AirWave was a traditional network management and monitoring product, whereas Central consolidates broader cloud-native configuration, lifecycle management, AI insight and cross-domain operations. A migration requires checking device support, licensing, configuration equivalence and historical monitoring requirements rather than assuming a simple database replacement. ClearPass continues to provide policy and AAA services where deployed, and Mobility Controllers or gateways participate in wireless traffic forwarding; these products are not the legacy management software intended by the question. ClearPass remains an access-policy/AAA product; a Mobility Controller or VPN concentrator forwards or terminates traffic. AirWave is the legacy network-management platform whose visibility and operations Central supersedes for supported deployments.
Official HPE references | Planets in Global Monitoring Page • HPE Aruba Networking Unified Infrastructure - Solution Overview | Study-guide topic: Network Management with HPE Aruba Networking Central
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