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How to run a firmware upgrade on a Cisco 5500 wireless LAN controller
Networking, Uncategorised
Need to upgrade the firmware on a Cisco 5500 WLC, here is a step by step guide.
If your controllers are setup in a HA pair, these commands should be run on both, but missing out the AP upgrade setups.
Step 1
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(Show WLC current boot and backup images versions)
show boot
Step 2
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(Copy images from TFTP - will copy to standby also)
transfer download datatype code
transfer download serverip 192.168.1.11
transfer download mode tftp
transfer download filename AIR-CT5500-K9-7-6-130-0.aes
>transfer download path /
transfer download start
Step 3
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(Change default boot image to current verison in backup slot - run on both HA units)
config boot backup
Step 4
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(New image will be primary boot image)
show boot
Primary Boot Image............................... 8.5.161.0
Backup Boot Image................................ 8.3.140.0 (default) (active)
Step 5
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(Show AP current boot and backup image versions)
show ap image all
Step 6
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(Copy image from WLC to APs)
config ap image predownload primary all
Step 7
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(New image will be backup boot image - Predownload status = Complete)
show ap image all
Total number of APs.............................. 49
Number of APs
Initiated....................................... 0
Downloading..................................... 0
Predownloading.................................. 0
Completed predownloading........................ 49
Not Supported................................... 0
Failed to Predownload........................... 0
Predownload Predownload Flexconnect
AP Name Primary Image Backup Image Status Version Next Retry Time Retry Count Predownload
------------------ -------------- -------------- --------------- -------------- ---------------- ------------ --------------
ap-1 8.3.140.0 8.5.161.0 Complete 8.5.161.0 NA NA
Step 8
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(Reboot WLCs)
reset system both in 00:02:31 image swap reset-aps save-config
- Networking, Uncategorised
- cisco
- 14 December, 2018