Creating a Group Persona with ArubaOS8 Architecture

To manage device configuration using configuration containers in Aruba Central, you can create a group and assign devices. During the group creation, you can assign a device persona and select an architecture for the group.

Adding a Group

To add a group and assign a persona and ArubaOS 8 architecture, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, set the filter to Global.
2. Under Maintain, click Organization.

   By default, the Network Structure tab is displayed.

3. Click the Groups tile.

   The Groups page is displayed.

4. Click (+) Add Group on the Groups table.

   The Add Group page is displayed.

5. Enter a name for the group.

   The group name can be a maximum of 32 single byte ASCIIAmerican Standard Code for Information Interchange. An ASCII code is a numerical representation of a character or an action. characters if you use the UI to create the names. However, if you are using an NB APIApplication Programming Interface. Refers to a set of functions, procedures, protocols, and tools that enable users to build application software., the character limit increases to 128. A group name supports all special characters excluding the “>” character. System-defined group names such as “default”, “unprovisioned”, and “global” are not allowed in group names.

   By default, Aruba Central enables the UI-based configuration. The template-based configuration is displayed only when you select devices in the Add group page. Use the toggle button to enable the Configure using templates.

6. Select device types that will be part of this group. A group can contain following devices:
   • Access points
   • Controllers
   • Switches

   For detailed device combinations, refer to the Device Combinations table.

7. Click Next.

   By default the ArubaOS 8 architecture is applied for access points and controllers.

8. Select the check box for Make these the preferred group settings optionally to save the architecture and persona settings of the current group for subsequent group creations.
9. Click Add.

   A group with persona configuration is created.

Device Combinations

The following table lists the valid combinations for a group persona with ArubaOS 8 architecture.

Table 1: Device Combinations for a Group Persona

Device Type	Architecture	AP Network Role	Controller Network Role	Switches	Monitoring Only
APs	ArubaOS 8	Campus/Branch	N/A	N/A	N/A
Controllers	ArubaOS 8	N/A	Branch	N/A	N/A
Switches	No architecture	N/A	N/A	AOS-CX only AOS-S only Both AOS-CX and AOS-S	Monitoring only for AOS-S (not applicable for AOS-CX only switch types)
APs Controllers	ArubaOS 8	Campus/Branch	Branch	N/A	N/A
APs Switches	ArubaOS 8	Campus/Branch	N/A	AOS-CX only AOS-S only Both AOS-CX and AOS-S	Monitoring only for AOS-S (not applicable for AOS-CX only switch types)
APs Controllers Switch	ArubaOS 8	Campus/Branch	Branch	AOS-CX only AOS-S only Both AOS-CX and AOS-S	Monitoring only for AOS-S (not applicable for AOS-CX only switch types)

Editing a Group

You can edit a group to add a new device type to the group. The group architecture and persona cannot be changed through group edit. You can mark the settings of an edited group as preferred settings for subsequent group creations.

To edit a group, complete the following steps:

1. From the Network Operations app, filter All Groups.
2. Under Maintain, click Organization.

   By default, the Network Structure tab is displayed.

3. Click the Groups tile.

   The Groups page is displayed.

4. To edit an existing group, hover over the group in the groups table and click the Edit Group icon.

   The Edit Group page is displayed.

5. Add a new device type and its persona.
6. For valid edit operations, refer to the Editing a Group table.
7. Select check box for Make these the preferred group settings optionally to save the architecture and persona settings of the current group for subsequent group creations.
8. Click Save.

   The group edit changes are saved.

The following table lists the behavior for various edit operations:

Table 2: Editing a Group

Original State		Action	Edit Group Behaviour
Architecture	Devices and Persona
ArubaOS 8	AP - Campus/Branch No Controllers	Add Controller Add Switches	Allowed Controller persona - Branch Switch types: AOS-CX only or AOS-S only or Both AOS-CX and AOS-S
ArubaOS 8	No AP Controllers - Branch	Add AP Add Switches	Allowed AP persona - Campus/Branch Switch types: AOS-CX only or AOS-S only or Both AOS-CX and AOS-S
No architecture	No Access Points No Controllers Switches - AOS-CX only or AOS-S only or Both AOS-CX and AOS-S	Add AP Add Controllers	Allowed AP persona - Campus/Branch Controllers persona - Branch