Central Automation Studio

VisualRF

The VisualRF page provides the ability to view details on Floorplans. The VisualRF floorplan supports the following visualizations:

• AP Health: Health of every AP on the floor - determined by:
• Down: AP Offline
• Poor: Memory Utilization > 90% or CPU Utilization > 70% or Uptime < 1hr
• Good: AP Online and no poor indications
• Channel: Show the channels being used by the APs
• Band: Will show only the channels for the selected band. APs will be colour coded based on the channel
• Channel: Only colour code the APs that match the selected channel
• Channel Bandwidth: Show the width channels being used by the APs
• Band: Will show only the channels for the selected band. APs will be colour coded based on the channel
• Channel: Only colour code the APs that match the selected channel
• Channel Utilization: Show the channel utilization of the Radios in each AP
• Band: Will show only the channel utilization for the selected band. APs will be colour coded based on the utilization percentage
• Channel: Only colour code the APs that match the selected channel
• Clients: Show Clients on the floorplan
• Band: Will show only the clients for the selected band
• Client Type: Only clients with the selected Client OS
• Include Unassociated Clients: Hide/Show unassociated clients on the floorplan
• Show Client Labels: Hide/Show labels for each client
• Client Count: Show the number of clients associated with the AP
• Red: 50 or more Clients
• Orange: Between 25 and 50 Clients
• Green: Less than 25 Clients
• White: Down AP
• Path Loss Between APs: Show the path loss between a selected AP and its neighbours (requires band selection)
• Band: Will show path loss between selected AP and its RF neighbours on the selected band
• Radar Events: Show the how many times APs have changed channels due to radar events
• Time Scale: Which time period to use for event totals per AP

Additional details:

• Click on a client and if the client has a reported RSSI of its connection in Central, it will be displayed via a coloured line to the associated AP
• Click on an AP (when a band as been selected) and all clients associated to that AP will be shown via a coloured line (based on RSSI)
• If a client is reported to be at the exact same location as an AP, then client is moved to a location closely surrounding the AP to improve visibility of the clients
• Floorplans are automatically converted to Greyscale - to improve legibility. This can be prevented by selecting the "Colour Floorplan" option

Event Dashboard

The Event Dashboard page provides the timely data needed to monitor event Wi-Fi.

The Event Dashboard displays:

• Overview status of the network
• WLAN specific Client Counts and Bandwidth
• Infrastructure Status
• Top 5 APs by Usage
• Top 5 Clients by Usage
• Top 5 Application Usage
• Breakdown of 802.11 support
• Band Split of WLAN devices

The Event Dashboard data is updated on a different refresh timer (default = 5 minutes) to the rest of Central Automation Studio. Settings for the Event dashboard are available from the "Dashboard" menu item. The settings allow for the hiding of different groups of tiles, as well as altering the size of some tiles.

There are 3 different refreshes of data available on the Event Dashboard:

• Click of the refresh button - simple refresh to update (also automatically run on the Event Dashboard refresh timer):
• Client Count and Bandwidth for the selected WLAN
• Infrastructure Status (APs, Switches, Gateways)
• AppRF and Top Client graphs
• Shift + Click of the refresh button - Refreshes (also automatically run based on the normal Central Automation Studio refresh timer):
• Client details - updates the 802.11 Mix and Band Split graphs
• Site data and Group data - Updates overview tiles
• Option/Alt + Click of the refresh button:
• Full data fresh the same as used in the rest of Central Automation Studio - a forced full refresh

Disabling the different monitoring sections in the Dashboard settings will prevent data being collected for those sections (saving API calls). The disabled sections will not show in the Dashboard.

The time range of displayed data can be selected by the Time Filter in the top right of the menu bar. Note: Top Applications data can only be displayed for 3hrs and higher. Choosing a shorter time filter will still display the data for the last 3hrs.

Troubleshooting

Client Troubleshooting

The Client Troubleshooting provides the ability to easily obtain troubleshooting information for specific Clients, accessible by clicking on the Client Details (i) button. Client overview information is presented at the top of the troubleshooting panel, while additional wireless troubleshooting information is available via the buttons at the bottom of the panel. The Client list provides quick actions for reconnecting clients:

• Wireless: Disconnect Client
• Wired: PoE Bounce, Interface Bounce

For Wireless Clients, there are a several pieces of additional troubleshooting information at the bottom of the panel:

• Events
• Mobility Trail
• Datapath Session Table
• PMK Key Sync
• ClientMatch
• User Role definition - available from the button within the Client Info section

 

AP Troubleshooting

The AP Troubleshooting provides the ability to easily obtain troubleshooting information for specific APs. Important information is presented at the top of the troubleshooting panel, while the full command output is available in the "Raw Output" section. If there is a crash log for the AP, an easy "download" button is provided.

• System Status
• RF View
• AAA
• RF Neighbours
• Datapath Session Table
• Radio Stats - available from the Radios section

From a searchable list of Access Points, the following troubleshooting actions/commands are currently supported:

• System - "show ap debug system-status"
• 5GHz - "show ap debug radio-stats 0"
• 2.4GHz - "show ap debug radio-stats 1"
• 6GHz - "show ap debug radio-stats 2"
• AAA - "show ap debug radius-statistics"
• Neighbours - "show ap arm neighbors"
• Active: Discovered using OTA updates
• Passive: Discovered using passive scan
• Indirect: Two hop neighbours discovered using neighbours OTA update




AP Troubleshooting AAA Details

 

Switch Troubleshooting



Switch Port Troubleshooting List

The Switch Troubleshooting provides the ability to easily obtain troubleshooting information for specific Switches. Important information is presented at the top of the troubleshooting panel, while a list of ports for the switch provide easily accessible information as well as the ability to perform PoE Bounce and Interface Bounce on a port.
Additionally, for switches that support port-access configuration, the port-access client information can be displayed - along with the ability to bounce the interface or PoE on that port.

 

Gateway Troubleshooting

The Gateway Troubleshooting provides the ability to easily obtain troubleshooting information for specific Gateways. Important information is presented at the top of the troubleshooting panel, while a list of CLI commands are avilabel to executing.

