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AP IOS & Recovery Upgrade Doc v8

The document provides instructions for upgrading the firmware on an access point (AP). It includes downloading new AP firmware files from a provided link, setting up a TFTP server on a laptop, connecting the AP to the laptop, and using TFTP to transfer the firmware files to the AP flash. It then describes commands to check and install the new firmware, reload the AP, and validate the successful upgrade. Post-upgrade, the technician is asked to tag the AP to a specific VLAN and email configuration details to support.

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AP IOS & Recovery Upgrade Doc v8

The document provides instructions for upgrading the firmware on an access point (AP). It includes downloading new AP firmware files from a provided link, setting up a TFTP server on a laptop, connecting the AP to the laptop, and using TFTP to transfer the firmware files to the AP flash. It then describes commands to check and install the new firmware, reload the AP, and validate the successful upgrade. Post-upgrade, the technician is asked to tag the AP to a specific VLAN and email configuration details to support.

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Download the correct AP image from the below link

https://jioshare.ril.com/sites/ISPfieldops/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=
%2Fsites%2FISPfieldops%2FShared%20Documents%2FWi-Fi%20ISP%20Field%20Ops%2FAP
%20IOS&View=%7BA9A0120C-1C27-479D-8861-4F4D99D2EEE1%7D
The above link has two files,

1) AP IOS image file


2) AP recovery image file
Please download both the files on your laptop
REQUIREMENT
1) Laptop with user rights to change IP address and
2) LAN Cable
3) Console Cable
4) TFTP installed on Laptop
5) AP Power adapter

Please keep below material with you for AP Login- Material available in your CMP/State WH

Material Code Material Description

2001515179 POWER SUPPLY, PN;AIR-PWR-B

2001523958 CABLE, CONSOLE PN;CAB-CONSOLE-RJ45

BEFORE STARTING THE AP UPGRADE PROCESS DO FOLLOWING

1) Power ON AP using external power adapter


2) Connect AP console to Laptop using console cable
3) Connect LAN cable to Laptop and AP LAN port
4) Disable Firewall on the Laptop
Control Panel Firewall Turn Windows Firewall on or off

STEPS TO START TFTP SERVER ON THE LAPTOP WITH ADMIN RIGHTS


 Give laptop LAN CARD IP address as 10.10.10.2 and Mask as 255.255.255.0
 Open TFTP server on the laptop.
 Select 10.10.10.2 server interface on the TFTP window
 Select current directory as the directory where the AP IOS and AP recovery image file is
saved
 IOS image file should be seen when you click on Show Dir tab in TFTP window
IOS UPGRAGE PROCESS IF THE AP PROMPT IS SEEN AS “#” in the AP console
 Add the below commands to the AP

AP>enable
AP#debug capwap client no-reload
AP#debug capwap console cli
AP#capwap ap ethernet tag 0
AP#reload
Once AP boots enter the below commands.
AP#debug capwap client no-reload
AP#debug capwap console cli
AP#capwap ap ip address 10.10.10.1 255.255.255.0
AP#capwap ap ip default-gateway 10.10.10.2
 Ping the AP IP from the AP console. You should see the reply
AP#ping 10.10.10.1
Pinging 10.10.10.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.10.10.1: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=249
Reply from 10.10.10.1: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=249
Reply from 10.10.10.1: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=249
Reply from 10.10.10.1: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=249

Ping statistics for 10.10.10.1:


Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 70ms, Maximum = 70ms, Average = 70ms
 Ping the Laptop IP from the AP console. You should see the reply
AP#ping 10.10.10.2
Pinging 10.10.10.2 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.10.10.2 bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=249
Reply from 10.10.10.2: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=249
Reply from 10.10.10.2: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=249
Reply from 10.10.10.2: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=249

Ping statistics for 10.10.10.2:


Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 70ms, Maximum = 70ms, Average = 70ms

 Download the AP Recovery image from the tftp server


Example: if AP recovery image name is ap3g2-rcvk9w8-tar.153-3.JH.tar
AP#archive tar /xtract tftp://10.10.10.2/ap3g2-rcvk9w8-tar.153-3.JH.tar flash:
This will start downloading the recovery file to AP. Ensure that the download is completed
100%

 Download the AP IOS image from the tftp server


Example: if AP IOS name is ap3g2-k9w8-tar.153-3.JH.tar
AP#archive tar /xtract tftp://10.10.10.2/ap3g2-k9w8-tar.153-3.JH.tar flash:
This will start downloading the file to AP. Ensure that the download is completed 100%
 Check the AP image using command dir flash:. And check for file that starts with ap3g2-
k9w8..

AP#dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
2  -rwx         285   Jan 1 1970 00:16:40 +00:00  info
3  -rwx        1048   Mar 1 1993 00:00:22 +00:00  private-multiple-fs
4  drwx         576   Jan 1 1970 00:15:41 +00:00  ap3g2-rcvk9w8-mx
14  -rwx       11477   Mar 1 1993 00:07:24 +00:00  event.log
15  drwx        2496   Jan 1 1970 00:25:39 +00:00  ap3g2-k9w8-mx.153-3.JH
82  -rwx           0   Mar 1 1993 00:00:36 +00:00  config.txt
84  -rwx         351   Mar 1 1993 00:00:17 +00:00  env_vars

 The boot path should be set to the file which starts with ap3g2-k9….Set the boot path to AP
IOS image using the below command

AP#debug capwap console cli


AP#config t
AP(config)#boot system flash:/ap3g2-k9w8-mx.153-3.JH/ap3g2-k9w8-mx.153-3.JH
AP(config)#exit
AP#wr
 Reload the AP
AP#reload
During the AP reload, check in the console that the AP is booting with the newly installed
image.
IOS UPGRAGE PROCESS IF THE AP PROMPT IS SEEN AS “ap:” in AP console
IF the IOS of AP is not there, then "ap:" will be seen on console
 Add the below commands to the AP
ap:set IP_ADDR 10.10.10.1
ap:set NETMASK 255.255.255.0
ap:set DEFAULT_ROUTER 10.10.10.2
ap:flash_init
ap:tftp_init
ap:ether_init
ap: tar -xtract tftp://10.10.10.2/ap3g2-rcvk9w8-tar.153-3.JH.tar flash:
ap:tar -xtract tftp://10.10.10.2/ap3g2-k9w8-tar.153-3.JH.tar flash:
 once the file is copied use the following command to boot the AP IOS image
ap:boot flash:/ap3g2-k9w8-mx.153-3.JH/ap3g2-k9w8-mx.153-3.JH
 After AP is rebooted, on the console you should see the AP is booting with the new IOS
TAG the AP to VLAN 945 if the AP will be connected to Switch Techroute/Voltek/RAD/SmallCell
AP#capwap ap ethernet tag <vlan_id>
Example- capwap ap ethernet tag 945
ONCE THE AP IS UPGRADED, DO THE FOLLOWING:
 Connect the AP at site
 Take the output of below commands when the AP is connected to network and email to
jio.tacrfwifinoc@ril.com. Subject line should be //TT number // AP NEID // AP MAC
ADDRESS
Show version
Show log
dir flash:
Show ip int br
Show ipv6 int br

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