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Onboarding AOS-CX VSF Stack to Aruba Central

To onboard an AOS-CX VSF stack to Aruba Central, complete the following steps:

  1. Setup the switch stack using the Aruba CX mobile application or the CLI.

    This step must be performed outside Aruba Central.

    For information , see ArubaOS-CX VSF Best Practices. Although this document is created for Aruba CX 6300 switches, it is also applicable to Aruba 6200 switches.

  2. Add and subscribe the conductor and standby members in the AOS-CX stack to Aruba Central. The other members are optional to be added to Aruba Central.

    For information on adding and subscribing devices, see Onboarding Devices

  3. Create a template group for the AOS-CX VSF stack in Aruba Central. See Provisioning Devices Using Configuration Templates.
  4. Assign the stack members to the template group from any of the following pages:
    • Device Inventory page in Account Home under Global Settings.
    • Groups page under MaintainOrganization in the Network Operations app.
  5. Create a configuration template in the template group for the AOS-CX VSF stack.

Copy the details of the show running config command of the AOS-CX VSF stack from the conductor and paste it in the template.

Ensure to update the password in plaintext.

See Using Configuration Templates for AOS-CX Switch Management.