What's New in Aruba Central (on-premises) 2.5.4.8

New Feature

The following section provides an overview of the new feature that is added to Aruba Central (on-premises) in this release.

A new login banner displaying the following information is added to the Aruba Central (on-premises) application's home page:

Aruba Central (on-premises) is migrating to HPE GreenLake platform with the upcoming 2.5.5 release. Authentication using SSO Single Sign-On. SSO is an access-control property that allows the users to log in once to access multiple related, but independent applications or systems to which they have privileges. The process authenticates the user across all allowed resources during their session, eliminating additional login prompts. must be manually reconfigured post upgrade on both IDP and Central on-premises. For detailed changes and call to action, refer product notifications Aruba Support Portal or contact Aruba support.

What's New in Aruba Central (on-premises) 2.5.4.5

New Feature

The following section provides an overview of the new feature that is added to Aruba Central (on-premises) in this release.

Enhancement

The following section provides an overview of the enhancement introduced in Aruba Central (on-premises) in this release.

What's New in Aruba Central (on-premises) 2.5.4.3

New Features

The following sections provide an overview of the new features that are added to Aruba Central in this release.

What's New in Aruba Central (on-premises) 2.5.4.2

New Features

The following sections provide an overview of the new features that are added to Aruba Central in this release.

What's New in Aruba Central (on-premises) 2.5.4.0

Important Notes

It is recommended to upgrade all the Aruba Central (on-premises) nodes to 512 GB for optimum performance and using the 256 GB RAM Random Access Memory. might result in degraded performance. Note that the 256 GB RAM will not be supported in upcoming releases.

New Features

The following sections provide an overview of the new features that are added to Aruba Central in this release.

Enhancements

The following sections provide an overview of the enhancements introduced in Aruba Central in this release.

Configuration

The following UI and template configuration enhancements are introduced in this release.

RRM Quiet IE in SSID

Mesh Support for Multiple Radios

Fast Roaming with Mesh

EST support for Radsec and AP1x

DHCP Relay Support

Campus AP or Remote AP Replacement

• You can now replace a Campus AP or a Remote AP with different models on the AP Summary page.
• After the device replacement, the new AP replaces the old AP's VisualRF floor plan if the old AP was associated with a VisualRF floor plan.

For more information, see Replacing an Access Point.

AOS-CX – SNMP Enable

Aruba Central allows you to enable or disable the SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol. SNMP is a TCP/IP standard protocol for managing devices on IP networks. Devices that typically support SNMP include routers, switches, servers, workstations, printers, modem racks, and more. It is used mostly in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention.  service at the global level on AOS-CX switches. You can also select the VRF VisualRF. VRF is an AirWave Management Platform (AMP) module that provides a real-time, network-wide views of your entire Radio Frequency environment along with floor plan editing capabilities. VRF also includes overlays on client health to help diagnose issues related to clients, floor plan, or a specific location. on which you want to configure SNMP on the switch.

For more information, see Configuring SNMP on AOS-CX.

AOS-CX – Concurrent Authentication

Concurrent authentication is added in the Ports table under the Authentication parameter.

For more information, see Configuring Authentication on AOS-CX.

AOS-CX – Port Filter

On the Interfaces > Ports & Link Aggregations page, in the device view, all access ports are shown by default. The port filter provides options to select All Uplink Ports or All Access Ports. You can also search for a port using the port name.

For more information, see Configuring Ports and LAGs on AOS-CX.

AOS-Switch – Multiple DNS Server Support

Aruba Central allows you to configure two static IPv4 addresses for the DNS Domain Name System. A DNS server functions as a phone book for the intranet and Internet users. It converts human-readable computer host names into IP addresses and IP addresses into host names. It stores several records for a domain name such as an address 'A' record, name server (NS), and mail exchanger (MX) records. The Address 'A' record is the most important record that is stored in a DNS server, because it provides the required IP address for a network peripheral or element. servers for AOS-Switches.

For more information, see Configuring a Name Server.

IAP Local Probe Request Threshold and Min RSSI for Auth Request

To improve the performance of the indoor Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to a WLAN network, mainly using the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands. Wi-Fi can apply to products that use any 802.11 standard. clients, this release supports configuring a WLAN SSID with Local Probe Request Threshold and Min RSSI for auth request advanced settings. Based on your selection, the local probe request threshold value and the Min RSSI for auth request changes to the recommended value automatically from the AI insight.

For more information, see Configuring Wireless Network Profiles on IAPs.