Experimental Features

AOS-Switch Template Configuration

The AOS-Switch Template Configuration provides the following GUI abilities for AOS-Switches configured using templates:

• Add VLANs
• Edit existing VLANs
• Edit DNS Servers

Feature Notes:

• Templates with and without variables are supported
• Variables in existing templates are dynamically learned and modified
• If variables are not used in a template, the template is directly modified (e.g. in the case where you use a template per switch)
• VLANs created using this feature will utilize variables for IP address, Tagged and Untagged ports. VLAN Name will be written to the template
• VLANs can be configured with no IP Address, DHCP or a Static IP
• If "uplink" ports has been configured for the switch in Aruba Central, the uplinks will be automatically included in the tagged VLANs list
• Template configuration for VLANs created in this feature have the following structure:

  vlan 50
     name "Test VLAN"
     %if vlan50.untagged%
     untagged %vlan50.untagged%
     %endif%
     %if vlan50.tagged%
     tagged %vlan50.tagged%
     %endif%
     %if vlan50.ip%
     ip address %vlan50.ip%
     %endif%
     exit
  

• IP Address variable (vlanX.ip) will contain both the IP Address and the Subnet Mask

• Template configuration for DNS Servers created/managed in this feature have the following structure if variables are being used for System settings:

  %if dns1.ip%
  ip dns server-address priority 1 %dns1.ip%
  %endif%
  %if dns2.ip%
  ip dns server-address priority 2 %dns2.ip%
  %endif%
  

• DNS server configuration (dnsX.ip by default) will use existing variables if they exist in the template.
• If statements will be added to the template automatically if variables are being used

Management Tasks

Group Management

The Group Management page provides the following abilities:

• Visualize the Group Properties
• Clone a Group
• Bulk configure Firmware Compliance per Group
• Currently, APs, AOS-Switch, AOS-CX and Gateways are supported
• Firmware compliance is intelligently configured for the selected groups that have the correct allowed devices on the Group. E.g. AP firmware compliance will not be set on a group that does not include APs
• Provides quick link to configure Country Codes for Groups
• Provides ability to modify group properties

 

Site Management

The Site Management page provides the following abilities:

• Creation of Sites via form completion
• Bulk creation of Sites via CSV upload
• Assign APs to Same Site as the Virtual Controller
• View and Delete Sites

Sites can be added either using street addresses or Geo-coordinates.

The Assign APs to Sites tile provides the ability to automatically assign the Virtual Controller's Site to all the member APs in the cluster.

 

Visitor Management

The Visitor Management page provides the following abilities:

• Bulk creation of Visitor accounts via CSV upload
• View and Delete Visitor accounts per Visitor Portal

The CSV format includes the following supported columns:

• NAME: Visitor account name
• COMPANY: Company name of the visitor - if required
• PHONE: Phone number of the visitor; Format [+CountryCode][PhoneNumber]
• EMAIL: Email address of the visitor
• PASSWORD: Password for the visitor
• ENABLED: Enable or disable the visitor account. If the value is "no", "false", or 0 (all case insensitive) then the account is created in a disabled state
• DAYS/HOURS/MINUTES: Account validity in days/hours/minutes. If all values are blank then the account will not expire
• NOTIFY: Flag to notify the password via "email" or "phone". Blank equates to no notification

 

Change Log

Changes/Additions to Central Automation Studio will be documented below:

Version 1.43.4 (2025/01/21)

• Added Associate APs to IoT Collector to the CSV Workflows page

Version 1.43.3 (2025/01/20)

• Added extra information when Troubleshooting APs in the Key Management Service page
• Added IoT Collector Assignment to the Bulk AP Deployment page

Version 1.43.2 (2025/01/16)

• Fix for Event Dashboard due to API changes

Version 1.43.1 (2024/12/30)

• Added warning in WLAN deployment for Tunneled and Mixed mode SSIDs

Version 1.43.0 (2024/12/20) - Happy Holidays

• WLAN Deployment improvements
• Added support for WLANs with spaces in the profile name
• Adding/Applying a WLAN config to another group will also add the matching default user role (if it is not already there)
• Removing a WLAN from a group now removes the matching default user role
• Improved WLAN matching to only display a single entry in the WLAN table for each exact WLAN config
• Added a warning when attempting to delete WLANs

Version 1.42.6 (2024/12/16)

• Improved Group Management
• Improved colours to distinguish the Group properties
• Added tag for New Central groups
• Modification of Group properties now works as expected

Version 1.42.6 (2024/12/11)

• License Monitoring improvements due to API response changes - now displays correct license counts

Version 1.42.5 (2024/12/09)

• Improved feedback in Visitor uploads
• ALTITUDE column added to the Download Device CSV

Version 1.42.4 (2024/12/08)

• Improvements to User Roles logic to prevent pushing config that only contains the user role and not the full config for the group
• Group dropdown in WLANs, User Roles and Auth Servers now only display groups that contain AP config

Version 1.42.3 (2024/12/03)

• Split the "AP & Switch Monitoring" knob into "AP Monitoring" and "Switch Monitoring" in Settings to provide more granular control
• Added support to display the Gateway cluster which an AP is connected to in AP Statistics and AP Troubleshooting

Version 1.42.2 (2024/11/28)

• Added support for AP Altitude configuration (FCO requirements for 6GHz operation) in CSV Workflows

Version 1.42.1 (2024/11/21)

• Separated setting for Client Monitoring into Wireless and Wired Client Monitoring to provide more granular control of data download

Version 1.42.0 (2024/11/14)

• Added support in CSV Workflows for configuring the Dynamic Antenna mode in the AP-679

Version 1.41.10 (2024/10/22)

• Update License task in the CSV Workflows has been improved to now utilize the MODEL column in the CSV (if exported from the Central UI)

Version 1.41.9 (2024/10/11)

• Added Label column to SSID Deployment and Bulk AP configuration

Version 1.41.8 (2024/10/09)

• Added new task to CSV Workflows: Update Device Licenses. Use when all devices you want to license are already up and in Central
• Central Authentication improvements when tokens have expired

Version 1.41.7 (2024/10/08)

• Limited licensing workflows to maximum of 50 devices per API call (GLP limitations workaround)

Version 1.41.6 (2024/09/19)

• Added an additional API Proxy for redundancy
• Added a randomizer for load across the two US based API Proxies

Version 1.41.5 (2024/09/14)

• Improved display of Datapath information in AP and Client Troubleshooting pages
• Fixed issue preventing config status from being correctly reported for Instant APs in the AP Troubleshooting page
• Added the Channel Utilization to the Channel overlay in the Mesh Monitoring
• Added the Wired Client count to the Clients overlay in the Mesh Monitoring

