topic Re: APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push in Controllers

APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push

Claudia de Luna — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:34:23 GMT

Hi,

The wireless AP provisioning in APIC-EM is a terrific capability but missing one piece and that is to be able to push the image. Is that capability on the roadmap and if so is there an estimated time frame?

Not sure if my information is dated. Here is the document I'm using:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/technology/mesh/8-2/b_APIC-EM-PNP-deployment-guide.html

Unsupported for AP:

Image
Device Certificate

Re: APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push

ngoldwat — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 17:19:47 GMT

Hey,

Not sure what is missing but here are a few links that may prove useful.

Re: APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push

Claudia de Luna — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 18:43:57 GMT

Good stuff, Nick. Thank you! I'll make sure that I was reading the latest info but I did try to actually upgrade a 3800AP (which the doc I read said was not supported but 1.3 has it in the platform drop down) and if I built the project via the GUI there was no option to add an image to the device record.

Re: APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push

aradford — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 09:07:24 GMT

Hi Claudia,

this is correct. For AP, the config file (ap.json) contains the IP address of the WLAN controller.

The WLAN controller is responsible for upgrading software on the AP, not APIC-EM.

The other attributes are

wlc (primary, secondary, tertiary)
mode (local/flex)
apGroup
and flex connect group

Does that make sense?

adam

Re: APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push

Claudia de Luna — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 14:27:26 GMT

Yes it does Adam.

The use case we have is that we want to stage APs that are going to remote offices and we don't want the APs to pull the images over the (some times slow speed) WAN. It can take a while plus we don't want to burn the bandwidth. So we want to put AP Name, Controller Name and IP, and Image on the AP before we ship them out. We do this today via a small WLC and its a bit of a pain when we have hundreds to provision since its a small WLC with a few ports and even if we add ports its not licenses for too many APs. I was hoping we could use the APIC-EM instead but it does not sound like its on the roadmap. Thanks!

Re: APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push

aradford — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 14:51:51 GMT

That makes sense. Have you used the "make a wish" button?

Adam

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Re: APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push

Claudia de Luna — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 14:55:42 GMT

LOL! I will do so for the first time shortly!

Re: APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push

aradford — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 20:06:52 GMT

i was thinking some more about this. one of the original goals of WLAN PnP was to eliminate the need for "staging", but i also understand the image download issue.

I will chat with Product Managemernt team on your requirement.

Re: APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push

bradwilson75 — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 23:25:40 GMT

Hi Adam,

Has this (APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push) made it onto the roadmap?

Thanks,

Brad

Re: APIC-EM Wireless PnP - Image push

S Tremege — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 08:14:55 GMT

Hello,

I Have a similar problem:

I've recieved 1000 AIR-AP2802i-C-K9 in Active version: 8.2.151.0 and if I have a look to the release notes of APIC-EM the compatibility version is 8.3...

So if there is no mean to upgrade via APIC-EM what is the solution to provision all my APs...

Best regards