napalm-hpe-aruba-procurve

NAPALM driver for HPE / Aruba ProCurve switches — from ancient 2520G-8-PoE to modern 2530/2540 series.

Transport auto-detection

The driver probes transports in order and uses the first one that succeeds:

Priority	Transport	Notes
1	REST API (HTTPS → HTTP, v7 → v6)	Newer 2530/2540 with `rest-interface` enabled
2	SSH (standard)	hp_procurve netmiko driver
3	SSH (legacy KEX)	Forces older kex/cipher negotiation for 2520G-8-PoE etc.
4	Telnet	Oldest devices without SSH or with broken SSH

Override the transport with optional_args={"transport": "ssh_legacy"} to skip auto-detection.

Switch prerequisites

REST API (newer switches, e.g. 2530, 2540)

web-management ssl
rest-interface
rest-interface session-idle-timeout 120

SSH (all ProCurve)

crypto key generate ssh rsa
ip ssh

Telnet is enabled by default on most ProCurve switches.

Installation

pip install napalm napalm-hpe-aruba-procurve

Or from source:

git clone https://github.com/chrismanivong/napalm-hpe-aruba-procurve
pip install -e napalm-hpe-aruba-procurve/

Quick start

from napalm import get_network_driver

Driver = get_network_driver("procurve")

with Driver(
    "10.0.0.1",
    "manager",
    "secret",
    optional_args={
        # "transport": "ssh",          # force transport (api/ssh/ssh_legacy/telnet)
        # "port": 22,
        # "ssl_verify": False,         # disable SSL cert check for API
        # "api_version": "v7",         # API version hint (v3/v6/v7)
        # "secret": "enablepassword",  # enable password for CLI
    },
) as dev:
    print(dev.get_facts())
    print(dev.get_interfaces())

Supported NAPALM methods

Method	API	SSH/Telnet
`open()`	✅	✅
`close()`	✅	✅
`is_alive()`	✅	✅
`get_facts()`	✅	✅
`get_interfaces()`	✅	✅
`get_interfaces_ip()`	✅	✅
`get_arp_table()`	✅	✅
`get_mac_address_table()`	✅	✅
`get_lldp_neighbors()`	✅	✅
`get_lldp_neighbors_detail()`	✅	✅
`get_config()`	✅	✅
`get_ntp_servers()`	✅	✅
`get_environment()`	❌	✅
`get_users()`	❌	✅
`get_snmp_information()`	❌	✅
`ping()`	✅	✅
`cli()`	✅	✅
`load_merge_candidate()`	❌	✅
`load_replace_candidate()`	❌	✅
`compare_config()`	❌	✅
`commit_config()`	❌	✅
`discard_config()`	❌	✅
`rollback()`	❌	✅

Tested devices

HP ProCurve 2520G-8-PoE (J9565A) — SSH legacy / Telnet
HP ProCurve 2920-48G — SSH
Aruba 2530-8-PoE+ — SSH + REST API

License

Apache 2.0

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