As I see a double version number, 8.7.1.7-8.7.1.7, it looks like the AP is running Instant firmware. If it does, and come up you may run an AP convert to controller manually (though it should work automatically for the AP515).
Or reach out to TAC if you can't solve it.
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Herman Robers
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Original Message:
Sent: Jan 08, 2022 05:18 AM
From: zhipeng ma
Subject: AC log image mismatch
hi dear
i have 9004 + 515,version is 8.7.1.7,but one ap not go to ac,
this is log:
mismatch. bootfile is arm64.ari, build string is ArubaOS version 8.7.1.7-8.7.1.7 for Draco (p4build@pr-hpn-build07) (gcc version 5.3.0 (Buildroot 2016.02) ) #82184 SMP Thu Nov 11 21:09:02 UTC 2021.
Jan 8 17:47:40 stm[5863]: <399803> <5863> <ERRS> |stm| An internal system error has occurred at file sapm_ap_mgmt.c function sapm_proc_hello_req line 20063 error AP: 6c:c4:9f:c0:3f:4c image version mismatch. bootfile is arm64.ari, build string is ArubaOS version 8.7.1.7-8.7.1.7 for Draco (p4build@pr-hpn-build07) (gcc version 5.3.0 (Buildroot 2016.02) ) #82184 SMP Thu Nov 11 21:09:02 UTC 2021.
Jan 8 17:47:45 stm[5863]: <399803> <5863> <ERRS> |stm| An internal system error has occurred at file sapm_ap_mgmt.c function sapm_proc_hello_req line 20063 error AP: 6c:c4:9f:c0:3f:4c image version mismatch. bootfile is arm64.ari, build string is ArubaOS version 8.7.1.7-8.7.1.7 for Draco (p4build@pr-hpn-build07) (gcc version 5.3.0 (Buildroot 2016.02) ) #82184 SMP Thu Nov 11 21:09:02 UTC 2021.
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leo ma
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