Cisco Systems 2500 manual

G ETTING S TAR TED G UIDE Cisco 2500 Se ries Wirele ss Control ler May 2011 Revised June 2, 2011 1 About This Guide 2 Unpacking and Preparing the Controll er for Operation 3 Installin g the Contr oller 4 Running the B ootup Script and Power-On S elf Test 5 Logging int o the C ontroller 6 Connecting to the Network 7 What’s New in Cisco Product Doc[...]

2 1 About This Guide This g uide is desi gned to hel p you ins tall and mi nimal ly conf igure your Ci sco 2504 Wi reles s Cont rolle r (2504 con troll er), whic h is part of t he Cisco 2500 Se ries W irel ess Cont roller s. FCC Safety Compliance Statemen t This equipm ent has been teste d and found to comply with the limi ts for a Class B digital [...]

3 Wa r ni n g There is the danger of explosion if the battery is replaced incorrect ly . Replace the battery only with the same or equivalent type r ecomm ended by the man ufacturer . Dispose of used batteries according to the man ufacturer’ s instructions. Statement 101 5 Wa r ni n g This equipment must be grounded. N ever defeat the ground cond[...]

4 Note Dir ect co nne ction of acce ss poi nts to Cis co 250 0 Seri es Wirel ess Cont rol lers ar e not cu rren tly suppor ted. The 2504 contro ller off ers ro bust cove rage with 802.11 a/b/g and del ivers unprecede nted rel iabili ty using 80 2.11n wi th Cisc o Next- Generati on Wirele ss Solutio ns and Cis co Ente rprise Wirel ess Mesh . T o bes[...]

5 Figu re 2 shows the front p anel and loc ation of the ports and light-em itting dio des (LEDs) fo r the 2504 contro ller . Table 1 describe s the components of the front panel. Note It is expecte d that there will b e small variation s in LED color intens ity and hue fr om unit to unit. T his i s with in the no rmal range o f the LED manu facture[...]

6 1 GigE port and LED The Giga bit Ether net port is an RJ-45 co nnector form-factor . This port is designed so that 1500 V AC rms isolation (pe r the 802.3 sp ecificati on) is met between chassis ground and any 48V/Ethernet signal. LED d escri ption: • Green or Blin king Green —Link activity • Off —No link 2 GigE port and LED The Giga bit [...]

7 Caution Do not con nect a Power over Ether net (PoE) cable to th e conso le port. Do ing so wi ll damag e the control ler . RESET Reset button Pushin g the Rese t button re boot s the syste m. PWR Power LED The p ower LED light is on wh en all the p ower conve rsion cir cuits are runni ng norma lly . LED d escri ption: • Green —Pow er is on ?[...]

8 Note W ait at least 20 secon ds before reconnectin g an access poin t to the controlle r . Otherwise, the contro ller may fail to detect the device. Figu re 3 shows the back panel a nd identifi es its compo nents. Table 2 de scribe s the back panel compon ents. Figur e 3 Contr oller Bac k P anel and Compone nts Ta b l e 2 Contr oller Bac k P anel[...]

9 2 Unpacki ng and Prepar ing t he Controll er fo r Oper ation Follow these steps to u npack the 2504 contr oller and pr epare it for opera tion: Step 1 Open the sh ipping container an d carefully remove the con tents. Step 2 Return a ll packi ng materia ls to the ship ping c ontaine r and save it. Step 3 Ensure that all it ems liste d in the “Pa[...]

10 • Local TF TP server (req uired for downlo ading o perati ng sy stem sof tware updat es). Cisco u ses an integr al TF TP server . This mean s that third -par ty TF TP servers ca nnot run on the same workstation as the Cisco WCS becau se Cisco WCS and third-party TF TP servers use the same comm unicat ion po rt. Initial Sy stem Configuration In[...]

11 • RADIUS server IP addres s, commu nicatio ns por t, and secr et if you are confi guring a RADIUS server , such as 10 .40. 0.3 , 1812 , and mysecretc ode . • The country cod e for this i nstallation. En ter help to see a list o r refer to the Ci sco W ir eless LAN Contr oll er Con fig urat ion Gu ide for countr y code infor mation . This gui[...]

12 • Mountin g the C ontroller on a Wall (Rack-Mo unt Brack ets) • Mountin g the C ontro ller on a Wall (Mo unting Screws ) • Mountin g the C ontro ller in a Rack Mounting the Controller on a Desktop or Shelf Before mo unting the control ler on a deskto p or shelf, insta ll the rubb er feet locate d in access ory kit shipp ed with the cont ro[...]

