Aruba Wireless

Mobility Master

Definitions

MM

Mobility Master

MD

Managed Device (e.g., a controller)

CAP

Campus AP

RAP

Remote AP

IAP

Instant AP

MDC (md-connect) to an MD

First, find out which MD an AP is on:

(ArubaMM) [mynode] # show ap database | include greenhouse

(ArubaMM) [mynode] # cd cam4

(ArubaMM) [ab:cd:ef:12:34:56] # mdc

Access Points

Show AP Details

(Cam4) [MDC] # show ap details ap-name rap_greenhouse.wireless.fsu.edu

Show AP Config

(Cam4) [MDC] # show ap config ap-name rap_greenhouse.wireless.fsu.edu

Show AP Port Status

(Cam4) [MDC] # show ap debug port status ap-name rap_greenhouse.wireless.fsu.edu

Move AP to a different group

This will reboot the AP.

(ArubaMM) [mynode] # ap-regroup wired-mac [MAC address] [AP Group]

Show down AP's

(ArubaMM) [mynode] # show ap database long status down

Show Unprovisioned AP's

(ArubaMM) [mynode] # show ap database long unprovisioned

Factory Reset an AP, remotely

(ArubaMM) [mynode] # provision-ap reset-bootinfo [ip-addr|wired-mac]

Delete an AP from AP database

(ArubaMM) [mynode] # clear gap-db ap-name [ap-name] OR clear gap-db wired-mac [mac address]

Terminal Full-Access on an AP

Disable AP Console Protection in the AP System, if needed

At the AP's console prompt (~ #): hit ESC and then CTRL-K

Convert CAP to IAP

Source: https://blog.theitrebel.com/2020/04/28/two-simple-words/

Campus AP Keeps Rebooting / Upgrade Failed

If a Campus AP keeps rebooting, and its serial console output shows:

SAPD: Reboot after image upgrade failed: 65280

Interrupt the AP boot and execute:

apboot> osinfo Partition 0 does not contain a valid OS image

Partition 1:

   image type: 0
 machine type: 40
         size: 7211308
      version: 6.4.4.0-wave2
 build string: ArubaOS version 6.4.4.0-wave2 for 32x (p4build@cyprus) (gcc version 4.6.3 20120201 (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.6-2012.02) ) #49847 SMP Thu Apr 30 14:49:32 PDT 2015
        flags: preserve factory
          oem: aruba

Image is signed; verifying checksum... passed Signer Cert OK Policy Cert OK RSA signature verified.

This means the problem is the old 6.4.4.0 firmware. You need to clear it:

apboot> clear all Checking OS image and flags Invalid image format version: 0x0 Continuing with OS clear 512 bytes written to volume aos0 Erasing flash sector @ 0x3a0000...OK

Device 0: nand0... is now current device Erasing UBIFS ...OK Remove UBI volume ubifs (id 0) Creating dynamic volume ubifs of size 63361024 Device 1: nand1... is now current device

Now tell the AP to boot and it should find mama (the Master):

apboot> boot

AirWave

ampcli

/usr/local/airwave/bin/ampcli

Restart AirWave services

amp_disable

amp_enable

Monitor services

Useful after a restart

logs

tailf service_watcher

Find large files

find / -type f -size +1000M | xargs du -h | sort -nr

Delete kernel log file

truncate -s 0 kernel