New Central Readiness
This section highlights the steps to ensure an optimal experience with the new HPE Aruba Networking Central public preview.
The information provided here is not intended to be an exhaustive reference. Experienced network professionals should be involved. For more details, reference the links in the Related Content list on the upper right of this page or contact HPE Aruba Networking for additional assistance.
The brief video below walks through the steps detailed in this section.
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Sites in the New HPE Aruba Networks Central
Sites are mandatory in the new HPE Aruba Networking Central. A site defines a location where managed devices are physically installed. They can contain APs, gateways, and switches. Sites can be organized by single building, co-located buildings, or a logical grouping of buildings. Sites can be used for monitoring and defining the scope of alerts, events, and insights.
Preparing Sites for New Central
Because Sites are optional in classic Central, some customer workspaces may only have devices assigned to Groups and not Sites. In other cases, Sites may be only partially implemented.
If a classic Central instance has no Sites configured or the Site list is incomplete, the following steps can be taken to create and assign devices to them.
Note: Customers with sites fully configured are encouraged to skip over these steps and immediately begin to explore the new HPE Aruba Networks Central interface.
Creating Sites
The previous version of HPE Aruba Networking Central uses Sites to group devices at the same geographical location for Gateway clustering and grouping APs and switches in the same location for monitoring and reporting purposes. This procedure is an example of how to create sites.
Step 1 Open a web browser, log into Central, and navigate to the main Overview page.
Step 2 In the lower left of the page, select Organization under the Maintain section, then click on the large number in the center of the Sites tile on the following page.
Step 3 When the Manage Sites page appears, scroll to the bottom, click New Site on the lower left, and fill out the Create New Site pop-up window, as shown below.
- Site Name: USWH1
- Street Address: 8000 Foothills Blvd
- City: Roseville
- Country: United States
- State or Province: California
- Zip/Postal Code: 95747
Step 4 Repeat steps for additional sites.
Assign Devices to a Site
Follow the steps below to move Central-managed devices to the newly created site(s).
Step 1 Return to the Manage Sites page above by opening a web browser, logging into Central, and navigating to the main Overview page.
Step 2 In the left navigation pane, select Organization in the Maintain section, then click on the large number in the center of the Sites tile on the following page.
Step 1 In the Manage Sites page, filter for the devices, drag them to the corresponding site, and click yes to confirm the action, as detailed in the image below.
Step 5 Repeat the above steps until all devices have been assigned to their corresponding sites and Unassigned number of decvices is 0 under Device Count column as shown below.
After completing the above steps, sites and devices will appear as expected in new Central public preview.
What’s Next?
Familiarize Yourself With New HPE Aruba Networks Central
Now that all devices are assigned to sites, they will be visible in new Central when it becomes available. The next step is to wait for the New Central toggle switch to appear in the upper right corner of the Central dashboard as production clusters are upgraded in the coming weeks. Additionally, follow the steps below to improve readiness.
Step 1 Watch the full video below for a live walk-through of the many monitoring features that will be available as soon as the New Central toggle is switched on.
Step 2 Review the contents of the New Central Online Help page.
Step 3 Check back on this page often for new guidance on how to make the most of new Central.