Table Of Contents
Updating Device Firmware
Managing Firmware Images
Viewing Images on the WLSE
Editing Image Details on the WLSE
Deleting Images from the WLSE
Importing Images to the WLSE
Importing Images from the Client System Desktop to the WLSE
Importing Images Directly from Cisco.com to the WLSE
Using a Remote TFTP Server for Updating Devices
Viewing and Updating Supported Firmware Versions
Managing Firmware Jobs
Creating and Running a Firmware Job
Job Choices
1. Name the Job and Select the Protocol
2. Select the Image
3. Select Devices
4. Schedule the Job
5. Finish the Job—Validation
Job Validation Summary Window Details
Overview: Using Job Functions
Checking Job Status
Filtering Jobs
Editing a Job
Deleting a Job
Copying a Job
Viewing Job Run Details
Job Run Details Table
Converting Access Points to IOS
1. Configure Access Points To Be Converted
2. Configure the WLSE for IOS Conversions
3. Create a Conversion Template
4. Create and Run the Conversion Job
Updating Device Firmware
The options under the Firmware tab allow you to:
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Import firmware images (for access points and wireless bridges) to the WLSE and manage the firmware stored on the WLSE. If you need to update devices in remote locations, you can store images on a TFTP server instead of storing them on the WLSE. See Managing Firmware Images.
•Run firmware jobs to update firmware on devices. See Managing Firmware Jobs.
•Convert Cisco Aironet 1200 access points from non-IOS to IOS firmware. For information on conversion, see Converting Access Points to IOS.
You can also display firmware versions supported by the WLSE and import a file that updates the firmware versions supported by the WLSE. These options are located under Administration > System. For more information, see Viewing and Updating Supported Firmware Versions.
Note One or both of the firmware subtabs may not be visible to some users.
Managing Firmware Images
The options under the Images subtab allow you to:
•View images—See Viewing Images on the WLSE.
•Edit images—See Editing Image Details on the WLSE.
•Delete images—See Deleting Images from the WLSE.
•Download images to the WLSE—See Importing Images to the WLSE.
You can also download images to a remote TFTP server if you are updating devices that are located remotely—See Using a Remote TFTP Server for Updating Devices.
Related Topics
•Managing Firmware Jobs
•Converting Access Points to IOS
Viewing Images on the WLSE
You can view the list of images stored on the WLSE and view image details.
Procedure
Step 1 Select Firmware > Images. The Imported Firmware Images selector shows the images that have been imported into the WLSE.
Step 2 To view the list of available images for a type of device, expand its folder.
Note Images that you download to the WLSE are automatically listed in the Firmware Images selector.
Step 3 To view details on an image, select the image. The Image Details window opens, showing the image name, image version, image size, and a description.
Related Topics
Editing Image Details on the WLSE
Editing Image Details on the WLSE
Procedure
Step 1 Select Firmware > Images.
Step 2 Expand the folder that contains the image you want to edit, then select the image. The Image Details window opens.
Step 3 You can edit the image name, image version, device type, and description:
Table 4-1 Image Details
Field
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Description
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Name
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By default, the name of the image file or of the image file in a zipped file.
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Device Type
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The device type to which the firmware applies. Be careful when entering the version; proper uploading of firmware to devices requires accurate version information. You can enter the version in uppercase or lowercase characters.
If you change the device type of an image, the image is removed from the former device type folder and added to the new one. For example, if you change the device type from AP340 to AP350, the image is removed from the AP340 folder and added to the AP350 folder.
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Version
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Edit the image version. Be careful when editing the version; proper uploading of firmware to devices requires accurate version information. You can enter the version in uppercase or lowercase characters. If you change the device type of an image, the image is removed from the former device type folder and added to the new one. For example, if you change the device type from AP340 to AP350, the image is removed from the AP340 folder and added to the AP350 folder.
Note To prevent errors when importing, do not rename IOS images.
There are several valid formats for image version. You must retain all of the digits and letters and the first decimal point must be present. For example:
•Official format—12.2(4)JA1
•Cisco.com format—12.2.4-JA1
Note If you are importing an image for non-IOS to IOS conversion, the version you enter must be 12.2. Otherwise, the image will be incompatible with the Cisco Aironet 1200 access points that you are converting.
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Size
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Size of the image (read-only field).
