January 15th 2026

Switch Alerts

Enhancements are made to the following switch alerts:

• Stack Link Down

• PoE Denied

• PoE Fault

Health support is added for the following alert:

• Rogue DHCP Server

Events

The Events card displays aggregated data for all the events that occurred across all sites within a tenant. The event count displayed for a site includes events from multiple device types, such as gateways, switches, access points, and clients. The events card helps monitor events of all the sites in a tenant. For more information, see Events Card.

Switch Configuration

The following new profiles are added for AOS-CX switch configuration:

• Mulicast Global—The Multicast Global profile enables centralized configuration of multicast behavior across fabrics through the UI. For more information, see Multicast Global Profile.

• Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)—Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) is a mechanism that connects multiple Protocol Independent Multicast sparse mode (Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)-SM) domains. For more information, see MSDP Profile.

Gateway Configuration

The following new profile is added for gateway configuration:

• Certificate Usage Profile

For more information, see Certificate Usage Profile.

Client Roaming

You can now view client roaming events directly in the Floorplan Manager, along with other client details. Roaming events show a client’s network transitions between access points, indicating changes in connectivity—not physical movement.For more information, see Client Details.

Custom SMS and Email

Central NAC enables administrators to create customized SMS or Email messages for a portal profile for Cloud Guest accounts. Administrators can configure one default SMS password notice and one default Email password notice for account creation or password reset. The first SMS and Email password notice messages are automatically set as default. Administrators can later update or replace these defaults. For more information, see Custom SMS/Email Messages.

Wi-Fi Easy Connect for Central NAC

Wi-Fi easy connect devices provide continuous network and application performance monitoring, helping businesses troubleshoot issues proactively and deliver a seamless digital experience. These devices require secure onboarding, which is enabled by Device Provisioning Protocol (DPP), for large-scale deployments. For more information, see Configuring Wi-Fi Easy Connect.

JAMF Pro MDM Support

Mobile Device Management (MDM) or Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) providers like JAMF and Intune can automatically configure devices for users. By using this capability, we can deliver EAP certificates through the Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP), removing the need for users to visit an onboarding portal or install the Aruba Onboard app. Their MDM/UEM system will handle network profile setup seamlessly, without any user intervention. For more information, see JAMF Pro.

Health Metrics

On the Access Points tab of the Health Metrics page, clicking an AP name opens the Access Points side panel, where you can filter, monitor, and search APs. For more information, see Health Metrics—Access Points.

Managed Service Provider (MSP)

The Device Under Management and Available Device Inventory cards are added for the MSP setup.

• Device Under Management Card—Displays a graphical representation of the total number of devices owned and managed by the MSP account or its associated tenant accounts.

• Available Device Inventory Card—Displays the total count of available devices within the MSP inventory that needs to be assigned to a tenant.

Networking Copilot

Networking Copilot queries now return information in an interactive table format for radios and APs, alerts, and sites.

For more information, see Networking Copilot QueryGen.

Notification Rules

The Notification Rules automatically sends notification to one or more webhook servers based on the selected notification source and configured severity levels. For more information, see Notification Rules

Enhancements to Advanced Configuration Profiles

HPE Aruba Networking Central now supports ARP inspection for VLAN profiles and ARP inspection trust for Interfaces profiles.

For more information, see VLAN Profile, Port Profile for Switches, and Switch Interface Configuration Profile.

Enhancements to Alerts

The following enhancements are added to alerts:

• Configuring Minimum Unique Clients—Users can now configure the minimum number of clients for the alert to be triggered. This is applicable for the following alerts:

  • Association Delayed

  • WPA Handshake Delayed

  • 802.1X Authentication Delayed

  • MAC authentication Delayed

  • Captive Portal Authentication Delayed

  • DHCP Delayed

Enhancements to Application Visibility

The following enhancements are added to Application Visibility:

• The RBAC enhancements for Application Visibility now provide a unified, role‑aware workflow across the entire monitoring and troubleshooting pipeline. For more information, refer to Application Visibility Troubleshooting.

• The sorting algorithm enhancement applies at site‑level and client‑level contexts. It now prioritizes four key columns in a specific order: application health, UXI status, usage, and application name. For more information, see Viewing Application Dashboard.

Enhancements to AP System Profile

The following enhancements are added to AP System Profile:

• The Recovery SSID backoff timer parameter is now available to set recovery SSID backoff timer duration.

