Bootstrap Configuration

About this task

From the Actions tab on the Device Details page, use this simple configuration to re-establish a connection between a device and ExtremeCloud IQ. The information you enter here allows you to log into a device when running the bootstrap configuration. When there is a bootstrap configuration on an AP, the AP fails over to it when you reset the configuration, or if the current and backup config files fail to load. When there is no bootstrap config file on an AP, it fails over to default configuration settings.

Procedure

  1. Select Actions > Advanced > Bootstrap Configuration.
  2. Enter the credentials for an admin to access the device after it has loaded a bootstrap configuration.
    1. Enter the root Admin Name (this is required while running the bootstrap configuration for this device).
    2. Enter the Password for this device when running the bootstrap configuration.
    3. For Configure the Bootstrap CAPWAP settings:
      ExtremeCloud IQ devices use the CAPWAP protocol to communicate with each other (CAPWAP clients) and or (CAPWAP server). The client sends Discovery Request messages until it receives a Discovery Response from the server. When this happens, the CAPWAP server and client establish a secure DTLS session and mutually authenticate each other using a preshared key derived from a passphrase.
      • Primary CAPWAP Server: Enter the name of a primary CAPWAP server for this device (found in the Device Credentials window).
      • Backup CAPWAP Server: Enter the name of a backup CAPWAP server for this device (found in the Device Credentials window).
      • VIQ Name: Enter the name of the VIQ account which manages this device.
      • CAPWAP UDP Port: Enter the UDP port for CAPWAP communications. To avoid reconfiguring the firewall, you can configure devices behind the firewall to communicate with ExtremeCloud IQ using HTTP on TCP port 80 instead of CAPWAP UDP port 12222. The default is 12222. The port range is 1024 - 65535.
  3. Select Update.