Brocade Communications Systems FCX624S-HPOE manual

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    ENTERP RISE & MOB ILIT Y Deploying B rocade Mobilit y Products with the Broca de FastIron CX Series Step- by - step gu ide from u npacking Bro cade Mobilit y controllers and access points to conf iguring d evices and settin g up wireles s connect ivity .[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 2 of 16 C ONTENTS Broca de Produc ts Overview .................................................................................................................................................................................[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 3 of 16 B ROCAD E P RODUCT S O VERVIEW Brocade Fast Iron CX Series: FCX624S - HPOE • Compact 1U f orm fac tor • 24 or 48 10/ 100/10 00 Mbps RJ - 45 ports, with or without PoE/PoE+ • Four GbE SFP combo ports • Two op[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 4 of 16 RFS7000 Cont roller • Large ente rprises and data ce nters • 256 Access P oints (APs) per s witch • 1,024 AAPs p er switc h • 3,072 APs p er cluste r • 12,280,0 72 AAPs per cluste r • 8,000 – 96, 000 u[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 5 of 16 Brocad e Mobility A P5181 • Full - feature, harde ned access p oint • Designed for hars h environments • Dual- band 8 02.11a/b/g radios • External ante nna support • Standalone or d istributed with a centr[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 6 of 16 D ESIGN E X AMP LE S ERVER R EQUIREM ENTS Hardware : • Windo ws Server 2003, 200 8, or XP • Intel Du al CPU Core2 duo 2 .4GHz or equivale nt • 4 GB m emory • 40 GB disk s pace System Services : • DHCP Serv[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 7 of 16 W HAT ’ S IN THE B OX Brocade FCX 62 4S - HPOE • Brocade FastIr on CX device • 115V A C power cable (fo r AC sourced devices) • Rack- mount brack ets • Warranty card • A straigh t - through EIA or TIA DB[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 8 of 16 C ONFIGU RING W INDO W S S ERVICES Step 1: Se t u p DN S 1. Go to the Windows Configu re Your Server wi zard . 2. Enable DNS S erver . 3. Create the d omain . 4. Add RFS7000 to the forward l ookup table . Step 2: Se[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 9 of 16 3. Configure the b asics . a. Hostna me : CX_SW (conf ig)#hos tname RSL _RACK _1_S W b. Banner : RSL_RACK_ 1_SW(conf ig)#bann er Wireless La b 4. Set the manageme nt VLAN IP a d dress for Telnet . a. Set VLAN 1: RSL[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 10 of 16 Step 5: Co nfigure Interfaces for POE 1. Enter the i nterface connect ed to the AP : RSL_RAC K_1_ SW(con fig)#in t eth 1/1/ 20 RSL_RACK_1_SW(config- if - e1000 - 1/1/2 0)# 2. Provide a port name descriptio n for wh[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 11 of 16 4. Enter Configuration Mode: BR- RFS7000#c onf t Enter co nfiguration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. BR- RFS7000(config )# 5. Change the host n ame: BR- RFS7000(c onfig )#hostna me RSL_ BR - RFS70 00 RSL_[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 12 of 16 2. Set the controller information (location/contac t/t ime) . 3. Obtain an AP license k ey f or AP a doption . You wil l need both the RFS 7000 ser ial # and t ransact ion k ey : a. Log in to the Brocade Licens e P[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 13 of 16 5. S et the PSK for ad van ced AP a doption : e. Go to the Netw ork > Access Point > Se cure WiSPe t ab . f. Enter a de fault pre- shared s ecret . This completes the basic config uration for AP adoption . C [...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 14 of 16 Step 3: Adop t AP300 in R FS7000 1. The Br ocade AP 300 will be automa tically detec ted by the RFS700 0. Go to Network > Access Poi nt and click the Unadopte d AP t ab. 2. Referen cing th e correct M AC ad dres[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 15 of 16 4. Enter the LAN sub m enu : admin(netwo rk)>lan admin(netwo rk.lan)> 5. Enable LAN 1: admin(netwo rk.lan)>set lan 1 enable admin(netwo rk.lan)> 6. Set the access point as a DHCP client: admin(netwo rk.[...]

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    ENTERPR ISE & MOBILI TY DEPLOYMENT GUI DE Deployi ng Bro cade Mobility Products wit h the Brocade FastIr on CX Series Page 16 of 16 2. Click Adapt ive AP S etup : a. Using DNS, enter the FQDN of the controller . b. Enter th e contro ll er IP a dd resses . c. Click the Auto Discove ry Enable che ckbox . NOTE: When the Auto Discovery Enable check[...]