Version 1.41.4 (2024/09/06)

• Improved licensing task in CSV Workflows. Task now checks if auto-subscribe is enabled in GreenLake

Version 1.41.3 (2024/09/05)

• Added support for configuring AP1X PEAP credentials in CSV Workflows and in Bulk AP Deployment

Version 1.41.2 (2024/08/31)

• Improved fetching of Device Inventory
• Major improvements to API Token refresh - now only refreshes if the access token is about to expire or has expired
• Improvements to Hydra Dashboard - Account connectivity status now displayed in table
• Improved licensing workflows to report a reason when licensing fails
• Improved licensing to device type match

Version 1.41.1 (2024/08/20)

• Improved licensing workflows to support 8/12 port models and 6300L switches

Version 1.41.0 (2024/08/18) - "CSV Explosion"

• Added CSV download from AP, Switch and Gateway/Controller tables (in the format for using with CSV Workflows)
• Added Barcode Scanner Input page - allows for using Barcode scanners to build CSV file ready for using in CSV Workflows. Also provides easy adding of devices to GreenLake
• Added Switch Statistics page

Version 1.40.0 (2024/08/08) - "Graphing"

• Added Client SNR Graph to Client Statistics page
• Added Site filter to Client Statistics page - works in combination with WLAN Filter
• Added RF View to AP Troubleshooting - (requires AOS10)
• Client count comparison graph with nearest neighbour APs - Neighbour APs determined by AirMatch pathloss
• Client SNR graph for AP Clients
• Added Client Count overlay in VisualRF

Version 1.39.5 (2024/08/03)

• Improved accuracy of donut percentages on Client Statistics page

Version 1.39.4 (2024/07/17)

• Added data filter to Client Statistics page - allowing for per WLAN statistics
• Added Service status to Key Management Service page
• Enlarged the view for gateway effective and committed configs

Version 1.39.3 (2024/07/03)

• Added Gateway Timezone config in CSV Workflows
• Improved error logging for Gateway Configuration - now informs you which command(s) failed and which were successful
• Added CSV download for AirMatch Radar & Noise Events

Version 1.39.2 (2024/07/01)

• Device Inventory data is now cached locally in the IndexedDB (reduces API calls and improves speed)
• Hydra now handles when going into the same account that was previously open (doesn't force reloading of data from Central)

Version 1.39.1 (2024/06/27)

• Added support for CLI commands to the AP Troubleshooting page
• BSSID table in AP Statistics now includes Site and Group for the AP
• Device Inventory table now support horizontal scrolling to better handle the large number of columns
• Added Expiring License filter in the Device Inventory page
• MSP page now includes the ability to download devices that have expiring licenses in the next 90 days (CSV download)

Version 1.39 (2024/06/25) - Discover '24

• Added Config state to AP Troubleshooting (including display of dirty config)
• Monospaced font used for CLI output
• Fixed link from AP Monitoring to AP Troubleshooting
• Event Dashboard now includes peak and average for client counts and bandwidth
• AirMatch page shows if an optimization was partially deployed (e.g. only some RF Partitions)
• AirMatch page lists RF Domains/Partitions for each optimization
• Introduced Gateway Troubleshooting page - initial support for CLI commands

Version 1.38.4 (2024/06/14)

• Switch troubleshooting update to match the Client and AP troubleshooting look and feel
• Switch troubleshooting now includes Port Access information (on switches that support it)
• Improved AppRF data in Datapath for Client and AP Troubleshooting

Version 1.38.3 (2024/06/12)

• Split the "Device Monitoring" knob into "AP & Switch Monitoring" and "Gateway Monitoring" in Settings
• Introduced a knob to disable Gateway Monitoring (useful for very large customers who only want to use Group based config - similar to the Client Monitoring). Prevents Gateway information being pulled from Central, while still allowing Gateway group level configurations
• Updated icons for consistency across different categories in Central Automation Studio

Version 1.38.2 (2024/06/11)

• Introduced a "Group Config Only" in the API Data Optimization drop down
• Introduced a knob to disable Device Monitoring (useful for very large customers who only want to use Group based config - similar to the Client Monitoring). Prevents AP, Switch and Gateway information being pulled from Central

Version 1.38.1 (2024/06/10)

• Added User Role display to the Client Troubleshooting (Click on the user role button in the Client Info section)
• Added support for an additional cluster

Version 1.38 (2024/06/07)

• Added LED on/off per AP in CSV Workflows (new ArubaOS 10 Specific section in middle task column)
• Improvements to Infrastructure Events in the Event Dashboard
• Additional information made available in the AP Troubleshooting details
• New quick filter tiles in Device Inventory page
• Updated icons

Version 1.37.8 (2024/05/29)

• Fix for duplicating Clients in the Clients table
• Support for PAN-ID in the Datapath Tables
• Improved colouring of Datapath sessions that are Denied
• Protocol number in Datapath Tables replaced with name of the protocol

Version 1.37.7 (2024/05/28)

• Refreshed AP Troubleshooting UX (now matches the Client Troubleshooting)

Version 1.37.6 (2024/05/25)

• Added additional Central Clusters
• Added tooltip to display the hostname of the local devices in the Datapath Session table view in Client Troubleshooting
• Added Datapath Session table view in AP Troubleshooting

Version 1.37.5 (2024/05/21)

• Added Client Encryption chart in the Client Statistics page
• Added Wi-Fi 7 to the Wi-Fi Protocol Chart in the Client Statistics page
• Fix for Pathloss visualization with APs that have Dual 5GHz
• Improved condensed mode in the Event Dashboard page
• Added ClientMatch details to the Client Troubleshooting page

Version 1.37.4 (2024/05/02)

• Added support for displaying Per AP Bandwidth (Table and Graph) at the bottom of the AP Statistics page

Version 1.37.3 (2024/04/29)

• Added support for ClientMatch Load Balance history

Version 1.37.2 (2024/04/26)

• Added support for bulk deletion of devices from Central in CSV Workflows

Version 1.37.1 (2024/04/22)

• Client Troubleshooting - Datapath improvements
• Session Pairing: related Inbound and Outbound flows are paired together - sort by the "#" column
• Inbound and Outbound traffic is shown by the direction arrows
• Direction arrows will change colour to Red if the flow is Denied by the firewall
• DPI (Application and Web Category) information is merged into the datapath table

Version 1.37 (2024/04/21) - "Provisioning Trouble"

