Quick Start GuideCisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switches

Cisco SF500-24P Quick Start Manual

regulatory compliance and safety information

Statement 12—Power Supply Disconnection Warning

Statement 19—TN Power Warning

Statement 43—Jewelry Removal Warning

Statement 94—Wrist Strap Warning

Statement 119—Unit Short Circuit Protection

Statement 150—Power Off Before Working on System

Statement 162—EU Public Network Port Warning

Statement 199—Emergency Access Warning

Statement 245B—Explosive Device Proximity Wireless Network Device

Statement 332—Antenna Installation Warning

Statement 1001—Work During Lightning Activity

Statement 1004—Installation Instructions

Statement 1021—SELV Circuit

Statement 1023—No. 26 AWG

Statement 1030—Equipment Installation

Statement 1040—Product Disposal

Statement 1072—Shock Hazard from Interconnections

Statement 1073—No User-Serviceable Parts

Statement 1074—Comply with Local and National Electrical Codes

European Directives

Standards Compliance

EMC Class A Notices and Warnings

Japanese Electric Appliance and Radio Laws

Telecom Approvals Listing

Obtaining Documentation, Obtaining Support, and Security Guidelines

500 Series

product specifications

abbreviations and acronyms

System Overview

Chapter 1 
 Overview

The Cisco 526 Wireless Express Mobility Controller

WLC526 Controller Overview

WLC526 Controller Specifications

Configuration Options

CCA Guide Mode and CCA Expert Mode

Smartport Support for Catalyst Express 500 Series Switches

Using the Command-Line Interface

Access Points

Adding a New Controller

Verifying and Configuring Your Ethernet Adapter

Configuring your Ethernet Adapter to a Static IP Address

Adding LAP521 Access Points

Chapter 3 
 Creating and Connecting to a Community

Creating a Community

connecting to a community

Connecting To a Community

creating a new wlan

Chapter 4 
 Creating and Modifying WLAN and VLAN

modify a wlan

Modify a WLAN

adding a vlan

Adding a VLAN

modifying a vlan

Modifying a VLAN

upgrading controller software

Chapter 5 
 Controller Software Upgrade

Restarting the Controller Using CCA

C H A P T E R 6 Restarting, Resetting, Backing Up, and Restoring the Controller

Backing Up the Controller Configuration

Restoring the Controller Configuration

Manually Restarting the Controller Using the Reset Button

Manually Resetting the Controller to Factory Defaults

adding a guest access vlan

C H A P T E R 7 Adding Guest Access with Web Authentication

creating a new ssid for the guest vlan

Creating a New SSID for the Guest VLAN

adding a guest user

Adding a Guest User

adding an employee access vlan

C H A P T E R 8 Adding Employee Access with Web Authentication

creating a new wlan ssid for the employee vlan

Creating a New WLAN SSID for the Employee VLAN

adding an employee user

Adding an Employee User

C H A P T E R 9 Adding Voice Access with Web Authentication

Adding a Voice-Enabled VLAN

creating a new ssid for the voice vlan

Creating a New SSID for the Voice VLAN

Overview

A P P E N D I X A Configuring DHCP Option 43 for Cisco 520 Series Access Points

Appendix B 
 Converting an Autonomou Acces Point

using cca to convert an ap521 access point

Using CCA to Convert an AP521 Access Point

deployment recommendations

A P P E N D I X C Deployment Recommendations and Feature List

Software Feature List for the WLC526 Controller

quick start guide

before you begin

front panel

placement tips

verifying the hardware installation

troubleshooting

where to go from here

connecting network devices

stacking the switches

right side

front panel leds

reset button

troubleshoot your connection

features and benefits

service and support

panel frontal

panel posterior

panneau avant

voice services

feature access codes

feature description

about this guide

document conventions

introduction to the security appliance

security policy overview

applying http, https, or ftp filtering

vpn functional overview

intrusion prevention services functional overview

getting started

restoring the factory default configuration

asa 5510 and higher default configuration

pix 515/515e default configuration

setting transparent or routed firewall mode

working with the configuration

saving configuration changes in single context mode

copying the startup configuration to the running configuration

clearing and removing configuration settings

how the security appliance classifies packets

invalid classifier criteria

classification examples

cascading security contexts

management access to security contexts

context administrator access

restoring single context mode

interface overview

understanding asa 5505 ports and interfaces

default interface configuration

configuring a switch port as a trunk port

allowing communication between vlan interfaces on the same security level

configuring ethernet settings, redundant interfaces, and subinterfaces

configuring and enabling fiber interfaces

configuring the fiber interface

redundant interface overview

adding a redundant interface

changing the active interface

maximum subinterfaces

resource limits

class members

configuring a security context

automatically assigning mac addresses to context interfaces

changing between contexts and the system execution space

changing the admin context

reloading a security context

reloading by removing and re-adding the context

viewing resource allocation

viewing resource usage

monitoring syn attacks in contexts

configuring interface parameters

interface parameters overview

default state of interfaces

allowing communication between interfaces on the same security level

configuring basic settings

setting the date and time

setting the time zone and daylight saving time date range

setting the date and time using an ntp server

setting the management ip address for a transparent firewall

configuring ip routing

configuring a static route

configuring a default static route

configuring static route tracking

defining route maps

configuring ospf

ospf overview

redistributing routes into ospf

configuring ospf interface parameters

launching the configuration utility

quick start device configuration

Interface Naming Conventions

window navigation

system summary

etherlike statistics

gvrp statistics

x eap statistics

acl statistics

tcam utilization

Health

rmon statistics

rmon history

rmon history table

rmon events control

rmon alarms

view log

setting system log settings

setting remote logging settings

viewing memory logs

system files

Upgrade/Backup Firmware/Language

active image

configuration file backwards compatibility

configuration files properties

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