Cisco Systems OL-7426-03 quick start About Cisco 2700 Series Location Appliances

About Cisco 2700 Series Location Appliances

The Cisco 2700 Series Location Appliance (location appliance) enhances the high-accuracy built-in Cisco WCS Location abilities by computing, collecting and storing historical location data, which can be displayed in Cisco WCS. In this role, the location appliance acts as a server to one or more Cisco WCS Servers, collecting, storing, and passing on data from its associated Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers.

After a quick command-line interface (CLI) configuration, the remaining location appliance configura- tion can be completed using the Cisco WCS interface.

After it is configured, each location appliance communicates directly with its associated Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers to collect operator-defined location data. The associated Cisco WCS Server operators can then communicate with each location appliance to transfer and display selected data.

The location appliance can be backed up to any Cisco WCS Server into an operator-defined FTP folder, and the location appliance can be restored from that Cisco WCS Server at any time and at defined intervals. Also, the location appliance database can be synchronized with the Cisco WCS Server database at any time.

Operators can use the location appliance features and download new application code to all associated location appliances from any Cisco WCS Server.

When Cisco WCS is enhanced with a location appliance, Cisco WCS can display historical location data for up to 1,500 Laptop Clients, Palmtop Clients, VoIP Telephone Clients, RFID (Radio Frequency IDenti- fier) Asset Tags, Rogue Access Points, and Rogue Access Point Clients for each location appliance in the Cisco WLAN Solution.

Operators can configure location appliances to collect data for Cisco WLAN Solution clients, rogue access points and clients, RFID Asset Tags, and statistics at separate operator-defined intervals.

The location appliance uses two redundant back-panel 10/100/1000BASE-T ports to connect to one or two network segments. It also features a back-panel power cord and front-panel ON/OFF switch. The location appliance includes a back-panel DB-9 console port for initial configuration using a CLI console.

Note that each location appliance can be installed in any NOC (Network Operations Center) or wiring closet from which it can communicate with its associated Cisco WCS Server(s) and Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers.

Refer to Configuring and Operating Cisco 2700 Series Location Appliances for more information.

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