Creating an MSP Group Persona with AOS-10 Architecture

To manage device configuration using UI configuration containers in HPE Aruba Networking Central, you can create a UI group and assign devices. During the group creation, you can assign a persona and select an architecture for the group.

HPE Aruba Networking Central does not support managing gateways at the MSP Managed Service Provider. The Managed Service Provider (MSP) mode is a multi-tenant operational mode that Aruba Central accounts can be converted into, provided these accounts have subscribed to the Aruba Central app. level. However, gateways can be configured and managed at the tenant account level.

Device Combinations for MSP Group Persona

The following are the valid combinations for a group persona with AOS-10 architecture.

Table 7: Device Combinations

Device Type

Architecture

AP Network Role

 GW Network Role Switches Monitoring Only

AP

AOS-10/AOS-8

Campus/Branch

N/A

N/A

N/A

Gateway

AOS-10

N/A

Branch/Mobilty

N/A

N/A

Gateway

AOS-8

N/A

Branch

N/A

N/A

Switch

No architecture

N/A

N/A

AOS-S and AOS-CX

N/A
  • AP
  • Gateway

AOS-10

Campus/Branch

Branch/Mobilty

N/A

N/A
  • AP
  • Gateway

AOS-8

Campus/Branch

Branch

N/A

N/A
  • AP
  • Switch

AOS-10

Campus/Branch

N/A

AOS-S and AOS-CX

N/A
  • AP
  • Gateway
  • Switch

AOS-8

Campus/Branch

Branch/Mobilty

AOS-S only

N/A

AOS-10 Configuration Notes

  • The AOS-10 gateway configurations supports AOS-10 gateway UI at the MSP level.

  • The Clustering option is available only at tenant level.

  • The Clustering tab under High Availability will not be available for AOS-10 gateways at the MSP level.

  • When the AOS-10 group is set to branch gateway persona for Gateway, the clustering is expected to be set to auto-site and default gateway-mode by default at the tenant level.

  • AOS 10 access point configurations at MSP level supports bridge SSID Service Set Identifier. SSID is a name given to a WLAN and is used by the client to access a WLAN network. for AOS-10. Overlay SSIDs can be only configured from tenant level.

  • At the MSP level in the group configuration Basic Mode in Manage > Devices > Gateways > System > Platform page, the This gateway group includes HA pairs option is not available.

  • At the MSP level in the group configuration Advanced Mode in Manage > Devices > Gateways the High Availability tab is removed.

  • At the MSP level in the group configuration Guided Setup under the System section in the Platform page the This gateway group includes HA pairs option is not available.

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