Network Management

We are investigating if we can use the 6000-series instead of the 2530-series. I was testing administrating the 6000 switch (R8N89A) with IMC (/06P11) but it did not work very well.

Backup Device -> Never gets finished, no file is created, no useful error message
Import Sofware -> Dont support import software through system
Testing SSH-Settings in IMC -> never finishes, no error message
SSH-connection with Putty  -> Works fine


Does imc not support the 6000 series? If yes, what settings or changes do I need to make?

Hello there,

iMC uses Restfull Api for most operations with Aruba OS -CX devices like 6000. I recommend you to use this guide to connfigure switch and iMC:

https://asp.arubanetworks.com/downloads/documents/RmlsZTozODA0NWI0OC0wZTgyLTExZWQtODJlYy1lYjIwMmUxMGY0NmQ%3D


Regards,


------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 01, 2022 07:04 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

We are investigating if we can use the 6000-series instead of the 2530-series. I was testing administrating the 6000 switch (R8N89A) with IMC (/06P11) but it did not work very well.

Backup Device -> Never gets finished, no file is created, no useful error message
Import Sofware -> Dont support import software through system
Testing SSH-Settings in IMC -> never finishes, no error message
SSH-connection with Putty  -> Works fine


Does imc not support the 6000 series? If yes, what settings or changes do I need to make?

Thank you for your suggestions. However, so far Iam getting nowhere.

First: Is it correct that the 6000 series only features the default vrf, so everywhere the guide used the mgmt-vrf, I use the default-vrf?

I tried using the rest settings as specified in the guide. When I test the settings, I get "Failed to test the Restful API login parameters"

I also tried setting up the 3. party ftp server as specified in the guide. If I use the transfer mode SFTP, the config backup fails with "mode not supported". If I use the transfer mode "SFTP Server", the config backup just idles forever.
Original Message:
Sent: Aug 02, 2022 09:57 AM
From: Marina Milenkova
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Hello there,

iMC uses Restfull Api for most operations with Aruba OS -CX devices like 6000. I recommend you to use this guide to connfigure switch and iMC:

https://asp.arubanetworks.com/downloads/documents/RmlsZTozODA0NWI0OC0wZTgyLTExZWQtODJlYy1lYjIwMmUxMGY0NmQ%3D


Regards,


------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 01, 2022 07:04 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

We are investigating if we can use the 6000-series instead of the 2530-series. I was testing administrating the 6000 switch (R8N89A) with IMC (/06P11) but it did not work very well.

Backup Device -> Never gets finished, no file is created, no useful error message
Import Sofware -> Dont support import software through system
Testing SSH-Settings in IMC -> never finishes, no error message
SSH-connection with Putty  -> Works fine


Does imc not support the 6000 series? If yes, what settings or changes do I need to make?

Hello Walomon,

I think that you first need to fix the Rest Api credentials. They should match in iMC and switch. On the switch check if snmp and  https server are enabled in vrf default.They might be enabled by default. Also on the switch check if  https-server has read-write access.
The command to enable it is:  https-server rest access-mode read-write. 

If you do not use vrf mgmt, which is your case  as it is not supported on your switch than do not configure it under Service-Options as mentioned in the guide.


Kind regards,

Kind regards,

------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 03, 2022 03:50 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Thank you for your suggestions. However, so far Iam getting nowhere.

First: Is it correct that the 6000 series only features the default vrf, so everywhere the guide used the mgmt-vrf, I use the default-vrf?

I tried using the rest settings as specified in the guide. When I test the settings, I get "Failed to test the Restful API login parameters"

I also tried setting up the 3. party ftp server as specified in the guide. If I use the transfer mode SFTP, the config backup fails with "mode not supported". If I use the transfer mode "SFTP Server", the config backup just idles forever.
Original Message:
Sent: Aug 02, 2022 09:57 AM
From: Marina Milenkova
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Hello there,

iMC uses Restfull Api for most operations with Aruba OS -CX devices like 6000. I recommend you to use this guide to connfigure switch and iMC:

https://asp.arubanetworks.com/downloads/documents/RmlsZTozODA0NWI0OC0wZTgyLTExZWQtODJlYy1lYjIwMmUxMGY0NmQ%3D


Regards,


------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 01, 2022 07:04 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

We are investigating if we can use the 6000-series instead of the 2530-series. I was testing administrating the 6000 switch (R8N89A) with IMC (/06P11) but it did not work very well.

Backup Device -> Never gets finished, no file is created, no useful error message
Import Sofware -> Dont support import software through system
Testing SSH-Settings in IMC -> never finishes, no error message
SSH-connection with Putty  -> Works fine


Does imc not support the 6000 series? If yes, what settings or changes do I need to make?

Thank you for your continuous input.

