Provisioning Aruba APs has been drastically different then the Cisco ones. With Cisco I would just have to SSH in and point them to the WLC and it was done. With Aruba Central it’s a bit more convoluted.
We start in HPE GreenLake where we “Add Device”, provide it with a SN and MAC, on the next page, you select the Require Subscriptions button/tab then select the AP and assign it a license.
Now onward into Aruba Central, under Maintain>Organization we have to apply the APs to the proper Group and Site.
For the Sites, find your newly licensed AP (under the unassigned Site Name), and click and drag the AP to its new site.
Do the same with the Group.
Now go to Maintain>Firmware while under the Group or Site you have sent the AP to and find the AP and click the upgrade button.
Select the version of the firmware you wish to update to, here you can set it up to upgrade now or at a later time.
At this point we navigate to the Group or Site, find the AP and confirm it is in fact online and broadcasting. We make sure the Country Code is set, your network port is up and your radios are up.
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