Configuring Flashing Leds; Authorizing Access Points Using Mics - Cisco SD2008T-NA Configuration Manual

Configuring Flashing LEDs

Configuring Flashing LEDs
Controller software release 4.0 enables you to flash the LEDs on an access point in order to locate it. All
IOS lightweight access points support this feature.
Use these commands to configure LED flashing from the Privileged Exec mode of the controller.
The output of these commands is sent only to the controller console, regardless of whether the commands
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were issued on the console or in a TELNET/SSH CLI session.
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Authorizing Access Points Using MICs

You can configure controllers to use RADIUS servers to authorize access points using MICs. The
controller uses an access point's MAC address as both the username and password when sending the
information to a RADIUS server. For example, if the MAC address of the access point is 000b85229a70,
both the username and password used by the controller to authorize the access point are 000b85229a70.
The lack of a strong password by the use of the access point's MAC address should not be an issue
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because the controller uses MIC to authenticate the access point prior to authorizing the access point
through the RADIUS server. Using MIC provides strong authentication.
If you use the MAC address as the username and password for access point authentication on a RADIUS
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AAA server, do not use the same AAA server for client authentication.
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To enable the controller to send commands to the access point from its CLI, enter this command:
config ap remote-debug enable Cisco_AP
To cause a specific access point to flash its LEDs for a specified number of seconds, enter this
command:
config ap remote-debug exc-command "led flash seconds" Cisco_AP
You can enter a value between 1 and 3600 seconds for the seconds parameter.
To disable LED flashing for a specific access point, enter this command:
config ap remote-debug exc-command "led flash disable" Cisco_AP
This command disables LED flashing immediately. For example, if you run the previous command
(with the seconds parameter set to 60 seconds) and then disable LED flashing after only 20 seconds,
the access point's LEDs stop flashing immediately.
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