Brocade Mobility 5181 Access Point Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.4.0.0) - Manual (Page 401)

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Establishing basic adaptive AP connectivity
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Adaptive AP configuration
An AAP can be manually adopted by the controller, adopted using a configuration file (consisting of
the adaptive parameters) pushed to the access point or adopted using DHCP options. Each of
these adoption techniques is described in the sections that follow.
Adopting an adaptive AP manually
To manually enable the access point’s controller discovery method and connection medium
required for adoption:
1. Select System Configuration -> Adaptive AP Setup from the access point’s menu tree.
CAUTION
If deploying the access point as an AAP with a remote layer 3 configuration and the AAP is set for
controller auto discovery (primary/standby), the access point will un-adopt from its controller
after a few moments. To remedy this problem, ensure LAN1 has 802.1q trunking enabled and
the correct management VLAN defined.
2. Select the Auto Discovery Enable checkbox.
Enabling auto discovery will allow the AAP to be detected by a controller once its connectivity
medium has been configured (by completing steps 3-6)
3. Enter up to 12 Controller IP Addresses constituting the target controllers available for AAP
connection.
The AAP will begin establishing a connection with the first addresses in the list. If unsuccessful,
the AP will continue down the list (in order) until a connection is established.
4. If a numerical IP address is unknown, but you know a controller’s fully qualified domain name
(FQDN), enter the name as the Controller FQDN value.
5. Select the Enable AP-Controller Tunnel option to allow AAP configuration data to reach a
controller using a secure VPN tunnel.
6. If using IPSec as the tunnel resource, enter the IPSec Passkey to ensure IPSec connectivity.
7. Click Apply to save the changes to the AAP setup.
NOTE
The manual AAP adoption described above can also be conducted using the access point’s CLI
interface using the admin(system.aapsetup)> command.
Adopting an adaptive AP using a configuration file
To adopt an AAP using a configuration file:
1. Refer to Adopting an adaptive AP manually and define the AAP controller connection
parameters.
2. Export the AAP’s configuration to a secure location.