Specifications

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Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Communication Solutions
April 2014 Offer
The Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess WLAN Access Points (APs): operate with the OmniAccess
WLAN switches to provide a high performance, centrally managed, wireless mobility solution for
enterprises. They act as wireless (radio) interfaces for the mobile WLAN handsets.
The Alcatel-Lucent solution offers a wide range of access points to support a variety of 802.11n
solutions while also supporting legacy 802.11a/b/g devices. APs are available with both single and
dual-radios to support communications in the 2.4 GHz and/or 5 GHz spectrum. Single radio access
points can provide 802.11a/n or 802.11b/g/n and may be software configured on a per AP basis.
Dual-radio APs support concurrent 802.11a/b/g/n communications to provide the broadest support
for WLAN users. All of the APs are thin APs that work in conjunction with OmniAccess WLAN
controllers, which automatically manage the operation of each AP, including power/transmit levels
and channel assignments. Network traffic is typically tunneled from the APs to WLAN controllers using
remote APs. This provides security and makes the solution easy to deploy and modify without making
major modifications to the wired LAN. Alcatel-Lucent offers both indoor and outdoor APs
Software – The base system offers a fully functional and manageable platform capable of a wide
range of functionality. Systems are licensed and sized by the number of APs to be supported up to
the hardware’s maximum with LAP licenses. With only the base access point software the systems
support the full functionality web management interface, master-local teaming to unify the
management of multiple controllers through a single point of management, captive portal
authentication, WEP, WPA, WPA2, 802.1x, certificate based authentication, rogue detection, mesh
functionality and remote AP functionality with encrypted IPSec tunneling back to the controller just to
mention a subset of the system’s functionality.
PEFV – The Policy Enforcement Firewall / VPN software module enables the controller as a VPN
concentrator for IPSec clients or tunnel connections to other controllers or hardware platforms. It will
also enable firewall policies to be applied to the traffic reaching the controller via these tunnels. This
license is controller wide and not determined by the quantity of supported APs.
PEFNG – The Policy Enforcement Firewall / Next Generation license enables the firewall policies to
be applied to WLAN traffic or wired traffic received by the controller. This software also enables QoS
and VoWLAN applications on the controller. PEFNG is licensed by AP and must match the number of
LAP licenses applied to the controller.
XSC – The XSC or xSEC license enables the controller to encrypt user traffic with 256-bit AES
encryption. All other encryption types are available in the base software. The XSC license is based on
a per-session basis and must be sized at or above the maximum number of concurrent sessions on
the controller.
RFP – The RF Protect software module includes advanced RF analysis to be performed from the APs
and provides wireless intrusion detection and protection for a wide variety of known attacks and
security vulnerabilities. The RFP license is based on the number of APs supported by the controller
and must match the quantity of APs provisioned under the LAP license.
The last software option available is the OmniVista 3600 Air Manager. The OV-3600 can be used in
conjunction with the Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess WLAN platform to enhance the system’s
manageability or can work with a third party product to assist in system migration or to manage a
heterogeneous wireless environment.
The OV-3600 is the only network management software to deliver a single, easy-to-use console that
gives the entire IT staff full visibility and control over their wireless network and its users. Network
engineers, helpdesk staff, IT managers and security analysts at more than 650 enterprises and large
organizations use the OmniVista 3600 Air Manager technology (under the Airwave brand) to make
their wireless networks supportable, reliable, and secure.