Generating User Data in HPE Aruba Networking Central

For HPE Aruba Networking Central to manage a Virtual Gateway that is deployed manually and directly in a customer's VPC, you must generate device identity for the device in HPE Aruba Networking Central.

To generate device identity for the Virtual Gateway instance, complete the following steps:

1. In the WebUI, set the filter to Global.
2. Under Manage, select Network Services > Virtual Gateways.
3. Click the Config icon.
   The configuration page is displayed.
4. Click Manual.
5. Select the Virtual Gateway model and then click Create Device Identity.
6. Click Yes to confirm identity creation.

HPE Aruba Networking Central displays the newly created VGW with the following fields:

1. Serial #—Displays the serial number of the Virtual Gateway.
2. MAC—Displays the MAC Media Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network.  address of the Virtual Gateway.
3. Model Number—Displays the model number of the Virtual Gateway.
4. Device Identity—Displays the device identity of the Virtual Gateway.
5. Status—Displays the status as User Generated for the created device identity of the Virtual Gateway.
7. Click the three vertical dots icon next to the Status to view the Account Options.
8. Click Download ISO. The ISO format of the user data file is downloaded.
9. Ensure that you load the HPE Aruba Networking Central-generated ISO file in the vSphere Client during the initial boot of VM Virtual Machine. A VM is an emulation of a computer system. VMs are based on computer architectures and provide functionality of a physical computer. instance. This step is required to add Virtual Gateways as a manually deployed device in HPE Aruba Networking Central.