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In a user-based tunneling (UBT) setup with reserved VLAN mode, VLAN 64 is used for routing traffic at the gateways. Since the IoT traffic is tunneled to the AOS-10 gateway:

On the gateways:

VLAN 64 must be configured in the iot-wired role for routing purposes.

On the switches:

VLAN 64 does not need to be configured on the access switch physical uplinks because the IoT traffic is tunneled directly to the gateway and does not rely on VLAN configurations at the access layer switches.

Reserved VLAN mode:

Ensures that traffic is encapsulated within the UBT tunnel, and VLANs like 64 are only relevant at the gateway for routing and enforcement.

Therefore, the correct configuration is to define VLAN 64 in the iot-wired role on the AOS-10 gateways and not on any physical interfaces.

References

Aruba AOS-CX UBT configuration guide.

Aruba AOS-10 Gateway Role and VLAN Management documentation.

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Traffic Match Evaluation Order:

The rules are processed in sequential order, and the first rule that matches is applied.

The added rule only denies SSH traffic to 10.1.4.0/23. Since 10.1.11.42 is not within the 10.1.4.0/23 subnet, this rule does not apply.

Next Matching Rule:

Rule 2 permits traffic to the 10.1.6.0/23 network, but this does not include 10.1.11.42.

Rule 3 denies traffic to the broader 10.1.0.0/16 network and logs it. Since 10.1.11.42 falls under this range, this rule applies, and the traffic would be logged and dropped.

Logging and Denylist Actions:

The denylist action in the new rule only applies to SSH traffic to 10.1.4.0/23. Since the destination is outside that range, the denylist is not triggered.

References

Aruba AOS-10 Role and Firewall Rules Documentation.

HPE Aruba Central Configuration Best Practices Guide.

The preferred method for assigning clients to a role on the AOS firewall is to configure HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) to assign the role using a RADIUS enforcement profile with an Aruba-User-Role VSA (Vendor-Specific Attribute). This method allows ClearPass to dynamically assign the appropriate user roles to clients during the authentication process, ensuring that role-based access policies are consistently enforced across the network.