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AOS-CX CLI and management access with checkpoints

Bring two factory-fresh AOS-CX switches to a documented, secured baseline: learn the CLI contexts, build out-of-band management in the mgmt VRF with SSH, HTTPS, NTP, syslog and SNMP, add role-based users, and make changes safely with checkpoints and auto-rollback.

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In your workspace: Shared, then HPE Aruba Networking CX switching guided labs, then 01 - AOS-CX CLI and management access with checkpoints

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Level
Beginner
Time
About 60 minutes
Nodes need
4 vCPU, 6,144 MB
Smallest plan
Lite

The scenario

Northwind Logistics has unboxed two HPE Aruba Networking CX switches for its new distribution centre. They still call themselves switch and only the default admin account exists. Before the cabling contractor arrives you must give both a documented, secured management baseline on the out-of-band (OOB) network, and prove you can roll back a bad change.

DeviceInterfaceAddressConnects to
sw1mgmt (VRF mgmt)192.168.100.21/24, gateway 192.168.100.1OOB switch
sw2mgmt (VRF mgmt)192.168.100.22/24, gateway 192.168.100.1OOB switch
sw11/1/1–sw2 1/1/1
OOB servicesNTP and gateway 192.168.100.1 · syslog 192.168.100.50 (not built in this lab)––

What you’ll practise

  • Move between AOS-CX CLI contexts, use help and filter show output
  • Read show version, show system and show interface brief
  • Configure the mgmt interface, SSH and HTTPS in the mgmt VRF
  • Create users in the administrators and operators groups
  • Point NTP, syslog and SNMP at the management network
  • Save checkpoints, compare them, roll back, and use an auto checkpoint that reverts unconfirmed changes

The tasks

  1. Find your way around the CLI
  2. Identity and time
  3. Out-of-band management
  4. Users and roles
  5. Time, logs and SNMP towards the OOB services
  6. Checkpoints and rollback
  7. Save

The Lab Tasks pane has the scenario, these tasks, the checks to run, hints and the full solution.

Topology and devices

The network as it opens in EVE-NG, drawn from the lab’s own canvas, and the image each node runs.

Topology of AOS-CX CLI and management access with checkpoints2 nodes and 1 network, 3 links. Every link is listed as text below the diagram.sw1sw2OOBmgmtmgmt1/1/11/1/1
2 nodes and 1 network, with the interface names each link uses.
Every link, as text
  • sw1 mgmt to OOB (network)
  • sw2 mgmt to OOB (network)
  • sw1 1/1/1 to sw2 1/1/1
Nodes in AOS-CX CLI and management access with checkpoints, with the image each runs and the vCPU and RAM it’s set to
NodeDeviceImage in Add NodeSet to
sw1Aruba AOS-CX virtual switcharubacx-10.142 vCPU, 3,072 MB
sw2Aruba AOS-CX virtual switcharubacx-10.142 vCPU, 3,072 MB

How to open this lab

  1. Sign in to your workspace at lab.cloudlabbox.com.

  2. In File Manager, open Shared, then the folder HPE Aruba Networking CX switching guided labs.

  3. Open 01 - AOS-CX CLI and management access with checkpoints and start its nodes, then open Lab Tasks for the scenario and the steps.

The lab is read-only. You can start the nodes and configure the devices, but changes to the topology can’t be saved. To change it, rebuild it in your own folder.

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