Network Router User Manual

5/26/05 Cisco Wireless Control System
OL-7426-03
About the Cisco Wireless Control SystemCisco Wireless Control System
The Cisco Wireless Control System (Cisco WCS) is the Cisco Wireless LAN Solution network manage-
ment tool that adds to the capabilities of the Web User Interface
and the Command Line Interface,
moving from individual Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers to a network of Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers.
The Cisco Wireless Control System runs on Windows 2000, Windows 2003, and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux ES servers.
The Cisco WCS includes the same configuration, performance monitoring, security, fault management,
and accounting options used at the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller level, but adds a graphical view of
multiple Cisco Wireless LAN Controller and managed Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access points.
The Cisco WCS is offered in two versions which support different feature levels:
• Cisco WCS Base, which includes wireless client data access, rogue access point containment
functions, Cisco WLAN Solution monitoring and control, and which allows client and rogue
access point location to the nearest Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access point.
• Cisco WCS Location, which is includes all the features in the Cisco WCS Base, but which allows
high-accuracy rogue access point and client location to within 10 meters.
These features are listed in the following table:
Features
Cisco
WCS
Base
Cisco
WCS
Location
Location and Tracking:
• Low-Resolution Client Location Yes -
• High-Resolution Client Location - Yes
• Low-Resolution Rogue Access Point Location Yes -
• High-Resolution Rogue Access Point Location - Yes
Client Data Services, Security and Monitoring:
• Client Access via Cisco 1000 Series lightweight access points Yes Yes
• Multiple WLANs (Individual SSIDs and Policies) Yes Yes
Rogue Access Point Detecting and Containing using Cisco 1000 Series
lightweight access points
Yes Yes
802.11a/b/g Bands Yes Yes
Radio Resource Management (real-time assigning channels, and detecting
and containing rogue access points)
Yes Yes
Radio Resource Management (real-time detecting and avoiding inter-
ference, controlling transmit power, assigning channels, managing client
mobility, distributing client load, and detecting coverage holes)
Yes Yes
Automated Software and Configuration Updates Yes Yes
Wireless Intrusion Protection Yes Yes
Global and Individual AP Security Policies Yes Yes
Controls Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers Yes Yes