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1 Summit WM Controller, Access Points, and
Software Solution
This chapter describes the essential concepts of Summit WM Controller, Access Points, and Software
Solution.
The topics in this chapter are organized as follows:
● Conceptual model
● Collecting information for installation
Conceptual model
The Summit WM Controller, Access Points, and Software Solution is an enterprise WLAN solution that
consists of the following components:
● Summit WM Controller and Summit WM Software
● Wireless AP
Summit WM Controller
The Summit WM Controller is a high-performance network device that provides several functions,
including centralized management and configuration of Wireless APs, user authentication, and
advanced radio frequency management.
The Summit WM Controller is driven by the Summit WM Software. The software resides on the
Summit WM Controller and provides an intuitive web-based interface — Summit WM Graphical User
Interface (GUI) — to enable you to manage the entire wireless network from a laptop, or a PC
connected to the network. A command line interface is also available to manage the wireless network.
The Summit WM Controller is a full-functioning dynamic router that aggregates and coordinates all
Wireless APs and manages client devices.
Some key features of the Summit WM Controller are provided in the following sections:
Web-based centralized management of Wireless APs
The Summit WM Controller enables you to monitor and manage Wireless APs from a centralized web-
based interface called the Summit WM GUI. You can separately configure, enable, or disable each
Wireless AP from the Summit WM Controller using the Summit WM GUI.
Virtualized user segmentation
The Summit WM Controller allows you to create and manage unique WM Access Domain Services
(WM-AD) that enables you to group specific mobile users, devices and applications on the basis of