I used the two commands:

https-server rest access-mode read-write.
https-server vrf default

The output of the command "show https server" shows:

"Vrf   : default
Rest Access Mode     : read-write"

I think that you first need to fix the Rest Api credentials. Are the Rest API credentials not the same credentials I use to log into the system? For test purposes, I used "admin" as username as well as password in the switch and in the IMC settings.

If I go to "https://$Switch_IP$/rest", I get some JSON output.

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 03, 2022 06:56 AM
From: Marina Milenkova
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Hello Walomon,

I think that you first need to fix the Rest Api credentials. They should match in iMC and switch. On the switch check if snmp and  https server are enabled in vrf default.They might be enabled by default. Also on the switch check if  https-server has read-write access.
The command to enable it is:  https-server rest access-mode read-write. 

If you do not use vrf mgmt, which is your case  as it is not supported on your switch than do not configure it under Service-Options as mentioned in the guide.


Kind regards,

Kind regards,

------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 03, 2022 03:50 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Thank you for your suggestions. However, so far Iam getting nowhere.

First: Is it correct that the 6000 series only features the default vrf, so everywhere the guide used the mgmt-vrf, I use the default-vrf?

I tried using the rest settings as specified in the guide. When I test the settings, I get "Failed to test the Restful API login parameters"

I also tried setting up the 3. party ftp server as specified in the guide. If I use the transfer mode SFTP, the config backup fails with "mode not supported". If I use the transfer mode "SFTP Server", the config backup just idles forever.
Original Message:
Sent: Aug 02, 2022 09:57 AM
From: Marina Milenkova
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Hello there,

iMC uses Restfull Api for most operations with Aruba OS -CX devices like 6000. I recommend you to use this guide to connfigure switch and iMC:

https://asp.arubanetworks.com/downloads/documents/RmlsZTozODA0NWI0OC0wZTgyLTExZWQtODJlYy1lYjIwMmUxMGY0NmQ%3D


Regards,


------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 01, 2022 07:04 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

We are investigating if we can use the 6000-series instead of the 2530-series. I was testing administrating the 6000 switch (R8N89A) with IMC (/06P11) but it did not work very well.

Backup Device -> Never gets finished, no file is created, no useful error message
Import Sofware -> Dont support import software through system
Testing SSH-Settings in IMC -> never finishes, no error message
SSH-connection with Putty  -> Works fine


Does imc not support the 6000 series? If yes, what settings or changes do I need to make?

Hello Walomon,,

Does it work to access the switch by Rest Api from iMC now?
If not I would advise you to open a case with support.

Regards,

------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 03, 2022 08:21 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Thank you for your continuous input.

I used the two commands:

https-server rest access-mode read-write.
https-server vrf default

The output of the command "show https server" shows:

"Vrf   : default
Rest Access Mode     : read-write"

I think that you first need to fix the Rest Api credentials. Are the Rest API credentials not the same credentials I use to log into the system? For test purposes, I used "admin" as username as well as password in the switch and in the IMC settings.

If I go to "https://$Switch_IP$/rest", I get some JSON output.

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 03, 2022 06:56 AM
From: Marina Milenkova
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Hello Walomon,

I think that you first need to fix the Rest Api credentials. They should match in iMC and switch. On the switch check if snmp and  https server are enabled in vrf default.They might be enabled by default. Also on the switch check if  https-server has read-write access.
The command to enable it is:  https-server rest access-mode read-write. 

If you do not use vrf mgmt, which is your case  as it is not supported on your switch than do not configure it under Service-Options as mentioned in the guide.


Kind regards,

Kind regards,

------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 03, 2022 03:50 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Thank you for your suggestions. However, so far Iam getting nowhere.

First: Is it correct that the 6000 series only features the default vrf, so everywhere the guide used the mgmt-vrf, I use the default-vrf?

I tried using the rest settings as specified in the guide. When I test the settings, I get "Failed to test the Restful API login parameters"

I also tried setting up the 3. party ftp server as specified in the guide. If I use the transfer mode SFTP, the config backup fails with "mode not supported". If I use the transfer mode "SFTP Server", the config backup just idles forever.
Original Message:
Sent: Aug 02, 2022 09:57 AM
From: Marina Milenkova
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Hello there,

iMC uses Restfull Api for most operations with Aruba OS -CX devices like 6000. I recommend you to use this guide to connfigure switch and iMC:

https://asp.arubanetworks.com/downloads/documents/RmlsZTozODA0NWI0OC0wZTgyLTExZWQtODJlYy1lYjIwMmUxMGY0NmQ%3D


Regards,


------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 01, 2022 07:04 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

We are investigating if we can use the 6000-series instead of the 2530-series. I was testing administrating the 6000 switch (R8N89A) with IMC (/06P11) but it did not work very well.

Backup Device -> Never gets finished, no file is created, no useful error message
Import Sofware -> Dont support import software through system
Testing SSH-Settings in IMC -> never finishes, no error message
SSH-connection with Putty  -> Works fine


Does imc not support the 6000 series? If yes, what settings or changes do I need to make?

