Silver Peak Unity EdgeConnect Integration

The integration of Unity EdgeConnect devices in HPE Aruba Networking Central enables monitoring the network health of a site from end-user perspective, as seen by the Unity EdgeConnect devices deployed in a site. Once integrated with HPE Aruba Networking Central, the high-level summary of Unity EdgeConnect device alerts are displayed in the EdgeConnect Status field of the Network Health card in Map view.

Unity EdgeConnect Device and HPE Aruba Networking Central Site Mapping

In Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator, when you add or update location details of an Unity EdgeConnect device, the Unity EdgeConnect device is automatically mapped with an HPE Aruba Networking Central site. This automatic mapping will happen only if the Unity EdgeConnect device is located within an agreeable distance range from an HPE Aruba Networking Central site. If a site is not available in HPE Aruba Networking Central, you must create a site from HPE Aruba Networking Central, and then check for the list of updated sites from the Unity Orchestrator. For more information about creating and managing sites in HPE Aruba Networking Central, see Managing Sites.

However, if you want to change the Unity EdgeConnect device and HPE Aruba Networking Central site mapping, you can override the auto mapping by updating the Unity EdgeConnect device location details from the Unity Orchestrator.

EdgeConnect Status field in Network Health Card

The EdgeConnect Status field in the Network Health card displays the critical alarm coming from Unity EdgeConnect devices at a site that is created and managed by HPE Aruba Networking Central. This information is displayed only when there is at least one Unity EdgeConnect device that is deployed in the site.

For more information on displaying the EdgeConnect Status field, see Displaying the EdgeConnect Status Field.

Clicking on one of the links redirects you to the Alarms tab in Unity Orchestrator from HPE Aruba Networking Central for further troubleshooting. The following image displays the Network Health card for a test site. The highlighted part of the Network Health card displays the EdgeConnect Status field along with the corresponding device status.

For more information about each field in the Network health card, see Network Health Dashboard.

Figure 1  EdgeConnect Status Devices with Good Status in Network Dashboard Summary View

Figure 2  EdgeConnect Devices with Good Status in Network Dashboard List View