Wireless

Autonomous APs— WLSE + WDS

WLSE - centralized configuration, monitoring, and management

WDS -radio monitoring and management communication between the autonomous APs and

CiscoWorks WLSE

LWAP - WLC (controllers) + WCS

WLSE

■ Configuration—One CiscoWorks WLSE console supports up to 2500 APs. Configuration

changes can be performed in mass, individually, or in defined groups as desired or on a

schedule time. All Cisco Aironet APs are supported.

■ Fault and policy monitoring—WLSE monitors device faults and performance threshold

conditions

■ Reporting—WLSE provides the capability to e-mail, print, and export reports. Client,

device, and security information can all be tracked and reported.

■ Firmware—WLSE performs centralized firmware upgrades. Upgrades can be done in mass,

individually, or in defined groups as desired or on a scheduled time.

■ Radio management—WLSE assists in management of the WLAN radio environment. Radio

management features include parameter generation, network status, and reports.

■ Deployment wizard—WLSE provides a deployment wizard that discovers, uploads

configurations, and manages all deployed AP

WCS has three versions:

■ WCS Base

■ WCS Location

■ WCS Location + 2700 Series Wireless Location Appliance

■ Configuration for controllers and managed APs using customer-defined templates

■ Status and alarm monitoring of all managed devices with automated and manual client

monitoring and control functions

■ Automated monitoring of rogue APs, coverage holes, security violations, controllers, and APs

■ Event log information for data clients, rogue APs, coverage holes, security violations,

controllers, and APs

■ Automatic channel and power level assignment using radio resource management (RRM)

■ User-defined audit status, missed trap polling, configuration backups, and policy cleanups