Cisco Systems manual Cisco 2700 Location Appliance

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Cisco 2700 Series Wireless Location Appliance Deployment Guide

This document provides configuration and deployment guidelines as well as troubleshooting tips and answers to frequently asked technical questions for those adding the Cisco 2700 Series Wireless Location Appliance (hereafter referred to as the location appliance) (Figure 1) to a Cisco wireless LAN network. The existing installation and configuration guides for this appliance are available at the following location:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6386/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Note This document assumes an indoor installation of the location appliance, and any guidelines and accuracies cited are consistent with that assumption.

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Cisco 2700 Location Appliance

The location appliance tracks 802.11 devices directly from a wireless LAN infrastructure using advanced RF fingerprinting technology. Additionally, the appliance records information so that you can establish location trends and resolve problems regarding RF capacity.

By design, the location appliance is directly integrated into the wireless LAN infrastructure and is configured through its command-line interface and then managed through WCS. The location appliance tracks the physical location of wireless devices using wireless LAN controllers and Cisco Aironet

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Contents Cisco 2700 Location Appliance Performing a Calibration Location TrackingSoftware Requirements AccuracyHardware Requirements Following Cisco wireless LAN controllers are available Additional Functionality with Location Appliance System Architecture Location-Based Services Overview Deployment and Design Requirements Designing the Wireless LAN for LocationAccess Point Placement Improved Location Accuracy by Increasing Density Creating a Network Design in WCS Creating a New Network Design Designing a NetworkClick OK Repositioning Building Highlighted in Blue Applying Calibration Models, Appropriate Orientation Using Antenna Angles Starting to Calibrate Creating and Applying Calibration ModelsPositioning the Crosshairs Setting the Location Appliance’s IP Addressing Information Configuring the Location ApplianceImporting the Location Appliance into WCS Synchronizing Controllers Enabling and Configuring Device TrackingEnabling Asset Tag Tracking Location Appliance MaintenanceBacking up the Location Appliance Clearing the Location Appliance Configuration Troubleshooting Tips Q & aRestoring the Location Appliance Upgrading the Location ApplianceTroubleshooting Tips Q & a Frequently Asked Technical Questions Troubleshooting Tips Q & a Troubleshooting Tips Q & a OL-8478-01
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