IAP Beacon Rate in SSID Profile

The Beacon Rate for 2.4 GHz band and 5 GHz band under Advanced Settings in the SSID configuration page is modified. You can only set the maximum transmission rate from the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz drop-down list.

For more information, see Configuring Wireless Network Profiles on IAPs

IAP Add Named VLAN

Aruba Central supports adding multiple VLAN Virtual Local Area Network. In computer networking, a single Layer 2 network may be partitioned to create multiple distinct broadcast domains, which are mutually isolated so that packets can only pass between them through one or more routers; such a domain is referred to as a Virtual Local Area Network, Virtual LAN, or VLAN. IDs and VLAN range in the Add Named VLAN window in the SSID configuration page.

For more information, see Configuring Wireless Network Profiles on IAPs

Confirmation Message for Deleting a Site

The delete site action now displays a confirmation message. Deleting a site disassociates all devices that are associated with it. The disassociated devices are moved to the unassigned devices list.

For more information, see the Deleting a Site section in the Managing Sites page.

UCC Configuration

In the UCC Unified Communications and Collaboration. UCC is a term used to describe the integration of various communications methods with collaboration tools such as virtual whiteboards, real-time audio and video conferencing, and enhanced call control capabilities. configuration page, the Facetime protocol row and Server column are removed from the table. Additional system default carriers are added to the DNS Pattern list of Wi-Fi Calling protocol.

For more information, see Configuring UCC.

Monitoring

The following monitoring enhancements are introduced in this release.

LLDP Details support on Campus AP

The LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol. LLDP is a vendor-neutral link layer protocol in the Internet Protocol suite used by network devices for advertising their identity, capabilities, and neighbors on an IEEE 802 local area network, which is principally a wired Ethernet. Neighbor and LLDP Port details on the AP List page and the LLDP Details on the AP Summary page are now supported on Campus APs Campus APs are used in private networks where APs connect over private links (LAN, WLAN, WAN or MPLS) and terminate directly on controllers. Campus APs are deployed as part of the indoor campus solution in enterprise office buildings, warehouses, hospitals, universities, and so on. as well.

For more information, see Network and Access Points Table.

Location and Contact Details on AP Summary Page

The AP Summary page for an AP with firmware version, ArubaOS 8.9.0.0 or later displays the following:

• Physical location of an AP in the Location field.
• Contact of an AP in the Contact field.

For more information, see Device.

Reboot a Campus Access Point or Remote Access Point

The reboot action support is introduced for Campus Access Points and Remote Access Points in the Details page and List view.

For more information, see Rebooting an AP in the Details Page and Rebooting an AP in the List View

Radio Frequency for Campus Access Points and Remote Access Points

The following features are added for monitoring the Campus APs and Remote APs Remote APs extend corporate network to the users working from home or at temporary work sites. Remote APs are deplyed at branch office sites and are connected to the central network on a WAN link.:

• The Frames - 802.11 802.11 is an evolving family of specifications for wireless LANs developed by a working group of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). 802.11 standards use the Ethernet protocol and Carrier Sense Multiple Access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) for path sharing. graph in the RF tab for an AP has Issues & Transmitted Frames filter to view the trend of transmitted frames along with retries, errors and drops in frames per second and Issue % for percentage of retries, errors, and drops.

• The Radio Errors graph has the Physical Errors and MAC Media Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network. Errors along with Total Packets in packets per second.

For more information, see Access Point > Overview > RF.

AOS-CX VSF Stack

This release introduces the following enhancements to the Switch > LAN > Ports tab:

The switch stack faceplate now displays the following configuration and connection errors related to the AOS-CX VSF stack. You can monitor and troubleshoot these errors from the Ports tab:

• Auto-join eligibility error
• VSF link error
• Cabling error
• Incompatible switch firmware error

For more information, see Monitoring AOS-CX Switch Stacks.

Application Visibility

The following improvements are made to the Application > Visibility dashboards:

• The Application > Visibility dashboard now includes Site and Client level support. You can now view the applications traffic flow for both the site and client.

• In the Visibility > Applications tab, the Usage and Sent column are removed from the Applications table. You can use the filter option in the Applications and Category column to filter any application and category by its name. Use the sort icon to sort the list in an ascending or descending order.
• In the Summary view, the Visibility dashboard user interface is enhanced to include a pie chart along with the stacked bars. The new graphs display both the Applications and Websites usage data, along with the clients traffic flow. You can select or deselect the application/ category check box to show or hide the traffic flow data from the pie chart and stacked bar. By hovering the mouse over the pie chart and stacked bar, you can view the size of the data.

