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RUCKUS SmartZone (ST-GA) Network Administration Guide, 7.0.0 800-73597-001 Rev F

  • Preface
    • 3 Contact Information, Resources, and Conventions
      • 3.1 Contacting RUCKUS Customer Services and Support
      • 3.2 Document Feedback
      • 3.3 RUCKUS Product Documentation Resources
      • 3.4 Online Training Resources
      • 3.5 Document Conventions
      • 3.6 Command Syntax Conventions
    • 4 About This Guide
      • 4.1 About This Guide
      • 4.2 New In This Document
    • 5 License Requirements to Manage Access Points and Switches
      • 5.1 AP and Switch Capacity Licenses
        • 5.1.1 Verifying the Available AP Capacity Licenses in the Controller
        • 5.1.2 Verifying the Available Switch Capacity Licenses in the Controller
      • 5.2 AP Support Licenses
        • 5.2.1 Verifying the AP Support Licenses
    • 6 SmartZone Network Hierarchy
      • 6.1 SmartZone Domains
        • 6.1.1 Partner Domains
      • 6.2 AP Zones
        • 6.2.1 AP Groups
      • 6.3 WLAN Groups
      • 6.4 Switch Groups
    • 7 Creating an AP Domain
      • 7.1 Limiting the Number of APs in a Domain or Zone
      • 7.2 Limiting the AP count for a Partner Domain or a System Zone
      • 7.3 Limiting the AP count for a Zone in a Partner Domain
    • 8 AP Groups
      • 8.1 Working with AP Groups
      • 8.2 Cybersecurity
      • 8.3 Creating an AP Group
    • 9 Working with AP Zones
      • 9.1 Creating an AP Zone
      • 9.2 Automated Frequency Coordination System
        • 9.2.1 AFC Power Modes
        • 9.2.2 RUCKUS AFC System Architecture
        • 9.2.3 How RUCKUS AP Geolocation Works
        • 9.2.4 Mobile Applications
        • 9.2.5 Enabling Automated Frequency Coordination from SmartZone
        • 9.2.6 Checking Automated Frequency Coordination Status
      • 9.3 Radio Band Features
        • 9.3.1 Band or Spectrum Configuration
        • 9.3.2 Auto Cell Sizing
        • 9.3.3 ChannelFly and Background Scanning
        • 9.3.4 BSS Coloring
      • 9.4 Moving an AP Zone Location
      • 9.5 Working with Zone Templates
        • 9.5.1 Creating a New Zone using a Zone Template
        • 9.5.2 Extracting a Zone Template
        • 9.5.3 Applying a Zone Template
        • 9.5.4 Configuring Templates
          • 9.5.4.1 Creating Zone Templates
          • 9.5.4.2 Exporting Zone Templates
          • 9.5.4.3 Importing Zone Templates
        • 9.5.5 Overview of Access Point Configuration
      • 9.6 Moving a Single Access Point to a Different AP Zone
      • 9.7 Working with Maps
        • 9.7.1 Importing a Floorplan Map
        • 9.7.2 Viewing RF Signal Strength
        • 9.7.3 Monitoring APs Using the Map View
    • 10 AP Provisioning and Swapping
      • 10.1 Provisioning and Swapping Access Points
      • 10.2 Options for Provisioning and Swapping APs
      • 10.3 Approving Access Points
        • 10.3.1 Approving Mesh APs
        • 10.3.2 Viewing Mesh APs
      • 10.4 Working with AP Registration Rules
        • 10.4.1 Creating an AP Registration Rule
        • 10.4.2 Configuring Registration Rule Priorities
      • 10.5 Creating an AP MAC OUI Address
      • 10.6 ZD Migration
        • 10.6.1 ZoneDirector to SmartZone Migration
      • 10.7 AP Switchover
        • 10.7.1 Configuring AP Switchover
      • 10.8 Switch Over Managed APs and External DPs
      • 10.9 Rehoming Managed APs
        • 10.9.1 AP Auto Rehome
      • 10.10 Rebalancing APs
      • 10.11 Triggering a Preferred Node
      • 10.12 Configuring Node Affinity
        • 10.12.1 Enabling Node Affinity
        • 10.12.2 Disabling Node Affinity
