Switch Dashboard

Displays details about a specific switch, including device information, network summary, and port and hardware status. It also displays uplink and usage details. Use the time range filter to change the time period for the displayed information.

See Summary Tab in Switch Dashboard.

Displays switch hardware details, including status of power supplies and fans, CPU Central Processing Unit. A CPU is an electronic circuitry in a computer for processing instructions. and memory utilization, and device temperature.

See Hardware Tab in Switch Dashboard.

Displays routing information for the switch, such as, type of route, number of static and connected routes, and distance of the route.

See Routing Tab in Switch Dashboard.

NOTE: The Routing tab is displayed only for AOS-S switches.

Displays information on switch performance issues, such as, PoE Power over Ethernet. PoE is a technology for wired Ethernet LANs to carry electric power required for the device in the data cables. The IEEE 802.3af PoE standard provides up to 15.4 W of power on each port. issues, port errors, port flaps, airtime utilization, and memory utilization.

See AI Insights Tab in Switch Dashboard.

Displays details about the wired clients that are connected to the switch.

See Clients Tab in Switch Dashboard.

Displays details about the devices neighboring the switch.

See Neighbours Tab in Switch Dashboard.

Displays details about ports and the LAGs configured in the switch. Also displays information about AOS-CX switch stacks and stack-related errors.

See Ports Tab in Switch Dashboard.

For information about AOS-CX switch stack-related errors, see Monitoring AOS-CX Switch Stacks.

Displays details about PoE status, PoE ports, and the power consumption from these ports.

See PoE Tab in Switch Dashboard.

Displays VLAN Virtual Local Area Network. In computer networking, a single Layer 2 network may be partitioned to create multiple distinct broadcast domains, which are mutually isolated so that packets can only pass between them through one or more routers; such a domain is referred to as a Virtual Local Area Network, Virtual LAN, or VLAN. information configured on the switch and details about tagged and untagged ports.

See VLAN Tab in Switch Dashboard.

Displays VSX Virtual Switching Extension. VSX is a virtualization technology for aggregation/core switches running the AOS-CX operating system. This solution lets the switches present as one virtualized switch in critical areas. configuration details between AOS-CX switches and the status of the inter-switch link (ISL Inter-Switch Link. ISL is a layer 2 interface between two VSX peer switches.).

See VSX Details in Switch Dashboard.

NOTE: The VSX tab is displayed only for AOS-CX switch series.

Enables AOS-S configuration in the AOS-S Config view. See Configuring or Viewing AOS-S Properties in UI Groups.

Configuration using UI groups contains the following second-level tabs:

