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• Power over Ethernet is supported on RFS4000 and RFS6000 model controllers and NX4524
and NX6524 model service platforms only. When enabled, the controller supports 802.3af PoE
on each of its ge ports.
• When changing from a default DHCP address to a fixed IP address, set a static route first. This
is critical when the controller or service platform is being accessed from a subnet not directly
connected to the controller or service platform and the default route was set from DHCP.
• Take care not to modify an Access Point’s configuration using its resident Web UI, CLI or SNMP
interfaces when managed by a profile, or risk the Access Point having a configuration
independent from the profile until the profile can be uploaded to the Access Point once again.
Profile Network Configuration
Setting a profile’s network configuration is a large task comprised of numerous administration
activities.
A profile’s network configuration process consists of the following:
• Setting a Profile’s DNS Configuration
• ARP
• L2TPV3 Configuration
• GRE Configuration
• IGMP Snooping
• Quality of Service (QoS) Configuration
• Spanning Tree
• Routing Configuration
• Dynamic Routing (OSPF)
• Forwarding Database
• Bridge VLAN
• Cisco Discovery Protocol Configuration
• Link Layer Discovery Protocol Configuration
• Miscellaneous Network Configuration
• Profile Alias Configuration
Before beginning any of the profile network configuration activities described in the sections above,
review the configuration and deployment considerations available in
Profile Network Configuration
and Deployment Considerations .
Setting a Profile’s DNS Configuration
Profile Network Configuration
Domain Naming System (DNS) DNS is a hierarchical naming system for resources connected to the
Internet or a private network. Primarily, DNS resources translate domain names into IP addresses.
If one DNS server doesn't know how to translate a particular domain name, it asks another one
until the correct IP address is returned. DNS enables access to resources using human friendly
notations. DNS converts human friendly domain names into notations used by different networking
equipment for locating resources.