Managing Labels

Labels are tags attached to a device provisioned in the network. Labels determine the ownership, departments, and functions of the devices. You can use labels for creating a logical set of devices and use these labels as filters when monitoring devices and generating reports.

Table 1: Labels

Name	Contents of the Table
Labels	Displays a list of labels configured. The table provides the following information: Name of the label Number of devices assigned to a label The table also includes the following sorting options to reset the table view on the right: All Devices—Displays all the devices provisioned in Aruba Central. Unassigned—Displays the list of devices that are not assigned to any label.
Devices	Displays a list of devices provisioned. The table provides the following information about the devices: Name—Name of the device Group—Group to which the device is assigned Type—Type of the device Labels—Number of labels assigned to a device

Device Classification

The devices can also be classified using Groups and Sites.

The group classification can be used for role-based access to a device, while labels can be used for tagging a device to a location or a specific area at a physical site. However, if a device is already assigned to a group and has a label associated with it, it is classified based on both groups and labels.

The site classification is used for logically grouping devices deployed at a given physical location. You can also convert labels to sites.

Creating a Label

To create a label, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, set the filter to Global.

2. Under Maintain, click Organization.

3. Click the Sites and Labels tab.

4. Set the toggle switch to Labels.

5. To add a new label, click (+) Add Label. The Create New Label pop-up window opens.

6. Enter a name for the label. The label name can be a maximum of 255 single byte characters. Special characters are allowed.

7. Click Add. The new label is added to the All Labels table.

Assigning a Device to a Label

To assign a device to a label, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, set the filter to Global.

2. Under Maintain, click Organization.

3. Click the Sites and Labels tab.

4. Set the toggle switch to Labels.

5. Locate the label to which you want to assign a device.

6. In the table that lists the labels, you can perform one of the following actions:

Click All Devices to view all devices.

Click Unassigned to view all the devices that are not assigned to any labels.

7. Select Unassigned. The list of devices that are not assigned to any label is displayed.

8. Select device(s) from the list of devices.

9. Drag and drop the selected device(s) to a specific label. A pop-up window asking you to confirm the label assignment opens.

10. Click Yes.

Aruba Central (on-premises) allows you to assign up to five label tags per device.

Detaching a Device from a Label

To remove a label assigned to a device, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, set the filter to Global.

2. Under Maintain, click Organization.

3. Click the Sites and Labels tab.

4. Set the toggle switch to Labels.

5. Select the device from the table on the right.

6. Click the delete icon.

7. To detach labels from the multiple devices at once, select the devices, and click Batch Remove Labels.

8. Confirm deletion.

Editing a label

To edit a label, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, set the filter to Global.

2. Under Maintain, click Organization.

3. Click the Sites and Labels tab.

4. Set the toggle switch to Labels.

5. Select the label to edit.

6. Click the edit icon.

7. Edit the label and click Update.

Deleting a label

To delete a label, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, set the filter to Global.

2. Under Maintain, click Organization.

3. Click the Sites and Labels tab.

4. Set the toggle switch to Labels.

5. Select the label to delete.

6. Click the delete icon.

7. Confirm deletion.