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841| Management Access Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS 6.5.x| User Guide
Setting Description
AP Image Preload Select Enable to enable this feature, or Disable to disable AP image preload. AP
image preload is disabled by default.
NOTE: This feature can also be enabled and disabled with its current configuration
settings in the Maintenance > Controller > Image Management window.
Partition Select the controller partition from which the APs should download their images. By
default, the APs will preload images from the controller’s default boot partition.
Software Version This field shows the image on the partition that will be preloaded onto eligible APs,
and is not editable.
Maximum
Number of
Simultaneous
downloads
Specify the maximum number of APs that can simultaneously download their image
from the controller. A higher number will decrease the time it takes for many APs to
preload their new image, but will increase the workload on the controller.
APs to Preload In this field, select All APs if you want to preload images on all registered APs that are
eligible for preload and that support this feature, or select Specific APs to preload
images on a list of selected APs.
If you selected Specific APs, you must create a list of APs allowed to preload
images. You can preload images to a group of APs, or specify APs that can use this
feature by identifying those APs by AP name.
To preload images to a group of APs:
1. In the AP Groups field, click Add.
2. Type the AP Group Name, or select the AP Group from the list.
3. Click OK. (To remove AP groups from this list of APs using this feature, select an AP
group name in the list, then click Delete.)
To preload images to APs with specific name:
1. In the AP Names field, click Add.
2. Type the AP Name, or select the AP Name from the list
3. Click OK. (To remove an AP from this list of APs using this feature, select an AP
name in the list, then click Delete.)
Table 183: AP Image Preload Settings
In the CLI
To configure the AP image preload feature using the command-line interface, enter the following commands in
enable mode.
ap image-preload
The command ap image preload clear-all deletes all AP groups and AP names from the list of APs eligible for
preloading. This command may be executed either before or after preloading is activated. If it is executed after
preloading has already been activated, any APs waiting to preload the new software version will be removed
from the list. APs that have already begun the preloading process will continue to download their image and
will not be affected.
The ap image-preload cancel command deletes all AP groups and AP names from the list of APs eligible for
preloading and cancels the preloading process for any APs on the list that have already begun to download the
new image. This command then disables the image preload feature.