A technician installed a new HPE Aruba Networking 550 Series access point, which is cabled back to an HPE Aruba Networking CX 6000 Series switch. However, there are no lights on the access point.
What could cause this?
A.
STP has not been configured.
B.
PoE is disabled on the interface.
C.
The access point cannot connect to HPE Aruba Networking Central.
The correct answer is B. PoE is disabled on the interface. If there are no lights on the access point, the first issue to investigate is whether the AP is receiving power. HPE Aruba Networking 550 Series installation documentation identifies Power over Ethernet as a supported power source for the AP, including IEEE 802.3bt or 802.3at PoE. HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX documentation for the CX 6000/6100 PoE command shows that per-interface power distribution can be enabled with power-over-ethernet and disabled with no power-over-ethernet. If PoE is disabled on the switch interface, the AP will not receive power from the Ethernet cable and therefore may show no LEDs. Option A is incorrect because a missing STP configuration would not prevent the AP from powering on. Option C is incorrect because failure to reach HPE Aruba Networking Central would occur after the AP is powered and network-connected. Option D is also incorrect because a wrong VLAN can prevent management or provisioning, but it would not normally stop the AP LEDs from turning on.
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