Switch Group Configuration

The following procedures configure a Central switch group with the base features required for all switches in the network. Repeat this procedure for each switch groups in the network.

Group-level configured features include the host name, admin account password, Network Time Protocol (NTP), Domain Name System (DNS), Terminal Access Controller Access Control System (TACACS), and Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) servers.

Configure the UI Group Settings

Use this procedure to configure group settings for switches.

Note:The best practice is to use the fewest groups necessary to provide logical organization for the network and consistent configuration between devices. Configuration cannot be shared between groups.

Step 1Navigate toCentral并使用管理员登录credentials.

Step 2On the Central Account Home page, launch theNetwork Operations应用程序。

Step 3In the filter drop-down list, select a switch group. In this example, the group isBD9-AGG01.

Step 4From the left menu, selectDevices.

Step 5In the upper right of the Switches page, selectConfig.

Step 6In the System tile, selectProperties.

Step 6On the Edit Properties page, implement the following settings, and then clickSave. Set the VRF to the default network where DNS and NTP will be reachable. Enter a complete IP address make the+ (plus)sign appear for adding additional servers.

• Contact:Network operations
• Location:Santa Clara, CA
• Timezone:Los Angeles (UTC-8:00)
• VRF:Management
• DNS servers:10.2.120.98, 10.2.120.99
• *NTP servers: ** *10.2.120.98, 10.2.120.99
• Administrator username:admin(static)
• Administrator password:password

Step 7In the Security tile, selectAuthentication Servers.

Step 8With the mouse over the TACACS row, at the far right, click theEditicon.

Step 9At the top, right corner of the TACACS Servers table, click the+ (plus)sign, implement the following settings on the Add TACACS page, and then clickApply.

• FQDN or IP address:10.2.120.94

• Authentication Port:49(default)

• VRF:Management

• Shared secret:secret

• Timeout (secs):5(default)

Step 10Add additional servers by clicking the+ (plus)sign on the top, right corner of the TACACS Servers table. When all servers are added, clickSave.

Add Switches to the Group

Use this procedure to assign switches to groups and synchronize initial configuration.

Step 1In the filter drop-down list, select theGlobalgroup, then on the left menu, selectOrganization.

Step 2Select theGroupstile.

Step 3Expand thedefaultGroup caret.

Step 4Select switches to be moved.

Step 5In the lower right corner of thedefaultGroup table, begin the switch move by clicking theMovebutton.

Step 6Select the appropriate destination switch group for the selected switches, then clickMove.

Step 7Confirm the move on the devices view of the destination group.

Configure the Switch Hostname

Step 1In the filter drop-down list, select the destination group from the preceding step, then on the left menu, selectDevices.

Step 2Click theDevice Nameof a recently added switch, then on the left menu, selectDevice.

Step 3In theSystemtile, clickProperties.

Step 4In theNamefield, enter a hostname for the switch.

Step 5Repeat this procedure for each switch in the Group.

Creating a Template Group

Occasionally, such as when configuring chassis switches, a configuration template is used to initialize the network devices being onboarded to Central. This is accomplished by adding the new device to a Template Group. A configuration template and variables file are then associated with the group and applied to each device added to the group.

For detailed instructions on how to create a template and custom variables, consult theCreating a Configuration Template for Gatewayssection of the Central online help.

Configure the Template Group

Use this procedure to create a template group.

When using a template group to configure core switches, consider creating a template group for each core switch because they have unique IP address on each interface and a single template is difficult to maintain with a long list of variables.

Step 1Navigate toCentral并使用管理员登录credentials.

Step 2On the Aruba Central Account Home page, launch theNetwork Operations应用程序。

Step 3From the left navigation pane in the Maintain section, selectOrganization.

Step 4On the Groups page in the Manage Groups section, selectNew Group.

Step 5On the Create New Group page, implement the following settings, and then clickAdd Group.

• GROUP NAME:CORE1-Template
• SWITCH:check-mark
• PASSWORD:password
• CONFIRM PASSWORD:password

Note:The password enables administrative access to the device’s interface. This password is used as the login password for all the devices in the group, but it is not the enable password. The same password can be used across multiple groups.

Add Switches to a Template Group

Step 1On the Groups page, in the Manage Groups section, drag the core switch from the left side to the template group on the right side.

Step 8At the top left of the page, navigate toGlobal > Groups, and then from the Groups list, selectCORE1-Template.

Step 9From the left menu, selectDevices, and then selectSwitches.

Step 10On the Switches List page in the top right, clickConfig.

Step 11On the Switches Template section in the top right, click the+symbol.

Step 12On the Add Template pop-up in the Basic Info section, implement the following settings, and then clickNext.

• Template Name:8400-Core1
• Device Type:Aruba CX
• Model:8400
• Part Name:(ALL)
• Version:10.06

Step 13In the Template section, selectImport Configuration as Template, select8400-C1-1, and then clickSave.

Step 14From the left menu, navigate toDevices > Switches > List, and then verify the configuration status isIn sync.

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