• The Preference of SAN over CN for Certificates parameter is now available to use SAN as the primary validation field during certificate validation.

For more information, see AP System Profile.

Enhancements to Central NAC

The following enhancements are added to Central NAC:

• When a client certificate is revoked, it displays the expiry time along with the date of revocation in the client authentication card. For more information, see the Authentication card under Client Details in Monitoring Central NAC.

• To delete a custom email or SMS marked as default, users must clear it as default and then delete it. For more information, see Deleting a Custom Message in Configuring Custom Messages.

• Additional Central NAC operators are supported for the MAC Address attribute. For more information, see Attributes and Operators.

• The classification card in the Central NAC Clients page displays tags in a single line. Extra tags are displayed as an additional tag that shows the count of the remaining tags. For more information, see the classification card in Monitoring Central NAC.

• The Site drop-down in the Create Air Pass Profile panel displays all the available sites. You can search for a specific site, MNO, or status.

• You can dismiss the subscription‑lapsed and subscription‑error notices that is displayed in the Central NAC configuration page. For more information, see Licensing.

• When setting a custom override message while creating an override profile, html elements must not be entered in the override message, as this will result in an error. For more information, see Override Profiles.

Enhancement to Firmware Management

HPE Aruba Networking Central now enables you to provide the custom firmware version while creating and editing the firmware policies. For more information, see Creating a Firmware Policy and Editing a Firmware Policy.

Enhancements to Insights

The following enhancements are added to the STP Anomaly Recommender:

• Introduced a new STP Action Card to help troubleshoot spikes in Topology Change Notification (TCN) counts.

• Displays TCN trend data for the top 5 impacted devices experiencing more than 200 topology changes.

• Enhanced issue detection by identifying network conditions contributing to elevated TCN activity.

• Provides visibility into uplink flaps, which can trigger port state changes and result in TCN spikes.

• Highlights device reboot events, as switch reboots can force STP reconvergence and generate TCNs

• Detects frequent root bridge changes, helping identify topology instability caused by incorrect STP priority configuration.

Enhancements to Location Analytics

Only users with admin rights- (read and write permission) can see the Enable button for accessing the location analytics data. Once the location analytics feature is enabled, any user with read permission can also view the analytics data. For more information, see Viewing Location Analytics Data.

Enhancements to Managed Service Provider (MSP)

The Tenants table is enhanced to display the tenant creation date. For more information, see Viewing MSP Global Overview in List View.

Enhancements to Ping Test for Switches

A new Source Type option is added under Show Additional Settings, to enable the user to perform Ping test using source IP address as well as the source interface. For more information, see Ping Test for AOS-CX Switches.

Enhancement to Topology Link Node View

A new Mini Map view is added in the Topology Link Node View, to enable efficient and easy navigation of the actual topology. It is essentially a simplified visual representation of the entire network structure, displayed as a small inset or overview diagram. It helps users quickly understand the layout and connectivity of devices without displaying every detail.

Additionally, a new Actions drop-down list is available which you can use to expand and collapse the topology nodes at once.

For more information, see Topology Link Node View and Link Node Navigation.

Enhancements to Troubleshooting Tools

The following enhancements are added to Troubleshooting tools:

• You can now initiate troubleshooting tests on Wired Interfaces from the Wired Interfaces card of a switch.

• Enable debug logs-to-cloud on a device from the troubleshooting icon on the device page.

• All troubleshooting tests now include a Repeat field that can be used to schedule tests periodically within a specified time frame.

• You can now select multiple devices having the same device type and reboot or locate them in a single, bulk operation.

Enhancements to Unified Clients List

• The following fields are added to the clients list view table:

  • Band

  • Channel

  • BSSID

• You can now filter the client list by timescope. Use the timescope drop-down list to choose one of the following options:

  • Last 3 hours

  • Last 1 day

  • Last 7 days

  • Last 30 days

  When you change the timescope, the client list updates to show only clients that connected within the selected period.

• Global Context includes a clients table within the client list view, which allows users to analyze and filter client data across all sites.

• Global Context introduces a Client Planet view, which provides a high-level visualization of clients across sites.

  For more information, see Viewing Clients in List View.

Enhancements to WLAN Profile

The DPP option is now available in the Key Management field while setting the security level of the WLAN SSID as Personal. For more information, see WLAN Profile.