Installation Instructions

XR-1000H Quick Installation Guide
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ClickSaveChangestoFlashontheupperrighttosaveyoursettings.
ClickExecuteatthebottomofthepagetosetup/enableallIAPs(radios)automatically.
Forimprovedsecurity,youmustalsotaketheadditionalstepsdescribedin“SecureLow
LevelAccesstotheArray”inStep12.
WithabasicconfigurationestablishedtheWirelessArrayisnowfunctional.Refertothe
WirelessArrayUser’sGuideforadditionalconfigurationinformation.Lookforthesection
titledPerformingtheExpressSetupProcedureneartheendoftheInstallingtheWirelessArray
chapteroftheGuideformoredetailsonExpressSetupsettings.Thechap
tertitled
ConfiguringtheWirelessArraydiscusses allofthesettingsavailablefortheArray.
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Note:Thechannelsetavailableinanoutdoorapplicationisdifferentthanindoorso
somechannelstypicallyusedwillnotbeshown.
12) Secure Low Level Access to the Array
ManagementoftheXirrusArrayisdoneviatheWebManagementInterface(WMI)or
CommandLineInterface(CLI).TheArrayalsohasalowerlevelinterface:XBL(XirrusBoot
Loader),whichallowsaccesstomoreprimitivecommands.Youwon’tnormallyuseXBLunless
instructedtodosobyXirrusCustomerSupport.Forpropersecurity,yo
ushouldreplacethe
defaultXBLloginusernameandpasswordwithyourown,asinstructedbelow.XBLhasitsown
usernameandpassword,separatefromtheArr ayOSAdminUserandPassword(usedfor
loggingintotheWMIandCLI).
XirrusalsoprovidestheXirconutilityforconnectingtoArraysthatarenotreachableviathe
normalaccessmet
hods(suchasSecureShell(SSH)orWMI)andthatdonothaveaphysical
consoleport(XR1000),orwhoseconsoleportisnotaccessible.XircondiscoversArraysonyour
networksubnetandcanthenestablishanencryptedconsoles
essiontotheArrayviathe
networkeveniftheArrayIPconfigurationisincorrect.XirconallowsyoutomanagetheArray
usingCLI,justasyouwouldifconnectedtotheconsoleport.Xirconalsohasanoptionfor
easilyaccessingXBL.
XirconaccesstotheArraymaybecontrolled.SinceXR1000Arraymodelsdonotha
vea
consoleport,thesemodelshaveXirconaccesstobothXBLandCLIenabledbydefault.For
Arraysthatdonothaveaconsoleport,toavoidpotentiallybeinglockedoutoftheArray,
XirconshouldalwaysbeenabledattheXBLlevelatleast.
IfyoudisableXirconac
cesstobothXBLandCLIonXR1000models,youmustensure
thatyoudonotlosetrackoftheusernameandpasswordtologintoCLI/WMI!Inthis
situation,thereisnowaytorecoverfromalostpassword,otherthanre
turningthe
ArraytoXirrus.IfyouhaveXirconaccesstoXBLenabled,youcanresetthepassword,
butthisrecoverywillrequiresettingtheunittofactorydefaultswithlossofall
configurationdata.
UsethefollowingstepstoreplacethedefaultXBLusernameandpassword.ThesestepsuseCLI
commands.