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Chapter
13
Wireless Management
In this chapter
Wireless management overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Wireless devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Wireless device discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Wireless devices on the dashboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Port groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
View management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Wireless device properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Element Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Configuration repository and backup management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
CLI configuration management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Cluster mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
VLAN management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Performance management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Policy Monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Fault management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
AP Products report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422

Wireless management overview

Wireless controllers manage access points by providing centralized management of system wide
wireless LAN functions, such as security policies, intrusion prevention, and RF management. The
controller applies rules or actions to all devices on the wireless network. The controller also collects
management data from the individual access points and transfers that data to a centralized
controller.
Wireless access points allow wireless devices, such as laptops and smart phones, to connect to a
wired network. Access points receive data from wireless devices and forward the data to the
Ethernet switch.
The Management application supports some management operations of the wireless devices in
the network. However, the Management application does not provide full feature access for
wireless controllers and access points. This chapter details the management features currently
available for wireless controllers and standalone access points.