How to Onboard an AP and Switch

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

AP Onboarding Steps

If the APs were previously managed in OVNG/OVC the certificates from those APs need to be removed before adding in OmniVista Terra. Run the below command to remove the certificates.

CODE

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

If the AP is 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.

Add the AP serial number in OVTX.
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 dc:08:56:3c:2f:20 10.95.171.178 {
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option routers 10.95.171.1;
option domain-name "myovterra.com";
option domain-name-servers 10.95.163.213;
option ntp-servers 112.111.111.108;
option 43
[010C616C656E7465727072697365801F687474703A2F2F61637469766174696F6E2E6D796F7674657272612E636F6D]
;
option 43 activation.myovterra.com;
}

Enter dhcp-server restart command on the switch.
Enter firstboot and reboot commands on the AP.
The AP under the Activation Status column should be “OV Managed” and Management Connectivity is “ON”.

The option 43 hexadecimal string is equivalent to alenterprisehttp://activation.myovterra.com.

Switch Onboarding Steps

Edit the Activation server URL: activation.myovterra.com in the file flash/working/cloudagent.cfg in switch.
Add the switch serial number in OVTX.
If the switches were previously managed in OVNG/OVC remove the certificates from the switch before adding in OVTX. Remove the certificates listed below from the switch and then restart the callhome.

CODE

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

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

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