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Wireless Switch Configuration Tasks

2-4 Configuration

Configuring RoamAbout Wireless Switches Using RASM

YoucanuseRASMrunninginyourcorporatenetworktoconfiguredistributedRoamAbout

wirelessswitches.YoucanstageanymodelofwirelessswitchbypreconfiguringIPconnectivity

andenablingauto‐config,thensendingtheswitchtotheremoteoffice.TheswitchcontactsRASM

inthecorporatenetworktocompleteitsconfiguration.

ThisinstallationoptionrequiressomeonetopreconfiguretheswitchinaRASMnetworkplanand

someonetophysicallyinstallandpowerontheswitch.

Preconfigure the Wireless Switch in RASM

Ifyouknowtheswitch’sserialnumber,usethefollowingproceduretosetuptheswitch’s

configurationinRASM.

1. StartRASMServices.

2. StartaRASMclientandconnecttoRASMServices.

3. SelectTools>RASMServicesSetupfromthemenubarinthemainRASMwindow.The

RASMServicesSetupwizardappears.

4. On

theServiceSettingstabofthewizard(displayedbydefault),selectAllowremoteaccess,

intheAccessControloptionsgroup.

5. SelecttheRoamAboutwirelessswitchConnectionSettingstab.

6. SelectAcceptself‐signedcertificates,intheConnectionSecuritygroupofoptions.

7. ClickSave,thenclickClose.

8. SelectFile>Opento

openthenetworkplanforthesite,orselectFile>Newtocreateanew

networkplan.

9. SelectConfig>Insert>MobilityExchangetoaccess theCreateMobilityExchangewizard.

10. EnteranamefortheswitchintheRoamAboutwirelessswitchNamebox.

11. Selecttheswitchmodel.

12. Entertheserialnumber

intheSerialNumberbox.

13. Configureotherparametersasrequiredfor theswitch’sdeployment.

14. ClickFinishtosavetheswitchconfigurationand closethewizard.

LeaveRASMServicesrunning.Whentheswitchispoweredonattheremotesite,theswitchuses

itsDHCPclienttoobtainanIPaddress,thencontacts

RASMServicestorequestaconfiguration.

Stage the Wireless Switch

YoucanusethismethodofremoteconfigurationforanyRoamAboutwirelessswitch,and

regardlessofwhetherthelocaloffice(theswitchinstallationsite)hasaDHCPserverorDNS

server.

Preparing the Network

IfthenetworkwheretheswitchwillbeinstalledhasaDNSserver,addanentrythatmapstheIP

addressofRASMServicestothehostnamewlan‐config‐srv.Includethecorporatenetwork’s

domainnameintheentry(forexample,wlan‐config‐srv.example.com).Alternatively,youcan

configureanIP

aliasontheswitchitselfthatmapstheserverIPaddresstothiswell‐knownname.

(See“Example2:DeploymentSiteHasNoDHCPandNoDNS”onpage 2‐6.)

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