As part of trying to wrap my own head around the various profile dependencies in actually provisioning an Aruba AP , I’ve mapped it out. This is the <stuff> that goes into this process:

provision-ap
read-bootinfo {wired-mac|ip-addr|ap-name} <data>
<stuff>
reprovision {serial|wired-mac|ip-addr|ap-name} <data>

As you go to provision an AP, start on the outside of this map and work your way in. This will make sure that all the various profiles you need are in place. The web UI hides some of this stuff from you and doesn’t organize it as logically as one might expect.

When doing this on the CLI in Mobility Master Conductor, make sure you’re in the right corner of your hierarchy (namely, /md or /md/GROUP). And remember that on MMMCR, show run is not nearly as useful as show config effective… And config purge-pending sure comes in handy when you goof something up.

You can also do show profile-hierarchy but that only shows the profile entries and it doesn’t fit neatly in a terminal window.

Lastly, don’t forget about show references to see what other profiles reference the one you’re interested in.

^{Caveat: This is not comprehensive by any stretch. There are dozens more options, these are just the more common ones. If I goofed, let me know. All the gory details can be found in the ArubaOS User Guide.}