13 Step 3 Place th e switch o n the tabl e or s helf near an AC po wer sou rce. Note Allow 3 i nches o f space aroun d the control ler ve ntilatio n op enings to pre vent air flow restric tion an d overheat ing. Step 4 After th e contro ller is mount ed on a s helf or desk, perform the fol lowing task s to complete the in stalla tion : • Connect [...]

14 Figur e 5 Installing the Rac k-Mount Br ac k ets t o the Si des of the Contr oller Step 2 Mount the 2504 cont rolle r on th e wall wi th the front panel fa cing do wn, as sh own Figure 6 . For th e best suppor t of t he con troll er and cabl es, m ake sure the c ontro ller is atta ched secur ely to wall stud s or t o a firmly a ttached plywood m[...]

15 Figur e 6 Mounting the Contr oller on the W all Step 3 After th e contro ller is m ount ed on th e wall, perform th e fol lowing tasks to com plete the insta lla tion: • Connect ing the Controller Console Port • Securi ng the Po wer Adap ter Cable • Connect ing to the Network Step 4 For co nfigur ation i nstruct ions about using the CL I s[...]

16 Wa r ni n g Read the wall-mounting carefully before beginning installation. Failure to use the correct hardware or to follow the corr ect procedures could result in a hazardous situation to people and damage to the sy stem. Stat emen t 3 78 T o mount th e cont rolle r on a wal l using moun ting s crews, foll ow these steps : Step 1 Mark the loca[...]

17 Step 4 Place the contro ller on to the mountin g screws and slide it dow n until it lock int o place, as shown i n Figure 8 . Note Th e front pane l of the co ntr oller sh oul d be faci ng dow n. Figur e 8 Place the Contr oller on the Mounting Scr ews Step 5 After th e contro ller is mount ed ion th e wall, perfor m the fo llowing tasks to compl[...]

18 Step 6 For co nfigur ation i nstruct ions about using the CL I setup p rogram , se e the “R unnin g the Bootup Script and Power- On Sel f Test ” secti on on page 23 . Mounting the Controller in a R ack T o mount the 2504 controlle r in a 19-in ch equi pment rack, you can o rder an optio nal Opti onal Rack Mount k it (AIR-CT25 04-RMNT ). Wa r[...]

19 Figur e 9 At tac hing the 1 9-Inc h Brack ets to the Sid e of the Co ntro ller . Step 2 After the brackets are attached to the sides of the co ntroller , insert the controller into the 19-inch rack. Us e either the 1 0-32 pan- head screws or the 12 -24 slotte d head scr ews to secur e the con troll er in the ra ck, as show n in Figu re 10 . 1 #1[...]

20 Figur e 1 0 Mounting the Contr oller in a 19-Inc h Rack Step 3 After th e contro ller is mount ed in the rack, perf orm the fo llowin g tasks to co mplete t he insta lla tion: • Connect ing the Controller Console Port • Securi ng the Po wer Adap ter Cable • Connect ing to the Network Step 4 For co nfigur ation i nstruct ions about using th[...]

21 Connecting the Controller Console Port Caution Do not con nect a Power over Ether net (PoE) cable to th e conso le port. Do ing so wi ll damag e the control ler . Before y ou can config ure the 2 504 contr oller for bas ic oper ations , you n eed to con nect it to a PC t hat uses a VT -100 term inal emu lator (su ch as Hyper T er minal , ProCom [...]

22 Step 1 W rap the power adapter cable through the plastic securi ty clip as shown i n Figu re 11 . Figur e 1 1 Plastic Re lief Clip Step 2 Fasten the se curity cli p with a screw to the exis ting hole on the back pa nel on the 250 4 contro ller (s ee Figure 12 ). Figur e 12 Secur ing the P ow er Adapt er Cable 281917 281918 1 3 2[...]

23 Installing a Security Lock The co ntrolle r has a sec urity slot on the b ack panel. Y o u can i nstall an op tional custo mer -suppli ed cable lock, s uch as the type that is u sed to s ecure a laptop comp uter , to secu re the co ntrolle r . Refer to Figu re 3 for the loc ation o f the sec urity lo ck. 4 Running the Bootup Script an d Power- O[...]

24 Step 3 Observ e the bootup usi ng the CLI screen. The bootup script d isplays ope rating syst em software in itialization (c ode download an d POST verif ication ) and b asic c onfig uratio n as shown in th e foll owing b ootup displa y exa mple: CISCO SYSTEMS WLCNG Boot Loader Version 1.0.15 (Built on Nov 23 2010 at 07:51:36 by cisco) Board Rev[...]

