Device Group

Device group is an aggregation of devices grouped according to administrator preference. Device group offers horizontal scaling and provisioning. Devices assigned to a device group become a child entity and establish a parent-child configuration inheritance. To view device groups, see Viewing Device Groups.

Figure 1: Device Group Scope

Figure 2: Device Group Use Cases

The different attributes of the Device Group scope include:

  • Name

  • Scope ID

Viewing Device Groups

Device groups is an optional feature that enables you to group one or more devices to create a device group.

Note:

  • Create, update, delete, and device addition or removal to or from device group can only be done from Classic Central and not from HPE Aruba Networking Central.

  • While creating a new group from Classic Central, if you select all the device types with ArubaOS 8.x architecture, the other devices are automatically removed from the group along with their associated personas, only retaining group persona for ArubaOS 8.x architecture with access points. An appropriate audit trail is generated indicating this change.

  • The Device Groups menu in the left navigation is displayed by default and shows 0 groups when no device groups are available.

  • When you click a particular device group on the Device Groups page, HPE Aruba Networking Central updates the page context to Device Group with the selected device group as the context name.

To view device groups, complete the following steps:

  1. In the HPE Aruba Networking Central landing page, select a site from the Sites menu.

    Alternatively, you can click the expand icon on the Sites menu to search for a site from the list.

    The site dashboard is displayed with the network and connectivity information for the site.

  2. Click the configuration icon.

    A list of devices associated with the selected site is displayed in a table.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Device Groups.

    The Devices Groups page is displayed with a list of all the device groups.

  4. In the Devices Groups page, you can view the following information:

    Table 1: Device Groups Table Details

    Column

    Description

    Name

    Displays the name of the device group. Click the name to view the list of devices.

    Devices

    Displays the number of devices in the group.

    Type

    Displays the type of devices that are supported in this group.

    Note:

    For 8.x exclusive groups, Instant AOS 8 is displayed.

 

For more information on configuring the table, see Table Utilities.

Searching for Device Groups

To search for devices using keywords, complete the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the Device Groups page.

    For more information, see Viewing Device Groups.

  2. In the Search field, enter the device name or number of devices.

    The devices in the list view are filtered based on the search.