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Description
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This field is blank by default.
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Step 4 When you finish editing, click Save.
Related Topics
Deleting Images from the WLSE
Deleting Images from the WLSE
Procedure
Step 1 Select Firmware > Images.
Step 2 Expand the folder that contains the image you want to delete, then select the image. The Image Details window opens.
Step 3 Click Delete, then click OK. The image is deleted from the list of images in the folder.
Related Topics
•Viewing Images on the WLSE
•Editing Image Details on the WLSE
Importing Images to the WLSE
This option allows you to:
•Download images to the WLSE from the desktop—see Importing Images from the Client System Desktop to the WLSE.
•Download images to the WLSE directly from Cisco.com—see Importing Images Directly from Cisco.com to the WLSE.
Related Topics
•Viewing Images on the WLSE
•Editing Image Details on the WLSE
Importing Images from the Client System Desktop to the WLSE
Procedure
Step 1 Download the desired firmware images to your client system from Cisco.com. You can download firmware images from the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/sw-wireless.shtml
Note Only the combined images from Cisco.com are supported for importing to the WLSE. If you download an image component from another site and then try to import a component, the operation will fail.
For information about supported versions of images, see the Supported Devices document on Cisco.com and the Firmware Supported Versions table in Administration > System > Firmware Supported Versions. For more information on supported firmware versions, see Viewing Supported Firmware Versions and Updating Supported Firmware Versions.
Step 2 Select Firmware > Images > Import > From Desktop. Enter information as described in Table 4-2.
Table 4-2 Desktop Import Window
Field
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Description
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Device Type
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Select the device type from the list.
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Version
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Enter the image version. Be careful when entering the version; proper uploading of firmware to devices requires accurate version information. You can enter the version in uppercase or lowercase characters. If you change the device type of an image, the image is removed from the former device type folder and added to the new one. For example, if you change the device type from AP340 to AP350, the image is removed from the AP340 folder and added to the AP350 folder.
Note To prevent errors when importing, do not rename IOS images.
There are several valid formats for image version. You must retain all of the digits and letters and the first decimal point must be present. For example:
•Official format—12.2(4)JA1
•Cisco.com format—12.2.4-JA1
Note If you are importing an image for non-IOS to IOS conversion, the version you enter must be 12.2. Otherwise, the image will be incompatible with the Cisco Aironet 1200 access points that you are converting.
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File Location
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Enter the path to the image on the desktop or click Browse.
Images for Cisco Aironet 350 wireless bridges may be named as images for access points (that is, names begin with AP). To avoid confusion, you can rename these images (see Editing Image Details on the WLSE.)
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Overwrite Existing Image
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Select this if you are importing an image that is already stored on the WLSE. Otherwise, the image import will fail if the same image is already stored on the WLSE.
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Step 3 Click Import. Do not close the popup window until you receive a message that the import was successful or the import failed.
If the import is successful, a confirmation message appears and the image is saved on the WLSE.
If the import fails, an error message appears. The import may fail for one of the following reasons:
•The image you are trying to import is not valid. An error message appears.
•There is insufficient space on the WLSE to store images.
•You specified an image that already exists in the image library and you did not select the Overwrite Existing Image checkbox in Step 2.
•For an IOS image, you renamed the file or the file is not recognized.
Step 4 Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to import more images.
Step 5 For information on uploading firmware to access points and bridges, see Managing Firmware Jobs.
Importing Images Directly from Cisco.com to the WLSE
The first time you attempt to download firmware for IOS access points from Cisco.com, an error message is displayed and you must acknowledge that you have the required cryptography permissions. See the following procedure for the text of the message.
Procedure
Step 1 Select Firmware > Images > Import > From Cisco.com. Complete the following:
Table 4-3 Cisco.com Import Window
Field
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Description
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Cisco.com Username
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Your Cisco.com username.
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Cisco.com Password
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Your Cisco.com password
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Proxy IP/Hostname 1
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The IP address of the proxy server used to mediate between the web browser and Cisco.com. The proxy port used by the proxy server (if required on your network).
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Proxy Port
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Proxy Username
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The username and password for contacting the proxy server (if required on your network).
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Proxy Password
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Step 2 To clear all of your entries in the window, click Clear.
Step 3 To proceed with image download, click Login. The Import window changes to allow you to select the device type.
