Access Point Plug-n-Play

AP Plug-n-Play

AP Plug-n-Play (PnP) features are configuration capabilities that

  • deliver staging parameters to APs before they join a controller

  • allow runtime configuration transfer when an AP joins the controller using the staging configuration, and

  • enable the PnP server to provide all tag-related information. You provide this as part of the preconfigured information to the AP and then to the controller.

You can upload configuration to the PNP server in either TXT or JSON format. You can also add the AP details. The AP details are mapped to the information in the TXT or JSON configuration file. While provisioning the AP from the PnP server, the AP acquires these configuration details. Based on the configuration details, the AP joins the corresponding controller with the tag information.

Provision AP from PnP server

You can provision AP from PnP Server in either ways:

  • Configure DHCP server or switch with Option 43 . For example, you can refer to the code sample: 

    
      ip dhcp pool vlan10
      network 9.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
      default-router 9.10.10.1 
      option 43 ascii 5A1D;B2;K4;|9.10.60.5;J80

  • Configure DHCP server with DNS with domain-name dns.com . For example, you can refer to the code sample: 

    
      ip dhcp pool vlan10
      network 9.10.10.0 255.255.255.0
      default-router 9.10.10.1 
      dns-server 9.8.65.5 
      domain-name dns.com

Verify AP tag configuration

The example shows how to verify the AP tag configuration:

Device# show ap tag summary
Number of APs: 5



AP Name                 AP Mac           Site Tag Name           Policy Tag Name         RF Tag Name             Misconfigured    Tag Source    

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

APd42c.4482.6102        d42c.4482.6102   default-site-tag        default-policy-tag      default-rf-tag          No               Default       

AP00c1.64d8.6af0        00c1.64d8.6af0   named-site-tag          named-policy-tag        named-rf-tag            No               AP

Note

The tag source in the second row originates from the PNP server.