Restoring Factory Defaults (SBAM7425)
Restoring Factory Defaults (SBAM7425)
2022‐06‐21
Purpose
This Service Bulletin serves as an instruction to recover an Aruba IAP 305 back to factory defaults.
There have been reports of this AP losing its IP address for unknown reasons. This can show up as an IP
address of 0.0.0.0 and leads to replacement. With the difficulty to replace this part in some regions, the
initial action is to have the field be able to recover the AP onsite.
The instructions below details step‐by‐step to recover the AP back to the Factory settings using a
console cable, and then to set to the Carestream default settings.
Note
A serial to USB Cable can be locally acquired. Be aware that the wire colors may vary.
Prerequisites
Instructions
Console Setup
1. Setup the AP in its Power over Ethernet configuration but do not plug into AP.
2. Plug in the Console Cable.
6.
7. Open Tera Term.
8. Select Serial. The COM port should match with Device Manager:
10. Ensure that the settings match the image below. The COM port may be different.
14. The AP is ready once the ready prompt line appears. The AP will have an orange LED and a
Flashing LED at this point. You are now ready to login.
Note
A tech‐support message followed by the MAC address of the AP will appear with a (#).
Commands can now be accepted.
Note
Alternatively, remove power from the AP and wait 30 seconds. Using a thin object, such a paper
clip, press and hold the reset button and apply power to the AP. This will manually reset the AP
to factory defaults.
24. Find and select the file setup_rw.cmds.mssid from the Aruba IAP 305 Factory defaults folder.
25. Click Open. The file download will take a few minutes.
Note
If errors other than what is described as “% Parse Error” are found, remove power from the AP,
wait 30 seconds and start again from a manual reset. If the errors persist, the AP needs to be
replaced.
26. Wait until the text shows “configuration committed” and the MAC address appears again.
Carestream Defaults
34. After a few minutes, the AP will reboot and return to the ready line.
Note
A tech‐support message followed by the MAC address of the AP will appear with a (#).
Commands can now be accepted.
Note
If the warning message This site is not secure appears, select More information, and select Go
to the webpage not recommended.
46. Enter the IP address into a web browser to log in to the web client.
47. Type the Username admin
48. Type the password BiiHE94YYL6EXk
Note
This will enter the Aruba Web Client Interface. At this point, the Country will need to be set.
Refer to the Service Assets site for product specific instructions.
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