• Switches—Configure and view general switch properties, such as, hostname, IP address, and netmask. See Configuring or Viewing Switch Properties.
• Stacks—Create stacks, add members, or view stacking details, such as, stack type, stack id, and topology. See Configuring AOS-S Stacks Using UI Groups.
• Interface:
  • Ports—Assign or view port properties, such as, PoE, access policies, and trunk groups. See Configuring Switch Ports on AOS-S Switches.
  • PoE—Configure or view PoE settings for each port. See Configuring PoE Settings on AOS-S Ports.
  • Trunk Groups—Configure or view trunk groups and their associated properties, such as, members of the trunk group, and type of trunk group. See Configuring Trunk Groups on AOS-S Switches in UI Groups.
  • VLANs—Configure or view VLAN details and the associated ports and access policies. See Configuring VLANs on AOS-S Switches.
  • Spanning Tree—Configure or view spanning tree protocol and its associated properties. See Enabling Spanning Tree Protocol on AOS-S Switches.
  • Loop Protection—Configure or view loop protection and its associated properties. See Configuring Loop Protection on AOS-S Ports.
• Security:
  • Access Policies—Add or view access policies. See Configuring Access Policies on AOS-S Switches.
  • DHCP Snooping—Configure or view DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A network protocol that enables a server to automatically assign an IP address to an IP-enabled device from a defined range of numbers configured for a given network.  snooping, authorized DHCP servers IP addresses, and their associated properties. See Configuring DHCP Snooping on AOS-S Switches.
  • Port Rate Limit—View or specify bandwidth to be used for inbound or outbound traffic for each port. See Configuring Port Rate Limit on AOS-S Switches.
  • RADIUS—Configure RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources.  (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) server settings on AOS-S switches. See Configuring RADIUS Server Settings on AOS-S Switches.
  • Downloadable User Role—Enable DUR and configure ClearPass ClearPass is an access management system for creating and enforcing policies across a network to all devices and applications. The ClearPass integrated platform includes applications such as Policy Manager, Guest, Onboard, OnGuard, Insight, Profile, QuickConnect, and so on. settings to download user roles, policy, and class from the ClearPass Policy Manager ClearPass Policy Manager is a baseline platform for policy management, AAA, profiling, network access control, and reporting. With ClearPass Policy Manager, the network administrators can configure and manage secure network access that accommodates requirements across multiple locations and multivendor networks, regardless of device ownership and connection method. server. See Configuring Downloadable User Role on AOS-S Switches.
  • Tunnel Node Server—Configure user-based tunnel or port-based tunnel on switches. See Configuring Tunnel Node Server on AOS-S Switches.
  • Authentication—Configure and enable 802.1X 802.1X is an IEEE standard for port-based network access control designed to enhance 802.11 WLAN security. 802.1X provides an authentication framework that allows a user to be authenticated by a central authority. and MAC Media Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network. authentication on switches. You can also configure authentication order and priority for authentication methods. Configuring Authentication for AOS-S Switches.
• System:
  • Access/DNS—Configure or view the administrator and operator logins. See Configuring System Access and DNS Parameters for AOS-S Switches.
  • Time—Configure time synchronization in switches. See Configuring Time Synchronization on AOS-S Switches.
  • SNMP—Add or view SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP is a TCP/IP standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks. Devices that typically support SNMP include routers, switches, servers, workstations, printers, modem racks, and more. It is used mostly in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention.  v2c and v3 community and its trap destination. See Configuring SNMP on AOS-S Switches.
  • CDP—Configure CDP Cisco Discovery Protocol. CDP is a proprietary Data Link Layer protocol developed by Cisco Systems. CDP runs on Cisco devices and enables networking applications to learn about the neighboring devices directly connected to the network. and its associated properties. See Configuring CDP on AOS-S Switches.
  • DHCP—Add or view a DHCP pool and its associated properties. See Configuring DHCP on AOS-S Switches.
  • IP Client Tracker—Enable AOS-S switches to learn the IP address of all, trusted, or only untrusted clients connected to the switch. See Configuring IP Client Tracker on AOS-S Switches.
• Routing—Configure or view a specific routing path to a gateway. See Configuring Routing on AOS-S Switches.
• IGMP—Configure IGMP Internet Group Management Protocol. Communications protocol used by hosts and adjacent routers on IP networks to establish multicast group memberships. and its associated properties. See Configuring IGMP on AOS-S Switches.
• QoS—Configure QoS Quality of Service. It refers to the capability of a network to provide better service and performance to a specific network traffic over various technologies. traffic policies on switches to classify and prioritize traffic throughout a network. See Configuring QoS Settings on AOS-S Switches.
• Device Profile—Configure device profiles and device identifiers on switches to dynamically detect devices based on certain parameters. See Configuring Device Profile and Device Identifier .
• Configuration Audit—View configuration sync errors and overrides. See Configuring Audit Properties.

See Configuring AOS-S Switches using Template Groups.

Configuration of AOS-S switches using template groups contains the following second-level tabs:

• Templates—Configure switch using template groups. See Creating a Configuration Template.
• Variables—Modify, download, or upload variables associated with devices that you can use in template configuration. See Variable Files.
• Configuration Audit—View configuration sync errors and overrides. See Configuring Audit Properties.

Configuration of AOS-S stacks using template groups contains the following second-level tabs:

• Templates—Configure switch stack using template groups. See Configuring AOS-S Stacks using Template Groups.
• Variables—Modify, download, or upload variables associated with devices that you can use in template configuration. See Variable Files.
• Configuration Audit—View configuration sync errors and overrides. See Configuring Audit Properties.

