Monitoring-Only Mode for AOS-S Switches

Aruba Central allows you to add AOS-S switches to UI groups in the monitoring-only mode, for monitoring, reporting, and troubleshooting. For switches that are added in this mode, you cannot make configuration changes using the UI group in which they are added. You can monitor these switches from the monitoring pages in Aruba Central. For more information on monitoring switches, see Monitoring Switches and Switch Stacks.

The recommended software version to configure AOS-S switches in this mode is 16.10.0010.

For switches that are added in this mode:

  • At the group level, the configuration icon is replaced by a note, which clarifies that this group is a monitoring-only group.
  • At the device level, the Manage > Device option will not be available.

To add AOS-S switches to a monitoring-only group, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Organization > Groups page, create a UI group.

    In the Add Group page, select the Monitoring only for AOS-S check box.

    You can add both AOS-S and AOS-CX switches in the same monitoring-only UI group. To add AOS-S switches in the monitoring-only group, select the Monitoring only for AOS-S check box.

  2. Add the AOS-S switches to the UI group.

For more information about creating UI groups and assigning switches to UI groups, see Managing Groups.

Verifying the Monitoring-Only Mode of AOS-S Switches

To verify whether the switches are added in the monitoring-only mode, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Aruba Central app, select one of the following options:
    • To select a switch group in the filter, set the filter to a group containing at least one switch.

      The dashboard context for the group is displayed.

    • To select a switch in the filter, set the filter to Global or a group containing at least one switch.
  2. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.

    A list of switches is displayed in the List view.

    The Config Status column in the Switches table displays Monitoring only for the switches that are added in the monitoring-only mode.