Installation guide

Wireless Switch Configuration Tasks
3-4 Configuration
ThisinstallationoptionrequiressomeonetopreconfiguretheswitchinaRASMnetworkplanand
someonetophysicallyinstallandpowerontheswitch.
Preconfigure the Wireless Switch in RASM
Ifyouknowtheswitch’sserialnumber,usethefollowingproceduretosetuptheswitch’s
configurationinRASM.
1. StartRASMServices.
2. StartaRASMclientandconnecttoRASMServices.
3. SelectTools>RASMServicesSetupfromthemenubarinthemainRASMwindow.The
RASMServicesSetupwizardappears.
4. On
theServiceSettingstabofthewizard(displayedbydefault),selectAllowremoteaccess,
intheAccessControloptionsgroup.
5. SelecttheRoamAboutwirelessswitchConnectionSettingstab.
6. SelectAcceptself‐signedcertificates,intheConnectionSecuritygroupofoptions.
7. ClickSave,thenclickClose.
8. SelectFile>Opento
openthenetworkplanforthesite,orselectFile>Newtocreateanew
networkplan.
9. SelectConfig>Insert>MobilityExchangetoaccesstheCreateMobilityExchangewizard.
10. EnteranamefortheswitchintheRoamAboutwirelessswitchNamebox.
11. Selecttheswitchmodel.
12. Entertheserialnumber
intheSerialNumberbox.
13. Configureotherparametersasrequiredfortheswitch’sdeployment.
14. ClickFinishtosavetheswitchconfigurationand closethewizard.
LeaveRASMServicesrunning.Whentheswitchispoweredonattheremotesite,theswitchuses
itsDHCPclienttoobtainanIPaddress,thencontacts
RASMServicestorequestaconfiguration.
Stage the Wireless Switch
YoucanusethismethodofremoteconfigurationforanyRoamAboutwirelessswitch,and
regardlessofwhetherthelocaloffice(theswitchinstallationsite)hasaDHCPserverorDNS
server.
Preparing the Network
IfthenetworkwheretheswitchwillbeinstalledhasaDNSserver,addanentrytha tmapstheIP
addressofRASMServicestothehostnamewlan‐config‐srv.Includethecorporatenetwork’s
domainnameintheentry(forexample,wlan‐config‐srv. example.com).Alternatively,youcan
configureanIP
aliasontheswitchitselfthatmapstheserverIPaddresstothiswell‐knownname.
(See“Example2:DeploymentSiteHasNoDHCPandNoDNS”onpage 3‐6.)
Preparing the Switch
PreconfiguretheRoamAboutwirelessswitchwiththefollowinginformation:
•IPaddress
• Gatewayaddress