Controller Discovery - Extreme Networks Altitude 4700 Series Product Reference Manual

Controller Discovery

For an Access Point to function as an AAP (regardless of mode), it needs to connect to a controller to
receive its configuration. There are two methods of controller discovery:
Auto Discovery Using DHCP on page 607
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Manual Adoption Configuration on page
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Auto Discovery Using DHCP
Extended Global Options 189, 190, 191, 192 can be used or Embedded Option 43 - Vendor Specific
options can be embedded in Option 43 using the vendor class identifier: ExtremeAP.4700.
Table 1: Auto Discovery Using DHCP
List of Controller IP addresses
(separate by comma, semi-colon, or space delimited)
Controller FQDN
Access Point Encryption IPSec Passphrase (Hashed) **
Access Point controller discovery mode
1 = auto discovery enable
2 = auto discover enabled (using IPSec)
** The Access Point uses an encryption key to hash passphrases and security keys. To obtain the
passphrase, configure an Access Point with the passphrase and export the configuration file.
Altitude 4700 Series Access Point Product Reference Guide
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188
190
191
192
Data Type
String
String
String
String
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