This document outlines the various deployment scenarios for Unified Access Points (UAPs) and the procedures involved in deploying the APs in controller-based and Instant operating modes. The APs run different images for controller-based (AOS image) and controllerless (Instant image) modes.
Deployment Scenarios and Procedures
This section outlines the various types of scenarios involved in the deployment of APs in a controllerbased or controllerless customer network.The APs introduced in this release can run in both controller-based mode and controllerless mode. Based on the selected mode, the AP runs a corresponding image:
- Controller mode will run AOS image.
- Controllerless mode will run Instant image.
Each AP is deployed with a manufacturing image or an Instant image or can act as its own Instant VC. An AP with either of the limited functionality manufacturing image or the Instant image will run a full discovery logic. Based on that, it will download the ArubaOS or Instant image and convert to the corresponding mode. For more information on discovery logic, refer to the AP Discovery Logic section in the ArubaOS User Guide and the Aruba Instant User Guide