Assigning a Scope to a Role

After creating a role, you can assign a role and device function to the role.

To assign a role, 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.

    The Network Overview page is displayed.

  3. Click Library.

  4. Click the Roles & Policies tab on the right.

  5. Under Roles tile, click Manage.

    The Roles table is displayed with a list of roles.

  6. Hover over the role that you want to edit and click the ellipsis icon.

  7. Select Assign.

    The Apply Role panel is displayed on the right. Here you can assign Device Function and Scopes to the selected role.

  8. Under Device Function, select a specific or multiple device functions from the following list:

    • Access Switch

    • Aggregation Switch

    • Core Switch

    • AOS-S Access Switch

    • AOS-S Aggregation Switch

    • AOS-S Core Switch

    • Bridge

    • Mobility AP

    • Microbranch AP

    • Mobility Gateway

  9. To assign Scopes, click the + icon. Under Scopes you can see the currently assigned scope level and the site name where the role is assigned to.
    The Add Scope pane appears where you can select the scope level that you want to assign to the role from the following list:

    • Global—Role is assigned to the global scope.

    • Site Collections—If you select this option, Assign to Scope drop-down list appears from where you can select the site collection and add the role to that specific site collection.

    • Sites—If you select this option, Assign to Scope drop-down list appears from where you can select the site to which you want to assign the role. It also displays the currently assigned sites to the selected role.

    • Device Groups—Role is not supported in device group. If you select this option an error is displayed.

    • Devices—f you select this option, Assign to Scope drop-down list appears from where you can select the device to which you want to the role.