Navigation pane

Navigate the Web UI by selecting an item in the navigation pane. Information for the selected item is displayed in a series of panels in the details pane. From the details pane, you can select links to drill down to more detailed pages.

Use the Show/hide icon Show/Hide button to show or hide the navigation pane.

In the navigation pane, expand and collapse the System, Diagnostics, or Traffic group to show or hide related items.

The user role (operators, administrators, or auditor) determines which items in the navigation pane you can access.

The navigation pane includes the following links to different feature pages. Click the links for more information.

Link Description

Overview

Shows important information and statistics about the switch. Each indicator panel provides "roll-up" status (color and icon) of Analytics, Environmental, System, and so on. Empty titles allow you to select and save specific interfaces to monitor (packets, bytes, utilization).

Analytics Dashboard

Shows the Analytics Dashboard providing information related to Network Analytics Engine agents, scripts, alerts, and actions generated by these scripts. Not applicable to the 6100 Switch Series.

Interfaces

Shows information and status for each interface. Allows you to edit the interface details.

VLANs

Shows information for each VLAN and the status of the VLANs. Allows you to add, edit, and delete VLANs.

LAGs

Shows the information and the up or down status of the LAGs. Allows you to add, edit, and delete Lags.

Users

Shows user roles and names. Also allows you to add or delete a user and change user passwords.

Administrator rights are required to access this selection.

PoE

Shows information for PoE ports in the switch. Allows you to configure PoE for the ports.

VSF

Shows the Aruba Virtual Switching Framework (VSF) configuration and status information. This link is displayed for the 6200 and 6300 switches that support VSF. Not applicable to the 6100 Switch Series.

VSX

Shows the Aruba Virtual Switching Extension (VSX) configuration and status information. This link is displayed only for the 6400 switches that support VSX.

System –Environmental

Shows power supply failures and warnings, temperatures, and fan information.

System – Log

Shows event log entries, event log queries, and message details.

System – Name Server

Shows primary and secondary name servers, and allows you to configure addresses for name servers.

System – SNMP

Shows the details of SNMPv3 users, SNMP communities, and trap receivers. Allows you to add and delete SNMPv3 users, SNMP community names, informs, and trap receivers.

System – Config Mgmt

Enables you to upload/download configurations to or from the running or startup configurations.

System – Firmware Update

Enables you to upload firmware files.

Diagnostics –Ping

Enables you to run the ping command with various options.

Diagnostics – Traceroute

Enables you to run the traceroute command with various options.

Diagnostics – Show Tech

Enables you to run the showtech command. Administrator rights are required to run this command.

Traffic – Spanning Tree

Shows the details of the Spanning Tree configuration, assigned ports, and inconsistent ports. Allows you to enable Spanning Tree with Multiple Spanning Tree or Rapid Per-Vlan Spanning Tree mode.

Connected Device – Clients

Shows the details of the devices connected to the switch.

Connected Devices – Configuration

Shows the CDP, LLDP, and client tracking details of the devices connected to the switch. Allows you to configure the CDP, LLDP, and client tracking details at the switch and interface levels.

Security – PKI

Shows the details of the TA profile, EST profile, digital certificates, and associated applications in the switch. Allows you to add, edit, and delete TA profile; add, view, and delete EST profile; add, view, upload, and delete certificates; and edit associated applications.

Security – Port Security

Shows the access port security, authorized MACs, and authorized client limit details. Allows you to edit the port security violation action for the ports.