25 compress = none ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device Detecting Hardware ... Installing ether-pow driver - 0x6008 starting pid 805, tty '/dev/ttyS0': '/usr/bin/gettyOrMwar' Cryptographic library self-test....passed! XML config selected Validating XML configuration octeon_device_init: found 1 DPs /dev/fpga: No such device or [...]

26 Starting Policy Manager: ok Starting Authentication Engine: ok Starting Mobility Management: ok Starting Virtual AP Services: ok Starting AireWave Director: ok Starting Network Time Services: ok Starting Cisco Discovery Protocol: ok Starting Broadcast Services: ok Starting Logging Services: ok Starting DHCP Server: ok Starting IDS Signature Mana[...]

27 Step 5 Continu e boo ting th e con troll er or p ress Esc to acce ss t he follo wing menu: 1. Run primary image (7.0.114.76) - Active 2. Run backup image (7.0.114.75) 3. Change active boot image 4. Clear configuration 5. Format FLASH Drive 6. Manually update images ------------------------------------------------------------ Enter selection: If [...]

28 Starting Fastpath DP Heartbeat : ok Fastpath CPU00: Starting Fastpath Application. SDK-1.8.0, build 269. Flags-[DUTY CYCLE] : ok Fastpath CPU00: Initializing last packet received queue. Num of cores(2) Fastpath CPU00: Init MBUF size: 1856, Subsequent MBUF size: 2040 Fastpath CPU00: Core 0 Initialization: ok Fastpath CPU00: Initializing Timer... [...]

29 CLI: ok Secure Web: Web Authentication Certificate not found (error). If you cannot access management interface via HTTPS please reconfigure Virtual Interface. License Agent: ok Step 6 If the c ontro ller p asses the POST , the bootup scri pt runs th e Star tup W izard , which prompts you fo r basic confi guratio n info rmation. Welcome to the C[...]

30 Note Pr ess the hyphe n key i f you nee d to ret urn to the prev ious comma nd lin e. Ta b l e 3 Star tup W izar d Inf or mation Wizard Setting Action Syst em N ame Ente r the s ystem na me, whic h is the na me you want to ass ign to the co ntroller . Y ou can en ter up to 31 ASCII characters. Admi nistrati ve use r name Enter the administrative[...]

31 Management Interface DHCP Server IP Address Enter the man agemen t interface DHCP serve r IP address. V irtual Gateway IP Address Enter t he IP address of th e cont roller virtual inter face . Y ou shou ld ent er a fict itio us, unassign ed IP addre ss, such as 1. 1.1. 1 . The virtua l int erface i s used to s upport mobili ty manageme nt, DHC P[...]

32 Allo w S tatic IP A ddre sses Ent er YES to all ow clients to assign thei r own IP addr ess or no to m ake clie nts requ est a n IP address from a DHCP serv er . V alues are YES or no. The d efault setting i s YES. Conf igur e a RA DIUS Serv er Now? If you select YES, you are p rompted to enter the fol lowin g: • RADI US s erv er IP add res s [...]

33 5 Logging into the Co ntroller T o log into the 2504 contr oller, follow these steps: Step 1 Enter a valid usernam e and passwo rd to log i nto the c ontro ller CLI . Note The adminis trative username and password you created in the startup wizard are case sensit ive . Enter a polling interv al between 360 0 and 604800 se cs Enter t he po lling [...]

34 Step 2 The CLI di spla ys the root level syste m pro mpt: #(system prompt)> The s ystem promp t can be an y al phan umer ic str ing u p to 3 1 characters. Y ou can change it by entering the config prom pt comman d. For examp le, to ch ange the sys tem pr ompt to CISCO2 504, enter c onfig p rompt " CISCO25 04" and pr ess Ente r . Mak[...]

35 Note If the link do es not activ ate, chec k the cabl e. When you are co nnecting to a hub or a switch, use a st raigh t-th roug h cabl e. Connecting Ac cess Points After you h ave conf igured th e controll er , use Category-5 , Category-5 e, Category-6 , or Cate gory-7 Etherne t cables to conn ect up to 50 Cisc o lightweight ac cess points to t[...]

36 Figur e 14 A ccess P oints Connect ed t o a Contr oller Checking the Controller LEDs If your 2504 co ntroller is not workin g proper ly , check the LEDs on the front pane l of the unit. Y ou can us e the L ED indic ation s to qui ckly a ssess t he stat us of th e unit. S ee Tabl e 1 on page 5 for a descri ptio n of the fron t pan el LED s. The i[...]

