Aruba Fabric Composer (AFC) is an intelligent, software-defined orchestration solution specifically engineered to simplify and accelerate fabric provisioning across Aruba CX switching architectures. In virtualized environments running VMware vSphere, AFC provides deep bidirectional programmatic integration via native VMware vSphere APIs.
Through this integration, AFC continuously discovers virtual networking assets—including VMware vSphere Distributed Switches (VDS), Port Groups, VMkernel interfaces, and guest virtual machine assignments. When a server administrator provisions a new virtual machine or assigns a new VLAN to a Port Group in vCenter, AFC detects the change in real time and automatically provisions the matching VLANs, Layer 2 trunk configurations, and Fabric EVPN bindings across the physical Top-of-Rack access switches.
This end-to-end automation eliminates manual, ticket-driven coordination between virtualization and network engineering teams, eliminating configuration drift and human configuration errors that frequently cause application downtime. Explaining this seamless vSphere synchronization provides a clear, compelling ROI justification for the licensing investment by demonstrating measurable reductions in IT operational expenditure (OpEx).
Reference Topics: HPE Aruba Fabric Composer – VMware vSphere API Integration, Dynamic Fabric Automation, and Automated VLAN Discovery and Provisioning.
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