Chapter 3: Wireless Lan (Wlan) 8100 Configuration Overview - Avaya WLAN 8100 Quick Start Manual

Chapter 3: Wireless LAN (WLAN) 8100
The wireless LAN (WLAN) 8100 solution supports the following deployment models:
• Avaya Overlay:
In this deployment, the Wireless Controller 8180 (WC) controls/manages Access Points (AP)
over a control channel and data is tunneled between APs and the WC over an access tunnel.
Two or more WCs in the domain form a cluster, with a mesh of control channels and data
tunnels between each other.
• Avaya VENA Unified Access:
In this deployment, the Wireless Controller is deployed in the control-plane only mode of
operation of the 8180 platform. This device then hosts only wireless control function and is
called a wireless control point (WCP). A switch such as the Avaya ERS 8600/8800 introduced
into the network, tunnels traffic (data) and is known as the wireless switching point (WSP). The
APs and WSPs tunnel traffic between each other over an access tunnel and the WSPs tunnel
traffic between each other over a mobility tunnel.
For more information about these deployment models and the complete solution, see the WLAN
8100 product documentation suite at http://www.avaya.com.
Important:
This document describes the WLAN configuration for the Overlay deployment only. For
information on wireless LAN configuration for Unified Access deployments, see Quick Start
Unified Access Deployment Configuration for Avaya WLAN 8100, NN47251-111.
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Avaya WLAN 8100 system components
WLAN network design
Configuration requirements
Configuration options
Configuration workflow
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Quick Start Overlay Deployment Configuration for Avaya WLAN 8100
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