For more information, see Application Visibility.

Global Dashboard

The Connection Experience tile in the Summary view of Manage > Overview > WiFi Connectivity tab is changed to a time series graph. You can hover over the graph to see the connection success percentage for a specific time.

For more information, see Wi-Fi Connectivity.

Clients

The List view in the Clients section is enhanced with the following features:

• The filter criterion for the MAC Address column supports all delimiters when searching for a MAC address. You can search for a MAC address with any delimiter, Aruba Central automatically converts it to a semicolon and displays the corresponding results.
• The download icon is moved next to the ellipsis icon in the Clients table for quick and easy access. The download icon exports the data in the table to a CSV Comma-Separated Values. A file format that stores tabular data in the plain text format separated by commas. file.
• In the List view, you can hover over the row for a wireless client and select DISCONNECT FROM AP to disconnect the client from an AP.

For more details, see All Clients and Disconnecting a Wireless Client from an AP.

Download Client Live Events

The clients Live Events page allows you to download the list of live events to a CSV file for offline analysis.

For more information, see Client Live Events.

Download Live Events

The IAP Live Events page allows you to download the list of live events to a CSV file for offline analysis. For more information, see Live Events.

Health Bar on the Site Health Dashboard

The Health Bar in the Overview > Site Health tab displays a short description for the potential issues at the site and the devices connected.

For more information, see Site Health Dashboard and The Health Bar.

Timezone on the Site Health Dashboard

The Site Health dashboard now displays the timezone and local time of the site. For example, IST-11:25 AM Air Monitor. AM is a mode of operation supported on wireless APs. When an AP operates in the Air Monitor mode, it enhances the wireless networks by collecting statistics, monitoring traffic, detecting intrusions, enforcing security policies, balancing wireless traffic load, self-healing coverage gaps, and more. However, clients cannot connect to APs operating in the AM mode.. For more information, see Site Health Dashboard.

Timezone on the Site Health Dashboard

The clients graph in the AP Performance tab now displays the number of clients connected per radio. For more information, see Access Point > Overview > Performance.

Wired Clients in Data Path -

The AP Summary page displays the number of ports that include USB Universal Serial Bus. USB is a connection standard that offers a common interface for communication between the external devices and a computer. USB is the most common port used in the client devices. ports available in the AP and the number of wired clients connected to the AP in the data path.

For more information, see Data Path.

Topology Page

In the Topology page, the Show Device Labels is now renamed to Show Device Names.

For more information, see Monitoring Sites in the Topology Tab.

UCC Monitoring

The following improvements are made to the UCC monitoring dashboard:

• The Summary bar is removed from the UCC > List page and added as a Call Quality column in the Calls table. You can filter the data by Good, Fair, Poor, or Unkonwn calls. The and icons are added to the CDR Call Detail Record. A CDR contains the details of a telephone or VoIP call, such as the origin and destination addresses of the call, the start time and end time of the call, any toll charges that were added through the network or charges for operator services, and so on. column to indicate wireless and wired connections.
• In the UCC > Summary page, the default option to view the graph is changed to Protocol. The scatter plot graph is removed for the Health option. The per AP and per Client graphs are also removed from this page.

For more information, see Monitoring UCC in List View and Monitoring UCC in Summary View.

Floor Plan

This release introduces the following enhancements to the Floor Plan feature:

• The floor plan user interface for a site has been enhanced and now includes a Summary view and List view. The summary view in the Floor Plan dashboard now features the All Floors tile that displays all the available floors in a tile view for a selected site. You can add a new floor using the add icon and can also search for an AP or floor names using the search icon. The list view displays all the floors in a Floor table.
• The view mode of a floor is also enhanced to provide a better user experience. For a selected floor, you can now view the floor details in the Floor Details window by clicking the icon. To view any device details in the <Device> Details window, click any device in the floor plan. You can also view the settings applied to the floor plan by clicking the eye icon.
• The new Floor Plan dashboard for the site, allows you to delete or edit a floor plan directly from the summary view and the list view.

For more information, see About Floorplans.

Controller Summary

The Location and Contact details are added to the Summary tab for a controller.

For more information, see Controller > Overview > Summary.

