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The MAP loads its local image only if the WX is running MSS Version 5.0 or later and does not have a newer MAP image than the one in the MAP’s local storage. If the switch is not running MSS Version 5.0 or later, or the WX has a newer version of the MAP image than the version in the MAP’s local storage, the MAP loads its image from the WX.

The forced image download option is not applicable to MAP models

MP-52, MP-101, and MP-122.

Enabling LED Blink Mode

When blink mode is enabled on an AP2750, the 11a LED blinks on and off. By default, LED blink mode is disabled. If enabled, blink mode continues until you disable it.

When blink mode is enabled on an AP7250, the Radio LED flashes red and the Power LED flashes green/orange. The Ethernet LED does not change.

Changing the LED blink mode does not alter operation of the MAP. Only the behavior of the LEDs is affected.

To enable or disable LED blink mode, use the following command:

set ap apnumber blink {enable disable}

Configuring MAP-WXMSS provides security for management traffic between WX switches and Security Distributed MAPs. When the feature is enabled, all management traffic

between Distributed MAPs that support encryption and the WX is encrypted. MAP-WX security is set to optional by default.

The encryption uses RSA as the public key crypto system, with AES-CCM for data encryption and integrity checking and HMAC-MD5 for keyed hashing and message authentication during the key exchange. Bulk data protection is provided by AES in CCM mode (AES CTR for encryption and AES-CBC-MAC for data integrity). A 64-bit Message Authentication Code is used for data integrity

This feature applies to Distributed MAPs only, not to directly connected MAPs configured on MAP access ports.

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