The Switch Dashboard

Displays details about a specific switch, including device information, network summary, and port and hardware status. It also displays uplink and usage details. Use the time range filter to change the time period for the displayed information.

See Viewing the Overview > Summary Tab.

Displays switch hardware details, including status of power supplies and fans, CPUCentral Processing Unit. A CPU is an electronic circuitry in a computer for processing instructions. and memory utilization, and device temperature.

See Viewing the Overview > Hardware Tab.

Displays routing information for the switch, such as, type of route, number of static and connected routes, and distance of the route.

See Viewing the Overview > Routing Tab.

The Routing tab is displayed only for Aruba Switch series.

Displays details about the wired clients that are connected to the switch.

See Viewing the Clients > Clients Tab.

Displays details about the devices neighboring the switch.

See Viewing the Clients > Neighbours Tab.

Displays details about ports and the LAGs configured in the switch.

See Viewing the LAN > Ports Tab.

Displays details about PoEPower over Ethernet. PoE is a technology for wired Ethernet LANs to carry electric power required for the device in the data cables. The IEEE 802.3af PoE standard provides up to 15.4 W of power on each port. status, PoE ports, and the power consumption from these ports.

See Viewing the LAN > PoE Tab.

Displays VLANVirtual 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. information configured on the switch and details about tagged and untagged ports.

See Viewing the LAN > VLAN Tab.

Displays VSX configuration details between Aruba CX switches and the status of the inter-switch link (ISL).

See Viewing the VSX Page.

The VSX tab is displayed only for Aruba CX switch series.

Enables switch configuration in the Config view. See Configuring Aruba Switches.

Configuration using UI groups contains the following second-level tabs:

Switches—Configure and view general switch properties, such as, hostname, IP address, and netmask. See Configuring or Viewing the Switch Properties.

Stacks—Create stacks, add members, or view stacking details, such as, stack type, stack id, and topology. See Onboarding commander and members to Aruba Central.

Interface:

Ports—Assign or view port properties, such as, PoE, access policies, and trunk groups. See Configuring Switch Ports on Aruba Switches.

PoE—Configure or view PoE settings for each port. See Configuring PoE Settings on Aruba Switch Ports.

Trunk Groups—Configure or view trunk groups and their associated properties, such as, members of the trunk group, and type of trunk group. See Configuring Trunk Groups on Aruba Switches in UI Groups.

VLANs—Configure or view VLAN details and the associated ports and access policies. See Configuring VLANs on Aruba Switches.

Spanning Tree—Configure or view spanning tree protocol and its associated properties. See Enabling Spanning Tree Protocol on Aruba Switches in UI Groups.

Loop Protection—Configure or view loop protection and its associated properties. See Configuring Loop Protection on Aruba Switch Ports.

Security:

Access Policies—Add or view access policies. See Configuring Access Policies on Aruba Switches.

DHCP Snooping—Configure or view DHCPDynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A network protocol that enables a server to automatically assign an IP address to an IP-enabled device from a defined range of numbers configured for a given network.  snooping, authorized DHCP servers IP addresses, and their associated properties. See Configuring DHCP Snooping.

Port Rate Limit—View or specify bandwidth to be used for inbound or outbound traffic for each port. See Configuring Port Rate Limit on Aruba Switches in UI Groups.

RADIUS—Configure RADIUSRemote Authentication Dial-In User Service. An Industry-standard network access protocol for remote authentication. It allows authentication, authorization, and accounting of remote users who want to access network resources.  (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) server settings on Aruba Switches. See Editing a RADIUS Server Settings.

Tunneled Node Server—Configure tunneled nodes on switches. See Configuring Switches in UI Groups.

Authentication—Configure and enable 802.1X802.1X is an IEEE standard for port-based network access control designed to enhance 802.11 WLAN security. 802.1X provides an authentication framework that allows a user to be authenticated by a central authority. and MACMedia Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network. authentication on switches. See 802.1X Authentication.

System:

Access/DNS—Configure or view the administrator and operator logins. See Configuring System Parameters for a Switch.

Time—Configure time synchronization in switches. See Predefined DST Rules.

SNMP—Add or view SNMPSimple 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.  community and its trap destination. See Configuring SNMP on Aruba Switches.

CDP—Configure CDPCisco Discovery Protocol. CDP is a proprietary Data Link Layer protocol developed by Cisco Systems. CDP runs on Cisco devices and enables networking applications to learn about the neighboring devices directly connected to the network. and its associated properties. See Configuring CDP.

IP Settings:

Routing—Configure or view a specific routing path to a gateway. See Configuring Routing on Aruba Switches.

DHCP Pools—Add or view a DHCP pool and its associated properties. See Configuring DHCP Pools on Aruba Switches.

IGMP—Configure IGMPInternet Group Management Protocol. Communications protocol used by hosts and adjacent routers on IP networks to establish multicast group memberships. and its associated properties. See Configuring IGMP on Aruba Switches.

QoS—Configure QoSQuality of Service. It refers to the capability of a network to provide better service and performance to a specific network traffic over various technologies. traffic policies on switches to classify and prioritize traffic throughout a network. See Creating a QoS Traffic Policy.

Device Profile—Configure device profile on switches to dynamically detect devices based on certain parameters. See Configuring Switches in UI Groups.

Configuration Audit—View configuration sync errors and overrides. See Verifying Device Configuration Status.

See Creating a Template Group.

Configuration using template groups contains the following second-level tabs:

Templates—Configure switch using template groups. See Provisioning Devices Using Configuration Templates.

Variables—Modify, download, or upload variables associated with devices that you can use in template configuration. see doc title Help Center.

Configuration Audit—View configuration sync errors and overrides. See Verifying Device Configuration Status.

Configuration of switch stacks using template groups contains the following second-level tabs:

Templates—Configure switch stack using template groups. See Aruba Switch Stack.

Variables—Modify, download, or upload variables associated with devices that you can use in template configuration. see doc title Help Center.

Configuration Audit—View configuration sync errors and overrides. See Verifying Device Configuration Status.

The Alerts & Events tab displays all types of alerts and events generated for events pertaining to device provisioning, configuration, and user management. See Alerts & Events.

You can also configure and enable certain categories of switch alerts.

See Configuring Alerts.

Displays the details of logs generated for all device management, configuration, and user management events triggered in Aruba Central.

See Viewing Audit Trail.

The Network Check tab allows administrators and users with troubleshooting permission to diagnose issues related to wired network connections.

See Troubleshooting Switch Connectivity Issues.

The Device Check tab allows network administrators and users with troubleshooting permission to identify, diagnose, and debug issues on Aruba Switch and Aruba CX switches using predefined tests.

See Troubleshooting Device Issues.

The Commands tab allows network administrators and user with troubleshooting permission to identify, diagnose, and debug issues on Aruba Switch and Aruba CX switches at an advanced level using commands.

See Troubleshooting Switches.

The Reports tab allows you to create, manage, and view various reports. You can create recurrent reports, generate reports on demand, or schedule reports to run at a later time.

See Reports .