No. 18of 24 ·Network Access Control Software

HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer

Web · Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

One barScore 5.0

Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer is ranked #18 of 24 in network access control software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web.

HPE Aruba Networking Fabric Composer plans and pricing

All plans

Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 1y Subscription E-STU per switch Tier 3 · single node hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026

Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 3y Subscription E-STU per switch Tier 3 · single node · 3-year term hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026

Device Management Service Tier 3 Switch 5y Subscription E-STU per switch Tier 3 · single node · 5-year term hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026

Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 1y Subscription E-STU per switch Tier 4 · single node hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026

Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 3y Subscription E-STU per switch Tier 4 · single node · 3-year term hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026

Device Management Service Tier 4 Switch 5y Subscription E-STU per switch Tier 4 · single node · 5-year term hpe.com · 1 Oct 2026

Compared on network access control software

Free plan: No
Wired access control: Yes
Wireless access control: Yes
VPN access control: Yes
802.1X support: Yes
Deployment model: hybrid

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The record

Purpose: Fabric Composer is an intelligent, API-based, software-defined orchestration solution for day-to-day operations across rack-scale compute and storage infrastructure.
Network and security management: It provides unified network and security management for HPE Aruba Networking CX platforms, including switch configurations and firewall policy definitions.
Current scale: Fabric Composer 7.4.0 increases supported switch scale to 500 switches.
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.
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.
Virtualization support: The product supports non-HPE environments including VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vSphere, VMware NSX-T, Nutanix Prism, and Pensando PSM.
Security policy: Fabric Composer centrally orchestrates segmentation, security, stateless ACLs, and stateful distributed-firewall policies for supported CX switches.
Role separation: Fabric Composer supports separate NetOps and SecOps roles for Aruba CX 10K switches.
Audit logging: Audit logs include time, component type, API endpoint, action, status, client IP, user, user role, authentication type, and session identifier.
Deployment form: The software is offered as a self-contained ISO or virtual-machine OVA and can run on virtual or physical hosts.
High availability: It can be installed as a single instance or as a highly available three-node cluster.
Support troubleshooting: Support Bundles collect Fabric Composer logs and selected or all switch logs into downloadable archives for troubleshooting and support.
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: Spring, Texas, United States

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Network Access Control Software in 2026#18 of 24
Best Software-Defined Networking Software in 2026#21 of 24

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Sources

arubanetworking.hpe.com/techdocs/ArubaDocPortal/content/new-por· checked 1 Oct 2026
hpe.com/us/en/collaterals/collateral.a00042624e· checked 1 Oct 2026
arubanetworking.hpe.com/techdocs/AFC/730/Content/afc73olh/aud.h· checked 1 Oct 2026
arubanetworking.hpe.com/techdocs/AFC/720/Content/afc72olh/sup-b· checked 1 Oct 2026