WLC 5508 management

[David Ritter]

I have never needed to pull a config from my 5508's till now.

I have been trying out the WLC Config Analyzer app and it inputs the sh run-config output.

I have yet to find the command to turn off the "more" line brake in 7.4.110.0 code.  In a 7mb file, it is a lot of space bar strokes!

I tried to use the Controller Transfer commands to tftp the config (comma delimited, very short WLCCA fails) or running-config (visually normal but premature end).

Where does one configure and AP to send its syslog to a specific target?

dlr

[Sandeep Choudhary · Accepted solution]

HI,

Type "config paging disable" in priviledged mode to set your terminal to display without any breaks.

Regards

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[Rasika Nayanajith · Accepted solution]

Hi David,

If you have a TFTP server setup then you can take a config backup of your WLC by issuing following commands on your WLC CLI.

transfer upload datatype config
transfer upload path .
transfer upload filename 20140212-WLC01.txt 
transfer upload serverip  
transfer upload mode tftp 
transfer upload start
y

If you have a FTP server with username/password to access it then you can use FTP method as well

transfer upload datatype config
transfer upload path .
transfer upload filename 20140212-WLC01.txt 
transfer upload serverip  
transfer upload mode ftp 
transfer upload username 
transfer upload password 
transfer upload start
y

HTH

Rasika

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[David Ritter]

Sandeep,  thank you.  that made the result much cleaner.

Riska,

I tried the Transfer routines but the resulting config is in a format that is not readable by the WLCCA, and the resulting running-config (in clear text) is ends half way thru as compaired to the console screen dump..

but with paging disabled it is a non-issue.

Thank you

[Rasika Nayanajith]

Hi David,

Yes WLCCA only accept "show run-config" output. Here is the all information about WLCCA

https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-1373

If you want to restore a WLC config then that FTP/TFTP backup will be useful. Here is a reference for that

http://mrncciew.com/2013/01/25/backup-restore-wlc-configs/

By the way thanks for using rating system as well.

HTH

Rasika

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