• New Troubleshooting section - Client (new), AP and Switch
• Support for device pre-provisioning workflows
• Improved automation progress notifications
• Fixes for license assignment, and site assignment tasks
• Fix for licensing 9100 series Gateways
• Bulk AP Configuration now resides in the Configuration Deployment section of the Dashboard

Version 1.36.8 (2024/04/15)

• Support for SSID assignment of SSIDs with spaces in the SSID name
• Minor bug fixes

Version 1.36.7 (2024/04/11)

• Added support for import and export of RAPIDS classification rules

Version 1.36.6 (2024/04/01)

• Added support for US-West5 Central Cluster

Version 1.36.5 (2024/03/26)

• Fix for API call loop in pages that draw floorplans, if no floorplans were defined in Central

Version 1.36.4 (2024/03/15)

• Added Config Shortcuts to WLAN Deployment when editing SSIDs

Version 1.36.3 (2024/03/12)

• Improved cluster selection in Settings

Version 1.36.2 (2024/03/08)

• Fast Account Switching - if more than one account is configured, an account switching menu now appears in the top Navigation bar

Version 1.36.1 (2024/03/06)

• Account Name now visible in title banner on every page (if more than 1 account is configured)
• AirMatch page now automatically enters "Large Scale Deployment Mode" when 10,000 APs are part of the account

Version 1.36 (2024/03/04) - "Statistics & Overlay"

• Fix for incorrect Band in WLANs workflow table
• Added Performance Statistics to ClientMatch
• Added Channel Bandwidth overlay in AirMatch
• Added Channel Bandwidth overlay in VisualRF

Version 1.35.5 (2024/02/12)

• Improvements in CSV based workflows for renaming APs
• Added Channel Utilization overlay in VisualRF
• Code improvements for upcoming features

Version 1.35.4 (2024/02/11)

• B&W Floorplan support in KMS and AirMatch (Radar View)
• Support for switch stacks in Physical Layer Information as part of the Site-Based Workflows

Version 1.35.3 (2024/02/09)

• Added ability to download AirMatch events as a CSV
• Added connection method (Wireless vs Wired) icon to the Client tables
• Added Wi-Fi 6E to the Wi-Fi Protocol Chart in the Client Statistics page

Version 1.35.2 (2024/02/07)

• Improvements to the Event Dashboard
• Added graph for Top APs
• Added the ability to hide/show more tiles
• Added the ability to alter the size of "Top" tiles to fit all three on the same row

Version 1.35.1 (2024/01/17)

• Firmware Compliance now supports AOS-CX Switches

Version 1.35 (2024/01/05) - "Rogue Effects"

• RAPIDS improvements:
• Added graph for summary of sites affected by Rogues
• Added graph for summary of WIDS events across the network
• Added table for WIDS events

Version 1.34.3 (2023/12/22)

• MSP Workflow page now includes more information in the Inventory Download

Version 1.34.2 (2023/12/18)

• Denylisting page is now available - moved from per-AP to Group based management

Version 1.34.1 (2023/12/11)

• Fix for possible Gateway table error
• Fix for AirMatch RF Neighbours on 2.4GHz
• Improved reliability for obtaining buildings in AirMatch

Version 1.34 (2023/12/08) - "Scaling Up"

• Added Global Setting for API Data Optimization - easy dropdown to set the Optional Information knobs
• Added Optional Information knobs for reducing the number of AirMatch optimizations fetched
• Major AirMatch page improvements for large scale deployments of AOS10
• Improvements in fetching Pathloss in VisualRF page when using with very large deployments
• Add support additional Aruba antennas in the Bulk AP, CSV and Site-based Workflows pages
• Added extra columns to the MSP page AP list (to match the Device Inventory columns)

Version 1.33.4 (2023/12/02)

• Fix for possible API call loop on VisualRF page
• Added extra columns to the Device Inventory page - can be hidden by unchecking the Show All Columns checkbox

Version 1.33.3 (2023/11/28)

• VisualRF page now includes overlays for Radar Events and Path Loss Between APs
• Fix for AP-Client SNR links in the VisualRF page
• Added ability to reset a Site topology in the Site-based workflows

Version 1.33.2 (2023/11/16)

• Improved visual feedback when Client Monitoring is disabled
• Updated Labels to make clearer which CSV tasks are supported for IAP 8.x and AOS 10

Version 1.33.1 (2023/11/13)

• Added support for keyboard shortcut for refreshing data in CAS (Control+R)
• Central Automation Studio now tries to prevent changing of pages during a token refresh - you might see a warning about being sure you want to leave. This is to help ensure tokens are not corrupted by changing pages during a token refresh

Version 1.33 (2023/11/06) - "Trouble is Brewing"

• Added support for setting the Swarm Mode on IAPs via CSV workflows
• Added Virtual Controller information to the AP Statistics Page (with CSV Download)
• Add code support for an upcoming feature...
• Fix for AOS-CX devices with Interface and PoE bounce in Troubleshooting
• Added ability to import and export your settings in Central Automation Studio (including Accounts)

Version 1.32.3 (2023/10/24)

• Added Labels and Public IP of devices into the Device Inventory page (so that it can be used for sorting, filtering, exporting)
• Extended support for RF Profiles CSV Task to support RF Zones on IAP 8.x

Version 1.32.2 (2023/10/20)

• Fix for Mesh topology refresh bug
• Added Bulk AP Configuration support for "ap-poe-power-optimization enable" per AP setting

Version 1.32.1 (2023/10/13)

• Fix for Client OS and AP model bar charts - now clickable to show the relevant devices
• Updated UI to better show which tiles are clickable - added Hover state

Version 1.32 (2023/10/10) - "User Requests"

• CSV Workflows page has moved to a 3 column design:
• Standard Deployment Tasks - Basic deployment steps used by many users
• Specialized Deployment Tasks - Deployment steps for more specific use cases
• Automated Deployment Tasks - Deployment steps linked together for automation
• Added ability to Remove Labels using the CSV Workflows
• Added ability to Remove Devices from Site using the CSV Workflows
• RAPIDS improvements:
• Summary tiles are now clickable. Selected summary tile auto filters the table
• Ability to filter for just Rogues by typing "Rogues" in the search box (separate from Suspected Rogue)
• RF Neighbours on AP Troubleshooting page can now be downloaded as a CSV
• Auto Assign IAPs (8.x) to the same site as the virtual controller via the Site Management page

