983
984
985
986
987
988
989
990
991
992
993
994
995
996
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011
1012
1013
1014
1015
1016
1017
1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
1023
1024
1025
1026
1027
1028
1029
1030
1031
1032
1033
1034
1035
1036
1037
1038
1039
1040
1041
1042
1043
1044
1045
1046
1047
1048
1049
1050
1051
1052
1053
1054
1055
1056
1057
1058
1059
1060
1061
1062
1063
1064
1065
1066
1067
1068
1069
1070
1071
1072
1073
1074
1075
1076
1077
1078
1079
1080
1081
1082
1083
1084
1085
1086
1087
1088
1089
1090
1091
1092
1093
1094
1095
1096
1097
1098
1099
1100
1101
1102
1103
1104
1105
1106
1107
1108
1109
1110
1111
1112
1113
1114
1115
1116
1117
1118
1119
1120
1121
1122
1123
1124
1125
1126
1127
1128
1129
1130
1131
1132
1133
1134
1135
1136
1137
1138
1139
1140
1141
1142
1143
1144
1145
1146
1147
1148
1149
1150
1151
1152
1153
1154
1155
1156
1157
1158
1159
1160
1161
1162
1163
1164
1165
1166
1167
1168
1169
1170
1171
1172
1173
1174
1175
1176
1177
1178
1179
1180
1181
1182
1183
1184
1185
1186
1187
1188
1189
1190
1191
1192
1193
1194
1195
1196
1197
1198
1199
1200
1201
1202
1203
1204
1205
1206
1207
1208
1209
1210
1211
1212
1213
1214
1215
1216
1217
1218
1219
1220
1221
1222
1223
1224
1225
1226
1227
1228
1229
1230
1231
1232
1233
1234
1235
1236
1237
1238
1239
1240
1241
1242
1243
1244
1245
1246
1247
1248
1249
1250
1251
1252
1253
1254
1255
1256
1257
1258
1259
1260
1261
1262
1263
1264
1265
1266
1267
1268
1269
1270
1271
1272
1273
1274
1275
1276
1277
1278
1279
1280
1281
1282
1283
1284
1285
1286
1287
1288
1289
1290
1291
1292
1293
1294
1295
1296
1297
1298
1299
1300
1301
1302
1303
1304
1305
1306
1307
1308
1309
1310
1311
1312
1313
1314
1315
1316
1317
1318
1319
1320
1321
1322
1323
1324
1325
1326
1327
1328
1329
1330
1331
1332
1333
1334
1335
1336
1337
1338
1339
1340
1341
1342
1343
1344
1345
1346
1347
1348
1349
1350
1351
1352
1353
1354
1355
1356
1357
1358
1359
1360
1361
1362
1363
1364
1365
1366
1367
1368
1369
1370
1371
1372
1373
1374
1375
1376
1377
1378
1379
1380
1381
1382
1383
1384
1385
1386
1387
1388
1389
1390
1391
1392
1393
1394
1395
1396
1397
1398
1399
1400
1401
1402
1403
1404
1405
1406
1407
1408
1409
1410
1411
1412
1413
1414
1415
1416
1417
1418
1419
1420
1421
1422
1423
1424
1425
1426
1427
1428
1429
1430
1431
1432
1433
1434
1435
1436
1437
1438
1439
1440
1441
1442
1443
1444
1445
1446
1447
1448
1449
1450
1451
1452
1453
1454
1455
1456
1457
1458
1459
1460
1461
1462
1463
1464
1465
1466
1467
1468
1469
1470
1471
1472
1473
1474
1475
1476
1477
1478
1479
1480
1481
1482
1483
1484
1485
1486
1487
1488
1489
1490
1491
1492
1493
1494
1495
1496
1497
1498
1499
1500
1501
1502
1503
1504
1505
1506
1507
1508
1509
1510
1511
1512
1513
1514
1515
1516
1517
1518
1519
1520
1521
1522
1523
1524
1525
1526
1527
1528
1529
1530
1531
1532
1533
1534
1535
1536
1537
1538
1539
1540
1541
1542
1543
1544
1545
1546
1547
1548
1549
1550
1551
1552
1553
1554
1555
1556
1557
1558
1559
1560
1561
1562
1563
1564
1565
1566
1567
1568
1569
1570
1571
1572
1573
1574
1575
1576
1577
1578
1579
1580
1581
1582
1583
1584
1585
1586
1587
1588
1589
1590
1591
1592
1593
1594
1595
1596
1597
1598
1599
1600
1601
1602
1603
1604
1605
1606
1607
1608
1609
1610
1611
1612
1613
1614
1615
1616
1617
1618
1619
1620
1621
1622
1623
1624
1625
1626
1627
1628
1629
1630
1631
1632
1633
1634
1635
1636
1637
1638
1639
1640
1641
1642
1643
1644
1645
1646
1647
1648
1649
1650
1651
1652
1653
1654
1655
1656
1657
1658
1659
1660
1661
1662
1663
1664
1665
1666
1667
1668
1669
1670
1671
1672
1673
1674
1675
1676
1677
1678
1679
1680
1681
1682
1683
1684
1685
1686
1687
1688
1689
1690
1691
1692
1693
1694
1695
1696
1697
1698
1699
1700
1701
1702
1703
1704
1705
1706
1707
1708
1709
1710
1711
1712
1713
1714
1715
1716
1717
1718
1719
1720
1721
1722
1723
1724
1725
1726
1727
1728
1729
1730
1731
1732
1733
1734
1735
1736
1737
1738
1739
1740
1741
1742
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747
1748
1749
1750
1751
1752
1753
1754
1755
1756
1757
1758
1759
1760
1761
1762
1763
1764
1765
1766
1767
1768
1769
1770
1771
1772
1773
1774
1775
1776
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
1796
1797
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
1810
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815
1816
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955

Aruba Central 2.5.3 User guide

Brand: Aruba

Model: Central 2.5.3

Category: Software

Type: User guide

Download PDF

report

Aruba Central 2.5.3 User guide

Aruba Central 2.5.3 User guide

Related papers

Other documents