Before Beginning The Installation; Becoming Familiar With Access Point Installation Components - Cisco Aironet 1530 Series, 1532 Installation Manual

Installation Guidelines
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Before Beginning the Installation

Before you begin the installation process:
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Becoming Familiar with Access Point Installation Components

The access point is designed to be installed in an outdoor environment, such as the exterior roof overhang
of a tall building or a streetlight pole. Carefully review the following figures to become familiar with the
system components, connectors, indicators, cables, system interconnection, and grounding:
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The illustrations in this document show all available connections for the access point. Unused
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connections are capped with a connector plug to ensure the watertight integrity of the access point. Cable
glands are provided for connector openings, which can be installed before or after deploying the access
point.
Cisco Aironet 1530 Series Outdoor Access Point Hardware Installation Guide
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Do you have the proper permits, if required?
Are you following the proper safety procedures and practices?
Have you configured the access points before you go onsite? It is always easier to resolve
configurations or device problems first.
Do you have the proper tools and equipment to complete your survey.
Ensure that a site survey has been performed.
Ensure that your network infrastructure devices are operational and properly configured.
Ensure that your controllers are connected to switch trunk ports.
Ensure that your switch is configured with untagged access ports for connecting your access points.
Ensure that a DHCP server with Option 43 configured is reachable by your access points, or
manually configure the controller information in the access point (for additional information, refer
to the "Configuring DHCP Option 43" section on page
Become familiar with the access point installation components (see the
Access Point Installation Components" section on page
Components in a typical access point installation (see
Pole mount installation (see
Streetlight power tap installation, works only with the AC/DC power adapter (see
that this type of deployment requires an alternate AP mounting kit. See
section for more information.
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