Cisco Systems 3.2 manual Using the CLI to Configure the Management Interface

Chapter 3 Configuring Ports and Interfaces

Configuring the Management, AP-Manager, Virtual, and Service-Port Interfaces

Using the CLI to Configure the Management, AP-Manager, Virtual, and Service-Port Interfaces

This section provides instructions for displaying and configuring the management, AP-manager, virtual, and service-port interfaces using the CLI.

Using the CLI to Configure the Management Interface

Follow these steps to display and configure the management interface parameters using the CLI.

Step 1 Enter show interface detailed management to view the current management interface settings.

Note The management interface uses the controller’s factory-set distribution system MAC address.

Step 2 Enter config wlan disable wlan-numberto disable each WLAN that uses the management interface for distribution system communication.

Step 3 Enter these commands to define the management interface:

•config interface address management ip-addrip-netmask gateway

•config interface vlan management {vlan-id0}

Note Enter 0 for an untagged VLAN or a non-zero value for a tagged VLAN. Cisco recommends that only tagged VLANs be used on the controller.

•config interface port management physical-ds-port-number

•config interface dhcp management ip-address-of-primary-dhcp-server [ip-address-of-secondary-dhcp-server]

•config interface acl management access-control-list-name

Note To create ACLs, follow the instructions in Chapter 5.

Step 4 Enter show interface detailed management to verify that your changes have been saved.

Using the CLI to Configure the AP-Manager Interface

Follow these steps to display and configure the AP-manager interface parameters using the CLI.

	Step 1	Enter show interface summary to view the current interfaces.
		Note If the system is operating in Layer 2 mode, the AP-manager interface is not listed.
	Step 2	Enter show interface detailed ap-managerto view the current AP-manager interface settings.
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