Wireless Access

Hi Dustin burns,

so lucky to find this post. Now i know the controller should be on which version. What about the ap 505-rw. I also have ap 207 if i upgrade the controller will they still work or i need to upgrade the ap 207 to a certain firmware? i am kinda new to aruba stuff

Original Message:
Sent: Feb 25, 2022 10:46 PM
From: DB86
Subject: Aruba 7030 Controller with AP505 APs

That's what we're all here for!!

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Dustin Burns

Lead Mobility Engineer @Worldcom Exchange, Inc.

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Original Message:
Sent: Feb 25, 2022 04:48 PM
From: Nathan Gessner
Subject: Aruba 7030 Controller with AP505 APs

Dustin,

You are a life saver, I have been pulling my hair out for the last 2 months trying to figure this out. As soon as I upgraded to 8.7, the APs connected immediately.

Nate

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Nathan Gessner

Original Message:
Sent: Feb 25, 2022 10:45 AM
From: Dustin Burns
Subject: Aruba 7030 Controller with AP505 APs

I should have read your first post better.... You are at 8.3 on the controller, but it needs to be at least 8.6 or above to support the AP-505. Try upgrading to the latest 8.6 and see if this resolves your issue.

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Dustin Burns

Lead Mobility Engineer @Worldcom Exchange, Inc.

ACCX 1271| ACMX 509| ACSP | ACDA | MVP Guru 2022
If my post was useful accept solution and/or give kudos

Original Message:
Sent: Feb 24, 2022 10:27 AM
From: Nathan Gessner
Subject: Aruba 7030 Controller with AP505 APs

Dustin,

     Yes, the licenses are installed. it says I have 50 licenses available, never expiring. 

I'm lost at this point, I have tried everything, when I try to convert the APs to Campus APs they are unable to download the image, when I try to convert them to Remote APs, they are unable to setup VPN.

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Nate

Original Message:
Sent: Feb 23, 2022 12:57 PM
From: Dustin Burns
Subject: Aruba 7030 Controller with AP505 APs

1) A domain controller is not needed for the deployment of a Controller. 

2) A certificate is not required for the APs to terminate to the controller. You would want a certificate for Guest Captive portal, or RADIUS is terminating Radius on the controller. A certificate could also be installed for the management of the controller so that you don't receive a certificate warning, but again not needed.

3) Do you have your AP licenses installed on the controller?

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Dustin Burns

Lead Mobility Engineer @Worldcom Exchange, Inc.

ACCX 1271| ACMX 509| ACSP | ACDA | MVP Guru 2022
If my post was useful accept solution and/or give kudos

Original Message:
Sent: Feb 23, 2022 09:47 AM
From: Nathan Gessner
Subject: Aruba 7030 Controller with AP505 APs

Good day everyone,

     I'm sure this has been addressed but I cannot find much either here or online, perhaps I am not using the right keywords but I don't know where else to turn. 

We purchased an Aruba 7030 Wireless controller and the AP505 Access Points for campus deployment. I am in no way versed in HP deployments and was told to "make it better" so I have the following questions...

1) Do I need a domain controller for this deployment? This was supposed to be a stand alone system where I would be able to throw it on the network and it would control the APs for the SSID changes and VLAN access through those SSIDs. 

2) How do I create a certificate for this device to allow the APs to connect?

3) When I go to the AP and tell it to convert to a campus AP and connect to the controller it fails to download the image, am I supposed to upload an AP image to the controller somewhere?  If I tell it to convert to a remote AP, it tells me that it failed to set up the VPN.

Any assistance or advice is appreciated. I was told this would be "easy" to configure but, like anything you don't know, trying to fumble through it is going to be a "half ___" job. I would prefer it be correct for the next guy coming in.

If anyone has a step-by-step guide for setting these things up, or troubleshooting rather, I would appreciate it. I have found a couple of videos online from the HP Tech Writer and, I believe, "Connect Now" but their systems connect where mine fails to connect and I can't find anything that addresses failed connections.

I apologize for not giving all the information, the Controller is a 7030 with AOS 8.3, the APs are new but I don't remember which AOS is on them. I've read that if the AP has a higher software than the controller there is a problem. We don't have a software agreement with HP (again, I'm not well versed in HP equipment and was unaware we couldn't download the latest software without the agreement) so I can't download the latest version. The APs appear to be shipping with version 8.7.1.3_79817 (this one was pulled from the box and connected)

This system is new, most of the APs have not been unboxed yet as I didn't want to unbox everything until I knew something about it and had a few working properly.

Thanks,
Nate

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Nathan Gessner
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