If the following message appears under Image Details and you are downloading IOS images, log in to Cisco.com and provide the required information. After that, you can proceed to download IOS images.
Error while selecting or displaying image details.
Please log into cisco.com at
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Software/Crypto/crypto_main.pl
and make sure your username has acknowledged cryptography
permissions for downloading IOS Aironet images.
Step 4 Click the device type; the firmware versions available on Cisco.com are displayed. Select a firmware version; the image details are displayed,
Note Images for Cisco Aironet 350 wireless bridges are listed in the Import window as Cisco Aironet 350 access point images (that is, the names begin with AP). To avoid confusion, you can rename these images after importing them. For more information, see Editing Image Details on the WLSE.
Step 5 To add the image to the Selected Images list, click Add.
Step 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to add more images.
Step 7 To remove an image from the Selected Images list, click Remove.
Select the Overwrite Existing Images checkbox if you are importing an image version that is already stored on the WLSE. Otherwise, the image import will fail if the same version is already stored on the WLSE.
Step 8 Click Import. The Import Status window appears. Do not close this window until you receive a message that either says the import was successful or the import failed.
If the import is successful, a confirmation message appears and the image is saved on the WLSE.
If the import fails, an error message appears. The import may fail for one of the following reasons:
•The image you are trying to import is not valid. In that case, an error message appears.
•There is insufficient space on the WLSE to store images.
•You specified an image that already exists in the image library and you did not select the Overwrite Existing Image checkbox in Step 7.
•This is the first time you have tried to download software that has cryptographic features. You will be directed to log into Cisco.com and fill out a form to provide more information about your organization.
Step 9 Click Refresh to refresh the Import Status window; click Close to close it.
Step 10 For information on uploading firmware to access points and bridges, see Managing Firmware Jobs.
Using a Remote TFTP Server for Updating Devices
You can download firmware images to a TFTP server and then upload them to access points and bridges. This method of uploading may be quicker than uploading from the WLSE if you have a slow link between the WLSE and the access points and bridges in your network.
To download firmware images, go to the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/sw-wireless.shtml
To make sure you are downloading a supported firmware release, see the list of supported devices and firmware versions at Administration > System > Firmware Supported Versions.
Use the normal procedure for creating firmware jobs described in Managing Firmware Jobs. You specify the TFTP server and provide the filename in the last step, finish the job (for more information, see 5. Finish the Job—Validation).
Viewing and Updating Supported Firmware Versions
You can view the firmware versions supported by the WLSE and import support for new versions.
Select Administration > System > New Version Support and Administration > System > Firmware Supported Versions.
For more information, see Updating Supported Firmware Versions and Viewing Supported Firmware Versions.
Managing Firmware Jobs
The Jobs subtab allows you to:
•Create firmware jobs—See Creating and Running a Firmware Job.
If you are using a firmware job to convert non-IOS access points to IOS, follow the procedures in Converting Access Points to IOS before creating a firmware job.
•View a list of firmware jobs—See Checking Job Status.
•Filter the list of firmware jobs—See Filtering Jobs.
•Edit firmware jobs—See Editing a Job.
•Delete firmware jobs—See Deleting a Job.
•View firmware jobs details—See Viewing Job Run Details.
Related Topics
Managing Firmware Images
Creating and Running a Firmware Job
Note After a new image is downloaded to an access point, the access point will automatically reboot.
Use the following procedure to create firmware jobs for upgrading the firmware on IOS and non-IOS access points.
Use the procedure in Converting Access Points to IOS to create and run a firmware job for converting an access point to IOS.
Note Your login determines whether you can use this option.
Procedure
Step 1 Select Firmware > Jobs.
Step 2 Enter a name for the job and click Create Job.
For guidelines on job names, see "Naming Guidelines."
Step 3 The window refreshes with the Job Creation menu in the left pane and the Job Name dialog box in the right pane.
Step 4 Select the numbered choices in the left pane to create and run the firmware jobs. For information on these choices, see Job Choices.
Job Choices
When you create or edit a firmware upload job, the following tasks appear in the left pane of the Jobs window. All tasks must be completed whether you are uploading images from the WLSE or from a remote TFTP server. You can omit scheduling the job and edit the job later to provide a schedule. You can complete tasks 1 through 4 in any order.
