Not sure how you got in that state, but I think it's not 'field recoverable' and the AP has to be replaced. It may be eligible for replacement under warranty.
There is an option to zeroize the AP flash for secure disposal, which brings the AP in an state that cannot be recovered. Possibly that's what happened here, and I believe that it's not covered for free replacement if the AP has been zeroized.
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Original Message:
Sent: Nov 08, 2023 03:08 AM
From: song li
Subject: Upgrade Backup Partition on AP From Controller
Good day Herman,
show ap image version
ipq807x.ari
I want copy ipq807x.ari from Aruba 7008 controller to local pc, can have any command can do it?
or can you help send me 1 file for this, 8.10 or 8.11 or any version is ok?
I have 1 AP-534 RW from a Lab, lose the AP-Boot, now use console to connect AP, is type U-Boot, can't upgrade os.
want flash the IPQ807x.ari boot in the AP, then can upgrade aruba ap os.
Thank you.
Original Message:
Sent: Aug 24, 2023 04:26 AM
From: Herman Robers
Subject: Upgrade Backup Partition on AP From Controller
As far as I know, you cannot upgrade an Instant image to the secondary partition when running in controller mode, for the 31x/32x, just the controller image in the backup partition (still not sure why you would need to do that).
You could in this case use a backup LMS which is on a different location to prevent full outage and/or loss of control to your APs. Once the APs connect to that backup controller (LMS), you can run an ap-convert from there to get those in Instant mode. Once you have the APs up in Instant mode, just upgrade twice to the desired version, or upgrade the secondary partition with no-reboot if you need to have an updated image in the backup partition.
If you have one AP running in Instant (you could even have one running for the backup scenario in each location), once you factory-reset the other APs, they will come up in Instant/Unified mode and connect to the already running AP, inheriting the configuration and firmware version.
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Herman Robers
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Original Message:
Sent: Aug 23, 2023 06:19 PM
From: ero0101
Subject: Upgrade Backup Partition on AP From Controller
Good Day Herman,
We have a decent amount of sites that are running in a standalone configuration because they are small facilities. These sites only have 1 controller (generally speaking). We had a situation recently at customer site that was over 7 hours away where the standalone controller suffered a hardware failure and we had a lot of trouble getting the access points to respond and it required someone to ultimately drive out there to assist. We want to have the ability to quickly convert campus APs to instant mode as a temporary solution in the event of a standalone controller failure. Having the backup partitions on an old version of the operating system (i.e. 6.5.x.x) is not something we want to leave unaddressed. This is why we want to make sure the backup partitions are updated on the APs.
Original Message:
Sent: Aug 23, 2023 04:18 AM
From: Herman Robers
Subject: Upgrade Backup Partition on AP From Controller
For campus APs, I'm not aware of a reason to upgrade the backup firmware. That's more for Instant mode. Campus APs can be fully factory defaulted and then get firmware from the controller. The backup partition on Instant APs that are converted to campus mode is used to reset them back to Instant mode.
What would be the reason for you to upgrade the backup partition?
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Herman Robers
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Original Message:
Sent: Aug 22, 2023 12:19 PM
From: ero0101
Subject: Upgrade Backup Partition on AP From Controller
Good Day Herman,
Thank you for responding to my post.
I know with current generation APs (i.e. 300 series, 500 series, and 600 series) If I console directly into the AP I can manually upgrade the primary partition and backup partion via TFTP. Easy enough to do, but its not practical when scaling. Especially not practical if the AP is mounted on a ceiling high up.
As a workaround in certain circumstances, I have converted the AP into a controllerless AP running VMC, SSH'h into it and use the command
upgrade-image2-no-reboot to upgrade the backup partition. I would then factory default it and it would rejoin my controller.
The APs in my environment can be SSH'd into for access to the "full shell" (ESC + CTRL + k). Is there a way to perhaps upgrade the backup partition on an individual AP this way?
Thank you.
Original Message:
Sent: Aug 22, 2023 07:36 AM
From: Herman Robers
Subject: Upgrade Backup Partition on AP From Controller
The backup partition could only be upgraded on specific APs (AP-80, RAP-5, RAP-2) that are not supported on AOS8.
You can upgrade the backup partition on AP31x/32x with the apflash command in AOS8.
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Herman Robers
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If you have urgent issues, always contact your Aruba partner, distributor, or Aruba TAC Support. Check https://www.arubanetworks.com/support-services/contact-support/ for how to contact Aruba TAC. Any opinions expressed here are solely my own and not necessarily that of Hewlett Packard Enterprise or Aruba Networks.
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Original Message:
Sent: Aug 20, 2023 03:30 PM
From: ero0101
Subject: Upgrade Backup Partition on AP From Controller
I am attempting to upgrade the Backup (Flash (Provisioning/Backup) Image) on an AP that is connected to a standalone controller running AOS 8.11.1.2.
As you can see, the backup flash is running 6.5.0.0 and I want that to be upgraded to an AOS 8 version.
[mynode] #show ap image version ap-name AP-0020AP Image Versions On Controller --------------------------------Image name Image Version String---------- --------------------arm32emmc.ari 8.11.1.2(jenkins@42b2effef396)#87606 SMP Wed Aug 2 17:09:47 UTC 2023arm64emmc.ari 8.11.1.2(jenkins@65f025e73bd0)#87606 SMP Wed Aug 2 18:10:28 UTC 2023arm32.ari 8.11.1.2(jenkins@651fa9cc2270)#87606 SMP Wed Aug 2 16:57:36 UTC 2023ipq807x.ari 8.11.1.2(jenkins@6f225f85bd1f)#87606 SMP Wed Aug 2 17:50:58 UTC 2023arm64.ari 8.11.1.2(jenkins@d1e951ea7d12)#87606 SMP Wed Aug 2 16:51:13 UTC 2023ipq40xx.ari 8.11.1.2(jenkins@fb382228c26d)#87606 SMP Wed Aug 2 17:10:42 UTC 2023ipq806x.ari 8.11.1.2(jenkins@b4b66d59540e)#87606 SMP Wed Aug 2 17:09:00 UTC 2023Access Points Image Version---------------------------AP Running Image Version String Flash (Production) Image Version String Flash (Provisioning/Backup) Image Version String Matches Num Matches Num Mismatches Bad Checksums Bad Provisioning Checksums Image Load Status-- ---------------------------- --------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------ ------- ----------- -------------- ------------- -------------------------- -----------------172.31.97.116 8.11.1.2(jenkins@b4b66d59540e)#87606 SMP Wed Aug 2 17:09:00 UTC 2023 8.11.1.2(jenkins@b4b66d59540e)#87606 SMP Wed Aug 2 17:09:00 UTC 2023 6.5.0.0(p4build@corfu)#54817 SMP Thu Apr 28 07:05:41 PDT 2016 Yes 1 0 0 0 Done
There was a way to specifically upgrade the image on the backup partition in older versions of AOS, but I cannot seem to find the way to do this in AOS 8.
The old command was apflash. https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/ArubaOS_61/ArubaOS_61_CLI/apflash.htm
Any ideas on how I can accomplish this on either AOS8 from the controller, or by SSH'ing directly to the AP and having it pull the latest image off of one of my FTP servers?
Thank you.