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HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer

No phone app

6.9No. 5 of 22
in Software-Defined Networking Software
  • Recognised40% of the score82
  • Phone app26% of the score0
  • Documented20% of the score89
  • Free plan14% of the score0
Free plan
No
Runs on
api, self-hosted, Web
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Summary

HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer is ranked #5 of 22 in software-defined networking software on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web. There is no free plan.

HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer plans and pricing

All plans
Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 1y Subscription E-STU Not published per switch Tier 3 · single node hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026
Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 3y Subscription E-STU Not published per switch Tier 3 · single node · 3-year term hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026
Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 5y Subscription E-STU Not published per switch Tier 3 · single node · 5-year term hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026
Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 1y Subscription E-STU Not published per switch Tier 4 · single node hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026
Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 3y Subscription E-STU Not published per switch Tier 4 · single node · 3-year term hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026
Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 5y Subscription E-STU Not published per switch Tier 4 · single node · 5-year term hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026

Compared on software-defined networking software

Free plan
Noarubanetworking.hpe.com
Wired access control
Yesarubanetworking.hpe.com
Wireless access control
Yesarubanetworking.hpe.com
VPN access control
Yesarubanetworking.hpe.com
802.1X support
Yesarubanetworking.hpe.com
Deployment model
hybridarubanetworking.hpe.com

Facts

Purpose
Fabric Composer is an intelligent, API-based, software-defined orchestration solution for day-to-day operations across rack-scale compute and storage infrastructure.arubanetworking.hpe.com · 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.hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026
Current scale
Fabric Composer 7.4.0 increases supported switch scale to 500 switches.arubanetworking.hpe.com · 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.hpe.com · 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.hpe.com · 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.hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026
Security policy
Fabric Composer centrally orchestrates segmentation, security, stateless ACLs, and stateful distributed-firewall policies for supported CX switches.hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026
Role separation
Fabric Composer supports separate NetOps and SecOps roles for Aruba CX 10K switches.arubanetworking.hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026
Audit logging
Audit logs include time, component type, API endpoint, action, status, client IP, user, user role, authentication type, and session identifier.arubanetworking.hpe.com · 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.hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026
High availability
It can be installed as a single instance or as a highly available three-node cluster.hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026
Support troubleshooting
Support Bundles collect Fabric Composer logs and selected or all switch logs into downloadable archives for troubleshooting and support.arubanetworking.hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026

Company

Founded
2015arubanetworking.hpe.com · 28 Sept 2026
Headquarters
Spring, Texas, United Statesarubanetworking.hpe.com · 28 Sept 2026

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