Version 1.31.5 (2023/10/06)

• Uptime columns now sort correctly

Version 1.31.4 (2023/09/29)

• Support for loading more than 10,000 clients
• Licensing devices now happens in smaller blocks (more API calls) to reduce chances of Central API timeouts
• Improved licensing progress notifications
• Improved notifications on API errors

Version 1.31.3 (2023/09/19)

• Flexible Dual Band Configuration now available in the CSV based workflows for AP-615 and AP-605R
• AirMatch floorplan views now support grayscale map conversion - improving visualisation
• Protection for leading and trailing spaces in account creation fields
• Fix for Pie charts not being clickable

Version 1.31.2 (2023/08/08)

• Introduced support for "Config Shortcuts" on AP Group Configuration. Initial support is for clearing Airwave configuration from the selected group

Version 1.31.1 (2023/08/01)

• Support for bulk AP Installation Type configuration (Default, Indoor, Outdoor) using CSV based workflows
• Fix for AirMatch AP RF Neighbours table not populating

Version 1.31 (2023/07/26) - "Unlocking Doors"

• New Key Management Service Visibility and Troubleshooting page
• New Named MPSK page for managing MPSKs in CloudAuth
• New Switch Troubleshooting page for simple troubleshooting of switches. Initial tools available per switch are:
• Switch overview information
• Port list - with tools for PoE Bounce, Interface Bounce and Cable Test
• Added Wi-Fi Radios and BLE Beacon tables to the AP Statistics page
• Updated Mesh SNR thresholds
• Fix for ClientMatch Steering History displaying wrong AP Name

Version 1.30.1 (2023/06/16)

• Added ability to view the ClientMatch Station Record for a client (including the Virtual Beacon Report) on the ClientMatch page - an Action button on the Recent Steering History table
• Initial Central 2.5.7 support
• Support for device list for a subscription key in License Monitoring
• Support for displaying subscription key assigned to a device in Device Inventory
• Updated look for Pie charts
• Minor UI consistency updates between pages
• Added keyboard shortcut of Shift + R to trigger refresh of monitoring data

Version 1.30 (2023/05/25) - "Where's that AP"

• Mesh Topology Visualisation has been introduced
• VisualRF support has been introduced
• AirMatch visualization improvements
• Support for more than 100 APs per floor
• Improved Floorplan selection UI
• HiDPI support - they just look better now!
• Support for multiple Campuses
• Added the ability to download an AirMatch optimization as a CSV
• Minor improvements in the Event Dashboard
• Improved progress bars for data collection from APIs
• Added ability to refresh APs, Switches and Gateways individually from the device list tables
• Initial support for Central-OnPrem (only available in Docker deployments)
• New icons for Gateways, Controllers and AirMatch

Version 1.29.2 (2023/05/10)

• Support for bulk label assignment using CSV based workflows

Version 1.29.1 (2023/05/09)

• Visualize APs affected by radar events on the AirMatch page

Version 1.29 (2023/05/05) - "Atmosphere '23"

• New AirMatchoptimization visualisation
• New Event Dashboard
• Fixes for Switch pages not loading correctly

Version 1.28.5 (2023/04/23)

• Fix for rebooting devices in the AP Rebooting page
• Moved APs to first tab in the AP Rebooting page
• Down radios on AP Statistics page no longer lists radios on APs that are offline

Version 1.28.4 (2023/04/19)

• AirMatch optimizations now include the RF Domain and RF Partition as well as additional sorting capabilities
• AirMatch page now allows the RF Neighbours for each AP to be displayed

Version 1.28.3 (2023/04/16)

• Improved notifications

Version 1.28.2 (2023/04/05)

• Improved support for uptime in device tables (now supports Switches and Gateways)

Version 1.28.1 (2023/03/30)

• Subscriptions Used Details are available by clicking on the Total, Available or Subscribed tiles on the License Monitoring page

Version 1.28 (2023/03/25) - "Carmen Sandiego"

• Added support for Per AP Country Code setting
• Added support for ArubaOS 10.x per AP Country Code setting in the Site based workflows
• Tweaks to some Notifications - most only stay on screen as long as the task is happening
• Improved logging - now includes a button to clear the log

Version 1.27.1 (2023/03/16)

• Improved function of set Static IP Address
• Tweak to settings page to prevent going to the Dashboard without having account information loaded
• Added protection/support for CSV headers to have leading and trailing spaces

Version 1.27 (2023/03/07) - "Location Location Location"

• Added new page to support Site Management
• Tweaks to the location of some Notifications

Version 1.26.1 (2023/03/05)

• High Memory Utilization table on Access Point Statistics page now only lists "Up" APs
• Improvements to Antenna Gain configuration code
• Improvements to API Proxy selection code

Version 1.26 (2023/02/22) - "Zone Offence"

• Added new page to support Visitor Management
• Added new page to support bulk assignment of SSIDs to individual ArubaOS 10.x Access Points
• Added documentation for support of ArubaOS 10.x SSID assignment using the ZONE column header in CSV workflows
• Reduced API calls on WLAN deployment page
• Added API call delays on WLAN deployment and Visitor Management pages to avoid hitting Central API calls/sec limit - CAS sometimes is too quick for Central

Version 1.25.2 (2023/01/20)

• Site dropdowns are now alphabetically sorted
• The Site based Antenna Gain Configuration test now supports setting gain on APs that are missing the configuration

Version 1.25.1 (2023/01/18)

• Added toggle in Device Inventory to show only devices without a Group assigned

Version 1.25 (2023/01/13) - "Static Options"

• AP Static IP Configuration now available in the CSV based workflows
• Automated rebooting of APs following static IP assignment is also supported

Version 1.24.1 (2023/01/11)

• Added "Neighbours" to the AP Troubleshooting. Provides AP Name (and link to AP in Central) for known neighbours
• Fix for loading Virtual Controllers in the group dropdown. All VCs now appears as expected

Version 1.24 (2023/01/09) - "Static Improvements"

• Automated rebooting of APs following Antenna Gain configuration is now supported
• AP Static IP Configuration testing now available in the Site based workflows
• Progress bar improvements

Version 1.23 (2022/12/19) - "Gaining Options"

• Setting antenna gain is now supported in CSV and Site based workflows, in addition to the Bulk AP config workflows
• Added the ability to check current antenna configuration for APs at a site in the Site based workflows
• Rebooting devices is now supported in the Site based workflows
• Improved information in ClientMatch Steering History table - Channel for From and To AP is now available in the tooltip, and AP names are now links to the AP in Central