37 Step 2 Press a nd hold the Rese t butto n for at leas t 3 seco nds us ing a pointed obje ct, such as a ball point pen, pe nci l, or pap er clip . Step 3 After the con troll er reboots, en ter your user name an d passwo rd at the prompts . If you have confi gured the con troller , it reboots and lo ads th e configur ation. I f you have not config[...]

38 8 Transla ted Safet y Warn ings Statem ent 1071—Warning Defini tion Wa r ni n g IMPORT ANT SAFE TY INSTRUC TIONS This warning symbol means danger . Y ou ar e in a situation that could cause bodily injury . Before you work on any equipmen t, be aware of the hazards involved with electri cal circuitry and be familiar with standard practices for [...]

39 Atten tion IMPORTANTES IN FORMA TIONS DE SÉ CURI TÉ Ce symbole d'avertissement indique un danger . V ous vous trouvez dans une situation pouvant entraîner des bless u res ou des dommages corporels. Avant de travailler sur un équipement, soyez conscient des dangers liés aux circuit s électriques et familiarisez-vous avec les procédure[...]

40 Advarsel VIKTIGE S IKKERHETSI NSTRUKS JONER Dette advarselssymbolet betyr fare. Du er i en situasjon som kan føre til skade på person. Før du begynner å arbeide m ed noe av utstyret, må du være oppmerksom på farene forbundet med elektriske kretser , og kjenne til standardprosedyrer for å forhindre ulykker . Bruk num meret i slutten av hv[...]

41 V arning! VIKTIGA SÄ KERHETS ANVISN INGAR Denna varningssignal signalerar fara. Du befinner dig i en situation som kan leda till personskada. Innan du utför arbete på någon utrustning måste du vara medveten om farorna med elkretsar och känna till vanliga förfaranden för att förebygga olyckor . Använd det nummer som f inns i slutet av v[...]

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47 Statem ent 1015—Bat tery Handling Wa r ni n g There is the danger of explosion if the battery is replaced incorrectl y . Replace the battery only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer . Dispose of used batte ries according to the manufacturer’ s instructions. Statement 1 015 Waarschuwing Er is ontploffingsgevaar al[...]

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49 Statem ent 1024—Ground Conductor Wa r ni n g This equipment must be grounded. Never defeat th e ground conductor or operate the equipment in the absence of a suitably installed ground conductor . Contact the appropriate electrical inspect i on authority or an electrician i f you are uncertain that suitable grounding is available. Statement 10 [...]

50 Advarsel Dette utstyret må jordes. Omgå aldri jordingslederen og bruk aldri utstyret uten riktig montert jordingsleder . T a kontakt med fag folk innen elektrisk inspeksjon eller med en elektriker hvis du er u sikker på om det finnes velegnet jordning. Avi s o Este equipamento deve ser aterrado. Nunca anule o fio terra nem opere o equipamento[...]

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52 Statem ent 1040—Product Dispos al Wa r ni n g Ultimate disposal of this product should be handled according to all nat ional laws and regulations. Statement 1040 Waarschuwing Het uiteindelijke wegruimen van dit product dient te geschieden in overeenstemming met alle nationale wetten en reglementen. Va ro it u s Tämä tuote on hävitettävä k[...]

53 Avvertenza Lo smaltimento di questo prodotto deve essere eseguito secondo le leggi e regolazioni locali. Advarsel Endelig kassering av dette produktet skal være i henhold til alle relevante nasjonale lover og bestemmelser . Avi s o Deitar fora este produto em conformidade com todas as leis e regulamento s nacionais. ¡Advertenc ia! Al deshacers[...]

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55 Statem ent 371—Power Ca ble and AC Adapter When i nsta lling the pr oduc t, ple ase us e the p rovid ed or desig nated conn ecti on cab les /powe r cab les/AC adaptor s/batt eries. Us ing any othe r cables/a daptor s could ca use a malfun ction or a fire. Electric al Applian ce and Mater ial Safety La w prohibits the use of UL-certi fied cable[...]

56 Cisco and t he Ci sco Logo ar e tr adem arks of C isco S ystems, In c. and/ or its aff ili ates i n t he U.S. and o ther count ries. A listing of Cisco's t radem ar ks can be found at www.cisco.com /go/trademarks . Third party trademark s mentioned are the property of their respective owners. The use of the word partner does not imply a par[...]