Configuring Management Interface - Cisco 3504 Installation Manual

Installing the Cisco 3504 Wireless Controller
• 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:
• config port linktrap {port | all} {enable | disable}—Enables or disables the up and down link traps
• configport adminmode {port | all} {enable | disable}—Enables or disables the administrative mode
The management interface is the default interface for in-band management of the controller and connectivity
to enterprise services such as AAA servers. It is also used for communications between the controller and
access points. The management interface has the only consistently "pingable" in-band interface IP address on
the controller. You can access the GUI of the controller by entering the management interface IP address of
the controller in the address field of either Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browser.
Following are the steps to configure the management interface:
Procedure
Step 1 Enter the show interface detailed management command to view the current management interface settings.
Note
Step 2 Enter the config wlan disable wlan-id command to disable each WLAN that uses the management interface
for distribution system communication.
Step 3 Enter these commands to define the management interface:
• config interface address management ip-addr ip-netmask gateway
• config interface quarantine vlan management-interface vlan-id
• config interface vlan management {vlan-id | 0}
• config interface port management physical-ds-port-number
• config interface dhcp management primary ip-address-of-primary-dhcp-server [secondary
for a specific controller port or for all ports.
for a specific controller port or for all ports.
The management interface uses the controller's factory-set distribution system MAC address.
Use the config interface quarantine vlan management vlan_id command to configure a quarantine
Note
VLAN on the management interface.
Enter 0 for an untagged VLAN or a nonzero value for a tagged VLAN. We recommend using
Note
tagged VLANs for the management interface.
ip-address-of-secondary-dhcp-server]
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