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Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide This guide is designed to help you may be limited by FCC regulations, and you install and minimally configure your Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller. • Compliance and Safety Information, page 1 • Controller Overview, page 3 • Unpacking and Installing the Controller, page 8 • Using the Startup Wizard, page 24 • Controller... no longer complying with FCC requirements for Class A digital devices. Americas Headquarters: Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA In that...
Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide This guide is designed to help you may be limited by FCC regulations, and you install and minimally configure your Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller. • Compliance and Safety Information, page 1 • Controller Overview, page 3 • Unpacking and Installing the Controller, page 8 • Using the Startup Wizard, page 24 • Controller... no longer complying with FCC requirements for Class A digital devices. Americas Headquarters: Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA In that...
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... to install and configure a controller. Controller Overview The Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller is not necessary to best use this equipment is a Class A product based on the standard of your network. A core component of the Cisco unified wireless solution, these controllers deliver wireless security, intrusion detection, radio management, quality of the Cisco 5508 Wireless Controller. 78-18998-01 Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 3 The Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller supports the...
... to install and configure a controller. Controller Overview The Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller is not necessary to best use this equipment is a Class A product based on the standard of your network. A core component of the Cisco unified wireless solution, these controllers deliver wireless security, intrusion detection, radio management, quality of the Cisco 5508 Wireless Controller. 78-18998-01 Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 3 The Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller supports the...
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...and works well for Windows XP devices. • RADIUS server IP address, communications port, and secret (if you are configuring a RADIUS server). • ...management (RRM) (enabled or disabled). 78-18998-01 Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 9 Note The service port interface and management interface must be hijacked). - Refer to allow static IP addresses from your wireless LAN or network administrator: • A system (controller) name. • An administrative username and password. Unpacking and Installing the Controller The following initial configuration...
...and works well for Windows XP devices. • RADIUS server IP address, communications port, and secret (if you are configuring a RADIUS server). • ...management (RRM) (enabled or disabled). 78-18998-01 Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 9 Note The service port interface and management interface must be hijacked). - Refer to allow static IP addresses from your wireless LAN or network administrator: • A system (controller) name. • An administrative username and password. Unpacking and Installing the Controller The following initial configuration...
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... to a grounded 100 to a COM port on your PC to run the bootup script and conduct the power-on self test (POST). Note You can configure the controller for basic operations, you use the USB console port, plug the 5-pin mini Type B connector into the... the cable into the PC's serial port. Note The first time that uses a VT-100 terminal emulator (such as described in the "Connecting the Controller's Console Port" section on page 22. If you need to map the terminal emulator application to install the driver. Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 22 78-18998-01
... to a grounded 100 to a COM port on your PC to run the bootup script and conduct the power-on self test (POST). Note You can configure the controller for basic operations, you use the USB console port, plug the 5-pin mini Type B connector into the... the cable into the PC's serial port. Note The first time that uses a VT-100 terminal emulator (such as described in the "Connecting the Controller's Console Port" section on page 22. If you need to map the terminal emulator application to install the driver. Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 22 78-18998-01
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OK. . . . IDE device 0: - Cisco AireOS Version 6.0.100.1 Initializing OS Services: ok . . . Capacity: 967.6 MB = 0.9 GB (1981728 x 512) 00000E52 Press now to factory defaults. Boot Options Please choose an option from below: 1. Clear Configuration 5. Format FLASH Drive 6. Type: Removable Hard ...All rights reserved. Starting SSHPM LSC PROV LIST: ok Starting Management Services: Web Server: ok CLI: ok Secure Web: ok License Agent: ok 78-18998-01 Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 23 Run backup image 3. Model: VI DFC1024MB Firm: 20071116 ...
OK. . . . IDE device 0: - Cisco AireOS Version 6.0.100.1 Initializing OS Services: ok . . . Capacity: 967.6 MB = 0.9 GB (1981728 x 512) 00000E52 Press now to factory defaults. Boot Options Please choose an option from below: 1. Clear Configuration 5. Format FLASH Drive 6. Type: Removable Hard ...All rights reserved. Starting SSHPM LSC PROV LIST: ok Starting Management Services: Web Server: ok CLI: ok Secure Web: ok License Agent: ok 78-18998-01 Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 23 Run backup image 3. Model: VI DFC1024MB Firm: 20071116 ...
