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s2500 is contacting 104.36.249.201

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  • 1.  s2500 is contacting 104.36.249.201

    Posted Mar 03, 2015 08:42 AM

    I just noticed some output from our firewall that says several S2500s are contacting IP 104.36.249.201 which resolves to Aruba. Looks to be mostly random but it happens as often as 30 seconds-5 minutes

     

    Why would this be happening?



  • 2.  RE: s2500 is contacting 104.36.249.201

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Mar 03, 2015 09:00 AM
    Is it brand new, out of the box? Might be Activate.


    Thanks,
    Tim


  • 3.  RE: s2500 is contacting 104.36.249.201

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Mar 03, 2015 10:35 AM

    Yes, Cappalli is correct. The switches are attempting to reach out to device.arubanetworks.com as part of their Zero Touch Provisioning process. To disable them from trying to reach out, you can disable the following services.

     

    activate-service-firmware

      no enable
    !
    aruba-central

      no enable

    !

     



  • 4.  RE: s2500 is contacting 104.36.249.201

    Posted Mar 03, 2015 11:12 AM

    Will it continue indefinetly or does it stop after a certain time period?



  • 5.  RE: s2500 is contacting 104.36.249.201

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Mar 03, 2015 01:12 PM

    Prior to 7.3.2.X, the MAS checks in to Activate when it is in a factory default state, upon a reboot and once every 7 days (assuming activate firmware service is enabled).

    After 7.3.2.X, we now check in to Activate for Aruba Central every 5 minutes.

    So I would disable the aruba-central service to stop the 5 minute checkins.