Managing Licenses

As part of the shift to an Edge-to-Cloud Platform-as-a-Service organization, Aruba has introduced the Aruba Central Foundation and Advanced Licenses (Aruba Central Licenses). This is a uniform software subscription licensing model that will be extended to all products under the Aruba Central-managed portfolio. The new 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10-year fixed-term licenses offer you the flexibility to choose services and device operations that are most meaningful to the type of business that you own.

This licensing model provides different licenses for APs, switches, and controllers.

All the Aruba Central (on-premises) features are available in the Foundation Licenses and have different monitoring and configuration options depending on the licensing tier.

This licensing model provides the following types of licenses depending on the devices:

• Switches:
  • Foundation—This license provides all the features included in the legacy Device Management tokens.

    Mobility Access Switch (MAS) license will get converted to Switch Foundation 61xx/25xx license and continue to work.

• Access Points (APs):
  • Foundation—This license provides all the features included in the legacy Device Management tokens and some additional features that were available as value-added services for APs and switches in the earlier licensing model.
  • Advanced—This license provides all the features included in the Foundation License and in the future releases will provide support for additional features.

• Controllers:
  • Foundation WLANWireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection. Gateway—This license provides all features required for Controller functionality in all deployment types.

Changes to the Legacy Licensing Model

For existing Aruba Central customers, please note that the previous Device Management and Service Token model is changed to the new licensing model, which provides a uniform licensing structure for all types of devices such as APs, switches, and controllers.

The following list provides information about important aspects of the legacy licensing model:

• Device Management Token—This is a mandatory token which allows you to manage and monitor your APs and switches from Aruba Central.
• Service Token—This token allows you to enable value-added services for APs managed from Aruba Central.

The new Aruba Central Licenses simplify the existing subscription-based licensing model. With the introduction of this licensing model, the existing Device Management tokens for APs and switches are no longer available. Similarly, the Service tokens for value-added services on the APs are unavailable. Instead, APs and switches have adopted the current Foundation license model.

Supported Devices

The Aruba Central (on-premises) Licenses are supported for APs, switches, and controllers. For more information on the individual device models supported, refer to the next sections. The pricing structure for Foundation and Advanced Licenses for the hardware devices may differ based on the types of models.

APs and IAPs

All AP and IAP models that are currently being shipped are supported. See Supported APs.

Switches

Aruba Central (on-premises) supports AOS-Switch and AOS-CX switches.

AOS-Switches

The following AOS-Switches are supported:

• Aruba 2540 Switch Series
• Aruba 2920 Switch Series
• Aruba 2930F Switch Series
• Aruba 2930M Switch Series
• Aruba 3810 Switch Series
• Aruba 5400R Switch Series

For more information, see Supported AOS-Switch Platforms.

AOS-CX Switches

The following AOS-CX switches are supported:

• AOS-CX 6200 Switch Series
• AOS-CX 6300 Switch Series
• AOS-CX 6400 Switch Series
• AOS-CX 8320 Switch Series
• AOS-CX 8325 Switch Series
• AOS-CX 8360 Switch Series
• AOS-CX 8400 Switch Series

For more information, see Supported AOS-CX Platforms.

Controllers

Aruba Central (on-premises) supports controllers based on the license type.

For more information, see Supported Controllers.

WLAN Gateway Foundation License

The WLAN Gateway Foundation can be assigned to the following controllers:

• Aruba 70xx Series
• Aruba 72xx Series

This license does not have a capacity limit for client devices.

For more information about the Auto-Assign Licenses option, see Enabling the Auto-Assign Licenses Option.

For an Aruba Central evaluation account, four licenses of each base SKUStock Keeping Unit. SKU refers to the product and service identification code for the products in the inventory. are assigned to the account. These evaluation licenses are valid for 90 days.

You can track licenses on the Key Management page or the License Assignment page available from the Account Home page.