Specifications

Extreme Networks Evaluation Guide: Altitude 4511 Access Point

Glossary of Features

This glossary provides a short description of key features found in the Altitude 4511 webUI.

Dashboard

The Dashboard provides graphical and statistics view of the network. A key feature in the dashboard allows the

administrator to select from a list of critical parameters to display the network and client connectivity.

Summary

webUI navigation: Dashboard -> Summary

details: The overall health of the network is shown in summary. Top (or worst) ﬁve access points

are sorted by number of clients, RF quality, and threat index. The number of clients

connected on 5.2Ghz radios and 2.4Ghz radios is displayed in this summary view.

Network View

webUI navigation: Dashboard -> Network View

details: The network topology is displayed in a graphical view. Four key client parameters can be

overlaid on the network view for a quick reference; RF Quality, Utilization, SNR, Threat. To

view detailed statistics of the network, access points, and wireless clients; click on the

Statistics link from the Network view. If you select an adopted AP, the Statistics link will

show details for that particular AP. If you select the Controller AP, statistics will be

displayed for the network.

Conﬁguration -> Devices

Devices Conﬁguration

WebUI navigation: Conﬁguration -> Devices -> Device Conﬁguration

details: Select a single device from the list of known devices. All conﬁgurations found in a policy

can be overridden using this screen. It is recommended to use the policies and proﬁles to

conﬁgure devices and use the Device override conﬁgurations sparingly. It is common to

use policies for a group of devices, but use a conﬁguration override to set a unique IP

address. Additionally, if using the Altitude 4511 as a single, standalone access point, device

conﬁguration is the fastest way to conﬁgure the device.

Adoption Policy

webUI navigation: Conﬁguration -> Devices -> Adoption Policy

details: Device adoption can be done manually, or by creating rules. When a dependent AP is

adopted by a Controller, adoption rules determine 1) whether the dependent AP is

adopted by this controller and 2) what proﬁle to assign to the AP. Adoption rules include

common parameters such as MAC address, serial number and DHCP option.

To manually assign an adoption policy to a device, go to the “Conﬁguration -> Devices ->

Device Conﬁguration -> [select device in list] -> Cluster” menu. Select the policy from the

drop down list.