Hello,

This is an old post, but I want to revive it.
According to the documentation int the link, REST API is configured like this:

After hours of trial and error, the only configuration I got to work, was:

With the firmware PL.10.09.1010 I haven't been able to get any of these to work.  FYI, /api/v10.09 doesn't work either.
Any advice to the CORRECT configuration would be welcome.

We're currently running on IMC 7.3(E0706P11)

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 02, 2022 09:57 AM
From: Marina Milenkova
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Hello there,

iMC uses Restfull Api for most operations with Aruba OS -CX devices like 6000. I recommend you to use this guide to connfigure switch and iMC:

https://asp.arubanetworks.com/downloads/documents/RmlsZTozODA0NWI0OC0wZTgyLTExZWQtODJlYy1lYjIwMmUxMGY0NmQ%3D


Regards,


------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 01, 2022 07:04 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

We are investigating if we can use the 6000-series instead of the 2530-series. I was testing administrating the 6000 switch (R8N89A) with IMC (/06P11) but it did not work very well.

Backup Device -> Never gets finished, no file is created, no useful error message
Import Sofware -> Dont support import software through system
Testing SSH-Settings in IMC -> never finishes, no error message
SSH-connection with Putty  -> Works fine


Does imc not support the 6000 series? If yes, what settings or changes do I need to make?

I haven't managed to make this work as I'd expect.  The only way it the login parameters test OK is by doing something so awful it must be wrong..  If I my username was "myusernamegoeshere" and the password was "mypasswordgoeshere" the following login parameters work:

/rest/v10.11/login?username=myusernamegoeshere&password=mypasswordgoeshere

Surely it should be able to insert the username and password we've specified above?

Original Message:
Sent: Jan 05, 2023 04:35 AM
From: atle
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Hello,

This is an old post, but I want to revive it.
According to the documentation int the link, REST API is configured like this:

After hours of trial and error, the only configuration I got to work, was:

With the firmware PL.10.09.1010 I haven't been able to get any of these to work.  FYI, /api/v10.09 doesn't work either.
Any advice to the CORRECT configuration would be welcome.

We're currently running on IMC 7.3(E0706P11)

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 02, 2022 09:57 AM
From: Marina Milenkova
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Hello there,

iMC uses Restfull Api for most operations with Aruba OS -CX devices like 6000. I recommend you to use this guide to connfigure switch and iMC:

https://asp.arubanetworks.com/downloads/documents/RmlsZTozODA0NWI0OC0wZTgyLTExZWQtODJlYy1lYjIwMmUxMGY0NmQ%3D


Regards,


------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 01, 2022 07:04 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

We are investigating if we can use the 6000-series instead of the 2530-series. I was testing administrating the 6000 switch (R8N89A) with IMC (/06P11) but it did not work very well.

Backup Device -> Never gets finished, no file is created, no useful error message
Import Sofware -> Dont support import software through system
Testing SSH-Settings in IMC -> never finishes, no error message
SSH-connection with Putty  -> Works fine


Does imc not support the 6000 series? If yes, what settings or changes do I need to make?

Upgrade to E0708P03 and this will solve a lot of your CX related issues.

It's still not 100%, you get timeouts when performing tasks, but they actually happen around 5 minutes later

Original Message:
Sent: Jan 05, 2023 04:35 AM
From: atle
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Hello,

This is an old post, but I want to revive it.
According to the documentation int the link, REST API is configured like this:

After hours of trial and error, the only configuration I got to work, was:

With the firmware PL.10.09.1010 I haven't been able to get any of these to work.  FYI, /api/v10.09 doesn't work either.
Any advice to the CORRECT configuration would be welcome.

We're currently running on IMC 7.3(E0706P11)

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 02, 2022 09:57 AM
From: Marina Milenkova
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

Hello there,

iMC uses Restfull Api for most operations with Aruba OS -CX devices like 6000. I recommend you to use this guide to connfigure switch and iMC:

https://asp.arubanetworks.com/downloads/documents/RmlsZTozODA0NWI0OC0wZTgyLTExZWQtODJlYy1lYjIwMmUxMGY0NmQ%3D


Regards,


------------------------------
Marina
HPE
Sofia

Original Message:
Sent: Aug 01, 2022 07:04 AM
From: Jens Oetjen
Subject: IMC and Aruba 6000

We are investigating if we can use the 6000-series instead of the 2530-series. I was testing administrating the 6000 switch (R8N89A) with IMC (/06P11) but it did not work very well.

Backup Device -> Never gets finished, no file is created, no useful error message
Import Sofware -> Dont support import software through system
Testing SSH-Settings in IMC -> never finishes, no error message
SSH-connection with Putty  -> Works fine


Does imc not support the 6000 series? If yes, what settings or changes do I need to make?