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Upgrading AP 6532 Firmware from 5.1

An existing AP 6532 deployment running factory installed 5.1 version firmware can be upgrade to this most recent 5.4 version baseline. To upgrade AP 6532 from the 5.1 version baseline:

Ensure you have the following resources:
  • A computer with a SSH client and a FTP or TFTP server
  • The latest AP 6532 5.4 image file in the computer‘s FTP or TFTP directory
  • A PoE hub
  1. Calculate the AP 6532's IP address.
    The AP 6532 has an IP of 169.254.<last two digits of its MAC address in decimal>, with subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. For example, if the MAC address is 00-23-68-86-48-18, the last two digits of its IP address will be 72.24 (48 hexadecimal = 72 decimal, 18 hexadecimal = 24 decimal). So the IP address is 169.254.72.24, with subnet mask of 255.255.0.0.
  2. Configure the computer with an IP address in the same subnet. For example, 169.254.0.1, and a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0.
  3. Ping the AP6532 from the computer to ensure IP connectivity.
  4. Open an SSH session on the computer and connect to the AP 6532‘s IP address.
  5. Login with a username and password of admin/admin123. The CLI will prompt for a new password. Re-enter the password and confirm.
  6. Type enable.
  7. Enter commit write memory to save the new password.
  8. To upgrade firmware using a FTP server, use the upgrade command. ftp://<username>:<password>@169.254.0.1/AP6532-5.4.0.0-047R.img.
    Alternatively, a user can upgrade the AP 6532 firmware using a TFTP server using the upgrade command. tftp://169.254.0.1/AP6532-5.4.0.0-047R.img.
    The AP 6532 downloads the firmware from FTP/TFTP server. This process will take a few minutes.
  9. When finished, type reload to reboot the AP 6532. Press 'y' when asked to confirm the reboot.
  10. When finished, type reload to reboot the AP 6532. Press [y] when asked to confirm the reboot.
    The AP 6532 reboots and SSH session is terminated. The reboot takes a couple of minutes.
  11. Run a ping from the computer to the AP 6532. A ping will be timed out during the reboot.
  12. When the ping resumes, start an SSH session again to the AP 6532.
  13. Login to the AP 6532 using the new password and confirm the firmware upgrade is successful by issuing a show version command.
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