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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.
View AP Preload Status
You can monitor the current preload status of APs using the image preload feature using the show ap image-
preload-status and show ap image-preload-status-summary commands in the command-line interface,
or in the Maintenance > WLAN > Preload AP Image window in the WebUI.
The output of the show ap image-preload-status CLI command and the AP Image Preload Status and AP
Image Preload Status Summary tables in the WebUI contain the following information:
Column Description
AP Image Preload
State/Count
These two columns list the different possible preload states for APs eligible to
preload a new software image, and the total number of APs in each state.
l Preloaded: Number of APs that have finished preloaded a new software
image.
l Preloading: Number of APs that are currently downloading the new image.
l Waiting: Number of APs that are waiting to start preloading the new image
from the controller.
Count This column lists the number of eligible APs currently in each preload state.
AP Name Name of an AP eligible to preload a new software image.
AP Group AP group of an AP eligible to preload a new software image.
AP IP IP address of the AP.
AP Type AP model type.
Preload State Current preload state for the AP
l Preloaded: The AP is finished preloading a new software image.
l Preloading: The AP is currently downloading the new image.
l Waiting: The AP is waiting to start preloading the new image from the
controller.
Start Time Time the AP starting preloading an image.
End Time Time the AP completed the image preload.
Failure Count Number of times that the AP failed to preload the new image.
Failure Reason In the event of an image preload failure, this column will display the reason that
the image download failed.
Table 161: AP Image Preload Status Settings
Configuring Centralized Image Upgrades
The centralized image upgrade feature introduced in ArubaOS 6.3 allows the master controller to automatically
upgrade its associated local controllers by sending an image from a image server to one or more local
controllers. If your master controller supports different local controller models, you can upload different image
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