Cisco to Aruba Commands Cheat Sheet

As a Network Engineer most of the devices I use are Cisco so I have gotten quite comfortable with the Cisco IOS CLI, as such whenever I use an Aruba I find some issues. As a way to expand this I’ve started making the below cheat sheet to help remind me of the corresponding Aruba commands.

Simple Show Commands

Device & System Info

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
Device info	show version	show version	show system
Uptime	show version	show system	show system
Running config	show running-config	show running-config	show running-config
Startup config	show startup-config	show startup-config	show startup-config

Filtering the Running Config

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
Filter by section	show run | sec	show running-config | include	show running-config | include
Filter by pipe	show run | include	Same	Same

Layer 1 Troubleshooting

Interface Status (L1)

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
Physical link status	show interface status	show interfaces brief	show interface brief
Detailed interface state (L1/L2/L3)	show interface <int>	show interface <int>	show interface <int>
Errors/counters	show interface <int>	show interface <int>	show interface <int> counters

Speed, Duplex, Auto-negotiation

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
Check speed/duplex	show interface <int>	show interface <int>	show interface <int>
Check negotiation	show interface <int>	show interface <int>	show interface <int>

PoE Troubleshooting

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
PoE on a port	show power inline <int>	show power-over-ethernet brief OR show power-over-ethernet <int>	show poe-interface <int>
PoE system budget	show power inline	show power-over-ethernet	show poe

Transceivers / Optics

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
Optics info	show interface transceiver	show tech transceivers	show interface transceiver

Cable Diagnostics (TDR)

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
Run cable test	test cable-diagnostics tdr interface <int>	test cable-diagnostics <int>	show lldp remote-port (CX does not have TDR on all platforms)
View results	show cable-diagnostics tdr	show cable-diagnostics	N/A or via LLDP peer info

Layer 2 Troubleshooting

VLANs (viewing / verifying)

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
Show VLANs	show vlan brief	show vlan	show vlan
VLAN membership	show vlan id <id>	show vlan <id>	show vlan <id>

Trunks (LAGs / EtherChannels)

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
Show port-channels	show etherchannel summary	show trunks	show lacp interfaces
Detailed LAG info	show etherchannel <num>	show trunks <id>	show lacp aggregates

Spanning Tree (STP)

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
STP status	show spanning-tree	show spanning-tree	show spanning-tree
Interface STP state	show spanning-tree interface <int>	show spanning-tree interface <int>	show spanning-tree interface <int>

MAC Address Table

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
View MAC table	show mac address-table	show mac-address	show mac-address-table
Filter by VLAN	show mac address-table vlan <id>	show mac-address vlan <id>	show mac-address-table vlan <id>
Filter by port	show mac address-table interface <int>	show mac-address port <int>	show mac-address-table interface <int>

LLDP (since CDP is only on Switches)

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
LLDP neighbors	show lldp neighbors	show lldp info remote-device	show lldp neighbor-info
Detailed LLDP	show lldp neighbors detail	show lldp info remote-device detail	show lldp neighbor-info detail

BPDU & STP Events

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
Detect BPDU issues	show spanning-tree detail	show spanning-tree	show spanning-tree
Port blocking cause	show spanning-tree interface	Same	Same

Layer 3 Troubleshooting

Routing Table & Interfaces

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
Routing table	show ip route	show ip route	show ip route
IPv6 routing	show ipv6 route	show ipv6 route	show ipv6 route
SVI status	show ip interface brief	show ip interface brief	show interface vlan <id>

ARP / Neighbor Tables

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
IPv4 ARP	show ip arp	show arp	show arp
IPv6 ND	show ipv6 neighbors	show ipv6 neighbors	show ipv6 neighbors

Ping & Traceroute

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
Ping	ping <ip>	ping <ip>	ping <ip>
Traceroute	traceroute <ip>	traceroute <ip>	traceroute <ip>

VRF Troubleshooting

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
List VRFs	show vrf	N/A	show vrf
VRF interfaces	show vrf interfaces	N/A	show vrf interfaces
Route table per VRF	show ip route vrf <vrf>	N/A	show ip route vrf <vrf>

OSPF Troubleshooting

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
OSPF neighbors	show ip ospf neighbor	show ip ospf neighbor	show ospfv2 neighbor
OSPF interfaces	show ip ospf interface	show ip ospf interface	show ospfv2 interface
OSPF database	show ip ospf database	show ip ospf database	show ospfv2 database

BGP Troubleshooting

Function	Cisco IOS/XE	Aruba AOS-Switch	Aruba AOS-CX
BGP summary	show ip bgp summary	Not supported on most AOS-Switch models	show bgp summary
BGP neighbors	show ip bgp neighbors	N/A	show bgp neighbors
BGP routes	show ip bgp	N/A	show bgp routes