Access point 9115AXI upgrade from 8.10.130.0 to 15.3.3-JPR ?

[ARUNPRABHU A]

HI Experts,

We are planning to upgrade AP 9115AXI Light Weight AP software upgrade from 8.10.130.0 to 15.3.3-JPR series. Is it possible to upgrade to the destined version directly or is there any intermediate version involved?

Not finding any relevant documents. can you guide here please ?

Also if there is any reference URL for the commands, that would be beneficial

ARUN PRABHU A

[marce1000 · Accepted solution]

                - It will work directly , 

 M.

[ARUNPRABHU A]

Thanks marc, any protocol you suggest for the manual upgrade TFTP,ftp or sftp

[marce1000]

 - sftp will be faster , you may also try https , (if available) , 

 M.

[ARUNPRABHU A]

Marc,

One more clarification, there is an USB port in this AP can we use this port for firmware upgrade by connecting the thumb/pen drive ?

Can you help here please 

[Rich R]

No - see my answer below.

[Rich R]

15.3(3)JPR = Cisco IOS XE 17.13.1 as per https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/compatibility/matrix/compatibility-matrix.html
Therefore you should refer to the 17.13 release notes: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/9800/17-13/release-notes/rn-17-13-9800.html#Cisco_Concept.dita_59a2987f-2633-4630-8c7b-a8e8aecdeaf7
From table 10 you see Deployments Without 9130 or 9124 can upgrade from 8.9.x or any version prior to 8.10.171.0 directly to 17.13.x.

As @marce1000 says sftp will always be faster than TFTP.  The command is:
archive download-sw /force-reload <download url>
or archive download-sw /reload <download url>

[ARUNPRABHU A]

Thanks Rick will go through the doc and it is definitely helpful..  can you suggest the sftp & tftp tool we should consider for this manual upgrade.

[Rich R]

https://pjo2.github.io/tftpd64/
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tftp-server/
https://www.solarwinds.com/free-tools/free-tftp-server
https://filezilla-project.org/

[ARUNPRABHU A]

Hi Ric,

One more clarification, there is an USB port in this AP can we use this port for firmware upgrade by connecting the thumb/pen drive ? If so can you share any url for the same 

[Rich R]

No!

9115AXI#archive download-sw /reload ?
WORD URL of AP image <tftp|sftp>://<server_ip>/<file_path>

[ARUNPRABHU A]

Thanks Rich.. you mean we can't upgrade the AP via USB .. is my understanding correct. Then may I know the purpose of the USB 

[Rich R · Accepted solution]

Correct it is not possible to upgrade the software from USB.

The USB port is for providing external USB power and IOT use.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/catalyst-9100ax-access-points/datasheet-c78-741988.html
"Utilizing the USB interface, containerized applications and hardware modules can be deployed to reduce cost and complexity."