July 14th 2025

This release includes:

Alerts

The following features and enhancements are added to the Alerts module:

  • Clear alerts of a Device Once it is Deleted—When a device is deleted, all the active and deferred alerts for that particular device is automatically cleared.

  • The Stack Member Added/Removed alert is removed and split into the following alerts:

    • Stack Member Added

    • Stack Member Removed

  • The following alerts are newly added:

    • Stack Member Down

    • VC Disconnected

Boundary in Floor Plan

While editing a floor, along with walls, zones, and images you can now create boundaries. Boundaries are physical elements of a floorplan to exclude whitespaces, and other elements which are not relevant to AP Planning, Auto-placed AP, heatmaps, and other calculated features.

For more information, see Floorplan Boundary.

Enhancements to Central NAC

The following enhancements are added to Central NAC:

  • The user group attribute in the query builder is renamed to include the name of the identity store within parenthesis.

    For instance: User Group (Acme Entra ID). For more information, see Adding a Rule.

  • Central NAC supports search and sort functions in the Visitors page. Users can also export a list of visitors using the Export to CSV option in the Visitors page. For more information, see Visitor Account Actions.

  • With the Portal Customization card, administrators can customize the Cloud Guest Web Portals used by authentication profiles. The Portal Customization card offers configuration of Portal Profiles, Skin Profiles, Override Profiles, and Images. The Skin and Override profiles are managed by the Portal Profiles. For more information, see Configuring Portal Customization.

Enhancements to Client Tags

HPE Aruba Networking Central now supports system generated and user configured client tags from Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.

For more information, see Manage Tags.

Enhancements to Gateway Configuration

The following configuration profiles are now supported for gateways:

  • Gateway Cluster Profile

  • Gateway System Profile

  • GRE Tunnel

  • GRE Tunnel Group

  • Syslog Server Profile

  • EST Profile

  • VRRP Router Profile

  • SNMP Profile

Enhancements to Alias

When creating an alias, you can now add Default Gateway IPv4 address, Nexthop IPv4 address, and Nexthop IPv6 address as Attributes. For more information, see Creating an Alias,

Enhancements to Gateway Monitoring

The following features and enhancements are added to the gateway monitoring module:

  • HPE Aruba Networking Central now features a temperature chart in the expanded view of the gateway's Hardware Card, applicable to both standalone gateways and gateway clusters. This chart displays the ambient and CPU temperatures of the gateway or cluster over a selected time interval. For more information see, System.

  • In the expanded view of the gateway's Cluster card, clicking on either the up or down tunnel details redirects to the LAN Tunnels page for the gateway cluster. For more information see, Cluster.

  • The gateway's Wired Interfaces card now displays details of both HPE Aruba Networking USB devices and third-party USB devices. For more information, see Wired Interfaces.

  • The Gateway IPSec SA Establishment Failure alert is now triggered in the gateway's WAN Tunnels and LAN Tunnels card when the WAN IPsec SA tunnel establishment fails between the gateway and the VPNC. When this alert occurs, it indicates that the tunnel is down, the health status is poor, and the reason for the health issue is that the tunnel has not been established. For more information, see WAN Tunnels.

Enhancements to Import Floorplan

You can now import floors from Hamina, along with Airwave, Ekahau, and Classic Central in HPE Aruba Networking Central. For information, see Importing Floors.

Enhancements to Multi-Level Hierarchy

Following are the important points added for Device scope:

  • When you remove a device subscription using HPE GreenLake Platform (GLP), the device is disconnected from Classic Central. Hence, the device status is displayed as Offline on the Devices page of HPE Aruba Networking Central. However, the device remains associated with the same site and group.

    Note:

    Since bridges are not supported in Classic Central, the subscription removal option for bridges is not applicable to Classic Central. However, the bridge status is still displayed as Offline on the Devices page in HPE Aruba Networking Central.

  • When you remove a device assignment using HPE GreenLakePlatform (GLP), the device is unprovisioned from its site and group in HPE Aruba Networking Central. As a result, the device no longer appears on the Devices and Sites page for the site context. However, the device remains associated with the same site and group in Classic Central since the device was not unassigned from the site or group. To restore the device association in HPE Aruba Networking Central, unassign the device from the site or group and assign it back to existing or new site or group in Classic Central.

    Note:

    When a bridge assignment is removed using GLP, the bridge is unprovisioned only in HPE Aruba Networking Central since bridges are not supported in Classic Central.

  • When you remove a device assignment using HPE GreenLakePlatform (GLP) after unassigning from site or group from Classic Central, the device is unprovisioned from its site and group in HPE Aruba Networking Central. Also, the device is part of the unassigned site in Classic Central. As a result, the device no longer appears on the Devices page and on the Sites page for the site context. To restore the device association in HPE Aruba Networking Central, assign the device to any site or group in Classic Central.

