Brocade Mobility 5181 Access Point Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.4.0.0) - Manual (Page 5)

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Power options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Power Injector and Power Tap systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Installing the Power Tap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mounting a Mobility 5181 Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Mobility 5181 Access Point pole mounted installations . . . . . .28
Mobility 5181 Access Point wall mounted installations . . . . . . 31
Mobility 5181 Access Point LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Setting up clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Chapter 3 Getting Started
Installing the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Configuration options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Initially connecting to the Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Connecting to the Access Point using the WAN port . . . . . . . . .36
Connecting to the Access Point using the LAN port . . . . . . . . .36
Basic device configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Configuring device settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Testing connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Where to go from here?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Chapter 4 System Configuration
Configuring system settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Adaptive AP setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Configuring data access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Defining trusted hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Managing Certificate Authority (CA) certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Importing a CA certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Creating self certificates for accessing the VPN . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Creating a certificate for onboard RADIUS authentication . . . .60
Apache certificate management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Configuring SNMP settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Configuring SNMP access control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Enabling SNMP traps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Configuring specific SNMP traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configuring SNMP RF trap thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Configuring LLDP Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Logging configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Importing/exporting configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Updating device firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Upgrade/downgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91