1. Job Name—See 1. Name the Job and Select the Protocol.
2. Select Image—See 2. Select the Image.
3. Select Devices—See 3. Select Devices.
4. Schedule Job—See 4. Schedule the Job.
5. Finish—After completing tasks 1 through 4, you validate and save the job—See 5. Finish the Job—Validation.
Caution Clicking on a any subtab (for example, Jobs or Images) before you have saved your entries in the Jobs window will cause the window to reset and you will lose all the information you entered.
1. Name the Job and Select the Protocol
Procedure
Step 1 Click Job Name.
Note Clicking Clear removes all the current entries in the window and any entries you have made in other Job windows up until that point.
Step 2 Enter the data described in Table 4-4.
Table 4-4 Job Name Parameters
Field
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Description
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Job Name
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Enter a name for the job. For guidelines on naming jobs, see "Naming Guidelines."
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Description
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Enter a description of the job. For guidelines on entering descriptions, see "Naming Guidelines."
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Protocol
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Select the protocol to be used for the job: HTTP or SNMP. For IOS firmware upgrades and conversions from non-IOS firmware to IOS firmware, you must select SNMP.
Note After a job runs once, the protocol cannot be changed. To change the protocol, make a copy of the job. For information on copying a job, see Copying a Job.
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Step 3 From the menu in the left pane, go to the next step, Select Image. See 2. Select the Image.
2. Select the Image
Procedure
Step 1 Click Select Image.
Step 2 Expand the device folder and select the image you want to upload. The Image Detail window opens.
Note If you are converting Cisco Aironet 1200 access points from non-IOS firmware to IOS firmware, you must select a special upgrade image (for example, AP1200-Cisco-IOS-Upgrade-v1). Do not use a regular IOS image upgrade file.
If the desired image does not appear in the tree, you must import it to the WLSE unless the image is located on a remote TFTP server. For more information, see Importing Images to the WLSE.
Step 3 From the menu in the left pane, go to the next step, Select Devices. See 3. Select Devices.
3. Select Devices
Procedure
Step 1 Click Select Devices. All managed devices are listed in the Device selector in the middle pane.
Note Clicking Clear removes all the current entries in the window and any entries you have made in other Job windows up until that point.
Step 2 To search for devices:
a. From the list in the search area located in the middle pane, select a method for searching:
Method
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Description
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Device name
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Enter device name to search for any device.
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IP address
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Enter IP address to search for any device.
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APs based on client MAC
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Enter a client MAC address to search for both IOS and non-IOS access points. Finds only access points that are associated with the specified client.
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APs based on client IP
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Enter a client IP address to search for non-IOS access points only. Finds only access points that are associated with the specified client.
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b. Enter the IP address, name, or MAC address. You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard to denote numbers and letters; for example, *AP or 172.*.*.*.
c. Click Search. The matching devices appear in the Search Results folder in the device selector.
Step 3 To select devices for image upload, expand a folder that contains the devices you want to include in the job. Then click the device group folder. The group and all its devices are added to the Available Devices list.
For more information on device grouping, see Managing Groups.
Step 4 From the Available Devices list, select a group or individual devices, then click Add.
•The devices you selected are moved to the Selected Devices list.
Note Device that are moved to the Selected list are removed from the Available Devices list. You can repopulate the Selected list by clicking on the group again.
•The devices in the Selected Devices list box will receive the image you selected.
Step 5 To add devices from other groups, repeat steps 3 and 4.
Step 6 To remove devices, select them from the Selected Devices list, then click Remove.
Step 7 From the menu in the left pane, go to the next step, Schedule Job. See 4. Schedule the Job.
Related Topics
Managing Groups
4. Schedule the Job
When scheduling a firmware job, you can select Run Now to start the job in 2 minutes, or you can schedule the job for a future date and time.
Note You can save a job without scheduling it. You can edit the job later to add the scheduling information. To edit a job, select Firmware > Jobs; then select the job from the list and click Edit Job.
Procedure
Step 1 Click Schedule Job.
Note Clicking Clear removes all the current entries in the window and any entries you have made in other Job windows up until that point.
Step 2 Schedule the job as follows:
•To run the job now, select the Run Now checkbox. The job will begin running immediately.
Note Selecting this option ignores any date and time that you enter from the Start Date and Start Time lists.
•To schedule the job for a later date and time, select the month, day, and year from the Start Date lists and select the hour and minutes from the Start Time lists.
