Brocade Communications Systems IP250 user manual Wireless Management, Wireless management overview

	Chapter
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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.

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