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HPE Aruba Networking Central

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Use the HPE Aruba Networking Central dialog box to enable HPE Aruba Networking Central. Enabling HPE Aruba Networking Central in SD-WAN Orchestrator is one step of the process to create a Unified Fabric by integrating EdgeConnect SD-WAN gateways into HPE Aruba Networking Central and HPE GreenLake.

Complete instructions for integrating EdgeConnect gateways with HPE GreenLake are here: Unified Fabric Deployment Guide

Overview of the Unified Fabric

When HPE Aruba Networking Central is enabled, appliances designated as a hub (Configuration > Hub) will attempt to open WebSocket connections to HPE Aruba Networking Central. If the appliances have been claimed, licensed, and assigned to an HPE Aruba Networking Central region in HPE GreenLake, they will be eligible to be configured as a VPN concentrator (VPNC) in HPE Aruba Networking Central. This integration allows EdgeConnect gateways to act as a hub with the EdgeConnect SD-WAN branch gateways and Microbranch access points. It also enables Orchestrator to share the routes and tunnel information from Central into the EdgeConnect SD-WAN fabric.

The EdgeConnect SD-WAN receives routes to the tunnels from the overlay tunnel orchestrator (OTO) and the overlay route orchestrator (ORO) from Central. However, the configuration and deployment of the EdgeConnect SD-WAN gateways still come from the SD-WAN Orchestrator. Central only provides OTO and ORO.

NOTE: The Unified Fabric solution is only applicable to hardware gateways and does not include EdgeConnect EC-Vs.

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are required to deploy the Unified Fabric solution.

  • You must have an HPE GreenLake Cloud Platform (GLCP) account.

  • You must have a GLCP Workspace.

  • You must have Central version 2.5.8 installed with an active account.

  • You must have an EdgeConnect SDWAN Foundation subscription license.

  • You must have Orchestrator deployed and running version 9.5 or later and gateways running version ECOS 9.5 or later.

Enable HPE Aruba Networking Central

To enable HPE Aruba Networking Central:

  1. Navigate to Orchestrator > HPE Integration Services > HPE Aruba Networking Central.

    The Enable HPE Aruba Networking Central dialog box opens.

  2. Click Enable HPE Aruba Networking Central, and then click Save.

  3. Follow the steps in Unified Fabric Deployment Guide to complete the Unified Fabric integration.