User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- Installing the Wireless Array
- Installation Prerequisites
- Planning Your Installation
- Installation Workflow
- Installing Your Wireless Array
- Powering Up the Wireless Array
- Establishing Communication with the Array
- Entering the License
- Performing the Express Setup Procedure
- The Web Management Interface
- Viewing Status on the Wireless Array
- Configuring the Wireless Array
- Express Setup
- Network
- Services
- VLANs
- Tunnels
- Security
- SSIDs
- Groups
- IAPs
- WDS
- Filters
- Clusters
- Using Tools on the Wireless Array
Wireless Array
Introduction 5
Wireless Array Product Overview
Part of the family of Xirrus products, the Wireless Array is a high capacity, multi-
mode device designed with up to four times the coverage and eight times the
bandwidth and user density compared with legacy thin access point wireless
products. Its distributed intelligence eliminates the use of separate controllers and
their accompanying bottlenecks. Each radio, with its directional high-gain
antennas, can achieve up to 450 Mbps throughput (on XR-1000 and higher Array
modesl).
Figure 2. Wireless Array (XR Series)
The Wireless Array (regardless of the product model) is Wi-Fi® compliant and
simultaneously supports 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n clients. The multi-
state design allows you to assign radios to 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands (or both) in
any desired arrangement. Integrated switching and active enterprise class
features such as VLAN support and multiple SSID capability enable robust
network compatibility and a high level of scalability and system control.
The optional Xirrus Management System (XMS) allows global management of
hundreds of Arrays from a central location.
Multiple versions of the Array with different numbers of Integrated Access Points
(IAPs) support a variety of deployment applications.