    • 11 Reports
      • 11.1 Report Generation
        • 11.1.1 Creating Reports
        • 11.1.2 Generating Reports
    • 12 Global AP Settings
      • 12.1 Configuring APs
        • 12.1.1 Overview of Access Point Configuration
        • 12.1.2 Configuring Access Points
      • 12.2 Swap Configuration
        • 12.2.1 Editing Swap Configuration
        • 12.2.2 Understanding How Swapping Works
        • 12.2.3 Tagging Critical APs
        • 12.2.4 Setting the Country Code
        • 12.2.5 Configuring the Tunnel UDP Port
      • 12.3 AP Admin Password and Recovery SSID
      • 12.4 Power Source in AP Configuration
      • 12.5 Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
        • 12.5.1 Supported LLDP Attributes
        • 12.5.2 Viewing LLDP Neighbors
      • 12.6 Link Aggregration Protocol (LACP)
        • 12.6.1 Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) support for R720 AP
        • 12.6.2 Enabling the LACP Support for a Zone
        • 12.6.3 Enabling LACP Support for an AP
        • 12.6.4 Enabling LACP Support for an AP Group
        • 12.6.5 Creating a Bond Port Profile
      • 12.7 AP Ethernet Ports
        • 12.7.1 Creating an Ethernet Port Profile
        • 12.7.2 Designating an Ethernet Port Type
        • 12.7.3 Access Ports
        • 12.7.4 Trunk Ports
        • 12.7.5 General Ports
      • 12.8 Model Specific Settings
        • 12.8.1 Configuring Model-Based Settings
        • 12.8.2 Configuring the Port Settings of a Particular AP Model
    • 13 AP Services
      • 13.1 DHCP & NAT
        • 13.1.1 Viewing DHCP and NAT Information
        • 13.1.2 Working with DHCP
          • 13.1.2.1 DHCP Server or NAT Router
          • 13.1.2.2 Network Topology
          • 13.1.2.3 Hierarchical Network Topology
          • 13.1.2.4 Configuring AP-based DHCP Service Settings
          • 13.1.2.5 Creating an AP DHCP Pool
          • 13.1.2.6 Creating Profile-based DHCP
            • 13.1.2.6.1 Configuring DHCP Global Settings
            • 13.1.2.6.2 Configuring DHCP Pool Settings
          • 13.1.2.7 Creating Profile-based NAT
            • 13.1.2.7.1 Configuring NAT Global Settings
            • 13.1.2.7.2 Configuring NAT Pool Setting
          • 13.1.2.8 Configuring DHCP Server or NAT Router with Mesh Options
      • 13.2 Domain Name System (DNS)
        • 13.2.1 Creating a DNS Server Profile
        • 13.2.2 Creating a DNS Spoofing Profile
      • 13.3 Managing AP Certificates
      • 13.4 AP Restricted Access
      • 13.5 AP CLI Scripts
        • 13.5.1 Uploading AP CLI Scripts
        • 13.5.2 Executing AP CLI Scripts
        • 13.5.3 Scheduling AP CLI Scripts
        • 13.5.4 Viewing Scripts
        • 13.5.5 Viewing the Script Execution Summary
    • 14 AP Status
      • 14.1 AP Status
      • 14.2 SCI Thresholds for each AP
      • 14.3 Tagging Critical APs
      • 14.4 Monitoring the Network
      • 14.5 Viewing Managed APs
        • 14.5.1 Viewing Managed Access Points
      • 14.6 Monitoring Access Points
      • 14.7 Viewing General AP Information
      • 14.8 Viewing AP Health Indicators
      • 14.9 Health
        • 14.9.1 Health
          • 14.9.1.1 Understanding Cluster and AP Health Icons
          • 14.9.1.2 Customizing Health Status Thresholds
            • 14.9.1.2.1 Customizing AP Flagged Status Thresholds
          • 14.9.1.3 Using the Health Dashboard Map
          • 14.9.1.4 Configuring the Google Map API Key Behavior
      • 14.10 Viewing AP Performance
      • 14.11 Viewing AP Connection Failures
      • 14.12 AP Traffic Indicators
        • 14.12.1 Viewing AP Traffic Indicators
        • 14.12.2 Traffic Analysis
