Aruba Central Onboarding

Aruba Central Onboarding page assists network administrator to easily identify and troubleshoot issues while adding a new switch to central.

A new menu item called Aruba Central is added under System Menu button. On clicking Aruba Central, the status overview window is displayed.
Status Overview pane
The Status overview pane shows the status information of Dependencies and Central Connection Status.
Dependencies information
Central Connection Status

If the switch is connected to central, the status of these items will be green. If there are any issues, the color will change to red. A check mark or cross mark is also shown to identify the status.

Overview pane with connection error
Detailed view of Central Connection status with error

The user can click the status column to open the help text for the resolution of the issues. The status overview pane is refreshed after every 10 seconds and the status is updated to reflect the current state of the devices.

NOTE:

Starting from 16.07, REST interface and Next-Gen UI will have read access when the switch is connected to Aruba Central.

Aruba Central Onboarding page is available only for users with Manager privilege.