Now will this cause the APs to reboot on their own automatically or will it just download the image to the APs until I manually reset them?

Awesome!  Thanks for your quick responses!  Much appreciated!

One last question.  Should I see the new image somewhere in memory for the APs once the pre-download has completed?

you should yes.  just look at Wireless tab it will show you if both images are there as well.

HTH,
Steve

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This is what I was afraid of.  When I check it from both the GUI & CLI, I don't see the new image.  All I see is the current image.  I'm wondering if the pre-download is not supported by these APs.  I just tested on one of the APs and this is what I get:

(Cisco Controller) >show ap image scwp6ap09.shepctr.org

Total number of APs.............................. 84
Number of APs
        Initiated....................................... 0
        Predownloading.................................. 0
        Completed predownloading........................ 0
        Not Supported................................... 0
        Failed to Predownload........................... 0

                                                 Predownload     Predownload
AP Name            Primary Image  Backup Image   Status          Version
Next Retry Time  Retry Count
------------------ -------------- -------------- --------------- --------------
---------------- ------------
scwp6ap09.shepctr.org 7.0.116.0      0.0.0.0        None            None
   NA               NA

(Cisco Controller) >

Any thoughts/suggestions?

it doesn't look like it initiated. 

Completed predownloading........................ 0

so you did:

config ap image predownload primary all

after that you can do a

show ap image all

and see how many have started, are pending and are done.

HTH,
Steve

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Hi

I was speaking to a techie at a local uni, they have found away of upgrading the AP without rebooting it.
I don't know how this is possible.


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I was speaking to a techie at a local uni, they have found away of upgrading the AP without rebooting it.

I've been playing with Cisco IOS since 2005 and I have yet to see an appliance get it's IOS upgraded WITHOUT a reboot.

Let me know how it's done because I'm would sure like to know how I'm doing it wrong.

NOTE:  Maybe that techie is getting confused between "loading" an IOS into an appliance and upgrading an IOS.

the 1242 should have enough NV to be able to hold two images.  the 1130 and 1242 are in the list of supported AP, just teh 1230/1200 are not, and they aren't supported on later code anyway.

Now, the AP will reboot when the WLC goes down, so a reboot is needed but it doesn't have to happen immediately.

HTH,
Steve

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Here's what I get everyone when I attempt to predownload the image to the 1242:

(Cisco Controller) >config ap image predownload primary scs3ap01.shepctr.org

(Cisco Controller) >show ap image scs3ap01.shepctr.org

Total number of APs.............................. 85
Number of APs
        Initiated....................................... 0
        Predownloading.................................. 1
        Completed predownloading........................ 0
        Not Supported................................... 0
        Failed to Predownload........................... 0

                                                 Predownload     Predownload
AP Name            Primary Image  Backup Image   Status          Version
Next Retry Time  Retry Count
------------------ -------------- -------------- --------------- --------------
---------------- ------------
scs3ap01.shepctr.org 7.0.116.0      0.0.0.0        Predownloading  7.4.100.0
  NA               NA

(Cisco Controller) >

(Cisco Controller) >show ap image scs3ap01.shepctr.org

Total number of APs.............................. 85
Number of APs
        Initiated....................................... 0
        Predownloading.................................. 0
        Completed predownloading........................ 0
        Not Supported................................... 0
        Failed to Predownload........................... 0

                                                 Predownload     Predownload
AP Name            Primary Image  Backup Image   Status          Version
Next Retry Time  Retry Count
------------------ -------------- -------------- --------------- --------------
---------------- ------------
scs3ap01.shepctr.org 7.0.116.0      0.0.0.0        None            None
  NA               NA

(Cisco Controller) >

I've researched this and the 1242s should be able to support predownload.  Am starting to think I need to open a Cisco TAC case on this.