What works for me for CX switches, is to create a 'local profile' at global level (or on site/site-collection/device-group) to set the switch admin password:

Note the 'pin' that it's a local profile, but assigned global.
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Herman Robers
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Original Message:
Sent: Jan 12, 2026 11:05 AM
From: Keyser
Subject: Aruba CX switches and default admin password?
What/how is the default admin account on Aruba CX switches managed in New Central?
In classic central I was asked to create an admin password on the configuration group.
A new group where New Central can overwrite everything has no provisions for setting an admin password, and in New Central configuration there is nothing asking for the admin password - is it set for something random? How do I use console on the switch then?
If I make a user administration policy and set the admin user and a password and assign it to fx. access switches in a site collection, then not only will the switches no longer sync configuration, but I cannot unassign that policy again because it contains the admin user - regardless if no devices are in the scope context.....
Luckily I assigned it to a Site collection, so the only way I could delete the policy was by deleting the Site-collection first (Thus it lost its assignment and could be deleted).
Any best practices on this? The documentation does not mention anything about this (as far as I can find)
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