Adding Mobility Controllers

The HPE GreenLake account home page allows you to onboard and monitor controller clusters, the Mobility Conductor setup, and the conductor and local controller setup. You can use auto-provisioning to add and manage various 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.  and HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is a variant of the HTTP that adds a layer of security on the data in transit through a secure socket layer  or transport layer security protocol connection. profiles for your devices.

When you add a conductor controller or a Mobility Conductor, HPE GreenLake discovers all the associated controllers and campus APs, and adds them to the device inventory.

Before You Begin

Ensure that you have completed the following procedures:

• Configuring Parameters on the Controller

• Configuring SNMP and HTTPS Connection Profiles

Configuring Parameters on the Controller

Before adding controllers to HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises, you must configure few parameters on the controller. You must also configure SNMP and HTTPS connection profiles on the:

• Management Server profile—The HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises server must be configured as a management server on the controller.
• Advanced Monitoring Messages—Enable AMON Advanced Monitoring. AMON is used in Aruba WLAN deployments for improved network management, monitoring, and diagnostic capabilities.  for communication between the HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises server and controller. When AMON is enabled on the controller over UDP User Datagram Protocol. UDP is a part of the TCP/IP family of protocols used for data transfer. UDP is typically used for streaming media. UDP is a stateless protocol, which means it does not acknowledge that the packets being sent have been received. 8211, the controller periodically sends information about user sessions, AP and client association, and other such information required for managing and monitoring controllers on HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises.
• Syslog Messages and SNMP Traps—Although AMON is a preferred option for polling data from controllers, to obtain data pertaining to AP lists, you may want to enable SNMP, and configure SNMP traps and syslog server for logging system events.
• Websocket connection—To enable controller firmware upgrade and troubleshooting from HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises, ensure that the HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises server URL Uniform Resource Locator. URL is a global address used for locating web resources on the Internet. and IP address are configured on the controllers running ArubaOS 6.5.3.6 or later versions.

  For more information on configuring controllers, see ArubaOS 8.x User Guide.

  Controllers running ArubaOS 6.5.4.8 version do not support Websocket connection, due to which HPE Aruba Networking Central On-Premises cannot onboard these controllers.

Configuring SNMP and HTTPS Connection Profiles

To configure connection profiles for adding controllers, complete the following steps:

1. In the HPE GreenLake account home page, click Devices > Auto-Provisioning.

   The Provisioning Profiles page is displayed by default.

2. To add an SNMP connection profile, complete the following steps:

   1. Click Add SNMP Profile in the SNMP column.

      The Create SNMP Profile pop-up window is displayed.

   2. Configure the following parameters:

      • Name—Enter a name for the SNMP Profile.

      • SNMP Version—Select v2 or v3 from the drop-down list.

      • Community String—Enter the pre-shared key in hexadecimal or plain text string.

   3. Click Create.

      The new profile name is created and listed in the SNMP column.

3. To add an HTTPS connection profile, complete the following steps:

   1. Click Add HTTPS Profile in the HTTPS column.

      The Create HTTPS Profile pop-up window is displayed.

   2. Configure the following parameters:

      • Name—Enter a name for the HTTPS Profile.

      • User—Enter a username for HTTPS authentication.

      • Password—Enter a password for HTTPS authentication.

      • Confirm Password—Re-enter the password for HTTPS authentication.

   3. Click Create.

      The new profile name is created and listed in the HTTPS column.

For more information on configuring the pre-defined device profiles, see Manage Device Profiles .

Adding a Controller Using Device Discovery

Before you add a new controller using the device discovery method, you must configure the SNMP and HTTPS profiles as described in Configuring SNMP and HTTPS Connection Profiles

To add controllers using device discovery, complete the following steps:

1. In the HPE GreenLake account home page, click Devices > Inventory.

   The Device Inventory page is displayed.

2. Click Add Devices.

   The Add Devices page is displayed.

3. Under Ownership Type, select the Device Discovery radio button.
4. Configure the following parameters:

   • Name—Enter a name for the controller.

   • IP Address—Enter the IP address of the controller.

     You can find the controller IP address by issuing the show controller-ip command.

   • SNMP Profile—From the drop-down list, select the SNMP profile created in Configuring SNMP and HTTPS Connection Profiles.

   • HTTPS Profile—From the drop-down list, select the HTTPS profile created in Configuring SNMP and HTTPS Connection Profiles.

5. Click Finish.

   The controller is listed in the Device Inventory page.