Users Guide

8 Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS 6.4.x | Quick Start Guide
A factory-default branch controller boots in auto provisioning mode. To interrupt the auto provisioning process,
enter the string mini-setup or full-setup at the initial setup dialog prompt shown below:
Auto-provisioning is in progress. Choose one of the following options to override or debug...
'enable-debug' : Enable auto-provisioning debug logs
'disable-debug': Disable auto-provisioning debug logs
'mini-setup' : Stop auto-provisioning and start mini setup dialog for smart-branch role
'full-setup' : Stop auto-provisioning and start full setup dialog for any role
Enter Option (partial string is acceptable):_
If the controller can not complete ZTP provisioning through an external DHCP server, then the initial setup
process waits for the user to provide input
DHCP Server Provisioning
 The controller gets its local IP address and routing information from DHCP. The controller also adds
“ArubaMC” as vendor class identifier (VCI-option 60) in its DHCP requests and the DHCP server sends that
information as vendor-specific information (VSI - option 43) in its response to the controller.
 The controller gets the master information and country code from the DHCP server. The DHCP server is
configured with the master information corresponding to that identifier.
DHCP Interface— DHCP server is configured with the same option-60 information (“ArubaMC”). DHCP
server is also configured with option-43 information with master IP or Master IP and Country Code. Vendor-
specific information is encoded as “<Master-IP-address>”, or “<Master-ip-address>,<Country-code>”, where
 Master-IP-address contains IP address of master controller in dotted-notation (a.b.c.d) string format.
 Country code contains one of the valid country codes, for example, “US”, “AU”, “IN”, so on.
If controller does not receive “ArubaMC” in option-60, or if the received IP address is not valid, option-43 will be
completely discarded and ZTP will move to the next discovery method.
The DHCP options are as follows:
dhcp server profile "ouzo_uplink1"
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Parameter Value
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Domain name for the pool N/A
DHCP server pool 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
DHCP pool lease time 0 days 1 hr 0 min 0 sec
Vendor Class Identifier ArubaAP
DHCP default router address 192.168.1.1
Configure DNS servers 10.13.6.110
Configure netbios name servers N/A
DHCP Option 43 text 10.16.66.8,US
DHCP Option 60 text ArubaMC
Exclude address N/A
Exclude address N/A
Configure the Controller to Support APs
Before you install APs in a network environment, you must ensure that the APs will be able to locate and connect
to the controller when powered on. Specifically, you need to ensure the following:
 When connected to the network, each AP is assigned a valid IP address
 APs are able to locate the controller