Hi,
I have bought some Aruba Central device licenses for my switches and want to add a switch stack to Aruba Central in UI mode. I was a little bit disappointed to see this on the guide:
https://help.central.arubanetworks.com/latest/documentation/online_help/content/switches/cfg/conf_switch_ui_groups.htm
"Aruba Central does not support pre-configured switches in a UI group. If you want to move a switch from a template group to a UI group, you must clear the switch configuration, delete the device from Aruba Central, and then provision the switch as a new device in a UI group."
Seems a bit crazy that this isn't supported yet like it is in template mode, is there a plan to allow this soon?
So, I figure that I add the three switches to Aruba Central, build the configuration exactly and then factory-reset the switches (making sure of local dhcp and internet access so they can speak to central to get their config)
The switches have device licensed and assigned to the group and I can see the MAC address under Groups/Devices/Switches/Switches/, but I fail at the first hurdle and can't configure a stack group. Under Group/Devices/Switches/Stacks, I click the + button but am unable to choose a commander switch. How can I pre-build the stack? If I can't prebuild the stack when the switches are in this mode, I can't complete any of the remaining configuration such as the interface port to vlan assignment
I haven't enabled aruba-central on the switch yet as I don't want it to sync, my understanding is that I can prepare all the device config on Aruba Central before the switch deployed - am I incorrect, or doing something wrong? I've attached some screenshots of the places in Central.
Thanks!