ProSAFE WC7600 Wireless Controller

Funzionalità e Demo Configurazione

Formazione Online

Andrea RossiSenior System Engineer

andrea.rossi@netgear.com

Why a Wireless Controller?

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Helps speed up deployment:

• Easy User Interface -hiding sophisticated algorithms

• Integrated planning tools: Predicted coverage per building / floor

Helps stay connected:

• Seamless L2/L3 fast roaming

• Automatic load balancing and RF planning, incl. advanced QoS / Rate limiting

Helps enforce comprehensive

security:

• RADIUS, Active Directory authentication

• VLANs compliance, internal / external AAA server

• Captive portal and Guest access management

Wireless Management Solution Scalability

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Up to 2000 devices Up to 6000 devices 6000+ devices

Affordable, value based wireless management

• Secure, enterprise class control

• Scale from 20 to 150 AP’s

• Full mobility / roaming support

• Guest Captive Portal

• Stack for redundancy / resiliency

• 10 AP incremental license

ProSAFE WC7520

Advanced, performance based wireless management

• Secure, enterprise class control

• Scale from 2 to 150 AP’s

• Support up to 6000 devices

• 802.11ac ready

• Premium AP support

• Stack for redundancy / resiliency

• 10 AP incremental license

ProSAFE WC7600

Advanced, high performance based wireless management

• Secure, enterprise class control

• Scale 2 - 200 APs per controller

• Stack 3 Controllers to support

upwards of 36,000 concurrent

connections / redundancy

• 802.11ac ready / Premium 11n

AP support

• 10, 50, 100 and 200 AP

incremental license

ProSAFE WC9500

When the WC7520 makes senseBasic, affordable centralised wireless management

+ Basic managed wireless is required, mainly for indoor coverage

+ Multimedia content is not a primary use case

+ There are no plans to upgrade to 802.11ac

+ There are no plans to deploy managed outdoor Access Points

+ Best fit is for small and medium organisations without a high concentration of users. Examples include

• Small to mid sized hotels without a high concentration of wireless users / no conference facilities

• Primary schools, kindergarten, assisted living centres, museums where wireless traffic usage is light

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When the WC7600 makes senseHigh performance, centralised wireless management

+ Rich multimedia content over wireless is important

+ Dedicated ‘in-room wireless’ Access Points required (WN370)

+ Deployments with a high density / concentration of wireless clients

+ Premium AP management required (WNDAP620 / WNDAP660)

+ Automated service load balancing for heavily congested areas / peak usage needs / areas of high interference allowing traffic to move from 2.4 GHz to the less congested 5 GHz band

+ Migration to 802.11ac in the future is required

+ Outdoor Access Point management is needed in the future

+ Typical customer scenarios include hotels up to 150 rooms, high schools, colleges, campus or warehouse deployments where heavy wireless traffic is expected

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When the WC9500 makes senseHigh performance, centralized wireless management

+ Rich multimedia content over wireless is important

+ Dedicated ‘in-room wireless’ Access Points required (WN370)

+ Deployments with a high density / concentration of wireless clients

+ Premium AP management required (WNDAP620 / WNDAP660)

+ Automated service load balancing for heavily congested areas / peak usage needs / areas of high interference allowing traffic to move from 2.4 GHz to the less congested 5 GHz band

+ Migration to 802.11ac in the future is required

+ Outdoor Access Point management is needed

+ Ideal targets: Hotels between 150-500 rooms, campus based schools and colleges with up to 6,000 students, campus and dense warehouse deployments – places where heavy wireless traffic is expected

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Wireless Controller Licenses

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SKU Description Controller

WC7510L-10000S Wireless Controller License for 10 AP’s WC7520 only

WC10APL-10000S Wireless Controller License for 10 AP’s WC7600 and WC9500

WC50APL-10000S Wireless Controller License for 50 AP’s WC9500 only

WC100APL-10000S Wireless Controller License for 100 AP’s WC9500 only

WC200APL-10000S Wireless Controller License for 200 AP’s WC9500 only

Pay As You Go LicensingTalk about clear pricing and TCO

+ What is it?

+ Each WC7600 and WC9500 comes with a default 2 starter AP license

+ To manage more than 2 AP’s, you need to order at least one additional license

+ What does this mean for my network?

+ Only pay for what you need, but you do need to remember to get the appropriate number of license needed (in block of 10 APs)

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1 starter

2 AP license

WC10APL

1 permanent

10 AP license

10 APs

Managed

INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS

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Key difference between the WC7520 and the WC7600

ProSAFE Access Point range compatibility

WC7600 Initial configuration and set-up

Dimensions

+ WC7520

+ (H) 43 mm x (W) 430 mm x (D) 260 mm

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+ WC7600

+ (H) 43 mm x (W) 430 mm x (D) 440 mm

For migration of WC7520 to WC7600, ensure sufficient clearance on the back

Ports

+ WC7500

+ 4 x 10/100 Mbps (RJ-45)

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For migration of WC7520 to WC7600, ensure matching ports availability

