Aruba Central on the same pane as the rest of your network
The SmartTile HPE Aruba Central integration watches every Aruba switch, access point and gateway through one API Gateway app, and tickets outages the same way as every other device you monitor.
Central sees your Aruba fleet. It doesn’t see the rest of your network.
Aruba Central alerts on Aruba devices, but your circuits, firewalls and other vendors live somewhere else. SmartTile puts every Aruba switch, AP and gateway on the same pane as the rest of your network, and tickets outages the same way.
What your team gets from the HPE Aruba Central integration
Outages ticketed like everything else
A device offline for 14 minutes opens a ticket, with the same DOWN states and history as every other device you monitor.
The whole fleet, inventoried
Serial, MAC, model, part number, firmware and IP addresses for every switch, AP and gateway.
Health beyond up or down
CPU, memory, temperature, PoE use, fan and power supply status, stack role and config sync state.
See who is connected
Clients with SSID, VLAN, signal strength, band and operating system.
Subscriptions tracked
Quantity, utilization and expiration dates for your Aruba subscriptions.
Firmware advisories
Devices Central flags as out of date become FirmwareAutomate advisories. Upgrade execution stays off unless you turn it on.
When something goes wrong
| The moment | Today | With SmartTile |
|---|---|---|
| An AP goes offline | Someone spots it in Central, or a user calls. | Three missed polls mark it DOWN, and a ticket opens at 14 minutes. |
| A subscription nears expiry | Discovered when it lapses. | Expiration dates are tracked with quantity and utilization. |
| Firmware falls behind | Someone has to check each device. | Out-of-date firmware becomes an advisory automatically. |
| API tokens expire | The integration quietly stops reporting. | Tokens refresh automatically, and the credential pauses itself after repeated failures. |
Why IT leaders add it to their stack
Complements Central, nothing to replace
Central keeps its native alerts. SmartTile adds tickets and one view across every vendor.
Cloud to cloud through the API Gateway
One OAuth2 app, any Central region or a custom gateway URL.
Reads only, with one opt-in write
Every call is a read. The firmware upgrade request stays off unless you turn on Execute upgrades.
Fleet health without the hunting
Health, clients, subscriptions and firmware for every Aruba device in one place.
Live in about 15 minutes
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1Create an API Gateway appIn Central, note the Client ID and Secret.
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2Generate tokens and find your CIDAn access and refresh token pair, plus the Customer ID from the account header.
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3Add the credential in SmartTileChoose the region, keep auto-refresh on, then save and discover.
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4Test, sync and mapEnable background sync, then map Aruba devices to your locations.
No agent, no SNMP and no inbound firewall rules. SmartTile talks to Central cloud to cloud.
Security and control
Learn exactly how it works
The two-page technical overview lists every Central API endpoint SmartTile calls, the credentials it needs and where to find them, and how tokens are protected and refreshed.
HPE Aruba Central integration FAQs
Will SmartTile change our Aruba configuration?
No. Every call is a read. The only write is the firmware upgrade request, and it stays off unless you turn on Execute upgrades.
Central already alerts us. Why add SmartTile?
SmartTile complements Central’s alerts by putting Aruba devices next to the rest of your infrastructure, with tickets in your ITSM.
Will this use up our API quota?
Default polling uses three calls per 3-minute check, and full discovery runs nightly, which stays within typical allowances.
Which regions does the HPE Aruba Central integration support?
US-1, US-2, US-West, EU-1, Canada and APAC, plus custom gateway URLs.
Do we need an agent, SNMP or firewall changes?
No. There is no agent, no SNMP and no inbound firewall rule. Communication is cloud to cloud.
Works with the rest of your stack
One API Gateway app in Central, and every Aruba device reports down like the rest of your network
See it on your own Aruba fleet in a 30-minute demo.