Deployment Guide

Table of Contents
Preface......................................................................................................................................................................................vii
Conventions.................................................................................................................................................................. vii
Text Conventions................................................................................................................................................vii
Documentation and Training............................................................................................................................... viii
Send Feedback.............................................................................................................................................................ix
Help and Support........................................................................................................................................................ ix
Subscribe to Product Announcements.....................................................................................................x
AP Regulatory Information......................................................................................................................................x
About Extreme Campus Controller Deployment........................................................... 11
Deploying Extreme Campus Controller............................................................................................................ 11
VE6120K, VE6125K Virtual Appliances.............................................................................................................. 11
VE6120H Virtual Appliance.................................................................................................................................... 12
VE6120 Virtual Appliance........................................................................................................................................12
VE6125 Virtual Appliance........................................................................................................................................13
Supported Appliance Specifications.................................................................................................................14
Discovery and Registration.................................................................................................................................... 16
Discovery Process for APs and Adapters in a Centralized Site...................................................17
Switch Discovery Process.............................................................................................................................. 19
Sites................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Device Groups............................................................................................................................................................. 22
Configuring DHCP, NPS, and DNS Services................................................................... 23
DHCP Service Configuration................................................................................................................................ 23
Configuring DHCP on Windows Server 2012 R2................................................................................23
Configuring DHCP on a Red Hat Linux Server................................................................................... 39
Configuring the Extreme Campus Controller as an NPS Client..........................................................42
NPS Service Configuration....................................................................................................................................43
Add a New Network Policy..........................................................................................................................43
DNS Service Configuration...................................................................................................................................48
Configuring DNS for Wireless AP Discovery.......................................................................................49
Configuring DNS on a Linux Server.........................................................................................................50
Configure Extreme Campus Controller for Local DHCP Management.............................................51
Add a Physical Interface................................................................................................................................ 52
Local DHCP Settings....................................................................................................................................... 53
Centralized Site with a Captive Portal........................................................................... 54
Deployment Strategy.............................................................................................................................................. 54
Adding a Centralized Site with Device Group.............................................................................................54
Configuring an Internal Captive Portal............................................................................................................56
Specifying B@AC Network Topology..............................................................................................................57
Configuring a Captive Portal Network............................................................................................................58
Working with Internal Captive Portal Engine Rules..................................................................................59
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