User's Manual

Deployment Guide 7
Chapter 7 Using HiveManager.................................................................77
Installing and Connecting to the HiveManager GUI....................................................79
Introduction to the HiveManager GUI....................................................................82
Cloning Configurations............................................................................................83
Multiselecting......................................................................................................83
Sorting Displayed Data............................................................................................84
HiveManager Configuration Workflow...................................................................85
Updating Software on HiveManager......................................................................86
Updating HiveOS Firmware................................................................................87
Updating HiveAPs in a Mesh Environment......................................................................88
Chapter 8 HiveManager Configuration Examples..........................................89
Example 1: Mapping Locations and Installing HiveAPs................................................91
Setting Up Topology Maps........................................................................................91
Preparing the HiveAPs............................................................................................94
Using SNMP.....................................................................................................94
Using MAC Addresses..........................................................................................95
Example 2: Defining Network Objects and MAC Filters...............................................97
Defining a MAC OUI................................................................................................97
Mapping the MAC OUI and Services to Aerohive Classes................................................98
Defining VLANs...................................................................................................100
Creating IP Addresses...........................................................................................101
Creating a MAC Filter...........................................................................................103
Example 3: Providing Guest Access....................................................................104
Guest Access with Preshared Keys............................................................................104
Guest Access with Captive Web Portal.......................................................................105
Captive Web Portal with External DHCP and DNS Servers............................................105
Captive Web Portal with Internal DHCP and DNS Servers.............................................107
Customizing the Registration Page.......................................................................108
Loading Customized Captive Web Portal Files..........................................................111
Defining a Captive Web Portal............................................................................112
Example 4: Creating User Profiles......................................................................113
Example 5: Setting SSIDs.................................................................................117
Example 6: Setting Management Service Parameters...............................................120
Example 7: Defining AAA RADIUS Settings.............................................................123
Example 8: Creating Hives...............................................................................125