Cisco 2504 User Manual

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Cisco 2500 Series Wireless Controller Getting Started Guide
Unpacking and Preparing the Controller for Operation
• A system (controller name), such as controller. The system name can contain up to 32 printable
ASCII characters.
• An administrative username and password, which can contain up to 24 printable ASCII characters.
Note You must enter a username and password and the configured username and password cannot be the same.
• A management interface (DS Port or network interface port) IP address, such as 10.40.0.4.
• A management interface netmask address, such as 255.255.255.0.
• A management interface default router IP address, such as 10.40.0.5.
• A VLAN identifier if the management interface is assigned to a VLAN, such as 40 or 0 for an
untagged VLAN.
• A management interface port, such as 1.
• A management interface DHCP server IP address, such as 10.40.0.6 (the IP address of the default
DHCP server that will supply IP addresses to clients and the management interface.
• A virtual gateway IP address (a fictitious, unassigned IP address, such as 192.0.2.1, used by all Cisco
wireless controller Layer 3 security and mobility managers).
• A Cisco wireless controller mobility or RF group name, such as rfgrp40 if required. An RF group
name can contain up to 19 printable ASCII characters.
• An 802.11 network name (SSID), such as wlan1. An SSID can contain up to 32 printable,
case-sensitive ASCII characters.
• DHCP bridging
• Whether or not to allow static IP addresses from clients, either Yes or No.
– Yes is more convenient, but has lower security (session can be hijacked).
– No is less convenient, but has higher security and works well for Windows XP devices.
• RADIUS server IP address, communications port, and secret if you are configuring a RADIUS
server, such as 10.40.0.3, 1812, and mysecretcode.
• The country code for this installation. Enter help to see a list or refer to the Cisco Wireless LAN
Controller Configuration Guide for country code information. This guide is available at cisco.com.
• Status of the 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n networks, either enabled or disabled.
• Status of Radio Resource Management (RRM), either enabled or disabled.
Configuring Management Interface
When you save the controller's configuration, the controller stores it in XML format in flash memory.
Controller software release 5.2 or later releases enable you to easily read and modify the configuration
file by converting it to CLI format. When you upload the configuration file to a TFTP/FTP/SFTP server,
the controller initiates the conversion from XML to CLI. You can then read or edit the configuration file
in a CLI format on the server. When you are finished, you download the file back to the controller, where
it is reconverted to an XML format and saved.
The controller does not support the uploading and downloading of port configuration CLI commands. If
you want to configure the controller ports, enter these commands:

Cisco 2504 Specifications

General

Number of users	25 user(s)
Networking standards	IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11h, IEEE 802.11n, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
Maximum data transfer rate	1000 Mbit/s
Quality of Service (QoS) support	Yes
Internal	No
LED indicators	Link, Power, Status
WAN connection	Ethernet (RJ-45)
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports	5
Security algorithms	3DES, DES, MD5, SSL/TLS, WPA, WPA2
Storage temperature (T-T)	-25 - 70 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 40 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	0 - 95 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 95 %
Safety	UL 60950-1, EN 60950:2005, FCC 15.107, FCC 15.109, ICES-003, VCCI, EN 55022, EN 55024
Power supply type	AC
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power requirements	100 - 240 V

Weight and Dimensions

Weight	1590 g
Dimensions (WxDxH)	271.5 x 203.2 x 43.9 mm