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Aruba Central

Supported OS Linux Windows Mac OS

Integration version1.0.0

To find out if this integration is available in your organization, see your Datadog Integrations page or ask your organization administrator.

To initiate an exception request to enable this integration for your organization, email support@ddog-gov.com.

Aruba Central Overview
Aruba Central Access Points
Aruba Central Radio and Channel Utilization
Aruba Central Application Usage

Overview

This integration provides comprehensive visibility into your Aruba Central Environment by collecting metrics for Network Device Monitoring, including access point and switch health, client connectivity and signal quality, uplink throughput and WAN performance, and site-level traffic trends. This will enable you to monitor device status, troubleshoot wireless issues, and identify network bottlenecks.

Setup

  1. Create client credentials following instructions in Aruba’s documentation. Copy the generated Client ID and Client secret to a secure location.

  2. From the URL section of Aruba’s credentials page, copy the Base URL that matches the region you want to monitor. Paste the hostname portion into API domain (for example, us5.api.central.arubanetworks.com).

  3. Paste your Client ID and Client secret into the corresponding fields.

  4. Use the Monitor access points, Monitor switches, and Monitor gateways toggles to choose which device types to collect. At least one must remain enabled.

  5. (Optional) Use Site IDs to restrict collection to specific Aruba Central sites. Leave empty to monitor every site visible to the credentials. Site IDs are numeric strings (for example, 284018783611). To find one, navigate to a site in Aruba Central and copy the siteId query parameter from the browser URL.

Note: Any Aruba Central user can create client credentials, but the API token inherits the permissions of the user who created it. We recommend using an account with at least read-only access to the Network Operations module to ensure full visibility across all devices and sites.

Data Collected

Metrics

aruba_central.access_point.client_count
(gauge)		Number of wireless clients currently associated with this access point.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.access_point.power_consumption_w
(gauge)		Power consumed by the access point in watts.
Shown as watt
aruba_central.access_point.status
(gauge)		Operational status of the access point (1 = up).
Shown as unit
aruba_central.access_point.uptime
(gauge)		Time since the access point last booted.
Shown as millisecond
aruba_central.application_experience_fair
(count)		Number of clients reporting fair application experience.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.application_experience_good
(count)		Number of clients reporting good application experience.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.application_experience_poor
(count)		Number of clients reporting poor application experience.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.application_rx_bytes
(count)		Bytes received by clients for the application.
Shown as byte
aruba_central.application_tx_bytes
(count)		Bytes sent by clients for the application.
Shown as byte
aruba_central.client
(count)		One emission per network client observed in the crawl window.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.client.count
(gauge)		Number of network clients connected to each AP or switch.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.client.health
(gauge)		Aruba Central client health score (0 = poor / 1 = fair / 2 = good).
Shown as unit
aruba_central.client.usage
(gauge)		Per-client data usage over the reporting window (top-N by site).
Shown as byte
aruba_central.cpu.utilization_pct
(gauge)		CPU utilization for the device.
Shown as percent
aruba_central.device.count
(gauge)		One emission per device observed during metadata collection.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.device.uptime_ms
(gauge)		Device uptime since last boot.
Shown as millisecond
aruba_central.gateway.status
(gauge)		Operational status of the gateway (1 = up).
Shown as unit
aruba_central.memory.utilization_pct
(gauge)		Memory utilization for the device.
Shown as percent
aruba_central.radio.channel_change_count
(gauge)		Number of channel changes observed on the radio.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.radio.channel_quality
(gauge)		Aruba Central radio channel quality score.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.radio.channel_utilization.interference_pct
(gauge)		Channel utilization attributed to non-Wi-Fi interference.
Shown as percent
aruba_central.radio.channel_utilization.rx_pct
(gauge)		Channel utilization for receive (rx) traffic.
Shown as percent
aruba_central.radio.channel_utilization.tx_pct
(gauge)		Channel utilization for transmit (tx) traffic.
Shown as percent
aruba_central.radio.client_count
(gauge)		Number of wireless clients associated with this radio.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.radio.frames.drop_pct
(gauge)		Percentage of frames dropped on the radio.
Shown as percent
aruba_central.radio.frames.retry_pct
(gauge)		Percentage of frames retried on the radio.
Shown as percent
aruba_central.radio.noise_floor_dbm
(gauge)		Radio noise floor in dBm (lower is better).
Shown as unit
aruba_central.radio.power_change_count
(gauge)		Number of transmit power changes observed on the radio.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.radio.power_dbm
(gauge)		Radio transmit power in dBm.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.switch.poe_available
(gauge)		Power-over-Ethernet budget available on the switch.
Shown as watt
aruba_central.switch.poe_consumption
(gauge)		Power-over-Ethernet currently consumed by attached devices.
Shown as watt
aruba_central.switch.port.collisions
(gauge)		Collisions observed on the switch port during the reporting window.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.switch.port.giants
(gauge)		Giant frames received on the switch port during the reporting window.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.switch.port.in_discards
(gauge)		Inbound packets discarded on the switch port.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.switch.port.in_errors
(gauge)		Inbound packet errors on the switch port.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.switch.port.out_discards
(gauge)		Outbound packets discarded on the switch port.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.switch.port.out_errors
(gauge)		Outbound packet errors on the switch port.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.switch.port.runts
(gauge)		Runt frames received on the switch port during the reporting window.
Shown as unit
aruba_central.switch.port.speed
(gauge)		Negotiated link speed of the switch port.
Shown as bit
aruba_central.switch.port.status
(gauge)		Operational status of the switch port (1 = up).
Shown as unit
aruba_central.switch.power_consumption
(gauge)		Total power consumed by the switch.
Shown as watt
aruba_central.switch.rx_bytes
(gauge)		Bytes received on the switch over the reporting window.
Shown as byte
aruba_central.switch.status
(gauge)		Operational status of the switch (1 = up).
Shown as unit
aruba_central.switch.temperature
(gauge)		Switch internal temperature.
Shown as degree celsius
aruba_central.switch.total_power_consumption
(gauge)		Total power consumed by the switch including PoE delivered to attached devices.
Shown as watt
aruba_central.switch.tx_bytes
(gauge)		Bytes transmitted by the switch over the reporting window.
Shown as byte
aruba_central.switch.uptime
(gauge)		Switch uptime since last boot.
Shown as millisecond
aruba_central.switch.usage_bps
(gauge)		Aggregate switch throughput in bits per second.
Shown as bit
aruba_central.throughput.rx_bps
(gauge)		Wireless rx throughput on an access point or switch uplink in bits per second.
Shown as bit
aruba_central.throughput.tx_bps
(gauge)		Wireless tx throughput on an access point or switch uplink in bits per second.
Shown as bit
aruba_central.uplink.bandwidth.rx
(gauge)		Receive bandwidth on the switch uplink in bits per second.
Shown as bit
aruba_central.uplink.bandwidth.tx
(gauge)		Transmit bandwidth on the switch uplink in bits per second.
Shown as bit
aruba_central.uplink.usage.rx
(gauge)		Bytes received on the switch uplink during the reporting window.
Shown as byte
aruba_central.uplink.usage.total
(gauge)		Total bytes (rx + tx) on the switch uplink during the reporting window.
Shown as byte
aruba_central.uplink.usage.tx
(gauge)		Bytes transmitted on the switch uplink during the reporting window.
Shown as byte

Uninstallation

Click “Delete Account” from the Aruba Central integration tile

Support

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