Field

Action

 

 

New Access

Choose the policy you want to put in effect for adding

Points

New Access Points to the network.

 

• If you choose are configured automatically, then

 

when a new access points is added to the network it

 

automatically joins the existing cluster. The cluster

 

configuration is copied to the new access point, and no

 

manual configuration is required to deploy it.

 

• If you choose are ignored, new access points will not

 

join the cluster, but will be considered standalone. You

 

need to configure standalone access points manually

 

through KickStart and the Administration Web pages

 

residing on the standalone access points. (To get to the

 

Web page for a standalone access point, use its IP

 

address in a URL as follows:

 

http://IPAddressOfAccessPoint.).

 

Note: If you change the policy so that new access points

 

are ignored, then any new access points you add to the

 

network will not join the cluster. Existing clustered access

 

points will not be aware of these standalone APs.

 

Therefore, if you are viewing the Administration Web

 

pages through the IP address of a clustered access

 

point, the new standalone APs will not show up in the

 

list of access points on the Cluster > Access Points tab.

 

The only way to see a standalone AP is to browse to it

 

directly by using its IP address in the URL.

 

If you later change the policy back to the default so that

 

new access points “are configured automatically,” all

 

subsequent new APs will automatically join the cluster.

 

Standalone APs, however, will stay in standalone mode

 

until you explicitly add them to the cluster.

 

For information on how to add standalone APs to the

 

cluster, see “Adding an access point to a cluster” on

 

page 52.

 

 

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