topic Re: AP onboarding/provision/deploy in Wireless

AP onboarding/provision/deploy

Luna99923 — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 19:07:30 GMT

Hi,

I noticed that Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.x has a feature called AP Onboarding, but it looks like it is only compatible with ME controllers.

I am looking to provision/deploy a bunch of new AP's for a project.

My setup:

WLC: 8540-HA - 8.5.140

AP's: 3802i AP's

Prime Infrastructure: 3.7.1

DNAC version: 2.1

Instead of manually configuring access points one by one, what would be the easiest way to bulk provision these devices along with AP name. I do have the ethernet MAC/SN of all the 3802 AP's.

Re: AP onboarding/provision/deploy

Scott Fella — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 03:23:51 GMT

Easiest way is to build a script like on excel and copy paste to the controller. What I do is scan the sn and MAC address to a spreadsheet and asset tag. Then I populate the hostname of the ap and build a formula to use the MAC address to define the hostname. You can also add ap groups, etc.

Re: AP onboarding/provision/deploy

Jurgens L — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 06:31:23 GMT

Concatenate is your friend