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05-14-2021 02:49 PM - edited 07-05-2021 01:18 PM
Hello everyone!
I'm a beginner in the Wireless world and I want to change most AP names in my topoloogy while using Cisco Prime 3.3 (100+ devices). To achieve this I believe I need to:
1) Export a csv with the APs I want to modify.
2) Modify their hostname in the csv file.
3) Import the csv file to Cisco Prime.
Is this the correct approach? In that case:
1) How can I select every the device at once? I'm trying to select all the APs in: Configuration / Wireless Technologies / Access Point Radios / Export AP Config, but I can't find the option to select all the devices at once. Just one by one.
2) When I modify and import the new csv file to Cisco Prime: Will it overwrite my current AP configuration with its new hostname? Or I will have the same AP twice? (one with the old name and one with the new)
Thanks in advance!
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05-14-2021 04:47 PM
Only a few 100? That's nothing.
I change AP names by the thousands and I do it using CLI.
I put the current name into a spreadsheet, put in a formula and the command for the new name is generated. I use that generated command to cut-n-paste into the WLC.
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05-14-2021 04:47 PM
Only a few 100? That's nothing.
I change AP names by the thousands and I do it using CLI.
I put the current name into a spreadsheet, put in a formula and the command for the new name is generated. I use that generated command to cut-n-paste into the WLC.
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05-14-2021 05:46 PM
Leo is right on here. I have done thousands this way. I generate an excel spreadsheet from the list of names and the just paste the commands in the cli.
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05-14-2021 05:56 PM
That's awesome Leo! I didn't know you can do it that way and seems way easier than my approach. Would you mind sharing the template you use with me so I can start learning how it's done?
Thanks in advance!
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05-14-2021 10:57 PM
What is the current AP name and the new AP name?
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05-15-2021 10:33 AM
The current names are like this:
AP_Location_APNumber
I was thinking in renaming them into something like:
Technology_AP_Location_APGroup_APLocation
Thank you for your time, seriously!
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05-15-2021 11:15 AM
100.01.ap01
10.g.ap01
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05-15-2021 03:40 PM
This is a solid point! I'll shorten up how I rename my devices. I'll stick with the 'AP_Location_APNumber' format but with a new name under 'Location'. Is there a csv template that's widely used by you guys in these cases? I was thinking in something like 'old_ap_name' 'new_ap_name' and then the 'command_used_in_cli'
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05-15-2021 05:04 PM
@dpcdpcdpc wrote:
I was thinking in something like 'old_ap_name' 'new_ap_name' and then the 'command_used_in_cli'
Open a spreadsheet and then:
- Cell A1: Enter the old AP name
- Cell B1: Enter the NEW AP name
- Cell C1: @concat("config ap name ",a1," ",b1)
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05-17-2021 07:27 AM
The naming convention we use has proven itself very useful:
<vendor><model>-<closest room number>-<closet room number>-<jack ID>.<Campus>
So an AP name looks like this:
C3702-2215-2210-368.MPS
Just glancing up at the label, or seeing this on the MAP, or sorting lists is much easier this way.
