Aruba AP-105
Start the console session.
Plug in serial cable to console port of device from PC COM1 port
Open PuTTY and select "Serial" connection type, leave baud rate (Speed) and other settings as default.
Plug power into device and if a power button exists, turn it on.
Erase the configuration and log in with default credentials.
When prompted and before the countdown ends, press Enter:
APBoot 1.4.0.3 (build 37726) Built: 2013-03-21 at 20:13:41 Model: AP-10x CPU: AR7161 revision: A2 Clock: 680 MHz, DDR clock: 340 MHz, Bus clock: 170 MHz DRAM: 128 MB POST1: passed Copy: done Flash: 16 MB PCI: scanning bus 0 ... dev fn venID devID class rev MBAR0 MBAR1 MBAR2 MBAR3 00 00 168c 0029 00002 01 10000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 01 00 168c 0029 00002 01 10010000 00000000 00000000 00000000 Net: eth0 Radio: ar922x#0, ar922x#1 Hit <Enter> to stop autoboot: 2
At the apboot> prompt type the factory_reset command:
apboot> factory_reset Clearing state... Checking OS image and flags Image is signed; verifying checksum... passed Preserving image partition 0 Erasing flash sector @ 0xbff80000....done Erased 1 sectors Erasing flash sector @ 0xbff90000....done Erased 1 sectors Erasing flash sector @ 0xbffb0000....done Erased 1 sectors Erasing flash sector @ 0xbffc0000....done Erased 1 sectors Erasing flash sector @ 0xbffd0000....done Erased 1 sectors done Purging environment... preserving os_partition (1) Un-Protected 1 sectors .done Erased 1 sectors Writing Un-Protected 1 sectors .done Erased 1 sectors Writing done
Type the boot command and allow the boot process to fully complete. Note the User/Password is admin/admin but the prompt appears before the CLI is ready, so you'll need to be patient:
apboot> boot Booting OS partition 1 Checking image @ 0xbf800000 Image is signed; verifying checksum... passed … shutting down watchdog process (nanny will restart it)... <<<<< Welcome to the Access Point >>>>> Completed SW FIPS KAT test User: admin System uptime is 165 seconds and CLI is not ready yet, please try again later. (08:03:03) !!! Init ---> Master asap_send_elected_master: sent successfully User: admin Password: admin Warning: CLI module is running in a degraded state. Configuration, write memory, and support command are disabled; please debug with caution. show tech-support and show tech-support supplemental are the two most useful outputs to collect for any kind of troubleshooting session. 18:64:72:ce:d0:25# Sync Configuration Completed!
Copy all the output from the session into your records.
Right-click PuTTY's titlebar, from that dropdown menu click on "Copy All to Clipboard"
Open the file of record certifying the deconfiguration of this device and use CTRL V to paste all the output from PuTTY into that file. Formatting the text with a fixed-width font helps it look more readable.
End the session
Close PuTTy.