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  • 1.  Managing SSID Radios via Site, not Group

    Posted Jan 07, 2025 04:16 AM

    Hello, on our old infrastructure, using Arube MM, we used AP Groups to seperwate between different locations, but one SSID could be assigned to multiple AP Groups.

    i did not find anything similar to that in Central yet, does that mean that every site also needs its own AP Group, even if most of them use the same set of SSIDs? 

    and if so, does the "clone group" feature also copy over the WLAN/SSID settings?

    I did see that both SSIDs and APs have a "Zone" setting, but it doesnt look like i could add more than one Zone to a SSID, otherwise that might be an option aswell.



  • 2.  RE: Managing SSID Radios via Site, not Group

    Posted Jan 07, 2025 05:13 AM

    In Aruba Central, sites are used for visualisation and reporting not for configuration.

    You can use groups for configuration. and generally any AP in the group will inherit all the configuration. if you are using Instant APs  then you can use zones.

    if you are using AOS10, you can do configuration per AP as well. So basically choose the device level configuration and add your SSID.



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  • 3.  RE: Managing SSID Radios via Site, not Group

    Posted Jan 07, 2025 05:20 AM

    So I have to work with one AP Group per site then, thanks.
    if i clone a group, does it also keep the SSID settings? this would at least save me some time from setting up the same SSID across a dozen groups




  • 4.  RE: Managing SSID Radios via Site, not Group

    Posted Jan 07, 2025 07:48 AM
    Edited by cordless Jan 07, 2025 07:58 AM

    It depends...
    if you are using Instant Access Points (v8) your SSIDs will be cloned as well.
    If you are using AOS10 based Access Points, all Bridged SSIDs will be cloned. All Tunneled SSIDs will not be cloned.

    see
    https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/central/latest/content/nms/groups/clone-group.htm
    for more information

    BTW - SSIDs per Site or Site collections is a feature of "New Central" which will be available soon. Here you are able to define a WLAN SSID Profile which can be used on a Site, Site Collection, Global or a Device Collection. So much more flexibility.




  • 5.  RE: Managing SSID Radios via Site, not Group

    Posted Jan 07, 2025 12:04 PM

    My understanding is that New Central will greatly expand on configuration flexibility for these types of configurations with configuration hierarchy at several different levels in addition to user defined Device Groups. 

     

     






  • 6.  RE: Managing SSID Radios via Site, not Group

    Posted Jan 07, 2025 06:42 PM

    yes the new Central configuration enhancements are impressive as it provides a lot of flexibility.



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