Configuring Switch Stacks using Template Groups

The switch stacks are provisioned under template groups in Aruba Central. The template groups allow you to configure and modify the settings of a switch stack using configuration templates.

When uploading a configuring template, ensure that the variables are uploaded for all the members of the stack. The template is applied with the variables of the member that is elected as the commander.

To create a configuration template for switch stack, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, set the filter to a template group.

The dashboard context for the group is displayed.

2. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.

3. Click the Config icon.

The tabs to configure switches using templates is displayed.

4. Click + to create a template for the Aruba switch stack.

5. Specify a name for the template.

6. Select Aruba Switch from the Device drop-down.

7. Select the Aruba Switch model in the Model drop-down.

8. Select the Aruba Switch software version in the Version drop-down.

9. Enter the template text in the Template box.

All switch templates must include a password command to set a password for the device. The switch template cannot be saved without adding a password command. If the configuration that is pushed from Aruba Central to the device does not contain a password command, the configuration push is aborted for the device and a log is added to the audit trail. For example, if you add the password command in a condition block and the condition evaluates to false, the configuration that is pushed will not contain the password command.

10. Click Save.

Aruba Central does not support the use of part number (J-number) in place of Switch model number in configuration templates for the Aruba switch stack.

The following pre-defined variables are refreshed and re-imported from a switch stack when a new stack member is added or removed, or when a failover occurs.

_sys_template_header

_sys_module_command

_sys_stack_command

_sys_oobm_command

_sys_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._1_untag_command

_sys_vlan_1_tag_command

For information about deploying VSF stacks of ArubaOS Switches using Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTPZero Touch Provisioning. ZTP is a device provisioning mechanism that allows automatic and quick provisioning of devices with a minimal or at times no manual intervention.) in Aruba Central, see the VSF Stacking Guide.

For information about switch stacks using UI groups, see Onboarding commander and members to Aruba Central.