        • 14.12.3 Customizing Traffic Analysis
        • 14.12.4 Configuring Traffic Analysis Display for APs
        • 14.12.5 Configuring Traffic Analysis Display for Top Clients
        • 14.12.6 SmartCell Insight Report on Actual Traffic Rate for APs and Client
      • 14.13 Neighbor APs
        • 14.13.1 Viewing Neighbor APs in a Non-Mesh Zone
      • 14.14 Reports
        • 14.14.1 Rogue Devices
          • 14.14.1.1 Viewing Rogue Devices
          • 14.14.1.2 Marking Rogue Access Points
          • 14.14.1.3 Locating a Rogue Device
        • 14.14.2 Historical AP Client Stats
          • 14.14.2.1 Viewing AP Client Statistics
      • 14.15 External Syslog Server
        • 14.15.1 External Syslog Server
      • 14.16 Secure Boot
    • 15 AP Clients
      • 15.1 Wireless
        • 15.1.1 Wireless Clients
        • 15.1.2 Traffic Analysis
          • 15.1.2.1 Configuring Traffic Analysis Display for Top Clients
          • 15.1.2.2 SmartCell Insight Report on Actual Traffic Rate for APs and Client
        • 15.1.3 Deauthorizing a Wireless Client
        • 15.1.4 Blocking a Wireless Client
        • 15.1.5 Unblocking a Wireless Client
        • 15.1.6 Disconnecting a Wireless Client
        • 15.1.7 Viewing a Summary of Wireless Clients
        • 15.1.8 Viewing Wireless Client Information
      • 15.2 Wired
        • 15.2.1 Wired Clients
        • 15.2.2 Deauthorizing a Wired Client
        • 15.2.3 Viewing a Summary of Wired Clients
    • 16 AP Upgrade
      • 16.1 Uploading an AP Patch File
      • 16.2 Changing the AP Firmware Version of the Zone
    • 17 Traffic Policies, Firewall and QoS
      • 17.1 Understanding Wi-Fi Calling
        • 17.1.1 Analyzing Wi-Fi Calling Statistics
        • 17.1.2 Creating a Wi-Fi Calling Profile
        • 17.1.3 Configuring Wi-Fi Calling in a WLAN
      • 17.2 URL Filtering
        • 17.2.1 Viewing a Summary of URL Filters
        • 17.2.2 Enabling URL Filtering on the WLAN
        • 17.2.3 Enabling URL Filtering on the Controller
        • 17.2.4 Managing URL Filtering Licenses
      • 17.3 Application Control
        • 17.3.1 Viewing an Application Control Summary
        • 17.3.2 Creating an Application Control Policy
        • 17.3.3 Application Signature Packages
        • 17.3.4 Creating a User-Defined Application
      • 17.4 Creating a Traffic Class Profile
      • 17.5 Managing a Firewall Profile
        • 17.5.1 Create an L3 Access Control Policy
          • 17.5.1.1 Create an L3 Access Control Policy Rule
        • 17.5.2 Creating an L2 Access Control Policy
          • 17.5.2.1 Creating an L2 Access Control Service
        • 17.5.3 Configuring Application Controls
          • 17.5.3.1 Viewing an Application Control Summary
          • 17.5.3.2 Creating an Application Control Policy
          • 17.5.3.3 Implementing an Application Control Policy
          • 17.5.3.4 Creating a User-Defined Application
          • 17.5.3.5 Application Signature Packages
        • 17.5.4 URL Filtering
          • 17.5.4.1 Viewing a Summary of URL Filters
          • 17.5.4.2 Enabling URL Filtering on the WLAN
          • 17.5.4.3 Enabling URL Filtering on the Controller
          • 17.5.4.4 Managing URL Filtering Licenses
        • 17.5.5 Creating a Device Policy
          • 17.5.5.1 Creating the Device Policy Rules
          • 17.5.5.2 Summary
      • 17.6 Configuring Traffic Analysis Display for WLANs
        • 17.6.1 Bonjour
          • 17.6.1.1 Bonjour Gateway
            • 17.6.1.1.1 Creating Bonjour Gateway Policies
            • 17.6.1.1.2 Applying a Bonjour Gateway Policy to an Individual AP
          • 17.6.1.2 Bonjour Fencing