Step 3 From the menu in the left pane, select the next task, Finish. See 5. Finish the Job—Validation.
5. Finish the Job—Validation
Before validating a job, you must name the job and select the protocol, select the image, select the devices, and schedule the job.
To validate the job, save it, and add it to the list of scheduled jobs:
Procedure
Step 1 Click Finish in the left pane to complete job creation. The Finish dialog consists of the Email settings section, Remote server settings section, Warnings section, IOS Security Parameters section, and Validate and Save section. The following steps describe how to complete each section.
Step 2 Email settings section
If you want email notification of job completion, enter the following information in this section:
Table 4-5 Email Notification Settings for Firmware Jobs
Field
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Description
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On completion, mail to
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Enter a comma-separated list of email addresses to be notified when the job completes.
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Email only if job fails
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Select this checkbox if you want recipients to be notified only if the job fails.
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Tip If email notification is not working, you may need to set up the mail route by specifying an SMTP server. See Configuring the Mail Route.
Step 3 Remote server settings section
If images will be uploaded to devices from a remote TFTP server (instead of being uploaded from the WLSE), enter the information described in Table 4-6. For information about storing images on the remote TFTP server, see Using a Remote TFTP Server for Updating Devices.
Table 4-6 Remote TFTP Server Settings for Firmware Jobs
Field
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Description
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Use remote server
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Select this checkbox to upload the image from a TFTP server. The remote server must have a tftp server running.
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Remote server IP address
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Enter the IP address of the TFTP server or select a server from the list of recently used servers. Every time you enter a remote server IP address, the address will be added to the Recently used servers list.
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Recently used servers
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Remote server firmware image filename
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The filename of the firmware image file on a remote server. The image file must reside in the main directory for TFTP access on the server.
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Step 4 Warnings section
If warnings are detected for any devices during validation (Step 6), the job will fail for those devices unless you select the Ignore Warnings checkbox. If you prefer not to ignore warnings while the job runs, you can correct the warning conditions instead and then validate again.
Step 5 IOS Security Parameters section
Note This section appears only if you have chosen a special image for converting a Cisco Aironet 1200 access point from non-IOS to IOS. For the procedure to convert access points to IOS, see Converting Access Points to IOS.
Step 6 Validate and Save section
a. Click Validate to verify that the job will run successfully. If you missed one or more of the numbered steps in the left pane, error messages are displayed (for example, Devices not Selected). Correct these errors and click Validate again. The Job Validation Summary window opens. For more formation on this window, see Job Validation Summary Window Details.
Note It is recommended that you always validate a job before saving it. Also, you should check the image release notes on Cisco.com for the latest caveat information on the image.
Note If any fields in the Job Validation Summary window are marked Error, the job will fail for those devices unless you correct the error situation.
b. Click Save to add the job to the list of scheduled jobs or run the job now, depending on whether you scheduled the job for a later time or chose Run Now in the scheduling screen. The screen refreshes and the Job Save Summary window shows the following information:
Table 4-7 Job Save Summary Window
Field
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Description
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Name
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Name of the job.
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Description
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Job description, if any.
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Image
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Name of the image selected for the job.
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Devices
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Names of the devices selected for the job.
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Groups
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Names of groups selected for the job.
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Schedule
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Scheduled date and time for the job, or No Schedule if the job has not been scheduled.
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Note After the image is downloaded to the device, the device will be rebooted. Non-IOS devices will be rebooted by using SNMP. IOS devices will be rebooted by using SSH. If the attempt to reboot by using SSH fails, the device will be rebooted using Telnet.
Step 7 To view the status of the job, select Firmware > Jobs. For more information, see Checking Job Status.
Step 8 If a job ends with the status of "not verified," or fails because of timeouts caused by slow network links, you can change the values of the job properties parameters in the WLSE and rerun the job.
Note A status of "not verified" does not always mean that the job has failed. The WLSE may have timed out before verifying whether the job succeeded.
To change job properties parameters that affect timeouts, access the WLSE through the following URL:
http://your_wlse:1741/debug/jobprops.jsp
where your_wlse is the name of the WLSE.
•If the job ended as "not verified" and it failed, increase the value of the Device Reboot Wait Timeout parameter and run the job again.