Most of the WC7520 connectivity is via single RJ-45

+ WC7600

+ 1 x 10/100/1000 Mbps (RJ-45)

+ 2 x 1/10 Gbps (SFP+)

License Management

+ WC7500

+ Default: 20 AP’s

+ Additional: WC7510APL-10000S

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Remember to order at least one WC10APL-10000S as part of the WC7600

When WC10APL-10000S is installed, it will overwrite the 2 test AP licenses

+ WC7600

+ Default: 2 test AP’s

+ Additional: WC10APL-10000S

WC7600 Wireless Controller Front view

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2 x 10G SFP+

1 x 1G (RJ-45)

WC7600 Wireless ControllerBack view

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Dual power supplies (APS300W)

Dual redundant fans

N.B. optional

redundant PSU

WNAP210

WNAP320

WNDAP350

WNDAP360

WN370

a/b/g/n(2x)

Multi-BSSID

Controller

Managed

Performance

WNDAP620

WNDAP660

450 Mbps

3x3 802.11n

Advanced Security

Controller

Managed

Premium

WN203

WN604

WAC120

Simple installation

Basic security

Standalone

SOHO

Access Point Diversity

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WND930

300 Mbps

2x2 802.11n

Advanced Security

Controller

Managed

Outdoor

Supported ProSAFE Access PointsGuide customers on numerous options

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WC7520

• WNDAP360

• WNDAP350

• WNDAP380Rv2 (China only)

• WNAP320

• WNAP210v2

WC7600/WC9500

• WNDAP660

• WNDAP620

• WNDAP360

• WNDAP350

• WNDAP380Rv2 (China only)

• WN370

• WNAP320

• WNAP210v2

• WND930 Outdoor AP

• 802.11ac Access Point (future)

WC7600 Simplified Installation

+ Heatmaps for best AP placement

+ Centralised f/w upgrades

+ APs default to managed mode on discovery

+ Distributed forwarding; in event of controller failure

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MANAGEMENT

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Ease of use

Easy to use web GUIComprehensive Dashboard

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WC7600: Ufasttm

Rapid AP discovery and set-up

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Bottleneck

+ Ufasttm leverages multicast protocol rather than unicast for firmware management to aggregate file transfer to maximize available network bandwidth.

+ Algorithm falls back to unicast in network without multicast support

Reduces set-up time, increases network scalability

and improves management

Managed 3 x 3 AP

+ What is it?• Centralized management and orchestration of power and frequency of multiple WNDAP660 3x3 802.11n (450Mbps) AP’s

+ What does mean for my network?• Optimal deployment for deployments, e.g. classrooms needing reliable delivery of multi-media HD content for students in high tech learning environment

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Rule of thumb: Design wireless network to support 30 concurrent

clients accessing HD content (4 Mbps) with 3x3 (450 Mbps) AP

Fully Distributed ForwardingImproves scalability and reduces latency

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Centralized architecture

Bottleneck

Latency

Fully distributed architecture

Signal only

No bottleneck

Data and signal

signal

Layer 2

Layer 3

ARP SuppressionMaximizes airtime utilization

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+ ARP Suppression stops ARP broadcast packets from taking precious airtime by suppressing ARP packets on APs that do not have the specific clients in the range

Who is Tom? I am Tom

ARP

More Airtime, Better User Experience

Highly Redundant Hardware

+ Redundant Fans and Hot Swappable Power Supply on an Enterprise grade chassis

+ Maximize uptime and increase redundancy

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Highly Redundant Configuration

+ Redundant N + 1 Stacked Configuration

+ Stack up to 3 Controllers with one backup controller

+ Maximize uptime and increase redundancy

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Bandsteering

+ What is it?*

+ Dynamically moves clients from a congested frequency (typically 2.4GHz) onto a less congested one (5GHz)

+ What does this mean for my network?

+ Adds capacity, by reducing network congestion for more balanced network bandwidth usage

+ Clients can be instructed to only join 5GHz even if 2.4GHz capable

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*Available as Q214

firmware upgrade

Monitoring Page with Stacking enabled

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3 controller stack

# of AP up/down

# of clients

Slave controller

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Network-wide client statistics

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Easily searchable

Deliver a more efficient and balanced network experience

+ What is provided?

+ Most Active AP

+ Most Active Client

+ Most Active SSID

+ What does this mean for my network?

+ Most Active AP: Do I need to install more AP’s in this area?

+ Most Active Client: Are these clients using the network appropriately?

+ Most Active SSID: Is the traffic profile what I expected?

Captive Portal

+ Select Captive portal for wireless users to be asked for a login and password before allowing wireless network access

Secure Mobile AccessRe-authentication Timeout

+ Set “Re-authentication Timeout” to X hours after which the Wi-Fi client will be redirected to the Web authentication page again to re-authenticate.

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Layer 2 and Layer 3 Mobility

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L3 network

Server

AP-1 AP-2

L2/L3 switch VLAN 20 L2/L3 switch VLAN 10

WC-1 WC-2