topic Re: Upgrade path for 2504 wlc in Wireless

Upgrade path for 2504 wlc

Kundan Prasad — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:28:04 GMT

Can I upgrade 2504 wlc from 7.6.130.0 to 8.5.151.0 ?

Re: Upgrade path for 2504 wlc

balaji.bandi — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 22:36:07 GMT

You can directly upgrade from 7.X to 8.5

you need to go to 7.X to 8.2.X ... then 8.5

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/release/notes/crn85mr4.html

Note: Make Sure your AP's are compatible with 8.5 Code - check the compatibility before you upgrade controllers.

Re: Upgrade path for 2504 wlc

Leo Laohoo — Wed, 25 Dec 2019 23:06:23 GMT

Kindly read the Release Notes very carefully. It is not possible to upgrade direct from 7.X.X.X to 8.5.X.X without upgrading to an intermediate firmware like 8.2.16x.X.X first.
Also, if you are going to upgrade from 7.X.X.X do you also need the Supplementary AP Bundle?

Re: Upgrade path for 2504 wlc

Kundan Prasad — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 15:02:10 GMT

Below is the current version.

Product Name..................................... Cisco Controller

Product Version.................................. 7.6.130.0

Bootloader Version............................... 1.0.20

Field Recovery Image Version..................... 7.6.101.1

Firmware Version................................. PIC 20.0

As per the bootloader and Field Recovery Image version - FUS version is 1.9.

So do i still have to upgrade to 8.2 ?

it is not possible to upgrade directly from 7.6.130 to 8.5.151.0 ?

Access Points are okay !

its 2702 model

Re: Upgrade path for 2504 wlc

Kundan Prasad — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 15:03:24 GMT

Below is the current version.

Product Name..................................... Cisco Controller

Product Version.................................. 7.6.130.0

Bootloader Version............................... 1.0.20

Field Recovery Image Version..................... 7.6.101.1

Firmware Version................................. PIC 20.0

As per the bootloader and Field Recovery Image version - FUS version is 1.9.

So do i still have to upgrade to 8.2 ?

it is not possible to upgrade directly from 7.6.130 to 8.5.151.0 ?

Access Points are okay !

its 2702 model

Re: Upgrade path for 2504 wlc

balaji.bandi — Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:19:23 GMT

there is no short cut, you have upgrade the path ( cisco always recommend to upgrade when required and new version available)

in your case, it might have ignored, so you have to follow the upgrade path (if not the things will go break the system ).

Re: Upgrade path for 2504 wlc

Leo Laohoo — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 02:23:49 GMT

@Kundan Prasad wrote:

So do i still have to upgrade to 8.2 ?

Did anyone read the Release Notes?

Don't believe us? Try upgrading the WLC straight to 8.5.X.X without going through 8.2.16.X.X.
Let us know how it goes.

Re: Upgrade path for 2504 wlc

Scott Fella — Fri, 27 Dec 2019 04:26:55 GMT

Like what Leo and others have mentioned in this post and others, follow the release notes.