HPE Mist Integration

Overview

The NetBox HPE Mist integration helps organisations maintain a single pane of glass view of their Mist managed infrastructure alongside the rest of their NetBox data.

What Gets Synchronized

• Sites
• Platforms
• Device roles
• Device types
• Devices (Including stacked switches)
• Interfaces
• IP addresses
• MAC addresses
• VLANs and VLAN Groups
• Wireless LAN Groups
• Wireless LANs
• VRFs (created automatically to resolve cross-site IP address conflicts)

Technical Info

For full details of HPE Mist to NetBox object and attribute mappings, please refer to the Technical Info section.

Key Features

• Automated Discovery: Automatically discovers and synchronizes data from HPE Mist into NetBox
• Scheduled Data Synchronization: Keeps NetBox data current with HPE Mist inventory on a configurable schedule
• Comprehensive Object Mapping: Maps Organizations, Sites, Devices (APs and switches for both inventory and installed devices) and WirelessLANs
• NetBox Assurance Integration: Leverages NetBox Assurance for safe data ingestion and deviation management
• Secure Authentication: OAuth2 client credentials for secure communication with NetBox, plus Vault integrations for HPE Mist secrets
• Easy Deployment: Docker-based agents run in multiple network locations

Integration Architecture

The HPE Mist integration is built using the NetBox Labs controller integrations framework, which provides:

• Standardized Integration Pattern: Consistent approach across all controller integrations
• NetBox Assurance Integration: Built-in support for safe data ingestion and deviation management with NetBox Assurance
• Agent Based: Runs as part of the NetBox Discovery agent ecosystem using the Orb Agent Pro image

Compatibility

Supported NetBox Versions

• NetBox Cloud and NetBox Enterprise v4.2.3 and later with NetBox Assurance

Supported HPE Mist Cloud API Versions

• This integration is built on the HPE Mist Cloud API (v1)