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Converting manual switch config to central

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  • 1.  Converting manual switch config to central

    Posted Nov 03, 2020 12:01 PM
    Hi,
    I have a few 2530 switches which were manually configured and are in production.
    The config mainly consists of trunks and vlans.
    How would I transition this to Aruba central without having to shut down the whole network?
    Normally I do all the config in Aruba Central before putting the switches in production.

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    G.K.
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  • 2.  RE: Converting manual switch config to central

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 04, 2020 12:27 AM
    Hi,

    Do you want to use Template or GUI mode in Central?

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    Florian Baaske
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  • 3.  RE: Converting manual switch config to central

    Posted Nov 05, 2020 09:57 AM
    GUI

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    Isaac Braca
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  • 4.  RE: Converting manual switch config to central

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 05, 2020 03:02 PM
    With GUI it is tricky, as you need to configure everything before the switches will join the group in central. I would assume, that this will go with short downtime, but this depends on your configuration.

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    Florian Baaske
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  • 5.  RE: Converting manual switch config to central

    Posted Nov 06, 2020 03:06 PM
    OK, I'm ready to learn new tricks.
    How would I do this with a template?
    Would you have a link?

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    Isaac Braca
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  • 6.  RE: Converting manual switch config to central

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 09, 2020 10:14 AM
    Hi,

    no link, but as long as you do not have a template in the template group, the switches are simply running in some kind of monitor mode. From there you can import the config from one of your switches and adapt to work with all of your switches. 
    Doing it that way you can avoid a downtime.

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    Florian Baaske
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