            • 17.6.1.2.1 Creating Bonjour Fencing Policies
        • 17.6.2 Quality of Service (QoS)
          • 17.6.2.1 RUCKUS SmartCast™
          • 17.6.2.2 Quality of Service (QoS) Mapping
          • 17.6.2.3 QoS Mirroring
    • 18 WLAN Management
      • 18.1 Domains, Zones, WLAN Groups, and WLANs
      • 18.2 Viewing Modes
      • 18.3 Creating a WLAN Domain for an MSP
      • 18.4 Managing WLANs
        • 18.4.1 Moving a WLAN to a different WLAN Zone
        • 18.4.2 WLAN Groups
          • 18.4.2.1 Creating a WLAN Group
      • 18.5 Configuring WLAN
        • 18.5.1 Creating a WLAN Configuration
        • 18.5.2 Portal-Based WLANs
          • 18.5.2.1 Bypassing Apple CNA
        • 18.5.3 WLAN Types
          • 18.5.3.1 External DPSK without having a proxy RADIUS
          • 18.5.3.2 Creating a User Role with Active Directory Authentication
        • 18.5.4 Encryption Options
          • 18.5.4.1 WPA3 R3 Support
      • 18.6 Wireless Services
        • 18.6.1 Configuring Traffic Analysis Display for WLANs
        • 18.6.2 Optimized Connectivity Experience
        • 18.6.3 Transient Client Management
        • 18.6.4 Multicast Rate Filter
        • 18.6.5 Mobility Domain ID
        • 18.6.6 Band Balancing
        • 18.6.7 Load Balancing
        • 18.6.8 Airtime Decongestion
        • 18.6.9 Client Admission Control
        • 18.6.10 Working with Time Schedule Profiles
        • 18.6.11 Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 7 Support
        • 18.6.12 Virtual LAN
          • 18.6.12.1 How Dynamic VLAN Works
            • 18.6.12.1.1 How It Works
          • 18.6.12.2 Required RADIUS Attributes
          • 18.6.12.3 How It Works
          • 18.6.12.4 VLAN Pooling
            • 18.6.12.4.1 Creating a VLAN Pooling Profile
          • 18.6.12.5 VLAN Precedence
            • 18.6.12.5.1 VLAN Precedence
          • 18.6.12.6 VLAN Name
            • 18.6.12.6.1 Creating VLAN Name Profile
      • 18.7 Working with WLAN Templates
        • 18.7.1 Creating WLAN Templates
        • 18.7.2 Applying a WLAN Template
    • 19 Switch Management
      • 19.1 Supported ICX Models
        • 19.1.1 Overview of ICX Switch Management
          • 19.1.1.1 Supported ICX Firmware and Models
          • 19.1.1.2 ICX Release Compatibility Matrix
          • 19.1.1.3 Switch Management Feature Compatibility Matrix
      • 19.2 ICX Switch Behavior with SmartZone
        • 19.2.1 Data Synching on the Switch Table
        • 19.2.2 Enabling an ICX Device to Be Managed by SmartZone
        • 19.2.3 Preparing Stacking Devices to Connect to SmartZone
        • 19.2.4 Configuring the ICX Source Address to Be Used by SmartZone
        • 19.2.5 Configuring a Custom Port Number for Connection to SmartZone
      • 19.3 Connecting the ICX to the SmartZone Controller
        • 19.3.1 Setting Up Switch Registrar Discovery
        • 19.3.2 Configuring DHCP to Provide SmartZone IP Addresses to an ICX Switch
        • 19.3.3 Manually Configuring the SmartZone IP Address on an ICX Switch
      • 19.4 Approving and Registering switches
        • 19.4.1 Creating Switch Registration Rules
        • 19.4.2 ICX Pre-Provisioning into SmartZone
          • 19.4.2.1 Pre-Provisioning Switches in the Controller
        • 19.4.3 Approving Switches
        • 19.4.4 Moving the Switches between Groups
        • 19.4.5 Deleting Switches
        • 19.4.6 Switching Over Clusters
        • 19.4.7 Rehoming Switches
      • 19.5 ICX to SmartZone Connection Status
        • 19.5.1 Displaying the SmartZone Connection Status
        • 19.5.2 Disconnecting the ICX Switch from SmartZone
        • 19.5.3 Disabling SmartZone Management on the ICX Switch