Enables AOS-CX configuration in the AOS-CX Config view. See Configuring AOS-CX Switches in UI Groups.

Configuration using UI groups allows you to configure the following features:

• System:
  • Properties—Edit system property settings such as contact, location, time zone, and administrator password. You can also select the VRF Virtual Routing and Forwarding. VRF is a technology that allows multiple instances of a routing table to co-exist within the same router. to be used and add the DNS Domain Name System. A DNS server functions as a phone book for the intranet and Internet users. It converts human-readable computer host names into IP addresses and IP addresses into host names. It stores several records for a domain name such as an address 'A' record, name server (NS), and mail exchanger (MX) records. The Address 'A' record is the most important record that is stored in a DNS server, because it provides the required IP address for a network peripheral or element. and NTP Network Time Protocol. NTP is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computers over a network. servers. See Configuring System Properties on AOS-CX.
  • HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The HTTP is an application protocol to transfer data over the web. The HTTP protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and the actions that the w servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. Proxy—Edit the HTTP proxy configuration details for the switch. See Configuring HTTP Proxy on AOS-CX.
  • SNMP—Add, edit, or delete SNMP v2 communities, v3 users, and trap notifications. See SNMP Configuration on AOS-CX.
  • Logging—Add, edit, or delete logging servers to view event logs from the AOS-CX switches. Configure FQDN Fully Qualified Domain Name. FQDN is a complete domain name that identifies a computer or host on the Internet. or IP address, log severity level, and the VRF to be used for each of the logging servers. Also configure the global level debug log severity. See Configuring Logging Servers for AOS-CX.
  • Administrator—Add, edit, or delete server groups to be used for authentication, authorization, and accounting. You must also configure the protocol required to enable connection to these server groups. See Configuring AAA for AOS-CX.
  • Source Interface—Add, modify, or delete source interface configuration for Central and User-based tunneling interfaces for AOS-CX switches. See Configuring Source Interface for AOS-CX.
  • Stacking—Create stack, add stack members, modify VSF Virtual Switching Framework. VSF allows network administrators to stack multiple individual switches into a single logical device using standard Ethernet links. link, change the secondary conductor, delete stack and delete stack members. See AOS-CX VSF Stack Configuration Using UI Groups.
• Routing:
  • Static Routing—Add, edit, or delete static routes manually and configure destination IP addresses and next hop values, VRF, and the administrative distance. You can add different static routes for different VRFs on the switch. See Configuring Static Routing on AOS-CX.
• Interfaces:
  • Ports & Link Aggregations—View and edit port settings such as description, VLAN mode, speed duplex, routing, and the operational status of the port. Add, edit, or delete LAGs by combining different ports and configuring the speed duplex, VLAN mode, aggregation mode, and the operational status of the LAG Link Aggregation Group . A LAG combines a number of physical ports together to make a single high-bandwidth data path. LAGs can connect two switches to provide a higher-bandwidth connection to a public network. . See Configuring Ports and LAGs on AOS-CX.
• Security:
  • Authentication Servers—Add, edit, or view the RADIUS and TACACS Terminal Access Controller Access Control System. TACACS is a family of protocols that handles remote authentication and related services for network access control through a centralized server. servers for authentication. Add settings such as FQDN or IP address of the servers, authentication port number, response timeout, retry count, and the VRF to be used when communicating with the servers. See Configuring Authentication Servers on AOS-CX.
  • Authentication—View or edit details about 802.1X and MAC authentication methods. Configure the precedence order and other parameters such as reauthentication timeout, cached reauthentication timeout, and quiet period. See Configuring Authentication on AOS-CX.
  • Access Control—View or add access policies and rules to permit or deny passage of traffic. See Configuring Access Control on AOS-CX.
  • Dynamic Segmentation The Dynamic Segmentation feature is Aruba’s security architecture that provides the ability to dynamically assign roles to a wired port based on the access method of a client and enforce application-aware policies to all devices connecting to the infrastructure.—Enable user-based tunneling on the switch to provide a centralized security policy based on user authentication. See Configuring User-Based Tunneling for AOS-CX.
  • Client Roles—Add or delete client roles and associate these roles to clients. See Configuring Client Roles for AOS-CX.
• Bridging:
  • VLANs—Add, edit, delete, or view VLANs, and associated parameters such as type of IP assignment, operational status, IP address of the DHCP relay. See Configuring VLANs on AOS-CX .
  • Loop Prevention—Enable or disable loop protection and spanning tree protocol, and associated parameters such as the mode and priority. Enable or disable various MSTP Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol. MSTP configures a separate Spanning Tree for each VLAN group and blocks all but one of the possible alternate paths within each spanning tree. mode-related settings such as BPDU Bridge Protocol Data Unit. A BPDU is a data message transmitted across a local area network to detect loops in network topologies. filter, BPDU protection, admin edge, and root guard. See Configuring Loop Prevention on AOS-CX.

