Aruba

    Aruba Central: cloud-managed campus and branch the right way

    TechLeague Editorial··7 min read

    Aruba Central moves campus and branch from box-by-box to cloud-managed. The trick is the group/template structure on day one.

    Groups

    • Per-site groups inherit from a global template.
    • Variables for unique values.

    Templates

    • UI templates for simple sites; CLI templates for complex.
    • Version every template.

    AI Insights

    • RF, wired and WAN insights surface issues before tickets.

    Security

    • Role-based access, MFA, audit logs.
    • Federated identity to corporate IdP.

    Resilience

    • Choose region with data residency in mind.
    • Devices keep policy if Central is unreachable.

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