Controller-less WLANs

Q:

When does the slave IAP contact Aruba Activate?

When IAP's of different model are added as part of the cluster and when the slave IAP's has image mismatch from the master then the slave IAP will contact Aruba Activate to upgrade to the image of the master IAP. 

From the master system logs, we can see the slave IAP image doesn't match with Master IAP. 

Sep 20 11:38:49  cli[2022]: <341004> <WARN> |AP 18:64:72:cf:79:ef@10.29.163.23 cli|  send_image_mismatch url (ap classOrion) to 10.29.163.203
Sep 20 11:46:19  cli[2022]: <341097> <WARN> |AP 18:64:72:cf:79:ef@10.29.163.23 cli|  recv_image_check: mac-18:64:72:c3:bd:24, version-6.4.2.6-4.1.1.11_52666, ccode_idx-255.
Sep 20 11:46:19  cli[2022]: <341052> <ERRS> |AP 18:64:72:cf:79:ef@10.29.163.23 cli|  recv_image_check, 1764: AP class not match, Master-10, Slave-26.
Sep 20 11:46:19  cli[2022]: <341004> <WARN> |AP 18:64:72:cf:79:ef@10.29.163.23 cli|  Image_sync_via_isc

From the slave system logs, we can see the slave IAP downloading the image from the Image server - http://d2vxf1j0rhr3p0.cloudfront.net

Sep 20 12:28:47  cli[1880]: <341135> <WARN> |AP 18:64:72:c3:bd:24@10.29.163.203  cli|  Master Changed - new 10.29.163.23 old 0.0.0.0 current swarm state 1.
Sep 20 12:28:50  cli[1880]: <341011> <WARN> |AP 18:64:72:c3:bd:24@10.29.163.203  cli|  AP image version mismatch 10 6.4.4.8-4.2.4.2_56164  26
Sep 20 12:28:50  cli[1880]: <341004> <WARN> |AP 18:64:72:c3:bd:24@10.29.163.203  cli|  AP image mismatch, turn off master election
Sep 20 12:28:50  cli[1880]: <341004> <WARN> |AP 18:64:72:c3:bd:24@10.29.163.203  cli|  Slave_start_sync
Sep 20 12:28:54  cli[1880]: <341012> <WARN> |AP 18:64:72:c3:bd:24@10.29.163.203  cli|  AP downloading flash image http://d2vxf1j0rhr3p0.cloudfront.net/fwfiles/ArubaInstant_Pegasus_6.4.4.8-4.2.4.2_56164.

From the Activate, in the device history we will see the type as Firmware-upgrade for the slave IAP. 

Date                       Type                            Source IP              Mode     Status
9/20/2016 5:28    firmware-upgrade    115.248.19.133    IAP-VC    success