08-01-2013 08:34 AM - edited 07-04-2021 12:34 AM
Hi,
We are going to deploy a lot of new LAP. For each site our customer will give us an excel file with the MAC @ of the AP and the target name.
I was wondering if it was possible to automate the injection of this file "mac <-> ap name" and then apply the predefined template with P.I ?
If yes, could you explain how, as I am new to Prime Infrastructure.,The goal is to avoid to rename each AP individually on prime as there is a lot of AP to deploy.
Many thanks in advance !
Oliv.
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08-01-2013 11:55 AM
Hi Oliv:
In the Classic View of Prime Infrastructure, under Configure > Access Points, there's a menu option for Import AP Config. This uses a .csv file to match APs by the MAC address and make changes in bulk. From the online help:
Sample File Header: AP Name,Ethernet MAC,Location,Primary Controller,Secondary Controller,Tertiary Controller |
ap-1, 00:1c:58:74:8c:22, sjc-14-a, controller-4404-1, controller-4404-2, controller-4404-3 |
The CSV file can contain following fields. AP Ethernet MAC Address is mandatory, Optional fields are AP Name, Location, Primary Controller, Secondary Controller and Tertiary Controller. Optional fields can be empty. AP Config Import will ignore empty optional field values. However, if Primary Controller and Secondary Controller entries are empty then Unified AP update is not done |
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08-01-2013 11:55 AM
Hi Oliv:
In the Classic View of Prime Infrastructure, under Configure > Access Points, there's a menu option for Import AP Config. This uses a .csv file to match APs by the MAC address and make changes in bulk. From the online help:
Sample File Header: AP Name,Ethernet MAC,Location,Primary Controller,Secondary Controller,Tertiary Controller |
ap-1, 00:1c:58:74:8c:22, sjc-14-a, controller-4404-1, controller-4404-2, controller-4404-3 |
The CSV file can contain following fields. AP Ethernet MAC Address is mandatory, Optional fields are AP Name, Location, Primary Controller, Secondary Controller and Tertiary Controller. Optional fields can be empty. AP Config Import will ignore empty optional field values. However, if Primary Controller and Secondary Controller entries are empty then Unified AP update is not done |
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08-02-2013 02:38 AM
Thank you Rollin for the information !
Oliv.
01-20-2014 06:19 AM
Hello Rollin,
Looking forward to make a bulk AP renaming, I'm playing around with a test AP and just tried to do the import by using a .CSV file (created with Notepad) containing the following:
AP Name, Ethernet MAC, Location, Primary Controller, Secondary Controller, Tertiary Controller
ap_name, aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff, , ctrller_name, , ,
Since my only intention is to rename the APs, I'm only specifying the new name, the MAC, the Primary Controller and all the other fields blank, just as stated on the help. The outcome is:
MAC is mandatory and at least one of the controllers is needed, both were included..
What other field should I add?
Thanks.
01-20-2014 10:09 AM
What I do is have all the AP's join and I capture the mac address of the AP's and run a script to change the hostname, ip address (optionl), primary, secondary, tertiary and any other setting via the WLC CLI.
Thanks,
Scott
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