HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer
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Plans and prices
From HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer's own pricing page, checked 1 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 1y Subscription E-STU | — | Tier 3 · single node · per switch |
| Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 3y Subscription E-STU | — | Tier 3 · single node · 3-year term · per switch |
| Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 5y Subscription E-STU | — | Tier 3 · single node · 5-year term · per switch |
| Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 1y Subscription E-STU | — | Tier 4 · single node · per switch |
| Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 3y Subscription E-STU | — | Tier 4 · single node · 3-year term · per switch |
| Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 5y Subscription E-STU | — | Tier 4 · single node · 5-year term · per switch |
The facts
Each one read from HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audit logging
- Audit logs include time, component type, API endpoint, action, status, client IP, user, user role, authentication type, and session identifier.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Automation
- Guided workflows automate switch discovery, leaf-spine deployment, VSX, BGP or OSPF underlay, BGP EVPN overlay, VLAN groups, VRF, EVPN, firmware services, and micro-segmentation policy configuration.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Current scale
- Fabric Composer 7.4.0 increases supported switch scale to 500 switches.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Deployment form
- The software is offered as a self-contained ISO or virtual-machine OVA and can run on virtual or physical hosts.checked 1 Oct 2026
- High availability
- It can be installed as a single instance or as a highly available three-node cluster.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Supported integration packs include HPE Aruba Networking NetEdit, HPE iLO Amplifier, ODIM, HPE SimpliVity, Nutanix Prism, Pensando PSM, VMware NSX-T, VMware vSphere and vSAN, and VMware Cloud Foundation SDDC Manager.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Network and security management
- It provides unified network and security management for HPE Aruba Networking CX platforms, including switch configurations and firewall policy definitions.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Fabric Composer is an intelligent, API-based, software-defined orchestration solution for day-to-day operations across rack-scale compute and storage infrastructure.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Role separation
- Fabric Composer supports separate NetOps and SecOps roles for Aruba CX 10K switches.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Security policy
- Fabric Composer centrally orchestrates segmentation, security, stateless ACLs, and stateful distributed-firewall policies for supported CX switches.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Support troubleshooting
- Support Bundles collect Fabric Composer logs and selected or all switch logs into downloadable archives for troubleshooting and support.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Virtualization support
- The product supports non-HPE environments including VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vSphere, VMware NSX-T, Nutanix Prism, and Pensando PSM.checked 1 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Spring, Texas, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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