Network & security vendors · 6 min read

Enable SNMP on Aruba (HPE) switches and controllers

Aruba's AOS-CX and AOS-Switch product lines both support SNMP, with slightly different CLI syntax between the two families.

What you'll need

  • Administrator access to the switch or controller CLI
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AOS-CX switches

Configure a read-only SNMP community from the CLI, consistent with AOS-CX's general command structure.

snmp-server community linivoRO
snmp-server host 10.20.0.50 community linivoRO
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AOS-Switch (legacy ProCurve-derived) switches

The older AOS-Switch line uses a slightly different syntax inherited from its ProCurve lineage.

snmp-server community "linivoRO" operator
snmp-server host 10.20.0.50 "linivoRO"
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Add the device in Linivo

Both families report standard interface and system health over the same core MIBs; Linivo's Aruba profile handles the vendor-specific extensions for stack and PoE status where present.