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HPE Aruba CX Switches - how to use persona / switch port templates?

sample:
define a new persona called test0001:
6100-test-switch(config-if)# show running-config interface persona
interface persona test0001
no shutdown
vlan trunk native 70
vlan trunk allowed 1,10,70-71
exit


assign persona „test0001“ to an interface, for example to interface 1/1/8:
interface 1/1/8
no shutdown
persona custom test0001 attach

after that the inteface 1/1/8 looks like that:
100-test-switch(config-if)# show running-config interface 1/1/8
interface 1/1/8
no shutdown
persona custom test0001 attach
vlan trunk native 70
vlan trunk allowed 1,10,70-71
exit

... if I add a VLAN to the "interface persona test0001," it automatically will be added to all "interfaces" with persona test0001 ... which would be ideal for example manual access points configuration.

6100-test-switch(config-if)# show vlan port 1/1/8

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VLAN Name Mode Mapping
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 DEFAULT_VLAN_1 trunk port
10 mgmt trunk port
70 vlan70 native-untagged port
71 vlan71 trunk port



documentation:
https://arubanetworking.hpe.com/techdocs/AOS-CX/10.13/HTML/fundamentals_6200/Content/Chp_IfaceCfg/cnf-int-persona.htm?Highlight=persona

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