    Note:

    In a hybrid cluster, bridges cannot be unassigned from a site or assigned to a device group in HPE Aruba Networking Central. Instead, bridges can only be moved from one site to another. When a bridge is removed using GLP, it is moved to the unassigned devices view only in HPE Aruba Networking Central.

    For more information, see HPE GreenLake Edge-to-Cloud Platform User Guide.

Enhancements to System Capacity Card

In the Network dashboard of an AOS-CX switch, the expanded view of the System Capacity card now includes trend charts for CPU Utilization and Memory Utilization. For more information, see System Capacity.

Enhancements to Unified Devices List (UDL)

HPE Aruba Networking Central now supports individual and bulk deletion of offline devices from the Unified Devices List (UDL).

For more information, see Deleting Devices in the List View.

Gateway Alerts

HPE Aruba Networking Central now supports the following alert for gateways:

  • IPSec SA Down

  • IPSec Establishment Failure

  • WAN Uplink Health Check Failed

For more information, see Gateway Alerts.

Gateway Events

HPE Aruba Networking Central now supports the following events for gateways:

  • WAN Health Check Reachable

  • WAN Health Check Unreachable

  • Cellular Modem Connected

  • Cellular Modem Data Usage Breached

  • Cellular Modem Data Reset

  • Cellular Modem Mode Changed

Insights

The following features and enhancements are added to the Insights module:

  • Category Filters at the Site Level—In the expanded Insights card on the Site Dashboard, you can now use the quick filters to filter insights as per category.

  • AP Country Code Misconfigured Insight—The AP Health insight is enhanced to display the list of APs configured with incorrect country code. For more information, see AP Health Insights.

  • Read and Unread Filters—Marking insight to read or unread is now enhanced for per user login. For more information, see Filtering Insights .

  • Enabling 6 GHz Radio with Optimal Bandwidth to Improve WLAN Performance Insight—This insight is enhanced to include additional information in the left pane tile card. The graph now displays improved elements such as hover-over text, x-axis labels, and the explanatory notes below the header. The action card is also updated to display the band and the recommended bandwidth. For more information, see Enabling 6 GHz Radio with Optimal Bandwidth to Improve WLAN Performance.

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint

The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint integration in HPE Aruba Networking Central is a security extension that assesses and provides a risk level for installation.

For more information, see Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Integration.

Microsoft Sentinel

The Microsoft Sentinel integration in HPE Aruba Networking Central is a management extension that uses a built-in extension to collect networking and security events for real-time analysis.

For more information, see Microsoft Sentinel Integration.

Reports

The following new features and enhancements are added to Reports:

  • In Custom reports, a maximum of 15 KPIs can be selected from different report categories.

  • The Advanced Time Slicing option is now available for RF Health reports.

  • User configured values for the CPU Utilization Threshold and Memory Utilization Threshold are now displayed in RF Health reports.

  • The following additional KPIs are introduced for Network Usage reports:

    • Top WLANs by Average Clients

    • Top Clients by WLAN Usage

    • Top Clients by Wired Usage

    Currently, the Top WLANs by Average Clients and Top Clients by WLAN Usage KPIs are supported only by access points. The Top Clients by WLAN Usage and Top Clients by Wired Usage KPIs are available in list view and bar-chart view.

  • The following options have been introduced under Additional Filters for Client Inventory reports:

    • Exclude Devices

    • Include Clients

    • Exclude Clients

    • Include SSID

    • Include Client Vendor

    • Include Client Role

    • Include Client ModelOS

  • The Send Email option is now available for generated reports in the Find Reports table. The option supports both CVS and PDF formats.

Role-Based Access Control

HPE Aruba Networking Central supports a set of built-in roles with different privileges and access permissions. You can also create custom roles and assign edit or view permissions to resources in the application.

For more information, see Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).

Switch Alerts

The following features and enhancements are added to the switch alerts:

  • Health support is added for the following alerts:

    • MAC Address Count

    • ARP Count

    • Unicast Route Count

  • The following alerts are enhanced to include the error reason as part of the Alert Summary:

    • Management Module Fault

    • Line Card Fault

    • Stack Link Down

    • PoE Denied

    • PoE Fault

  • Button Fault Alert—When a critical hardware fault is detected in switch, this alert is generated.

Troubleshooting Tools

Commands tab is introduced which enables users to run diagnostic and troubleshooting commands on managed devices, enabling advanced network health checks through categorized and individual commands.

For more information, see Troubleshooting Tools.

Unified Clients List

The following additional columns have been added in the client's list view:

  • Key Management

  • Authentication

  • Capabilities

For more information on client list view, see Viewing Clients in List View.