      • 19.6 Working with Switches
        • 19.6.1 Viewing Switch Information
          • 19.6.1.1 SmartZone Switch Management
        • 19.6.2 Using Controller Settings to Manage Switch Groups
          • 19.6.2.1 Creating Switch Groups
          • 19.6.2.2 Switch Level Configuration
            • 19.6.2.2.1 Creating Switch Level Configuration
            • 19.6.2.2.2 Copying Configuration
        • 19.6.3 Configuring the Switch
          • 19.6.3.1 Configuring Switch AAA Servers
          • 19.6.3.2 Configuring Switch AAA Server Settings
          • 19.6.3.3 Accessing AAA Settings for Switch Configuration
          • 19.6.3.4 Generic CLI Configuration
          • 19.6.3.5 Copy Config as Template
            • 19.6.3.5.1 Creating a CLI Template from an Existing Switch Backup Configuration
          • 19.6.3.6 Zero Touch Provisioning using Group level Configuration
            • 19.6.3.6.1 Creating a Common Configuration
            • 19.6.3.6.2 Creating Switch Model-Based Configurations
            • 19.6.3.6.3 Copying Switch Group Configuration
            • 19.6.3.6.4 Initiated By
              • 19.6.3.6.4.1 Viewing the Configuration History of Switches
          • 19.6.3.7 Port Settings
            • 19.6.3.7.1 Creating and Managing Port Templates
            • 19.6.3.7.2 Configuring Port Settings for a Switch
            • 19.6.3.7.3 Editing Ports Across Multiple Switches
          • 19.6.3.8 Creating Routing Configurations
          • 19.6.3.9 Managing Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs)
          • 19.6.3.10 Creating a Switch Stack
          • 19.6.3.11 Ability to Convert Standalone Switch to Stack
          • 19.6.3.12 Viewing Port Details
        • 19.6.4 BGP EVPN
          • 19.6.4.1 BGP EVPN Multihoming Overview
          • 19.6.4.2 BGP EVPN Multihoming (Dual Homing) Network Topology
          • 19.6.4.3 Creating a BGP EVPN Route Reflector Profile
          • 19.6.4.4 Creating a BGP EVPN Full Mesh Profile
          • 19.6.4.5 Managing BGP EVPN Profiles
          • 19.6.4.6 Monitoring ICX Fabric Information
        • 19.6.5 Accessing the Switch CLI through Controller (Remote CLI)
        • 19.6.6 Backing up and Restoring Switch Configuration
          • 19.6.6.1 Creating Config Backup for Switch Group
          • 19.6.6.2 Viewing Configuration Alerts
        • 19.6.7 Data Synching on the Switch Table
      • 19.7 Firmware Upgrade
        • 19.7.1 Uploading the Switch Firmware to the Controller
        • 19.7.2 Configuring the Group Firmware Settings
        • 19.7.3 Scheduling a Firmware Upgrade for Switch Group
        • 19.7.4 Scheduling a Firmware Upgrade for Selected Switches
        • 19.7.5 Deleting the Firmware Upgrade Schedules
      • 19.8 Monitoring Switch Status
        • 19.8.1 Viewing Switch Health
        • 19.8.2 Viewing Alarms
        • 19.8.3 Viewing the Events
        • 19.8.4 Viewing LLDP Neighbor Information
        • 19.8.5 Viewing Traffic Trends in the Switch
        • 19.8.6 Viewing Firmware History of the Switch
        • 19.8.7 Viewing PoE Utilization and Health Status of the Switch
        • 19.8.8 Viewing Switches on the Dashboard
        • 19.8.9 Improving Switch Configuration Change Management
      • 19.9 Switch Clients
        • 19.9.1 Switch Clients

Radio Band Features

In this section:

  1. Band or Spectrum Configuration
    Band or spectrum configuration is a method of statistically picking the most potent channel for an AP.
  2. Auto Cell Sizing
  3. ChannelFly and Background Scanning
  4. BSS Coloring
Parent topic: Working with AP Zones

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