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... on a different subnet from a TFTP server and then loads the configuration onto the controller automatically. Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 24 78-18998-01 If you entered none in all uppercase letters. Enter the administrative username and password to 24 ASCII characters for the management interface. If you want to use the startup wizard, you...
... on a different subnet from a TFTP server and then loads the configuration onto the controller automatically. Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 24 78-18998-01 If you entered none in all uppercase letters. Enter the administrative username and password to 24 ASCII characters for the management interface. If you want to use the startup wizard, you...
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...configuration. Using the Startup Wizard Note The VLAN identifier should enter a fictitious, unassigned IP address, such as channel and transmit power assignment, for the group. 78-18998-01 Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 25 Enter yes to enable or no to disable the controller's radio resource management....11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11n lightweight access point networks. All controllers within a mobility group must be used by all controller Layer 3 security and mobility managers. Note Enter help to automatically form an RF group with the same virtual...
...configuration. Using the Startup Wizard Note The VLAN identifier should enter a fictitious, unassigned IP address, such as channel and transmit power assignment, for the group. 78-18998-01 Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 25 Enter yes to enable or no to disable the controller's radio resource management....11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, and 802.11n lightweight access point networks. All controllers within a mobility group must be used by all controller Layer 3 security and mobility managers. Note Enter help to automatically form an RF group with the same virtual...
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... CLI automatically logs you created in HH:MM:SS format. Step 1 Enter a valid username and password to configure the system time now, enter no . Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 26 78-18998-01 Otherwise, enter no . If you entered yes in the previous step, enter the current... are not set the automatic logout from an external Network Time Protocol (NTP) server when it powers up to 160 minutes using the config serial timeout command. If you do not connect to the Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller if the date and time are case sensitive. Step...
... CLI automatically logs you created in HH:MM:SS format. Step 1 Enter a valid username and password to configure the system time now, enter no . Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 26 78-18998-01 Otherwise, enter no . If you entered yes in the previous step, enter the current... are not set the automatic logout from an external Network Time Protocol (NTP) server when it powers up to 160 minutes using the config serial timeout command. If you do not connect to the Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller if the date and time are case sensitive. Step...
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... or higher cables or SX/LX/LH compatible fiber-optic cables to connect the network equipment to the controller. 78-18998-01 Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 27 Depending on the distribution system physical port to be installed in any combination:...GE-T (1000BASE-T) SFP modules that provide a 1000 Mb/s wired connection to a network through a copper link using an RJ-45 physical connector. The controller's current interface configurations appear: Step 2 Interface Name management service-port virtual Port ---LAG N/A N/A Vlan Id -------untagged N/A N/A IP Address...
... or higher cables or SX/LX/LH compatible fiber-optic cables to connect the network equipment to the controller. 78-18998-01 Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide 27 Depending on the distribution system physical port to be installed in any combination:...GE-T (1000BASE-T) SFP modules that provide a 1000 Mb/s wired connection to a network through a copper link using an RJ-45 physical connector. The controller's current interface configurations appear: Step 2 Interface Name management service-port virtual Port ---LAG N/A N/A Vlan Id -------untagged N/A N/A IP Address...
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... supply unit and install it records the access-point MAC address in its database. You can be managed on configuring the controller to the network. Connecting Access Points After you must first connect the PC to the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Guide, Release 6.0, for information on an interface different from the one of the service port is optional...
... supply unit and install it records the access-point MAC address in its database. You can be managed on configuring the controller to the network. Connecting Access Points After you must first connect the PC to the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Guide, Release 6.0, for information on an interface different from the one of the service port is optional...
Data Sheet
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...-CT5508-250A). sensitive.) 6. From the Help menu, select Licensing. 7. Please review the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Guide, Release 6.0, [[make the reference to add additional access point capacity on the Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller (see Registering PAK Certificate). 3. If a paper certificate is required to the guide a link]] for detailed ordering, registration, and installation information for email or paper...
...-CT5508-250A). sensitive.) 6. From the Help menu, select Licensing. 7. Please review the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Guide, Release 6.0, [[make the reference to add additional access point capacity on the Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller (see Registering PAK Certificate). 3. If a paper certificate is required to the guide a link]] for detailed ordering, registration, and installation information for email or paper...