Agree that it doesn't make sense in this case. The get around it, just put in the Local User repository, or Endpoint Repository, which will not be used in the end but if you need to put one in, use that. To be fully secure, check in your enforcement that the authentication source is not the one you added.
You could reach out to Aruba TAC and see if they agree this is indeed a bug, and get a bug filed for it.
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Herman Robers
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