Using The Cli On The Serial Port - Cisco Aironet 350 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting

Using the CLI on the Serial Port

Follow the steps below to reload the access point image using CLI on the serial port. When the access
point begins to boot, you interrupt the boot process and use boot loader commands to load an image from
a TFTP server to replace the image in your access point
Your access point configuration is not changed when you use the CLI to reload the image file.
Note
Open the CLI using a Telnet session or a connection to the access point console port.
Step 1
Reboot the access point by removing and reapplying power.
Step 2
Let the access point boot until it begins to inflate the image. When you see these lines on the CLI, press
Step 3
Esc:
Loading "flash:/c350-k9w7-mx.v122_13_ja.20031010/c350-k9w7-mx.v122_13_ja.20031010"
...###########################################################################
################################################################################
################################################################################
####################
Step 4 When the ap: command prompt appears, enter the set command to assign an IP address, subnet mask,
and default gateway to the access point.
Note
Your entries might look like this example:
ap: set IP_ADDR 192.168.133.160
ap: set NETMASK 255.255.255.0
ap: set DEFAULT_ROUTER 192.168.133.1
Enter the tftp_init command to prepare the access point for TFTP.
Step 5
ap: tftp_init
Enter the tar command to load and inflate the new image from your TFTP server. The command must
Step 6
include this information:
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Your entry might look like this example:
ap: tar -xtract tftp://192.168.130.222/images/c350-k9w7-tar.122-13.JA1 flash:
When the display becomes full, the CLI pauses and displays --MORE--. Press the spacebar to continue.
Step 7
extracting info (229 bytes)
c350-k9w7-mx.122-13.JA1/ (directory) 0 (bytes)
c350-k9w7-mx.122-13.JA1/html/ (directory) 0 (bytes)
c350-k9w7-mx.122-13.JA1/html/level1/ (directory) 0 (bytes)
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You must use upper-case characters when you enter the IP-ADDR, NETMASK, and
DEFAULT_ROUTER options with the set command.
The -xtract option, which inflates the image when it is loaded
The IP address of your TFTP server
The directory on the TFTP server that contains the image
The name of the image
The destination for the image (the access point Flash)
Hardware Installation Guide for Cisco Aironet 350 Series Access Points Running Cisco IOS Software
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