Cisco Mobility Express Deployment GuideFirst Published: 2016-01-06
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C O N T E N T S
P r e f a c e Preface vii
Audience vii
Document Organization vii
Command Syntax Conventions viii
Related Documentation x
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request x
C H A P T E R 1 Product Overview 1
Supported Cisco Aironet Access Points 2
Supported Features 3
Cisco Mobility Express CLI Commands 3
Licenses 3
Software Release Numbers 3
Interoperability 4
C H A P T E R 2 Getting Started 5
Ports 5
Access Point Status LEDs 6
Interfaces 7
WLANs 7
Switch Configuration 7
C H A P T E R 3 Deploying Mobility Express 9
Pre-requisites for Deploying Mobility Express 9
Connecting Mobility Express Capable Access Point 10
Configuring Mobility Express controller using Over-the-Air Setup Wizard 10
Configuring Mobility Express controller using Startup Wizard from CLI 17
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Console Connection 17
Startup Wizard from CLI 17
Logging into Mobility Express 18
C H A P T E R 4 Monitoring Mobility Express Network 21
Viewing Network Summary 21
Monitoring Dashboard 21
View Access Points Summary using GUI 23
View Access Points Summary using CLI 24
View Access Point Details using GUI 25
View Access Point Details using CLI 26
View Client Summary using GUI 27
View Client Summary using CLI 27
Viewing Wireless Dashboard 27
Viewing AP Performance 27
Viewing Client Performance 28
Best Practices 29
C H A P T E R 5 Managing Wireless Settings 31
WLANs 31
Creating WLANs using GUI 31
Access Points 38
Managing Access Point using GUI 38
WLAN Users 42
Creating a WLAN User using GUI 42
Guest WLANs 43
Creating WLAN using GUI 43
C H A P T E R 6 Managing Mobility Express Network 45
Management Access 45
Configuring Management Access using GUI 45
Configuring Management Access using CLI 47
Managing Administrator Accounts 47
Creating an Admin Account using GUI 47
Creating an Admin Account using CLI 48
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Editing an Admin Account using GUI 49
Editing an Admin Account using CLI 50
Deleting Admin Account using GUI 50
Deleting Admin Account using CLI 51
Managing Time on Mobility Express Controller 51
Configuring NTP Server on Mobility Express Controller using GUI 51
Configuring NTP Server on Mobility Express Controller using CLI 52
Configuring Date and Time Manually on Mobility Express Controller using GUI (Method
I) 53
Configuring Date and Time Manually on Mobility Express Controller using GUI (Method
II) 54
Configuring Date and Time Manually on Mobility Express Controller using CLI 55
Updating Cisco Mobility Express Software 55
Updating Cisco Mobility Express network using GUI 58
Updating Cisco Mobility Express Network using CLI 61
C H A P T E R 7 Using Advanced Settings 65
SNMP 65
Managing SNMP using GUI 65
Managing SNMP using CLI 66
Logging 67
System Logging using GUI 67
System Logging using GUI using CLI 68
Reset to Factory Default 69
Mobility Express Network to Factory Default using GUI 69
C H A P T E R 8 Adding an Access Point to Mobility Express Network 71
Adding an Access Point to Mobility Express Network 71
C H A P T E R 9 Master AP Failover and Electing a New Master 75
Master AP Failover 75
Master Election 76
C H A P T E R 1 0 Conversion 77
Converting a CAWAP AP into a Mobility Express AP 78
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Converting a Mobility Express AP into a CAPWAP AP 80
C H A P T E R 1 1 Managing Mobility Express Deployments from Cisco Prime Infrastructure 83
Adding Mobility Express to Prime 84
C H A P T E R 1 2 Mobility Express CLI Reference 93
Application Visibility Commands 93
ClearAir Commands 94
Controller Image Upgrade Commands 94
DNS Commands 94
Flexconnect Commands 94
Migration Commands 95
NTP Commands 95
Ports and Interface Commands 95
RRM Commands 95
Show Commands 95
Config Commands 96
Security Commands 99
Show Commands 99
Config Commands 100
System Management Commands 101
UX Regulatory Domain Commands 102
VRRP Command 102
WGB Commands 102
WLAN Commands 103
Config Commands 103
Show Commands 105
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Contents
Preface
Audience, page vii
Document Organization, page vii
Command Syntax Conventions, page viii
Related Documentation, page x
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request , page x
AudienceThis publication is for experienced network administrators who configure andmaintain CiscoMobility Expresswireless network.
Document OrganizationThis document is organized into the following chapters:
Table 1: Document Organization
DescriptionChapter
Provides details of supported Cisco Aironet accesspoints, list of features, licenses, software releasenumbers, and supported software images.
Product Overview
Describes about Mobility Express ports, interfaces,WLANs, LED states and access switch configuration.
Getting Started
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DescriptionChapter
It describes the pre-requisites for deployingMobilityExpress Solution, connecting CiscoMobility ExpressCapable AP, determining the image on the AccessPoint, converting a CAWAP AP into a MobilityExpress AP,converting a Mobility Express AP intoa CAPWAP AP, configuring Mobility ExpressController using Over-the-Air Setup Wizard andConfiguring Mobility Express Controller usingStartup Wizard from CLI.
Deploying Cisco Mobility Express Solution
It briefs about creating DHCP scopes for Wirelessnetworks
Creating DHCP Scopes for Wireless Networks
It describes about theWLANs, creating networks andguest access.
Creating Wireless Networks
It provides details of managing WLAN users.Managing WLAN Users
It briefs about managing Access Points and addingan Access Point to Mobility Express Network.
Managing Access Points
Briefs about adding an access point to the MobilityExpress network.
Managing the Mobility Express Network
It describes about SNMP, logging, RF Optimization,controller tools and the ways to collect export of logs,core and crash files.
Using Advanced Settings
It describes the Master AP Failover and MasterElection.
Master AP Failover and Electing a New Master
It describes Cisco CMX cloud, Cisco CMX cloudsolution compatibility matrix,minimum requirementsfor CMXCloud deploymen, CMX cloud trial sign