•If the job timed out and failed because the access point and WLSE are connected through a slow link (less than 1.544 Mbps, increase the value of the Per device job operation timeout parameter. For example, for a 56 kbps link, the recommended value is 2400 seconds (40 minutes). For a 128 kbps link, the recommended value is 1200 seconds (20 minutes). Then, run the job again. Run the job again.
Related Topics
•Deleting a Job
•Checking Job Status
•Viewing Job Run Details
Job Validation Summary Window Details
The Job Validation Summary window shows information on the firmware job, including errors and warnings.
Table 4-8 Job Validation Summary Window
Field
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Description
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Image Selected, Version, and Device Type
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The image name, image version, and device type that you selected when creating the job.
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Image version validation
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Whether the image version is valid. This field is marked Warning if the image is not recognized. If the image is not recognized because it was released after the WLSE software was released, return to the Finish screen and select Ignore Warnings.
For information on importing updated information on supported firmware versions and viewing information on versions supported by the WLSE, see Updating Supported Firmware Versions and Viewing Supported Firmware Versions.
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Duration estimate
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The maximum amount of time required to complete the job.
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Image known bugs validation
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Whether there are any major caveats for this image.
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Job protocol validation
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Whether the job protocol (HTTP or SNMP) you selected is supported on this device.
Note Firmware upgrade via SNMP is supported for firmware versions 11.08T and later. SNMP is required for IOS firmware upgrades and conversions from non-IOS to IOS.
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Device-Image validation
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Whether the image you selected is valid for this device. This field is marked Error if:
•The image is not valid for the type of device you selected.
•An IOS device's Telnet or SSH credentials were not added to the WLSE, and the device cannot be rebooted after the upgrade. You must add the credentials before you can create the job. For information, see Enter Telnet and SSH Usernames and Passwords—IOS Access Points.
•You did not select a template for an IOS conversion job.
This image is marked Warning if:
•The image is not recognized.
•An IOS device's Telnet or SSH username was not added to the WLSE, and the device might not reboot after the upgrade. If the access point is configured not to ask for the username during login, the job can continue if you select the Ignore Warnings option in the Finish dialog. If the access point will ask for the username, you must add it before the job will run. For information, see Enter Telnet and SSH Usernames and Passwords—IOS Access Points.
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Comments in the Job Validation Summary fields show the status of each item:
•Passed—No problems were found.
•Information—No problems were found, but there is information you might want to know. For example, if the image version you selected already installed on the device.
•Warning—The operation is permitted but may not be advisable; for example, downgrading to an earlier image.
The selected image will not be applied to devices that have warnings associated with them, unless you deal with the warnings before saving the job. Use one of the following methods to deal with the warnings:
–Edit your job choices to fix the problems that caused the warnings.
–Select the Ignore Warnings checkbox in the Warnings section of the Finish dialog box. By default, warnings are not ignored.
Note If you are doing a conversion from non-IOS to IOS, warnings will be issued if you have not specified all the recommended parameters. These warnings can be safely ignored.
•Error—The operation is not permitted. The image will not be applied to devices that have errors associated with them. It is recommended that you eliminate the errors before saving the job. If you save a job with errors, the corresponding devices will be ignored during the job run.
You will receive an error if you do not enter credentials when converting non-IOS devices to IOS.
Overview: Using Job Functions
To check job status, filter jobs, edit jobs, and view job details, select Firmware > Jobs.
Job data is retained for 30 days by default. To change the retention period, see Managing System Parameters.
Note Your login determines whether you can use the following options.
•To check the status of jobs, see Checking Job Status.
•To filter the list of jobs, see Filtering Jobs.
•To edit a job, see Editing a Job.
•To delete a job, see Deleting a Job.
•To see the details of a job, see Viewing Job Run Details.
Related Topics
Creating and Running a Firmware Job
Checking Job Status
Procedure
Step 1 Select Firmware > Jobs.
Step 2 From the Job State list, select the type of job whose status you want to check. The window refreshes and the jobs are displayed.
The information displayed depends on which Job State you selected: Scheduled, Unscheduled, Running, or All.
•Scheduled
Field
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Description
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Job Name
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The job name.
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Next Schedule
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For scheduled jobs, this indicates when the job will run. For completed jobs, this is the time the job ran.
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Last Run Status
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The status of the last run.