Version 1.22 (2022/11/29) - "It's all in the details"

• New visual layout for the Settings Page
• Added a new Setting (Gateway Details) to download more detailed information on Gateways. New information available in the gateway table is the Public IP along with the Uplink and Tunnel status

Version 1.21.1 (2022/11/28)

• Improved sorting throughout Central Automation Studio

Version 1.21 (2022/11/18) - "Swarming"

• Added Virtual Controller WLAN Config support - Virtual Controllers are listed below the Groups

Version 1.20 (2022/11/04) - "Rapid Export"

• Added RAPIDS support - including filtering and downloading as a CSV
• Improved icons

Version 1.19.1 (2022/10/26)

• Support added for UAE-North and US-East-1 Central Clusters

Version 1.19 (2022/10/25) - "Scaling Up Pt.1"

• Migration from Local Storage to IndexedDB to store cached data (Clients, APs, Switches, Gateways, etc). Enables better support for very large Central accounts
• Improved chart display
• ClientMatch Steer history fix for missing Destination AP
• CSV Device Reboot workflow improved as to not go too fast!

Version 1.18.2 (2022/10/23)

• Improved support for CSV files with empty lines
• Improved feedback on long running tasks (Progress bars now in the notifications)
• Protection against code failure when trying to cache large amounts of information (Clients, APs, Switches, Gateways, etc)
• Modifications to simplify code merging between Live version and GitHub/Docker version

Version 1.18.1 (2022/10/21)

• Add Device Reboot to the CSV Workflows
• Added support for the CN-North Central Cluster

Version 1.18 (2022/10/18) - "Trouble Brewing"

• Bulk AP Config page added (under the Experimental Section until it is feature complete)
• AAA Troubleshooting tool added to the AP Troubleshooting page
• Global BSSID Table now available on the AP Statistics page (Replacing the "APs Processed" card)
• Daily API Count and Usage now displayed as a tooltip on the Central Automation Studio header on each page (updated after each GET command is called)
• Additional support for Central 2.5.6
• Support for AirMatch "Performance" run now option (shown as "New APs Only")

Version 1.17.2 (2022/10/05)

• AP Statistics Uptime table no longer lists down APs

Version 1.17.1 (2022/09/29)

• Improved Inventory API limits (now back to 1000 devices per call) - this API response time is still slow though
• Improvements to "Unlicense Devices" to protect against supplied serial numbers missing from the inventory

Version 1.17 (2022/09/28) - "Spectrum Access"

• ClientMatch Improvements
• Added RSSI for the From, To and Destination APs
• Added Radio MAC and Band of the APs to the From, To and Destination APs columns as a tooltip
• Added 11v result to the tooltip for the ClientMatch result column
• Statistics Graphs for recent ClientMatch steers
• New CSV workflows
• Support for Radio Modes bulk config (Access, Monitor, Spectrum) using RADIO 0 MODE, RADIO 1 MODE, RADIO 2 MODE columns in the CSV
• Support for Dual 5GHz Mode bulk config (Automatic, Enabled, Disabled) as part of the Radio Modes workflow for the AP-340 Series
• Support for Tri-Radio (Split 5GHz) Mode bulk config (Enabled, Disabled) as part of the Radio Modes workflow for the AP-555
• New Automated workflow combining AP Hostname and Radio Modes: Rename APs + Update Radio Modes
• New Site workflows
• Support for Dual 5GHz Mode bulk config for all AP340 Series APs that are part of the selected site
• Support for Tri-Radio (Split 5GHz) Mode bulk config for AP-555 that are part of the selected site
• Improved support for 6GHz APs and Clients (AirMatch, ClientMatch, AP Statistics)
• Added the ability to see the list of the APs with issues on the AP Statistics page (Clickable tiles)
• Added setting for not including "All" AirMatch RF Events. This is due to UI performance when there is a large amount of events on the network over time. If the AirMatch page is freezing/stalling then uncheck this option
• Updated Documentation and Icons

Version 1.16.1 (2022/09/24)

• ClientMatch Steering History fix to display entries

Version 1.16 (2022/09/09) - "Statistically Speaking"

• Access Point Statistics have been added
• UI tweaks to highlight which areas of Central are being displayed on a page
• Device lists from overview tiles now support searching/filtering on device status (Up and Down)
• Added support for setting RF Profiles for AOS10 APs in the CSV Workflows

Version 1.15.1 (2022/09/08)

• Added support for custom hostname variable when renaming template group devices
• Added restrictions to variables names to match allowed characters in Central
• Fix for uploading variables (updating Hostnames, Experimental Switch config, etc)

Version 1.15 (2022/09/02) - "Compliance"

• Group Management support has been improved
• Consolidated Group Management features into new tile
• Added Firmware Compliance Bulk configurations - Support for CX switches is coming soon...
• Settings are now saved on change. No need to remember to hit the "Save and Go to Dashboard button" after changing a setting

Version 1.14.3 (2022/08/22)

• Site creation now supports using Latitude and Longitude instead of street addresses. Supported in both bulk site creation and single site creation
• CSV Upload Workflows now support enabling/disabling of 2.4GHz radios

Version 1.14.2 (2022/08/18)

• Group listing in the overview tiles now displays the different Group Properties. An option has been added to the Settings page to exclude the Group Properties for speed and API call savings on accounts with lots of Groups

Version 1.14.1 (2022/08/04)

• Gateway Config now includes buttons to view the current committed and effective configurations for the selected Group/Device
• AP Troubleshooting - Added Uptime to AP Table
• MPSK Local - Added fix to prevent duplicate MPSK key names
• Auth Servers now refresh after adding new Auth Server

Version 1.14 (2022/07/21) - "Like and Subscribe"

• Licensing Monitoring support added for viewing and exporting subscription keys

Version 1.13 (2022/07/18) - "Round the World"

• Country Code config for APs
• Easily enable or disable SSIDs in the WLAN Deployment page
• More WLAN config details in the WLAN Deployment table
• MSP Inventory download now available in the MSP page
• MSP Inventory now obtains monitoring information from each tenant to provide more detailed information in the device tables
• MSP Device API calls updated
• Background updates no longer occur when the page isn't visible - saving API calls

Version 1.12.6 (2022/07/09)

