Wireless Access

Hello,

 

I'm in the process of setting up an AOS8 cluster. Running 8.2.1.1. Trying to tweak some of the RF settings, I want to look at the AP groups from the console. When I do a "show ap-group" I do not see my AP groups. If I use "show ap-group ?" it lists my groups but I can never seem to get at them. Am I missing something?

 

-Mike

Make sure you are under the correct folder


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I've tried it under every folder.

 Typing "show configuration node-hierarchy" will show you all of your folders.

 

Alternatively, you can "cd" to the name of one of your controllers, then type "mdc" to get into that controller.  You can then type "show ap-group" to see all of your groups from the perspective of that controller.

Never used the mdconnect before. It returns the following error:

 

(ArubaMM-VA) [00:1a:1e:03:fb:00] #mdc

Redirecting to Managed Device Shell
Permission denied, Wrong UserName or password

Exiting Managed Device Shell

 

Do I need to configure something for it to work?

Are your controllers online? When you type "show switches" do you see your controllers?

Yes. Both my MM and MD are online and config up to date.

You can do the show configuration effective directly from the MC

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A couple of commands you can use:
(MM) [US-CONTROLLER-GROUP] #show switches

All Switches
------------
IP Address IPv6 Address Name Location Type Model Version Status Configuration State Config Sync Time (sec) Config ID
---------- ------------ ---- -------- ---- ----- ------- ------ ------------------- ---------------------- ---------
192.168.1.108 None MM Building1.floor1 master ArubaMM-VA 8.2.1.1_65265 up UPDATE SUCCESSFUL 0 453
192.168.1.141 None BOSTON-MC-1 Building1.floor1 MD Aruba7005 8.2.1.1_65265 up UPDATE SUCCESSFUL 0 453
192.168.1.142 None BOSTON-MC-2 Building1.floor1 MD Aruba7005 8.2.1.1_65265 up UPDATE SUCCESSFUL 0 453


(MM) [mynode] #show configuration node-hierarchy

Configuration node hierarchy
----------------------------
Config Node Type Name
----------- ---- ----
/ System
/md System
/md/REMOTE-CONTROLLERS Group
/md/REMOTE-CONTROLLERS/ Device RAPS-MC-1
/md/US-CONTROLLER-GROUP Group
/md/US-CONTROLLER-GROUP/BOSTON-CONTROLLER-GROUP Group
/md/US-CONTROLLER-GROUP/BOSTON-CONTROLLER-GROUP/ Device BOSTON-MC-1
/md/US-CONTROLLER-GROUP/BOSTON-CONTROLLER-GROUP/ Device BOSTON-MC-2
/mm System
/mm/mynode System


(MM) [mynode] #cd /md/US-CONTROLLER-GROUP
(MM) [US-CONTROLLER-GROUP] #show configuration effective | begin ap-group
ap-group "BUILDING-A"
virtual-ap "8021X-VAP"
virtual-ap "GUEST-VAP"
dot11a-radio-profile "11A-RADIO-PROFILE"
dot11g-radio-profile "11G-RADIO-PROFILE"
ap-system-profile "MD1-AP-SYS-PROFILE"
regulatory-domain-profile "BUILDING-A-DOMAIN-PROFILE
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Possible you entered the command from the mobility master and not from the managed device itself.

To connect to the managed device use the mdconnect command from the master or directly ssh to the managed device

# /md/.......
# mdconnect

From my MM I entered the following (the MAC address being my MD)...

 

(ArubaMM-VA) [00:1a:1e:03:fb:00] #mdconnect

Redirecting to Managed Device Shell
Permission denied, Wrong UserName or password

Exiting Managed Device Shell

 

Is it really the case that I have to login to the MD in order to see my AP groups...which I manage from the MM?

You can type:

show configuration effective <name of controller> | begin ap-group

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@cjoseph wrote:

You can type:

show configuration effective <name of controller> | begin ap-group

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Understood...I'm just looking for some of the functionality from AOS6. Running "show ap-group" on my AOS6 master yields simple results and I can show details with "show ap-group <name>" instead of having to wade through configs. AOS8 just doesn't seem that friendly to console use.

I don't know why MDC does not work, but you can also SSH into your controller and type "show ap-group" to see what groups are there.  AOS 8 is hierarchical and most the the configuration should be configured at the container level, but you want to look at the resulting configuration at the controller level just in case something was defined at the controller level, as well.

Please see the videos here:  https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsYGHuNuBZcatGA1POy6iVpVlDTLYzNFE  for more information.