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•Unscheduled
Field
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Description
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Job Name
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The job name.
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Next Schedule
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For scheduled jobs, this indicates when the job will run. For completed jobs, this is the time the job ran.
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Last Run Status
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The status of the last run.
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•Running
Field
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Description
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Job Name
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The job name.
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Job Start Time
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The time the job started.
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Percent Complete
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The percent of the job that has completed running.
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Next Schedule
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Firmware jobs are not recurring.
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•All
Field
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Description
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Job Name
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The job name.
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Job State
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The state of the job.
Note A job in the DidNotStart state must be rescheduled.
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Next Schedule
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For scheduled jobs, this indicates when the job will run. For completed jobs, this is when the job ran.
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Last Run Status
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The status of the job the last time it ran.
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Step 3 To sort table data, click on the column heading by which you want to sort the data:
•A triangle indicates ascending order.
•An upside-down triangle indicates descending order.
•No triangle indicates that the data is not sorted.
Step 4 You can do any of the following:
•Filter jobs—See Filtering Jobs.
•Edit a job—See Editing a Job.
•Delete a job—See Deleting a Job.
•Copy a job—See Table 4-8.
•View job run details—See Viewing Job Run Details.
Step 5 To refresh the screen, click Refresh.
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Overview: Using Job Functions
Filtering Jobs
Use this option to display a limited set of jobs, making it easier to search for a particular job by name.
Procedure
Step 1 Select Firmware > Jobs.
Step 2 Click Filter Job.
Step 3 Enter the name, or part of the name. You can use % as a wildcard: for example, entering %name% displays all the jobs that contain the word "name."
Step 4 Click Apply filter. The Job window refreshes and the matching jobs are displayed in the Jobs list.
Note The filter remains in effect until the page is refreshed.
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Overview: Using Job Functions
Editing a Job
Use this option to edit jobs from the displayed list of jobs.
Note If you have deleted the image that was associated with the job you are editing, the job will show that no image has been selected.
Procedure
Step 1 Select Firmware > Jobs.
Step 2 From the list of jobs, select the job that you want to edit.
Step 3 Click Edit Job.
Step 4 Select choices in the Job Creation Menu. For descriptions of the choices, see Job Choices.
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Overview: Using Job Functions
Deleting a Job
Use this option to delete jobs from the displayed list of jobs. Jobs that are scheduled, unscheduled, completed, or did not start can be deleted. Jobs that are running cannot be deleted.
Procedure
Step 1 Select Firmware > Jobs.
Step 2 From the list of jobs, select the job that you want to delete.
Step 3 Click Delete Job.
Step 4 Click OK in the popup windows.
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Overview: Using Job Functions
Copying a Job
Use this option to copy a job. You can use this option to change the protocol in a job that has already run.
Note If you have deleted the image associated with the job that you want to copy, the job will show that no image has been selected.
Procedure
Step 1 Select Firmware > Jobs.
Step 2 From the list of jobs, select the job that you want to copy.
Step 3 Click Copy Job.
Step 4 Click OK in the popup window.
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Overview: Using Job Functions
Viewing Job Run Details
Use this option to view details about a job.
Procedure
Step 1 Select Firmware > Jobs.
Step 2 From the All Jobs table displayed in the Firmware > Jobs window, select a job, then click Job Run Detail.
Step 3 The details window shows the following:
Field
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Description
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Select Run
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Select a job to see its details.
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Job Start Time
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The time the job started.
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Job End Time
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The time the job ended.
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Job Status
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The status of the job.
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Percent Complete
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The percent of the job that completed.
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Step 4 To view details for a particular job run, select the job, click Show Run Details. For more information on this table, see Job Run Details Table.
Step 5 To view the job run log, click Job Run Log. A window displays all the details for the selected job number.
Step 6 To refresh the table, click Refresh.
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Overview: Using Job Functions
Job Run Details Table
The Job Runs Details table displays the following information:
Field
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Description
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Device Name
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The name of the device.
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Start Time
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The time the job started.
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End Time
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The time the job ended.
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Status
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The status of the job.
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To sort table data, click on the column heading by which you want to sort the data:
•A triangle indicates ascending order.
•An upside-down triangle indicates descending order.
•No triangle indicates that the data is not sorted.
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Overview: Using Job Functions
Converting Access Points to IOS
Caution After you convert a non-IOS access point to IOS, you cannot reverse the process. The access point cannot be converted back to non-IOS firmware.
