Network Management

I'm really looking for some advice/info if possible. We''re currently upgrading our network from Aruba-OS gen switches to CX-OS. Generally it's all going ok, but we also bought a license for Aruba Central Foundation On-Prem, which we've deployed and are now on-boarding the switches into.

Our expectation was that we'd have a super-capable NMS with birds eye and drill-down views of the network, real-time troubleshooting (inc spanning tree, loops, performance etc) all with a slick UI. What we seem to have got is a clunky, slow hugely function limited application that just about covers the basics and actually seems more geared to wifi rather than wired switches we're using it for. For example, we're sending sflow info to CoP from some of the switches, but either there's a massive problem somewhere, but there's nothing showing in CoP - I can't even see where this would be in the UI. There's no real-time interface graphing or troubleshooting other than graphs for the UPLINKS you can specify on each switch. I'm aware of Aruba Networking Central On-Prem, but just not sure if this is the same as Aruba Central On-Prem - the screenshots look a little different.

Have we made a mistake, or is CoP more capable than we've found so far? We were using PCM+ about 15 years ago, and that seemed way more capable.

Thanks

I still use Intelligent Management Center V7.3 with our mixed Aruba OS/CX family of switches...really does the trick!  Aruba Central is really geared at their Cloud Based Management model and the On-Prem version, from what I understand, is really meant for an Air Gapped Network.

I'm really looking for some advice/info if possible. We''re currently upgrading our network from Aruba-OS gen switches to CX-OS. Generally it's all going ok, but we also bought a license for Aruba Central Foundation On-Prem, which we've deployed and are now on-boarding the switches into.

Our expectation was that we'd have a super-capable NMS with birds eye and drill-down views of the network, real-time troubleshooting (inc spanning tree, loops, performance etc) all with a slick UI. What we seem to have got is a clunky, slow hugely function limited application that just about covers the basics and actually seems more geared to wifi rather than wired switches we're using it for. For example, we're sending sflow info to CoP from some of the switches, but either there's a massive problem somewhere, but there's nothing showing in CoP - I can't even see where this would be in the UI. There's no real-time interface graphing or troubleshooting other than graphs for the UPLINKS you can specify on each switch. I'm aware of Aruba Networking Central On-Prem, but just not sure if this is the same as Aruba Central On-Prem - the screenshots look a little different.

Have we made a mistake, or is CoP more capable than we've found so far? We were using PCM+ about 15 years ago, and that seemed way more capable.

Thanks

I'm really looking for some advice/info if possible. We''re currently upgrading our network from Aruba-OS gen switches to CX-OS. Generally it's all going ok, but we also bought a license for Aruba Central Foundation On-Prem, which we've deployed and are now on-boarding the switches into.

Our expectation was that we'd have a super-capable NMS with birds eye and drill-down views of the network, real-time troubleshooting (inc spanning tree, loops, performance etc) all with a slick UI. What we seem to have got is a clunky, slow hugely function limited application that just about covers the basics and actually seems more geared to wifi rather than wired switches we're using it for. For example, we're sending sflow info to CoP from some of the switches, but either there's a massive problem somewhere, but there's nothing showing in CoP - I can't even see where this would be in the UI. There's no real-time interface graphing or troubleshooting other than graphs for the UPLINKS you can specify on each switch. I'm aware of Aruba Networking Central On-Prem, but just not sure if this is the same as Aruba Central On-Prem - the screenshots look a little different.

Have we made a mistake, or is CoP more capable than we've found so far? We were using PCM+ about 15 years ago, and that seemed way more capable.

Thanks