HPE Aruba Central
Elevate your network with AI-native agentic intelligence, self-driving automation, and fortified security—delivering results across branch, campus, data center, and IoT environments.
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HPE Positioned as a Leader for 20 times running in 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure Report.
AI for networks. Cloud-scale management designed for today and tomorrow.
Experience how HPE Aruba Central uplevels the operator experience with advanced automation and analytics to diagnose and optimize your HPE Networking devices and scale effortlessly to meet your most demanding use cases.
Modernize your network with our latest HPE Aruba Networking Wireless Operating System
Modernize from OS-8 to OS-10 and simplify operations with a unified cloud-native architecture. Manage WLAN, gateways, and SD-Branch through HPE Aruba Central with AI-driven insights and scalable automation.
Our customers
AI-native networking super-charged with agentic mesh technology
Agentic mesh technology is being actively deployed into HPE Aruba Central, featuring a multi-agent orchestrator that enables AI models to reason and collaborate in real time. This distributed system of AI capabilities drives autonomous actions and adaptive responses through a new GreenLake copilot interface.
Monitoring, reporting and troubleshooting designed for the AI, IoT and mobility era
Identify and resolve issues in minutes versus hours by enhancing visibility and monitoring with full-stack correlation of network devices, connectivity links, and applications. Take advantage of responsive alerts to ensure your network keeps the business running at peak performance.
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GreenLake is the cloud delivering a unified platform experience—enabling you to run and manage your hybrid landscape, streamline IT operations without the chaos, unify and secure data wherever it lives, and accelerate AI from pilot to production.
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FAQs
What are the features of HPE Aruba Central?
HPE Aruba Central is a secure, AI-native, self-driving solution for campus and branch networks. Built on a microservices architecture, with flexible deployment options, it unifies day 0/1/2 operations for switching, Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, and security. It combines advanced AI, LLMs, and agentic AI with the industry's largest data lake and features integrated network access control at no extra cost.
What are the benefits of using HPE Aruba Central?
HPE Aruba Central accelerates deployment from weeks to hours, improves visibility, reduces network trouble tickets, and removes costly physical security appliances. It transforms networking from reactive to proactive, simplifying operations, lowering costs, and scaling effortlessly to support growing users, devices, and apps, making the network a driver of business success.
Can HPE Aruba Central integrate with other HPE products?
HPE Aruba Central integrates with GreenLake and supports third-party vendors like Pensando Policy and Services Manager, Microsoft Defender, Splunk, etc to enhance management, monitoring, security, and operations. It also enables third-party observability through HPE OpsRamp. APIs and webhooks are also available for added customization.
What is the setup process for HPE Aruba Central?
The setup process starts by activating the service in GreenLake, adding device subscriptions manually or through auto-assignment, and onboarding APs, switches, or gateways using Zero Touch Provisioning or manual registration. Devices are then assigned to groups, configurations applied, and monitoring enabled for full network readiness.
How does HPE Aruba Central enhance network access control?
HPE Aruba Central enhances network security by protecting every access, identity, and workload by default. It unifies Network Access Control (NAC), SASE, network authentication, endpoint and app monitoring, applies AI-driven risk assessment, and enforces scalable, zero trust-based microsegmentation. Role-based access control (RBAC), in-built IDS/IPS, and WPA3 insights improve security posture.
What support options are available for HPE Aruba Central users?
Support includes 24x7 priority technical assistance, software updates for HPE Aruba Central HPE Networking devices with an HPE Aruba Networking Central subscription. Optional add-ons include HPE Aruba Foundational Care for next-business-day or 4-hour hardware replacement and HPE Networking Services–Advanced Care for dedicated senior TAC engineers and faster care resolution.
What are the networking copilot features of HPE Aruba Central?
HPE Aruba Central combines agentic AI, LLMs, a large experience model (LEM), and billions of data points to deliver self-driving networks, AI-driven root cause analysis, and real-time insights. With Networking Copilot, operators use a natural language, conversational interface to access features, visualize trends, and get solutions—like having an expert on your team.