The Cisco Aironet 1200 access points to be converted must be running 11.54T, 11.56, 12.01T1, or 12.02T1 non-IOS (VxWorks) firmware.
Conversion from non-IOS to IOS firmware requires a special upgrade image (for example, AP1200-Cisco-IOS-Upgrade-v1). Do not use a regular IOS image upgrade file. For more information on managing firmware images on the WLSE, see Managing Firmware Images.
The major tasks in the conversion process are:
1. Configure Access Points To Be Converted
For each non-IOS access point to be converted, make sure the access point is configured properly for conversion:
Procedure
Step 1 After an image is uploaded to an access point, the access point is rebooted. If you are using DHCP to assign IP addresses to the access points to be converted, make sure that the IP addresses do not expire during the time required to run the firmware job and reboot the access points.
You can set the DHCP lease period accordingly or use the DHCP reservation feature. The WLSE firmware module provides IP and MAC addresses for the reservation feature.
An estimate of the time required to complete a firmware job is displayed during the job validation phase of job creation—see 4. Create and Run the Conversion Job.
Step 2 Log in to each access point and set the following:
a. Under Setup > FTP Settings:
–Set the File Transfer Protocol to TFTP.
–Set the Default File Server to the WLSE's IP address.
b. Under Setup > Express Setup, set the SNMP admin community string.
This creates a user under Setup > Security > User Information whose username is the community string.
You will need this community string for the next task, 2. Configure the WLSE for IOS Conversions.
c. Select the user created in Step 2b. Under Capability Settings, select Firmware.
After you have configured the access points, configure the WLSE. See
2. Configure the WLSE for IOS Conversions.
2. Configure the WLSE for IOS Conversions
On the WLSE, import the image and make sure access point community strings are entered:
Procedure
Step 1 Locate the special conversion image on Cisco.com at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/public/sw-center/sw-wireless.shtml
Conversion images have names similar to AP1200-Cisco-IOS-Upgrade-v1.
Step 2 Import the image by first downloading it to the desktop.
Note You cannot import conversion images directly from Cisco.com.
•To import the image, select Administration > Firmware > Images > Import > From Desktop. For more information about downloading and importing firmware, see Importing Images to the WLSE.
Note Make sure the Version field is set to 12.2. Otherwise, the image will be incompatible with the Cisco Aironet 1200 access points that you are converting.
•If you are using a remote TFTP server for the conversion job (recommended if you have a slow link between the WLSE and the access points), download the image to the TFTP server.
Step 3 Select Administration > Discover > Device Credentials > SNMP Communities.
Make sure the community strings for all access points to be converted are entered into the SNMP Communities table. These are the community strings you entered in 1. Configure Access Points To Be Converted.
For more information on entering community strings on the WLSE, see Enter SNMP Community Strings for All Devices.
Next, create a conversion template on the WLSE; see 3. Create a Conversion Template.
3. Create a Conversion Template
Create a non-IOS template that contains the security parameters for the level of security that you require.
It is necessary to set these security parameters because the parameters set on the access point might have write-only permissions. During the firmware conversion job, write-only parameters cannot be extracted from the access point. Therefore, such parameters must be re-entered by applying a template so they are set on the access point after the conversion.
All other parameters that are set on the access points will retain their values after conversion. If you set parameters in the conversion template in addition to those described in the following procedure, the extra parameters will be ignored.
To create the conversion template.
Procedure
Step 1 Select Configure > Templates.
Step 2 Select non-IOS.
Step 3 Enter a unique name. See Naming Guidelines for details.
Step 4 Click Create New.
Step 5 From the left pane, select Security > Local Admin Access > Add Users and set the following parameters.
Caution You must set the following three parameters in the template. Otherwise, the conversion will fail and you will have to log in to each access point and configure it manually.
a. Enter a User Identifier (any integer, not 0). If you want to set the same user name on all the access points to be converted and do not know which user identifiers are already in use, enter a very high value (such as 2000).
b. Enter the User Name. After conversion, this username will be the Telnet user name and the read/write community string on the access points. These credentials are necessary for the WLSE to communicate with the access points.
Note This user name must be the same as the community string you entered on the WLSE in 2. Configure the WLSE for IOS Conversions</
