Group Personas

To manage device configuration using configuration containers in Classic Central, you can create a group and assign devices. During the group creation process, you can assign a device persona and select an architecture for the group.

This topic covers the following procedures:

For more information on deleting a group, see Deleting a Group.

Creating a Group

To create a new group, complete the following steps:

  1. From the Classic Central app, filter to Global.

  2. Under Maintain, click Organization.

  3. Click the Groups card.

    The Groups page is displayed.

  4. In the Groups table, click + (Add Group).

    The Add Group page is displayed.

  5. Enter a name for the group in the Name field.

  6. Use the Use preferred group settings toggle to apply preferred or custom group settings:

    • To create a group with preferred group settings, complete the following steps:

      1. Enable the Use preferred group settings toggle. The preferred group setting includes:

        • ArubaOS 10 architecture 10

        • Campus/Branch access points

        • AOS-CX and AOS-S switches

        • New Central Group

      2. Click Add.

    • To create a group with custom group settings, complete the following steps:

      1. Disable the Use preferred group settings toggle.

      2. Enable the Allow New Central to overwrite all configurations for this group toggle.

        Note:

        The Allow New Central to overwrite all configurations for this group toggle is available only when the Use preferred group settings toggle is disabled. When the Allow New Central to overwrite all configurations for this group toggle is enabled, only APs are allowed in the group.

  7. Under Group will contain, select the required check boxes.

  8. Click Next.

  9. Configure the group persona as per the combinations listed in the following tables.

    Table 1: Device Combinations for a Group Persona with AOS-10 Architecture
    Device Type Architecture AP Network Role Gateway Network Role Switches Monitoring Only
    Access Points AOS-10 Campus/Branch N/A N/A N/A
    Gateways AOS-10 N/A

    • Mobility

    		 N/A N/A
    Switches AOS-10 N/A N/A

    • AOS-CX only

    • AOS-S only

    • Both AOS-CX and AOS-S

    • Monitoring only for AOS-S

    • Monitoring only for AOS-CX

    • Access Points

    • Gateways

    		 AOS-10 Campus/Branch

    • Mobility

    • Branch

    		 N/A n/A

    • Access Points

    • Switches

    		 AOS-10 Campus/Branch N/A

    • AOS-CX only

    • AOS-S only

    • Both AOS-CX and AOS-S

    • Monitoring only for AOS-S

    • Monitoring only for AOS-CX

    • Gateways

    • Switches

    		 AOS-10 N/A

    • Mobility

    • Branch

    • AOS-CX only

    • AOS-S only

    • Both AOS-CX and AOS-S

    • Monitoring only for AOS-S

    • Monitoring only for AOS-CX

  10. Click Add.

Editing a Group

To create a new group with AOS-10 architecture, complete the following steps:

  1. From the Classic Central app, filter to Global.

  2. Under Maintain, click Organization.

  3. Click the Groups tile.

  4. Hover over the group in the groups table and click the Edit Group icon.

  5. Add a new device type and its persona as per the following table.

    Table 2: Editing a Group
    Original State   Action   Edit Group Behavior
    Architecture Devices and Persona
    AOS-10

    • Access Points - Campus/Branch

    • No Gateways

    • No Switches

    		 Add gateways and switches Allowed
    Gateways persona - Mobility or Branch
    Switch types: AOS-CX only or AOS-S only or both AOS-CX and AOS-S
    AOS-10

    • Access Points - Microbranch

    • No Gateways

    • No Switches

    		 Add gateways and switches Adding gateways is allowed
    Switch types: AOS-CX only or AOS-S only or both AOS-CX and AOS-S
    AOS-10

    • No Access Points

    • Gateways - Mobility or Branch

    • No Switches

    		 Add access points and switches Allowed
    Access Points persona - Campus/Branch
    Switch types: AOS-CX only or AOS-S only or both AOS-CX and AOS-S
    AOS-10

    • No Access Points

    • Gateways

    • No Switches

    		 Add access points and switches

    Adding Access Points is not allowed
    Switch types: AOS-CX only or AOS-S only or both AOS-CX and AOS-S
    No architecture

    • No Access Points

    • No Gateways

    • Switches - AOS-CX only or AOS-S only or both AOS-CX and AOS-S

    		 Add access points and gateways (N/A - when AP role is Microbranch) Allowed
    Architecture - AOS-10 or AOS-8
    Access Points persona - Campus/Branch or Microbranch
    Gateways persona - Mobility
    EdgeConnect SD-WAN

    • EdgeConnect SD-WAN

    		 Add EdgeConnect SD-WAN
    Note:

    If required, select the Make these the preferred group settings checkbox to save the architecture and persona settings of the current group for subsequent group creations.

  6. Click Save.