OmniVista Terra 10.6.1 Documentation
OmniVista Terra 10.6.1 Documentation
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How to Onboard an AP and Switch

The following steps provide an example of how to onboard an AP and a Switch to OmniVista Terra.

AP Onboarding Steps

  1. If the APs were previously managed in OmniVista or OmniVista Cirrus, remove their certificates before adding them to OmniVista Terra. Run the following command on each AP to remove the certificates.

rm -rf /.ocloud/callhome_hash.json /.ocloud/certificateFile.cert /.ocloud/privateKey.key /.ocloud/csr.csr /.ocloud/publicKey.key ./privateKey.key.dec

If the AP is a factory default AP there, is no need to remove any certificates.

Root access rights are required to remove certificates. Contact Service & Support for additional information.

  1. Configure option 43 for the AP in the DHCP server. For example, to configure the dhcpd.conf file in the core switch to which the AP is connected:

Use this as an example only. Use IP addresses, domain name server and NTP server information specific to your deployment.

manual-dhcp <AP-MAC-ADDRESS> <AP-IP-ADDRESS> {
    option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
    option routers <gateway-IP>;
    option domain-name "http://myovterra.com";
    option domain-name-servers <DNS-server-IP>;
    option ntp-servers <NTP-server-IP>;
    option 43 [010C616C656E7465727072697365801F687474703A2F2F61637469766174696F6E2E6D796F7674657272612E636F6D];
    option 43 activation.myovterra.com;
}

  1. Enter dhcp-server restart command on the switch to apply the DHCP configuration.

  2. Enter firstboot command, then enter reboot command on the AP.

  3. Add the serial number (S/N) of the AP in OmniVista Terra.

  4. The AP under the “Activation Status” column should be “OV Managed” and “Management Connectivity” is “ON”.

The option 43 hexadecimal string is equivalent to alenterprise..activation.myovterra.com.

Switch Onboarding Steps

  1. Edit the Activation server URL: activation.myovterra.com in the file flash/working/cloudagent.cfg in switch.

  2. Add the switch serial number in OmniVista Terra.

  3. If the switches were previously managed in OmniVista or OmniVista Cirrus, remove the certificates from the switch before adding in OmniVista Terra. Remove the certificates listed below from the switch and then restart the callhome.

-> cd switch/cloud
-> rm -f client.crt csr.crt private.key public.key

For factory default switches there is no need to remove any certificates from the switch.

  1. Verify that the “Activation Status” column is “OV Managed” and “Management Connectivity” is “ON”.