I had to upgrade a Cisco WLC 2504 from 8.2.166 to 8.2.170 but for some reason, my web browser (both IE and FF) doesn't prompt to reboot the WLC. So I performed a WLC software upgrade using the CLI instead.
Here's a link where I previously performed an upgrade on using the web GUI.
Here's a link where I previously performed an upgrade on using the web GUI.
(Cisco
Controller) >transfer download datatype code
(Cisco
Controller) >transfer download mode ftp
(Cisco
Controller) >transfer download serverip 172.27.5.2
(Cisco
Controller) >transfer download filename AIR-CT2500-K9-8-2-170-0.aes
(Cisco
Controller) >transfer download start
Mode.............................................
FTP
Data
Type........................................ Code
FTP
Server IP.................................... 172.27.5.2
FTP
Server Port.................................. 21
FTP
Path......................................... ./
FTP
Filename..................................... AIR-CT2500-K9-8-2-170-0.aes
FTP
Username..................................... ftpuser
FTP
Password..................................... *********
This may
take some time.
Are you
sure you want to start? (y/N) y
FTP Code
transfer starting.
FTP receive complete... extracting components.
Image version check passed.
Executing backup script.
Writing new RTOS to flash disk.
Writing new FP to flash disk.
Writing new AP Image Bundle to flash disk.
Executing fini script.
File transfer is successful.
Reboot the controller for update to complete.
Optionally, pre-download the image to APs before rebooting to reduce network downtime.
(Cisco Controller) >config ap image predownload primary all // PRE-DOWNLOAD IMAGE TO AP (LESS DOWNTIME)
(Cisco Controller) >reset system // REBOOT WLC FOR NEW OS TO TAKE EFFECT
The system has unsaved changes.
Would you like to save them now? (y/N) y
FTP receive complete... extracting components.
Image version check passed.
Executing backup script.
Writing new RTOS to flash disk.
Writing new FP to flash disk.
Writing new AP Image Bundle to flash disk.
Executing fini script.
File transfer is successful.
Reboot the controller for update to complete.
Optionally, pre-download the image to APs before rebooting to reduce network downtime.
(Cisco Controller) >config ap image predownload primary all // PRE-DOWNLOAD IMAGE TO AP (LESS DOWNTIME)
(Cisco Controller) >reset system // REBOOT WLC FOR NEW OS TO TAKE EFFECT
The system has unsaved changes.
Would you like to save them now? (y/N) y