How to migrate Smart Zone APs to Ruckus Cloud using the Switch Over Cluster feature.

cecil_dsilvia — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:42:33 GMT

Please make sure that the Smart Zone controller is running the recommended version 5.2.x version as this procedure is written with that assumption.

Step 1: Testing connectivity and firewall ports for cloud connectivity

Add the AP serial number to the Ruckus Cloud Dashboard at https://ruckus.cloud > Networking Devices > Add AP

Access one AP that is currently active on the smart zone using the SSH
- The credentials will be located on the Zone configuration on your Smart Zone controller
Factory reset the AP using # set factory command
- The AP if has internet access (following ports are open) will connect to the cloud controller and show with active status
Replicate the wireless configuration to match the smart zone and test if a client can connect to the one AP we moved over

Once we can bring up one AP and the licensing part is validated, we can proceed with moving the reset of the AP’s

Step 2: Finding the cloud controller IP address

Open the Cloud controller UI and head over to Networking devices
Select the AP we moved over and tested on the first step
Click on the “More Actions” tab found on the right
Select “Download Log” option
Once the file is downloaded – search for the following string “Server List:”
Save this IP address as this the Cloud Server that manages the access points – this will be used in step 3

Step 3: Initiating the production access points in one click

Move all AP’s that are intended to be moved to cloud to a single zone and make sure the zone firmware is set to 5.2.x
- Zone > More > Change AP firmware
Head over to System > AP Setting > Approval – disable the “Automatically approve all join requests from Aps” toggle and hit OK
- This prevents the AP’s from coming back to the SZ after the migration

Make a copy of the access point details by
- Head over to Access Points > select the zone that has the AP’s that will be moved over to cloud
Head over to Access Points > select the Zone which has the AP’s parked and on the far right look for the “Export all data to CSV file” option

This will be the list that we can use in case of a failure to manually move any AP’s that are stuck due to network conditions
Once the above is completed it is time to move the AP’s to cloud – one zone at a time
Select “More” from the drop down just above the Zone names and select switch Over Cluster

Feed in the Server IP we fetched from Step 2 and make sure to enable the “Delete Selected Access Points after switch over” toggle

Step 4: Verify and move any AP’s that did not show up on cloud

Use the CSV file we collected to find if any AP did not make it to cloud
Factory reset the AP as per step 1 and execute the command “set scg ip <IP of cloud server>”

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