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HPE Aruba Networking Central Licenses
As part of the shift to an Edge Edge is a device persona that connects endpoints to the fabric.-to-Cloud Platform-as-a-Service organization, HPE Aruba Networking has introduced the subscription licenses — HPE Aruba Networking Central Foundation and Advanced (HPE Aruba Networking Central Licenses) on a per-device basis. This is a uniform software subscription licensing model that will be extended to all products under the HPE Aruba Networking Central-managed portfolio. The new 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10-year fixed-term licenses offer you the flexibility to choose services and device operations that are most meaningful to the type of business that you own.
The Device Management and Service Token licensing model is not relevant as of Nov 2021. The previous licensing model is changed to the new licensing model, which provides a uniform licensing structure for all types of devices such as APs, switches, and gateways.
For more information about the features supported, see HPE Aruba Networking Central Licenses Feature Details and HPE Aruba Networking Central Data Sheet.
Managing subscriptions will be available in the HPE GreenLake portal. For more information, see Manage section in the HPE GreenLake User Guide.
In addition, flexible consumption options and payment models are available with the as-a-Service (aaS) SKUs for access points, switches, and gateways. The flexible consumption options include delayed activation for up to 90 days, license co-termination, mid-cycle tier upgrade, and seamless license renewal.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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License Types for Devices - The HPE Aruba Networking Central licensing model provides different licenses for APs, switches, and gateways.
The licenses for APs, switches, and gateways cannot be used interchangeably. For example, you cannot use an AP Foundation License on a gateway. Similarly, if you have an HPE Aruba Networking 25xx Switch but the license available is for an HPE Aruba Networking 29xx Switch, the HPE Aruba Networking 29xx Switch license cannot be applied to the HPE Aruba Networking 25xx Switch.
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Supported Devices - The HPE Aruba Networking Central Licenses support APs, switches, and gateways depending on the device model.
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Supported Features - The features that are available in both the Foundation and Advanced Licenses have different AI Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. AI reduces trouble tickets by identifying the network entity that is facing problems through event correlation and root cause analysis., API Application Programming Interface. Refers to a set of functions, procedures, protocols, and tools that enable users to build application software., monitoring, configuration, troubleshooting, security, service, and SD-Branch options depending on the licensing tier.
