Aruba 7005 or 7010 or other Controlers -> factory reset using cpboot environment
# see also the video: format Aruba Controller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0k7kL9JcKc
#delete current configuration > forced factory reset
- boot via console > cpboot environement (this is the second press the button hint, not the first!)
- press a key, so that cpboot is shown
- format the configuration partition using command: format 0:2
- after that reboot again and images from 0:0 or 0:1 will be loaded, you can change the images by use "bootf 0:0" or "bootf 0:1"
- after reboot this screen comes up:
--- auto-provisioning is in progress. It requires DHCP and Activate servers
--- Choose one of the following options to override or debug auto-provisioning...
--- 'enable-debug' : Enable auto-provisioning debug logs
--- 'disable-debug' : Disable auto-provisioning debug logs
--- 'full-setup' : Start full setup dialog. Provides full customization
--- 'static-activate' : Provides customization for static or PPPOE ip assignment. Uses activate for master information
- we choose static-active since automatic seams not to work
Current choices are:

Controller VLAN id: 1
Uplink port: GE 0/0/0
Uplink port mode: access
Uplink Vlan IP assignment method: static
Uplink Vlan static IP Address: 172.23.99.20
Uplink Vlan static IP net-mask: 255.255.255.0
Uplink Vlan IP default gateway: 172.23.99.250
Domain Name Server to resolve FQDN: 192.168.2.10
Option to configure VLAN interface IPV6 address: no
Spanning-tree is disabled: no

Do you wish to accept the changes (yes|no)yes
>> did not work! ssl cert errors

- next try we choosed "full-setup":
current choices are:

System name: Aruba7005_TEST
Switch Role: standalone
Controller VLAN id: 1
Controller VLAN port: GE 0/0/0
Controller VLAN port mode: access
Option to configure VLAN interface IPV4 address: yes
VLAN interface IP address: 172.23.99.20
VLAN interface subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
IP Default gateway: 172.23.99.250
Domain Name Server to resolve FQDN: 192.168.2.10
Option to configure VLAN interface IPV6 address: no
Country code: de
IANA Time Zone: Europe/Berlin

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