• Improved feedback when adding Devices using CSV Workflows
• Any MAC Address format now supported in CSV workflows (No need to have the colon separated format)

Version 1.12.5 (2022/07/05)

• Additional feedback in the event of a failing Central API has been added
• Improved API Proxy reachability testing

Version 1.12.4 (2022/06/30)

• QR Code customization added - Colour and Logo can be changed in Settings

Version 1.12.3 (2022/06/29)

• Client Operating System graph added to Client Statistics page
• Fixed AirMatch EIRP graph display

Version 1.12.2 (2022/06/24)

• Fix for Group table error on MSP Workflow page
• Added MSP logo (if one is configured)
• Reduced API calls used to obtain MSP data

Version 1.12.1 (2022/06/23)

• AP Zone workflows now use "ZONE" for the column name. Change was made to match the CSV export from Central device list. Sample CSV has been updated as well
• Global protection for empty rows in CSVs

Version 1.12 (2022/06/22) - "Happy Snap"

• MSPK-Local management support added
• Ability to generate (and download) QR Codes for Wi-Fi configuration for clients - available in WLAN config and MPSK-Local config
• AP Troubleshooting (Phase 1) is available in the Experimental Section

Version 1.11.2 (2022/06/16)

• Fix for Gateway config not showing list of Groups and Gateways

Version 1.11.1 (2022/06/11)

• Hydra Dashboard trade-off!
• (+) Clients column now shows Wireless/Wired split with Connected and Failed To Connect Status
• (+) Speed increase. Overview data for APs, Switches and Gateways with large accounts now loads just as fast as small accounts
• (+) Reduced API Call usage
• (-) APs, Switches, Gateways no longer display device lists when clicked on - That detail is now only available in the Account view

Version 1.11 (2022/06/10) - "Action Jackson"

• Updated branding to Central Automation Studio (matching GitHub/Docker version)
• Added Troubleshooting tools to the Physical Layer Information in the Site Workflows
• Added Actions to the Device Inventory
• Notifications are now always on top of all popovers - improving readability
• Fix for log messages not appearing on some pages

Version 1.10.4 (2022/06/08)

• Improved loading of WLAN Group config when using accounts with large numbers of groups (no longer pre-fetching WLAN config)
• Improved loading of Group information when using accounts with large numbers of groups (33% Faster)
• Added the ability to obfuscate the Client Secret and Tokens in the Settings page
• Moved the Save button in Settings to a more visible location

Version 1.10.3 (2022/05/31)

• Added support on the Dashboard for cloning Groups - including upgrading to the ArubaOS 10 architecture
• Fix for muddled AP Model information when auto-renaming APs (GLCP related)

Version 1.10.2 (2022/05/24)

• Change of API used to get Client information - now using the Unified Clients (Wired/Wireless) API
• Tooltips added to Graphs

Version 1.10.1 (2022/05/17)

• CSV Workflow result notification improvements
• Workaround for GLCP Inventory response inconsistencies when licensing Devices

Version 1.10 (2022/04/30) - "Back Office"

• Device Inventory Visibility and Exporting support added
• Up to 50x improvement in API calls used when assigning devices to Groups (CSV Workflows)
• Code improvements to improve code portability
• Bug fix for IPAM Monitoring DHCP Table loading error
• Bug fix for Client Monitoring setting not being saved correctly
• Fix for GLCP API limits on certain APIs
• Updated documentation graphics and links

Version 1.9.5 (2022/04/20)

• Improvements to AirMatch Charts

Version 1.9.4 (2022/04/19)

• Rudimentary Page Analytics have been added. A simple page hit counter is now attached to each page - to help guide development resources

Version 1.9.3 (2022/03/23)

• Error Log is now just Log. It contains more information than before, including information level log messages - not just errors. Errors are coloured in red and start with a "-". Log is be auto displayed if an error occurs. Log is available in the menu bar on the top right

Version 1.9.2 (2022/03/18)

• Added support for bulk Device Archiving using CSV workflows
• Updated API calls for Adding Devices automation
• Improved error handling for Adding Devices automation
• IPAM Monitoring now lists actual pool names (not IDs), and displays number of clients per subnet for DHCP pools
• Client Health details as a tooltip now listed failed client reason

Version 1.9.1 (2022/03/15)

• Fix for downloading Device Inventory - now pulls data from correct APIs, and includes all APs (not just IAPs)

Version 1.9.0 (2022/03/14) - "Many Names"

• Update Switchport names now supported on AOS-Switch in UI Groups. This is available in CSV Upload Workflows and Site Workflows - Available with Central 2.5.5
• Proxy Server in use now marked in bold in the footer
• UI tweaks
• Support for downloading entire Device Inventory as CSV - available in the Management Tasks section on the Dashboard

Version 1.8.5 (2022/03/01)

• Added Health details as a tooltip to the Status column on the Lists (Clients, APs, Switches and Gateways)

Version 1.8.4 (2022/02/28)

• Proxy Server status now available in the footer of every page. If proxy servers are unavailable, check accessibility directly via clicking on the proxy status in the footer

Version 1.8.3 (2022/02/15)

• Proxy Server failover is now implemented site-wide. Note: Previous users may need to perform a hard-refresh of the pages to force the Javascript to reload in the browser (Shift key + Page reload)

Version 1.8.2 (2022/02/10)

• Improved Proxy Server scalability and response times by adding additional nodes (1 in the US and 1 in Europe)

Version 1.8.1 (2022/02/09)

• Improvements to error handling when adding devices via CSV

Version 1.8.0 (2022/02/01) - "Match Maker"

• New Central Services section in the dashboard featuring:
• AirMatch
• ClientMatch
• AirMatch Improvements
• Added support for Freezing and Unfreezing radios
• Added support for different run now types in AirMatch
• Improved display of the latest AirMatch optimization
• Improved handling of RF Domains and Partitions in the optimization details
• Last 11 AirMatch optimizations are now available - Latest one + 10 more in the table!
• Improved discoverability of viewing the latest optimization details
• AirMatch Events now filter out events where channel and bandwidth do not change
• ClientMatch
• Added support for controlling the ClientMatch service in AOS10
• Added Central ID in the account settings. This is needed for some API calls (starting with ClientMatch)

Version 1.7.5 (2022/01/16)

• Gateway Config Snippets support added
• Improvements to IP Address Management Monitoring. Now shows the Pool information as well

