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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents
Preface
- Conventions
  - Text Conventions
- Documentation and Training
- Send Feedback
- Help and Support
- AP Regulatory Information
About Extreme Campus Controller Deployment
- Deploying Extreme Campus Controller
- VE6120K, VE6125K Virtual Appliances
- VE6120H Virtual Appliance
- VE6120 Virtual Appliance
- VE6125 Virtual Appliance
- Supported Appliance Specifications
- Discovery and Registration
  - Discovery Process for APs and Adapters in a Centralized Site
    - Discovering Centralized Site APs and Adapters
  - Switch Discovery Process
    - Discovering Switches
    - Switch Discovery in an Availability Pair
- Sites
- Device Groups
Configuring DHCP, NPS, and DNS Services
- DHCP Service Configuration
  - Configuring DHCP on Windows Server 2012 R2
  - Configuring DHCP on a Red Hat Linux Server
    - Configuring DHCP Option 43 on a Linux Server
- Configuring the Extreme Campus Controller as an NPS Client
- NPS Service Configuration
  - Add a New Network Policy
    - Create Condition: Client IPv4 Addresses
    - Create Condition: Windows Groups
- DNS Service Configuration
  - Configuring DNS for Wireless AP Discovery
  - Configuring DNS on a Linux Server
- Configure Extreme Campus Controller for Local DHCP Management
  - Add a Physical Interface
  - Local DHCP Settings
Centralized Site with a Captive Portal
- Deployment Strategy
- Adding a Centralized Site with Device Group
- Configuring an Internal Captive Portal
- Specifying B@AC Network Topology
- Configuring a Captive Portal Network
- Working with Internal Captive Portal Engine Rules
- Editing Device Group Profile for Network and Role
- Creating Adoption Rules
Centralized Site with AAA Network
- Deployment Strategy
- Configuring a AAA Network
- Creating an Engine Rule
- Creating a Policy Role
- Applying a AAA Network and Role to the Device Group
Deploying a Mesh Network
- Deployment Strategy
- Mesh Point Network Settings
- Configure Device Groups for Mesh Point
- Advanced Configuration Profile and Mesh Device Settings
  - Profile Advanced Settings
  - Edit Mesh Device Settings
Configuring an External NAC Server for MBA and AAA Authentication
- Deployment Strategy
- Configuring the External NAC Server
- Network with Default Auth Role
  - Configuring an MBA Network
  - Configuring a AAA Network
- Network with Pass-Through External RADIUS
  - Configuring an MBA Network
  - Configuring a AAA Network
Manage RADIUS Servers for User Authentication
- RADIUS Settings
- Advanced RADIUS Settings
- Configure a Pass Through Rule
External Captive Portal on a Third-Party Server
- Firewall Friendly External Captive Portal Flow of Events
  - FF-ECP on Extreme Campus Controller
- Configure the Firewall
- Configure an External Captive Portal
- Understand Processing Performed by the ECP
  - The Redirection URL Sent from Extreme Campus Controller
    - Verifying the Signed Request
  - Compose the Login or Splash Screen Page
- Approve the Client
- Compose the Redirection Response Sending the Browser back to the Appliance
Access Control Rule Admin Portal Access
- Deployment Strategy
- Configure Access Control Group
  - Default Access Control Groups
- Configure Admin Access Policy Role
- Configure Access Control Rule
  - Default Access Control Rules
- Define Rule Precedence
Deploying Centralized Web Authentication
- Deployment Strategy
- CWA with ISE Deployment
- CWA with ExtremeControl Deployment
Deploying ExtremeCloud IQ - SE as an External Captive Portal
- Deployment Strategy
- Configuring an External Captive Portal Network
- Editing the Configuration Profile for Network and Roles
- Extreme Campus Controller Default Pass-Through Rule
- Adding Extreme Campus Controller as a Switch to ExtremeCloud IQ - Site Engine
- Editing the Unregistered Policy on ExtremeCloud IQ - Site Engine
- Editing the ExtremeCloud IQ - Site Engine Profile for Policy and Location-Based Services
Deploying an ExtremeGuest Captive Portal
- Deployment Strategy
- Configure an ExtremeGuest Server
- Configure an ExtremeGuest Captive Portal Network
- Configuration Settings on ExtremeGuest
Deploying Client Bridge
- Deployment Strategy
- AP Client Bridge
- Configure Client Bridge
Deploying an Availability Pair
- Deploying an Availability Pair
Deploying Universal APs
- Onboarding Universal APs — ExtremeCloud IQ, Extreme Campus Controller
Extreme Campus Controller Pair with ExtremeLocation and AirDefense
- Scenario Outline
- Deployment Strategy
- Configuring the Centralized Site with an AP3915 Profile
- Configuring ExtremeLocation
- Configuring AirDefense
ECP Local Authentication
- Scenario Outline
- Deployment Strategy
- Configuring External Captive Portal Network
- Editing the Device Group Profile for ECP Network
PHP External Captive Portal, Controller’s Firewall Friendly API
- net-auth.php
- login.php
- common_utilities.php
- crypt_aws_s4.php
- ffecp-config.php
Index
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Supported Appliance Speciﬁcations

Extreme Campus Controller supports the following virtual appliances:

• VMWare:

◦ VE6120

◦ VE6125

• KVM

◦ VE6120K

◦ VE6125K

• Microsoft Hyper-V

◦ VE6120H

And the following hardware appliances:

• E1120

• E2120

• E2122

• E3120

Requirements for each Extreme Campus Controller model are listed below.

Table 4: Virtual Extreme Campus Controller (VE6120 and VE6125)

Extreme Application VE6120 VE6125

Small Medium Large X-Large

Total APs managed in Standalone mode 50 250 500 2000

Additional APs supported in high-

availability mode

50 250 500 2000

Total managed APs per Appliance Pair 100 500 1000 4000

Total Switches managed per Appliance 50/100 100/200 200/400 200/400

Total simultaneous users in Standalone

mode

1,000 4,000 8,000 16000

Additional simultaneous users in high-

availability mode

1,000 4,000 8,000 16000

Total Simultaneous Users per Appliance

Pair

2,000 8,000 16,000 32000

Hardware Requirements

CPU 4 (4 distinct

physical

cores or 2

cores with

hyper-

threading)

6 8 32 (physical

or hyper-

threading

cores)

Supported Appliance Speciﬁcations About Extreme Campus Controller Deployment

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