Enables AOS-CX switch configuration in the AOS-CX view.

See AOS-CX Configuration Using Templates.

Configuration of AOS-CX switches using template groups contains the following second-level tabs:

• Templates—Configure switch using template groups. See Creating a Configuration Template.
• Configuration Audit—View configuration sync errors and overrides. See Configuring Audit Properties.
• Configuration Status—View configuration status of AOS-CX switches that are managed through UI groups in HPE Aruba Networking Central. See Configuration Status of AOS-CX Switches.

Enables AOS-CX configuration using the MultiEdit mode in the AOS-CX Config view. View and edit configuration on the AOS-CX switches using the CLI syntax. You can also apply predefined set of configuration settings such as NAE Network Analytics Engine. The NAE feature within AOS-CX switches is a framework for automating the detection of issues and automating root cause analysis. to the switches. See Configuring and Viewing AOS-CX Switches in MultiEdit Mode .

Configuration using the MultiEdit mode contains the following options:

• View Config—View configuration of AOS-CX switches and find differences in the configuration across switches. See Viewing Configuration on AOS-CX.
• Edit Config—Edit configuration for one or more AOS-CX switches in the MultiEdit mode. Edit the entire configuration in a familiar looking CLI with syntax checking, colorization, and command completion. See Editing Configuration on AOS-CX. For information about commands that are not supported in the MultiEdit mode, see Commands Not Supported in the MultiEdit Mode.
• Express Config—Apply predefined set of configuration settings such as NAE scripts and device profile to a single or multiple switches. See Express Configuration on AOS-CX.

Enables AOS-CX switch stack configuration in the AOS-CX view. See AOS-CX VSF Stack.

The Alerts & Events tab displays all types of alerts and events generated for events pertaining to device provisioning, configuration, and user management. See Alerts and Events.

You can also configure and enable certain categories of switch alerts.

See AOS-S Switch Alerts and AOS-CX Switch Alerts.

Displays the details of logs generated for all device management, configuration, and user management events triggered in HPE Aruba Networking Central.

See Audit Trail.

The Network Check tab allows administrators and users with troubleshooting permission to diagnose issues related to wired network connections.

See Troubleshooting Switch Connectivity Issues.

The Device Check tab allows network administrators and users with troubleshooting permission to identify, diagnose, and debug issues on AOS-S and AOS-CX switches using predefined tests.

See Troubleshooting Device Issues.

The Commands tab allows network administrators and user with troubleshooting permission to identify, diagnose, and debug issues on AOS-S and AOS-CX switches at an advanced level using commands.

See Troubleshooting Switches.

The Console tab allows you to open a remote console for a CLI session through SSH Secure Shell. SSH is a network protocol that provides secure access to a remote device. for a gateway, switch, and access point to troubleshoot device issues.

See Remote Console Session.

The Reports tab allows you to create, manage, and view various reports. You can create recurrent reports, generate reports on demand, or schedule reports to run at a later time.

See Reports.