Configuring Device Profile and Device Identifier on AOS-Switches

Device profile configuration allows Aruba Central to dynamically detect an Aruba AP, AOS-Switch, or other devices, which are directly connected to the switch, and apply predefined configurations to ports on which the devices are detected. The device profile configuration has default device profiles and device identifiers, which cannot be deleted. In addition to the default device profiles and device identifiers, you can create custom device profiles and device identifiers.

The following pre-configured device types under device profile are available:

To apply device profiles on other device types, you must configure the devices under device identity and associate that identity with a profile, only if the device is detectable by the LLDPLink Layer Discovery Protocol. LLDP is a vendor-neutral link layer protocol in the Internet Protocol suite used by network devices for advertising their identity, capabilities, and neighbors on an IEEE 802 local area network, which is principally a wired Ethernet. TLVType-length-value or Tag-Length-Value. TLV is an encoding format. It refers to the type of data being processed, the length of the value, and the value for the type of data being processed. 127 and 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. (VOIP) attributes.

To configure device profile, complete the following procedure:

  1. In the Network Operations app, select one of the following options:
    • To select a switch group in the filter:
      1. Set the filter to a group containing at least one switch.

        The dashboard context for the group is displayed.

      2. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.
      3. Click the AOS-S or Config icon to view the switch configuration dashboard.
    • To select a switch in the filter:
      1. Set the filter to Global or a group containing at least one switch.
      2. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.

        A list of switches is displayed in the List view.

      3. Click a switch under Device Name.

        The dashboard context for the switch is displayed.

      4. Under Manage, click Device.

        The tabs to configure the switch is displayed.

  2. Click Device Profile. The Device Profile page is displayed.
  3. Depending on whether you want to add a new device profile or identifier, complete one of the following steps:

If no device profile is mapped to a device identifier, the default device profile Default-AP-Profile is associated with the device identifier.

Adding a Device Profile

Configuration changes made on the device profiles always takes precedence over other UI configurations on the switch. For example, the 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. Priority and PoE Allocation configuration on the device profile takes precedence over the configurations on the Interface > PoE page.

Configuring profiles through device CLI removes existing configurations and sets it to the default configuration, but this may not apply in some instances.

To add a device profile, complete the following steps:

  1. In the Device Profile table, click + to add a profile. The Add Device Profile window is displayed.
  2. Configure the following parameters.

    Table 1: Device Profile Parameters

    NameDescriptionValue

    Name

    The name of the profile configured.

    A unique name for the device profile.

    This field cannot contain tilde(~), forward slash(/), and space characters.

    Class of Service (CoSClass of Service. CoS is used in data and voice protocols for classifying packets into different types of traffic (voice, video, or data) and setting a service priority. For example, voice traffic can be assigned a higher priority over email or HTTP traffic. )

    Indicates data and voice protocols for classifying packets into different types of traffic and setting a service priority.

    Supported only on AOS-Switches running firmware version 16.10.0004 or later.

    0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7

    Default is Disabled

    Tagged VLAN

    The tagged member of the 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..

    Select from the drop-down.

    You can configure multiple VLANs by selecting the check boxes in the drop-down.

    UnTagged VLAN

    The untagged member of the VLAN.

    Select from the drop-down.

    Default value is 1.

    PoE Priority

    The PoE priority for the device port.

    Low, High or Critical

    PoE Allocation

    The PoE allocation for the switch port.

    Not supported on Aruba 2920 Switch Series.

    Usage or Class

    Device Identifier Name

    The device identifiers associated with the device profile.

    Select from the drop-down.

    This field lists only the default device identifiers. To add a custom device identifier, see <>

    Jumbo

    Indicates whether jumbo packet handling is enabled for the VLAN interface.

    Toggle switch to the on or off position

  3. Click Save.

Editing a Device Profile

To edit a device profile, click the edit icon.

Deleting a Device Profile

To delete a device profile, click the delete icon. You cannot delete the default device profile or a device profile that is associated with a device identifier.

You can validate the device profiles using the show device-profile status and show vlan <id> commands.

Adding a Device Identifier

The Device Identifiers configuration allows you to configure multiple identifiers for a single device profile. Aruba-AP, Aruba-Switch, and SCS-WAN-CPE are the default device identifiers under device profile. The device identifier allows you to identify devices based on CDP and LLDP (TLV type 127, TLV type 6, and TLV type 5) information.

Device identifiers are supported on AOS-Switches running firmware version 16.10.0004 or later.

  1. In the Device Identifier table, click + to add a identifier. The Add Device Identifier window is displayed.
  2. Configure the parameters in the following table.

    Table 2: Device Identifiers Parameters

    NameDescriptionValue

    Name

    The name of the identifier configured.

    A unique name for the device identifier.

    This parameter cannot contain tilde(~), forward slash(/), and space characters.

    Status

    Status of the device identifier is enabled or disabled.

    Toggle switch to the on or off position.

    Type

    Type of device identity.

    CDP or LLDP

    VOIP VLAN query

    The VOIP VLAN query name.

    Applicable only when you select CDP in the Type parameter.

    Not supported on the Aruba 2920 Switch Series.

    Alphanumeric characters

    MACMedia Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network. OUIOrganizationally Unique Identifier. Synonymous with company ID or vendor ID, an OUI is a 24-bit, globally unique assigned number, referenced by various standards. The first half of a MAC address is OUI.

    OUI part in the MAC address.

    Applicable only when you select LLDP in the Type parameter.

    Hexadecimal value in the range 000001 and FFFFFF.

    Enter subtype

    Subtype associated with LLDP.

    Applicable only when you select LLDP in the Type parameter.

    Integer value between 0 and 255.

  3. Click Save.

Editing a Device Identifier

To edit a device identifier, click the edit icon. You can only edit the status of the default device identifiers.

Deleting a Device Identifier

To delete a device identifier, click the delete icon. You cannot delete the default device identifiers.