New Central is a powerful cloud-managed networking solution that unifies the management of wired and wireless LANs, WANs, and VPNs. As the management and orchestration console built on a cloud-native, microservices architecture, New Central provides a single point of control and visibility across campus, branch, remote, and data center locations.

New Central maximizes productivity and streamlines operations with a modern, intuitive user experience that is AI-powered and operator-centric. It is designed with a deep understanding of network operator needs and goals.

Experience the Future Today

Watch video: Exploring New Central

Seamless Transition

New Central Public Preview co-exists with Classic Central. Effortlessly switch between the classic and new interfaces to experience the view that best fits your workflow. Public Preview includes enhanced Monitoring, Reporting, and Troubleshooting (MRT) capabilities only.

  • Switching to New Central is non-impacting to network and configuration.

  • All configuration continue to be managed by Classic Central.

  • You can always navigate back and forth between the Classic Central and New Central experiences.

  • No new licenses are required for features available in New Central Public Preview.

  • Product support process for New Central and Classic Central remains unchanged.

What to Expect in Public Preview

Public Preview is available to standard enterprise mode customers on production clusters on a rolling basis. Public Preview includes enhanced MRT and extensions capabilities.

In parallel with Public Preview, there is Select Availability of New Central configuration features. Select Availability is limited to customers who are allowlisted based on certain HPE Aruba Networking criteria. If you are interested in Select Availability, contact your local Aruba representative for more information.

 

Public Preview Features

  • Monitoring

    • Device and client views and trends

    • Floorplan and topology views

    • Client profiling and classification

    • Application analytics

    • Composite health metrics

    • Audit logs

  • Reporting

    • Customizable alerts

    • Insights and Recommenders

    • Customizable reports

  • Troubleshooting

    • Natural language-based search

    • Troubleshooting toolsets

  • Extensions

    • Virtualization: vSphere

    • UEM: Intune and Workspace ONE

    • SIEM/SOAR: Splunk

  • Device Support for MRT

    • AOS 8 IAP

    • AOS 10 AP

    • AOS 10 Gateway

    • AOS-S Switch

    • AOS-CX Switch

Select Availability Features

  • Configuration

    • Unified configuration (UI and API) across AP, switch, and gateway

    • Hierarchical configuration

  • Device support

    • AOS 10 AP-only configuration

  • Upcoming device support

    • AOS 10 Gateway configuration

    • AOS-CX Switch configuration

    • AOS-S Switch configuration

  

Preparing Your Network for New Central

Watch video: Preparing Sites for New Central

Site Design

Sites are mandatory in New Central. A site defines a location where a set of 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. For more information, see HPE Aruba Networking Central Design.

Site Provisioning

Existing site users can skip provisioning sites and explore the New Central interface right away. If your network does not contain any sites, take a moment to provision your sites and ensure all your devices are optimally mapped. For more information, see Managing Sites in Classic Central.