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Aruba Central overwriting CLI config on AOS-CX switches since 2.7 update

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  • 1.  Aruba Central overwriting CLI config on AOS-CX switches since 2.7 update

    Posted Jul 11, 2023 11:43 PM

    Hi all,

    Since Central version 2.7, no matter what I do - all config pushed to AOS-CX switches via CLI (SSH/Console) is overwritten via Central. These switches are in UI groups.

    When a new switch is brought online (and I have several hundred more to install right now), we use automated tools that push the port config to each switch. We use CLI because Central does not support some of the commands we need, including the Central API. Multi-Edit doesn't allow for range of interfaces to be configured where our tool does.

    I have tried:

    aruba-central support mode and

    no configuration-lockout central managed

    ...but Central keeps overwriting the interface config with default values.

    The only way for me to get the config to stick is to run the command:

    aruba central
        disable

    wait for the switch to go offline in Central, delete it, apply the CLI config, enable central again on the switch:

    aruba central
        enable

    then add the switch back to it's group with the "retain CX switch configuration" button.

    but I still can't make any changes from that point forward.

    Any ideas? Is this by design in 2.7 or am I doing something wrong?



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    Regards,

    Brett V
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  • 2.  RE: Aruba Central overwriting CLI config on AOS-CX switches since 2.7 update

    Posted Jul 11, 2023 11:54 PM

    Found it!

    Anyone care to tell me what a port-profile is? And how it can replace my bulk CLI push?



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    Brett V
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  • 3.  RE: Aruba Central overwriting CLI config on AOS-CX switches since 2.7 update

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Jul 12, 2023 01:17 AM

    Here is more info on port profile with CX switches

    https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/central/2.5.7/content/nms/aos-cx/cfg/conf-cx-ports-profile.htm



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  • 4.  RE: Aruba Central overwriting CLI config on AOS-CX switches since 2.7 update

    Posted Jul 19, 2023 07:49 AM

    Thank you for this, do you have a link to this in the documentation?


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  • 5.  RE: Aruba Central overwriting CLI config on AOS-CX switches since 2.7 update

    Posted Nov 20, 2023 11:51 AM

    Hello,

    I still can use Aruba-central support-mode , and when i pushed the configuration from CLI ( using Aruba CEntral console tools), Central does not override it ! 

    So please tell me how this feature is working now ? :


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  • 6.  RE: Aruba Central overwriting CLI config on AOS-CX switches since 2.7 update

    Posted Nov 28, 2023 08:47 AM

    Hi, 

    Aruba pulled the "feature" and postponed it until a later 2.x Central version, IMHO as they recognized it renders AOS-S switches in UI-groups unusable, because of having only a few parameters that you can use in UI-groups.



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    Greez,
    Uli
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