You can also step upgrade 8. Also, check the AP compatibility in release notes before upgrading. In response to balaji. Thanks Balaji for reply. Leo Laohoo. VIP Community Legend. In response to krath carouselindustries. You can't upgrade from 7. The controller needs to be upgraded to 8. X first and then upgrade to 8. X is supported. I do not believe there is a procedure document available for you to refer.
Intermediate upgrades will be required. Post Reply. Latest Contents. Announcing Cisco Wireless Catalyst - Created by Sudhagar Singh on PM. We are excited to announce the Second refresh of After previous Created by apsood on PM. Wireless Config Analyzer Express v 0. Created by Javier Contreras on AM. This version now introduces experimental new feature, "Upgrade Advisor, targeted to one of common case generators: what are the supported versions and how to upgrade my current controllers and APs It supports both AireOS and IOS-XE, covering since Announcing Cisco Wireless 8.
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Project Gallery. Updated: October 21, Contents Introduction. Prerequisites Requirements In addition to basic networking knowledge and familiarity with the basic configuration and installation of Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, ensure that you read the Guidelines and Recomendations present in the release notes.
You can reduce the network downtime using the following options: You can predownload the AP image. Components Used The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions: An FTP server with the upgrade files stored. A Cisco WLC that runs 8. Follow these steps: Upload your controller configuration files to a server to back up the configuration files. The software releases are labeled as described here to help you determine which release to download.
Click a controller software release number: Early Deployment ED —These software releases provide new features and new hardware platform support as well as bug fixes. Maintenance Deployment MD —These software releases provide bug fixes and ongoing software maintenance.
Deferred DF —These software releases have been deferred. We recommend that you migrate to an upgraded release. Click Download. Save the file to your hard drive. Optional Disable the controller Note: For busy networks, controllers on high utilization, and small controller platforms, we recommend that you disable the From the File Type drop-down list, choose Code.
If you choose HTTP you will be prompted for the location of the file. Proceed to step 13 if you choose HTTP. If you are using a TFTP server, the default value of 10 retries for the Maximum Retries field, and 6 seconds for the Timeout field should work correctly without any adjustment. However, you can change these values, if required. To do so, enter the maximum number of times the TFTP server attempts to download the software in the Maximum Retries field and the amount of time in seconds for which the TFTP server attempts to download the software, in the Timeout field.
In the File Path field, enter the directory path of the software. The default value is Click Download to download the software to the controller. A message indicating the status of the download is displayed.
After the download is complete, click Reboot. If you are prompted to save your changes, click Save and Reboot. Click OK to confirm your decision to reboot the controller. If you have disabled the Optional To verify that the controller software is installed on your controller, on the controller GUI, click Monitor and view the Software Version field under Controller Summary.
Complete these steps: Make sure that the FTP server is reachable from the controller, and make sure the upgrade file resides in a directory of the FTP server.
Cisco Systems Inc. Product Name Cisco Controller Product Version FTP Data Type Are you sure you want to start? FTP receive complete Checking Version Built. Image version check passed. Writing new RTOS to flash disk. Writing new AP Image Bundle to flash disk.
Writing AVC Files to flash disk. Executing fini script. Reboot the controller for update to complete. Optionally, pre-download the image to APs before rebooting to reduce network downtime. File transfer is successful. Would you like to save them now? Updating HBL license statistics file Done.
Configuration Saved! System will now restart! Updating license storage Exiting SL process! Not petting the WDT. Collect the core using oct utility Rebooting the system.. Cisco BootLoader Version : 8. Loading backup image 8. Verifying images OK Launching images Software Copyright Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco AireOS Version 8. Verify In order to verify the version of WLC software that is running, log in to the controller after the system reboots.
In some cases the machine that runs the server application might have the firewall turned on. This could be one reason why the WLC upgrade does not happen as expected. You may want to troubleshoot using packet captures along the network path to find the hop where the packet are getting lost or out of order. You may want to verify if the username and password configured match the ones configured in the server side. In order to eliminate this error, copy the image file to the default directory on the server and verify that the name and file extension are exactly the same on the server and the 'File Name' field of the Controller Upgrade page.
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