Priming Universal AP on 3850 CA

1) confirm that the controller is on 3.7.0 code or higher for ap to be primed on the 3850/converged access.
2) to confirm the status of the ap, issue the command " sh ap status" . If you see country as UX this would mean ap is not primed:

3850#sh ap status

AP Name Status Mode Country

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USCHIWAP01 Enabled Local US

APf4cf.e2a5.3b10 Enabled Local UX <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

USCHIWAP04 Enabled Local UX

APa0ec.f921.5538 Enabled Local US

AP881d.fce7.3b98 Enabled Local US



3) The config which needs to be put on the wlc is as given below:

a) configure a wlan:


wlan universal 5 unive

client vlan 55

no security wpa akm dot1x

security wpa akm psk set-key ascii 0 testing123

session-timeout 1800

universal-ap-admin <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

no shutdown



b) configure ap-group:

3850(config)#ap group universal

3850(config-apgroup)#wlan universal

3850(config-wlan-apgroup)#vlan 55


c) add the ap to the ap-group

ap name USCHIWAP04 ap-groupname universal


4) download air provision app on your phone. Make sure you have wifi and gps turned on.


5) now connect to the SSID broadcasted by the universal ap.

open the air provision app and follow the process given in the below given doc for air provisioning ( based on which phone you are using):

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/access_point/ux-ap/guide/uxap-mobapp-g.html#92646


6) once the ap is primed you can check " sh ap status" and confirm the country code :

3850#sh ap status

AP Name Status Mode Country

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

USCHIWAP01 Enabled Local US

APf4cf.e2a5.3b10 Enabled Local US

USCHIWAP04 Enabled Local US

APa0ec.f921.5538 Enabled Local US
AP881d.fce7.3b98 Enabled Local US



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