Category: Aruba Networks
Factory reset Mobility Controller managed by Mobility Master
With the introduction of ArubaOS 8, HPE Aruba Networks introduced the Mobility Master appliance. A Mobility Master appliance takes care of all the control-plane features within your deployment. A Mobility Master provides better user experience, flexible deployment, simplified operations and enhanced performance. Mobility Controllers are added to the Mobility Master as regular controllers and all configuration for … Read More
Aruba Networks, Configuration Example
Aruba Airwave 8.2.4 and no CLI / shell access
BE AWARE: reading and applying this blog is at your own risk. Following the below procedure could affect the support validity on your Aruba AirWave appliance. All AirWave firmware versions prior to 8.2.4 gave you shell access to the CentOS operating system. Once you upgrade from 8.2.3 to 8.2.4 you receive the message that the … Read More
ClearPass – dual interface and routing
When you are using both interfaces on a ClearPass server (MGMT and DATA) than ClearPass uses the DATA interface to connect to services, like LDAPS to Active Directory, SMTP delivery, Active Directory joining and more. ClearPass uses the DATA interface as default gateway if no specific route is available on the MGMT interface. That being … Read More
Aruba Networks, Configuration Example
AirWave & VMware Tools installation
It is recommended to install the VMware Tools before running the AMP setup. After deploying the AMP ova file and starting the VM, you can interrupt the installation process via CTRL+C. This gives you access to the AMP shell. Use the following steps to install VMware Tools on a HPE Aruba AirWave Management Platform appliance: … Read More
Aruba Networks, Cisco, ClearPass
Aruba ClearPass – Cisco Prime – TACACS+
When using Cisco Prime you have the option to configure authentication to a remote AAA server via RADIUS or TACACS+. Today I configured Cisco Prime to use HPE Aruba ClearPass as remote AAA server based on the TACACS+ protocol. The configuration of an AAA server in Cisco Prime is very straightforward. Configure the AAA Mode … Read More
ClearPass & MobileIron – Error: not well-formed (invalid token)
This post isn’t going to describe what HPE Aruba ClearPass or MobileIron is. And neither will it describe the configuration steps necessary to add MobileIron to ClearPass, but I will give a short summary: Add the MobileIron VSP to ClearPass as Endpoint Context Server (CPPM – Administration – External Servers); The account on MobileIron needs … Read More