Firmware Upgrade and Compliance

This release introduces the following enhancements to the Firmware dashboard:

• Under the Later Date radio, the Select Zone drop-down menu includes the Device Local Time option that allows you to schedule compliance and upgrade based on the local site time.

• The Set Compliance, Upgrade, and Upgrade All option includes a Install on drop-down option that allows you to select a Primary or Secondary partition to install the firmware.

• The Firmware <Device> table includes a Group column that displays the group to which the devices are associated. This information is available only in the global context.

• At the device level when you hover over the Compliance Status column, the following information is displayed: 
  • version number and compliance configured level for a set compliance
  • date, time (UTC Coordinated Universal Time. UTC is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time.), and firmware version number
  • compliance configured level for a scheduled compliance

For more information, see Upgrading Device Firmware.

Reports

The following enhancements are added to reports.

Infra Inventory Report

In the Infra Inventory report, the Device Types and Models by Site (CSV) option is added to the Groups context.

For more information, see Report Categories and Report Configuration Options.

RF Health Report

In the RF Health report, the Optional Widgets section is introduced to include the RF Details and IAP Uplink Usage details in the CSV format. The IAP Uplink Usage information is available only for Instant APs with Advanced license.

For more information, see Report Categories and Report Configuration Options.

Uptime for an Offline IAP

In the Network report, the - (hyphen) symbol in the Uptime column of APs table indicates that the corresponding IAP is in offline status.

For more information, see Report Categories.

Wired Client Support in Client and Network Reports

• The explicit details for the wired clients are available in the Client Inventory, Client Usage, Client Session, and Network reports.
  • In the Client Inventory report, the Client Count by Connection Type table displays the client count by wireless and wired connection type.

  • In the Client Usage report, you can filter the data in the Top Ten Clients by Usage widget by All, Connection Type (wireless, wired, or remote) or SSIDs. The inbound and outbound clients data usage metrics is displayed in the Client Usage widget by Connection Type (wireless, wired, or remote) and client count data metrics is displayed in the Client Count widget by Connection Type (wireless, wired, or remote).

  • In the Network report, you can filter the data in the Top Ten Clients by Usage widget by All, Connection Type (wireless, wired, or remote) or SSIDs. The Wired Clients and Peak & Average Wired Data Usage widgets are also added. The client count is displayed on the time series graph in the Wired Clients widget. The inbound and outbound peak or average data usage metrics is displayed in the Peak & Average Wired Data Usage widget.

  • In the Client Session report, the Session Data By Role and Clients By Role widgets display the details by role, connection type (wireless or wired) and SSIDs. You can filter the data in the Top Ten Clients by Usage widget by All, Connection Type (wireless or wired) or SSIDs.

For more information, see Report Categories.

Troubleshooting Tools

In the Network Operations app, use the filter to select a group, label, site, or a device and then, select Analyze > Tools to use different troubleshooting tools. The Tools menu option enables users to troubleshoot AP, gateway, and switch issues in the network through various tests available in the Network Check, Device Check, and Commands tabs. The following troubleshooting enhancements are introduced in this release.

Status Indicator in Logs Collection

In the Analyze > Tools > Logs tab, the Status column now displays a status bar when you upload logs. The status bar displays the Scheduled, In Progress, Complete, or Failed statuses as a percentage value, as the logs are uploaded. This helps customers and internal users to understand the status of the log collection.

Live Events – Wired Client Packet Capture

Aruba Central now allows read-write and admin users to launch targeted packet capture on a wired client connected to a gateway or switch. Packet capture can be done at a site level or for a selected client.

For more information, see Client Live Events.

API Gateway

The API Gateway > Usage tab is now enhanced to include to include a Current usage status bar that displays the current usage of API calls assigned for a day along with the reset time in local time zone.

For more information, see Viewing Usage Statistics.

System Administration

SCP Protocol for Data Backup

The SCP Secure Copy Protocol. SCP is a network protocol that supports file transfers between hosts on a network. option is added as a Protocol Type in the System Management > Backup and Restore tab to allow users to take data backup based on the available server.

For more information, see Backing up and Restoring Aruba Central System Data.

Aruba Central APIs

Following are the API changes and enhancements:

Clients APIs

The following enhancements are made in the APIs in the Monitoring > Clients category:

• [GET]:
  • /monitoring/v1/clients/wireless

  • /monitoring/v1/clients/wired

Topology APIs

The following enhancements are made in the APIs in the Topology category:

• [GET]:
  • /{site_id}

  • /devices/{device_serial}

For more information, see Modified API.