Upgrading WCS and WLC

[Patrick McHenry]

Upgrading to a New Software Release

Hi,

I'm planning on upgrading our wireless lan controllers and WCS. I would like to upgrade the controllers to 4.2.209 as our 1020 APs will not be supported by any later version, I think. And, I would like to upgrade our WCS to 6.0.181.0 so it's ready for when we upgrade our controllers to 6.x.x.x after we get some APs that can support it. Is the 6.0.181.0 on the WCS going to give me any problems monitoring or administering the controlllers if they are only 4.2.209?

This is from the release notes:

The Cisco WCS release must be the same or more recent than the controller software release. Upgrade the Cisco WCS first to prevent any unexpected problems. Cisco WCS supports database upgrades only from the following official Cisco WCS releases:

•4.2.62.0

•4.2.62.11

•4.2.81.0

•4.2.97.0

•4.2.110.0

•4.2.128.0

•5.1.64.0

•5.1.65.4

•5.2.110.0

•5.2.130.0

•5.2.148.0

•6.0.132.0

•6.0.170.0

Thanks, Pat.

[Leo Laohoo]

And, I would like to upgrade our WCS to 6.0.181.0

Why not go to 7.0.164.0?

Is the 6.0.181.0 on the WCS going to give me any problems monitoring or administering the controlllers if they are only 4.2.209?

No problem because the WCS version is higher than the WLC version.

[Vinay Sharma]

Hello Patrick,

Please mark the Question as Answered, if the provided information by Leo is correct and it helped. By doing that others can take benefit as well.

Thanks,

Vinay Sharma

Community Manager – Wireless