Users Guide

Dell PowerConnect W-Series ArubaOS 6.1 | User Guide | 3
Contents
About this Guide ..................................................................................................................................................... 45
Audience............................................................................................................................................45
Fundamentals....................................................................................................................................45
WebUI.........................................................................................................................................45
CLI ...............................................................................................................................................45
Related Documents..........................................................................................................................46
Conventions.......................................................................................................................................46
Contacting Support ..........................................................................................................................47
Chapter 1 The Basic User-Centric Networks.................................................................................. 49
Configuring the User-Centric Network .........................................................................................49
Deployment and Configuration Tasks ...........................................................................................49
Deployment Scenario #1 .........................................................................................................50
Deployment Scenario #2 .........................................................................................................50
Deployment Scenario #3 .........................................................................................................51
Configuring the Controller...............................................................................................................52
Running the Initial Setup.........................................................................................................52
Connecting to the Controller after Initial Setup...................................................................53
Configuring a VLAN for Network Connection..............................................................................53
Creating and Updating a VLAN ..............................................................................................54
Viewing Existing VLAN IDs .............................................................................................54
Creating, Updating, and Deleting VLAN Pools.....................................................................54
Adding existing VLAN IDs to a VLAN Pool in the CLI .................................................54
Assigning and Configuring the Trunk Port ...........................................................................55
In the WebUI .....................................................................................................................55
In the CLI............................................................................................................................55
Configuring the Default Gateway...........................................................................................55
In the WebUI .....................................................................................................................55
In the CLI............................................................................................................................56
Configuring the Loopback for the Controller........................................................................56
In the WebUI ....................................................................................................................56
In the CLI............................................................................................................................56
Configuring the System Clock ................................................................................................57
Installing Licenses.................................................................................................................... 57
Connecting the Controller to the Network ...........................................................................57
Additional Configuration..................................................................................................................57
Chapter 2 Network Parameters......................................................................................................... 59
Configuring VLANs ...........................................................................................................................59
Creating and Updating VLANs................................................................................................59
Using the WebUI ..............................................................................................................59
Using CLI............................................................................................................................60
Create a Bulk VLANs Using the WebUI........................................................................60
Using CLI............................................................................................................................60
Creating, Updating and Deleting VLAN Pools......................................................................60
Creating a VLAN pool Using the WebUI.......................................................................60
Updating a VLAN Pool .....................................................................................................61
Deleting a VLAN Pool ......................................................................................................61