Version 1.7.4 (2022/01/10)

• IP Address Management Monitoring support added
• Improved discoverability of Client Statistics and AP Reboot by adding tiles to the Monitoring and Statistics section
• Improved legibility of deep links in tables (now in bold)

Version 1.7.3 (2022/01/05)

• Workaround for Safari related Regex bug

Version 1.7.2 (2021/12/22)

• UXI Status for the Sites table now links deep links to the UXI Dashboard
• AP List now denotes if an AP is the Virtual Controller
• AirMatch Optimization details table features a tooltip of valid channels for any given radio (Channels that were available to be selected from for that particular radio)

Version 1.7.1 (2021/12/17)

• Fixed sorting of AirMatch tables based on Date
• Added ability to view AirMatch Optimization details - just click on the row in the "AirMatch Last Run" table
• AirMatch History removed
• AirMatch Radar & Noise Events added
• Additional information in the AirMatch Events table
• AirMatch Channel Usage is blank due to an issue with the associated API
• Fix for missing information from Central that could throw an error in the Client table

Version 1.7.0 (2021/12/14) - "Many Reboots"

• Added support for rebooting of multiple APs at the same time
• Improved notifications for status

Version 1.6.1 (2021/12/12)

• Fixed a bug that could stop Auto Renaming Access Points from working

Version 1.6.0 (2021/12/03) - "Many Arms"

• Hail Hydra!
• Support for multiple accounts
• Bug Fixes/Improvements
• Physical Layer Information (Site Workflows) no longer lists Mesh Point APs and correctly displays switch hostname
• Experimental Switching fixes for changes in Central 2.5.4
• Client, Device, Groups and Site lists now are clickable only from the Name column - deep linked to Central
• AI Insights in the Sites list is now clickable - deep linked to Central
• Client Statistics now includes support for 6GHz clients and Randomized MAC Addresses
• Dark mode improvements
• Template Switching fixes that stopped switches being listed
• AirMatch API response differences corrected
• Corrected an issue where groups might listed twice

Version 1.5.4 (2021/11/24)

• Large reduction in API calls to assign and un-assign licenses - now an API call per license type being assigned/un-assign, not per device

Version 1.5.3 (2021/11/17)

• Improvements for Central 2.5.4

Version 1.5.2 (2021/10/27)

• Added support for Unlicensing Devices in CSV Workflows

Version 1.5.1 (2021/10/25)

• Exposed the ability not include Client Monitoring (i.e. not get Client information) in Settings
• Not including Client Monitoring is recommended for networks with lots of clients
• Not Including reduces API calls
• Not Including doesn't cache Client Monitoring data in local browser storage (Can hit limitations of local storage in browsers)
• Deep links to Central from Client and Device tables now works with Central 2.5.4

Version 1.5.0 (2021/10/22) - "Heavy Lifting"

• AP Group Configuration editing support added
• Under the hood improvements for upcoming features
• Changes relating to Central 2.5.4 support

Version 1.4.5 (2021/10/01)

• Client Statistics are now clickable - showing the selected clients that match the statistic

Version 1.4.4 (2021/08/26)

• Reduction in API calls to obtain client and device lists
• Improvements in AP Zone notifications/error logging
• Groups with commas (,) in the group name are now skipped - due to API limitation. (unfortunately...)
• Ground work for upcoming features

Version 1.4.3 (2021/08/23)

• Select all groups in WLAN deployment now works as expected

Version 1.4.2 (2021/08/19)

• Improvements in handling when the daily API limit is exceeded
• Improvements in handling paginated API content (reduction in calls)

Version 1.4.1 (2021/08/18)

• AOS-Switch Template Configuration improvements
• UI Improvements
• DNS Server support added (under System tab) for two DNS Servers
• AP Zone support in CSV Workflows

Version 1.4.0 (2021/07/12) - "Frankenstein"

• Experimental Features (aka Beta Features!)
• AOS-Switch Template Configuration

Version 1.3.6 (2021/07/09)

• Dark Mode support added
• Dashboard tweaks to improve readability

Version 1.3.5 (2021/07/02)

• Improvements to saving the Settings - now redirects back to the Dashboard

Version 1.3.4 (2021/07/01)

• Added support for US-WEST4, EU-2 and EU-3 Central Clusters
• Fix for licensing devices when no license type was specified

Version 1.3.3 (2021/06/23)

• Supported added for Wired Client authentication type in Client Statistics

Version 1.3.2 (2021/06/22)

• Added support for Canada-1 Central Cluster

Version 1.3.1 (2021/06/07)

• Switches using Templates - Variable Verification

Version 1.3 (2021/06/06) - "Rollout"

• Dashboard layout improvements
• Stacked Switches using Templates - Variable Syncing
• Global Config Deployment support added
• WLAN Deployment
• User Role Deployment
• Authentication Server Deployment

Version 1.2.1 (2021/05/24)

• User Role Removal from Group is now supported

Version 1.2 (2021/05/24)

• User Role Deployment tile added

Version 1.1.6 (2021/05/23)

• Fix for incorrect client count

Version 1.1.5 (2021/05/18)

• Site Creation
  • Single Site creation
  • Bulk site creation - Sample CSV available

Version 1.1.4 (2021/05/16)

• Reductions in API calls
• Caching of monitoring data in local storage of the web browser to reduce API calls on every page load
• "Add Devices" task now works in a single API call for all devices being added

Version 1.1.3 (2021/05/14)

• Improvements in adding devices from CSV (now supports MAC addresses without colons)
• Improved protection against poorly formatted CSV files
• Default refresh rate changed to 30 minutes to reduce API limit impact
• Improved Getting Started documentation

Version 1.1.2 (2021/05/13)

• Improvements to AirMatch last Optimization display

Version 1.1.1 (2021/05/12)

• Auto AP Renaming now includes additional variables: switch (for switchname) and port (for switch port number)
• Fix for 5GHz only deployments in the AirMatch tile

Version 1.1 (2021/05/11)

• Client Statistics page - found at the bottom of the Clients table
• Physical Layer Information test - found on the Site Workflow page

Version 1.0 (2021/05/09)

• Initial Release

Further Information

For any further information on how the Central Automation Studio works, or to request additional functionality, please send me an email.

A Docker container version of Central Automation Studio is available. The Docker container includes this WebUI and a API Proxy inside the same container, allowing for private use. It can be obtained from either of the two locations:

• GitHub
• DockerHub