HPE Aruba Networking provides datacenter networking solutions that help enterprises capitalize on business opportunities. Together, HPE Aruba Networking and Red Hat accelerate datacenter automation by using AOS-CX capabilities via Ansible Automation Platform workflows to allow for Day 0 automation of an AOS CX datacenter deployment to Day 2 maintenance. HPE Aruba Networking products support open-standard application programming interfaces (APIs), offering extensibility to, and integration with, Ansible Automation Platform. This helps customers accelerate deployments, orchestrate changes for thousands of devices, and reduce the cost of manual, error-prone work.

Support for Aruba CX Switching Day 0 and Day N automation

The Aruba CX Switching Portfolio provides powerful automation and analytics to IT operators. AOS-CX, a microservices-based operating system built on cloud-native principles makes it easier to deploy and manage wired networks using certified Ansible modules and Ansible playbooks. 

• Automate AOS CX datacenter deployment using Ansible Automation Platform workflows enforcing Aruba best practices.
• Automate Validated Reference Designs (VRDs) including 3 architectures: Campus attached DC ToR, dedicated datacenter two-tier, and layer 3 spine-leaf topology dedicated datacenter. 
• Automate network maintenance activities including backups, audits, and validations.
• Deploy configuration changes incrementally, reducing the risk of implementing network automation in a brownfield datacenter. 
• Turn off power over ethernet (PoE) ports when desired in an automated way.
• Access any data in Aruba CX switches using APIs.
• Get started with example workflow playbooks for provisioning switches.
• Upgrade firmware and reboot devices in a consistent, predefined way.