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9105axw-b EWC Conversion

PatrickMorgan
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TL/DR:
9105axw-b

Problem 1 – How do I make space?

Problem 2 – Am I copying the file correctly?


I received a Catalyst 9105axw-b intending to use the 9800 Embedded Wireless Controller.   After reading several documents and watching the 9100 series videos, I was confident that I could convert the device.  Most of the documentation is aimed towards the other 9100 series devices and have directions with unacceptable commands, like config t.

I am having a difficult time getting the access point to allow me to tftp the IOS bin file.  Below is part of the show version output:

cisco C9105AXW-B ARMv7 Processor rev 5 (v7l) with 950528/456128K bytes of memory.

Processor board ID FGL2442L8DD

AP Running Image     : 8.10.130.0

Primary Boot Image   : 8.10.130.0

Backup Boot Image    : 8.10.130.0

Primary Boot Image Hash:

Backup  Boot Image Hash:

4 Multigigabit Ethernet interfaces

2 802.11 Radios

Radio Driver version : Broadcom BCA: 17.18 RC2.0

Radio FW version : 24203.103.r40354 0

NSS FW version : NA

 

Base ethernet MAC Address           

Part Number                          : 0-000000-00

PCA Assembly Number                  : 074-123371-01

PCA Revision Number                  : 01

PCB Serial Number                    :

Top Assembly Part Number             : 074-123371-01

Top Assembly Serial Number           :

Top Revision Number                  : A0

Product/Model Number                 : C9105AXW-B

 

I have attempted several methods.  copy source dest doesn’t work in this IOS.-

  1. ap-type mobility-express tftp://192.168.1.245/9105/ap1g8 tftp://192.168.1.245/9105/C9800-AP-iosxe-wlc.bin

    This outputs a long string of blank lines with sporadic hyphen characters followed by invalid input detected.

 

  1. ap-type mobility-express tftp://192.168.1.245/9105/C9800-AP-iosxe-wlc.bin
    Output:
    39.9%
    curl: (23) Error
    transfer command failed (Error 23)

  2. archive download-sw /no-reload tftp://192.168.1.245/9105/C9800-AP-iosxe-wlc.bin
    Output:
    39.9%
    curl: (23) Error
    transfer command failed (Error 23)
    Image transfer failed

  3. Attempted u-boot xmodem with baud of 38400 ---- took too long

 

I am making an assumption that the device is running out of space.  I cannot seem to find the commands to delete, as it is handcuffed to what can be deleted and I am having trouble viewing the files.  Clearly my /tmp is 100% full (fixes with reload).  But I would like to have enough space to download and use the image.

show filesystems

Filesystem                Size      Used Available Use% Mounted on

devtmpfs                462.4M      4.0K    462.4M   0% /dev

/sysroot                                464.1M    129.8M    334.3M  28% /

tmpfs                     1.0M     44.0K    980.0K   4% /dev/shm

tmpfs                   464.1M         0    464.1M   0% /run

tmpfs                   464.1M         0    464.1M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup

/dev/ubivol/part1       171.3M     54.5M    116.7M  32% /part1

/dev/ubivol/part2       258.9M     56.1M    202.8M  22% /part2

none                    100.0M    100.0M     48.0K 100% /tmp

none                     10.0M         0     10.0M   0% /firmwarelog

none                      1.0M     44.0K    980.0K   4% /dev/shm

 

Any assistance would be welcome.

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EvanC75
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Be sure you connect to the terminal with the baud rate set to 1150200 instead of 9600 if using the newer firmware images.  Otherwise the garbled mess below appears.  I had thought I bricked the AP until I found this on another topic.

brick.png

Regards.
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