306 Configuring APs
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PoE Requirements

PoE is different for the MP-432 because the AP has two 802.11n radios and requires more PoE support than a
single 802.3af power source. There are two possible configurations for supplying power to the MP-432:
If the power mode is set to “auto”, the power is managed automatically by sensing the power level on the
AP. If low power is detected, unused Ethernet is disabled and reduces the traffic on the 2.4 GHz radio. If
high power is detected, then both radios operate at 3x3 (3 transmit chains and 3 receive chains).
If the power mode is set to “high”, both radios operate at the maximum power available which requires
either 802.3at PoE or both ports using 802.3af PoE.
set ap <apnum> power-mode <auto | high>

Configuring a service profile

A service profile is a set of parameters that control advertisement (beaconing) and encryption for an SSID, as
well as default authorization attributes that apply to users accessing the SSID.
This section describes how to create a service profile and set some basic SSID parameters. To configure other
service profile parameters, see the following:
“Configuring user encryption” on page 361
“Configuring quality of service” on page 415
“Configuring the Web portal Web-based AAA session timeout period” on page 584
Assigning SSID default attributes to a service profile” on page 601
“Configuring SODA endpoint security for a WSS” on page 667
(For a list of the parameters controlled by service profiles and their defaults, see Table 9 on page 287.)
(To display service profile settings, see “Displaying service profile information” on page 346.)

Creating a service profile

To create a service profile and assign an SSID to it, use the following command:
set service-profile name ssid-name ssid-name
An SSID can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters long.
You can include blank spaces in the name, if you delimit the name with single or double quotation marks. You
must use the same type of quotation mark (either single or double) on both ends of the string.
The following command configures a service profile named corp1, and assigns SSID mycorp_rnd to it:
WSS# set service-profile corp1 ssid-name mycorp_rnd
success: change accepted.
The following command applies the name corporate users to the SSID managed by service profile
mycorp_srvcprf:
WSS# set service-profile mycorp_srvcprf ssid-name “corporate users”
success: change accepted.