RUCKUS SmartZone (LT-GA) Access Points and Switch Management Guide, 7.1.0

This guide is designed to empower service operators and system administrators with the knowledge and tools needed to efficiently manage, configure, and troubleshoot RUCKUS devices. Whether deploying access points or managing switches, this guide provides clear, step-by-step instructions to help optimize network performance and reliability. It assumes a foundational understanding of local area networks (LANs), wireless technologies, and related devices. Supporting all controller platforms, this guide ensures seamless management across your infrastructure. For a snapshot of the latest features and enhancements, explore the New in This Document section and stay ahead with the most up-to-date best practices.

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 Licensing Requirements for Managing 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 Access Point Support Licenses
- 6 SmartZone Network Hierarchy
  - 6.1 SmartZone Domains
    - 6.1.1 Partner Domains
  - 6.2 Zones
    - 6.2.1 AP Groups
  - 6.3 WLAN Groups
  - 6.4 Switch Groups
- 7 Managing Domains
- 8 Working with Zones
  - 8.1 Creating a Zone
  - 8.2 Moving a Zone Location
  - 8.3 Viewing Zone Templates
  - 8.4 Creating a New Zone using a Zone Template
  - 8.5 Extracting a Zone Template
  - 8.6 Applying a Zone Template
  - 8.7 Configuring Templates
    - 8.7.1 Creating Zone Templates
    - 8.7.2 Exporting Zone Templates
    - 8.7.3 Importing Zone Templates
- 9 Access Point Management
  - 9.1 AP Groups
    - 9.1.1 Working with AP Groups
    - 9.1.2 Creating an AP Group
  - 9.2 AP Provisioning and Swapping
    - 9.2.1 Working with AP Registration Rules
    - 9.2.2 Creating an AP Registration Rule
    - 9.2.3 Configuring Registration Rule Priorities
    - 9.2.4 Creating an AP MAC OUI Address
    - 9.2.5 Setting a Global Country Code
    - 9.2.6 Configuring the Tunnel UDP Port
    - 9.2.7 Provisioning and Swapping Access Points
    - 9.2.8 Options for Provisioning and Swapping APs
    - 9.2.9 Approving Access Points
    - 9.2.10 Approving Mesh APs
    - 9.2.11 Viewing Mesh APs
    - 9.2.12 ZD Migration
      - 9.2.12.1 ZoneDirector to SmartZone Migration
  - 9.3 Working with Access Points
    - 9.3.1 Moving a Single Access Point to a Different Zone
    - 9.3.2 AP Switchover
      - 9.3.2.1 Configuring AP Switchover
      - 9.3.2.2 Switch Over Managed APs and External DPs
    - 9.3.3 Rehoming Managed APs
      - 9.3.3.1 AP Auto Rehome
    - 9.3.4 Rebalancing APs
    - 9.3.5 Configuring Node Affinity
      - 9.3.5.1 Enabling Node Affinity
      - 9.3.5.2 Disabling Node Affinity
    - 9.3.6 Triggering a Preferred Node
  - 9.4 Configuring Access Points
    - 9.4.1 Configuring Access Points
    - 9.4.2 Access Point and Zone Configuration Options
      - 9.4.2.1 General Options
      - 9.4.2.2 Mesh Options
      - 9.4.2.3 Band Combination Options
      - 9.4.2.4 Band/Spectrum Configuration
      - 9.4.2.5 AP GRE Tunnel Options
      - 9.4.2.6 Syslog Options
      - 9.4.2.7 AP SNMP Options
      - 9.4.2.8 Cellular Options
      - 9.4.2.9 Advanced Options
    - 9.4.3 Power Source in AP Configuration
    - 9.4.4 Swap Configuration
      - 9.4.4.1 Editing Swap Configuration
    - 9.4.5 AP CLI Scripts
      - 9.4.5.1 AP CLI Scripts
      - 9.4.5.2 Uploading AP CLI Scripts
      - 9.4.5.3 Executing AP CLI Scripts
      - 9.4.5.4 Scheduling AP CLI Scripts
      - 9.4.5.5 Viewing Scripts
      - 9.4.5.6 Viewing the Script Execution Summary
  - 9.5 AP Model Specific Configuration
    - 9.5.1 AP Model Specific Configuration
    - 9.5.2 Configuring Model-Based Settings
    - 9.5.3 Configuring the Port Settings of a Particular AP Model
    - 9.5.4 AP Ethernet Ports
      - 9.5.4.1 Creating an Ethernet Port Profile
      - 9.5.4.2 Designating an Ethernet Port Type
      - 9.5.4.3 Access Ports
      - 9.5.4.4 Trunk Ports
      - 9.5.4.5 General Ports
    - 9.5.5 Link Aggregration Protocol (LACP)
      - 9.5.5.1 Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) support for R720 AP
      - 9.5.5.2 Enabling the LACP Support for a Zone
      - 9.5.5.3 Enabling LACP Support for an AP
      - 9.5.5.4 Enabling LACP Support for an AP Group
        
        9.5.5.4.1 Creating a Bond Port Profile
  - 9.6 Radio Band Features
    - 9.6.1 Band or Spectrum Configuration
    - 9.6.2 Auto Cell Sizing
    - 9.6.3 ChannelFly and Background Scanning
    - 9.6.4 BSS Coloring
    - 9.6.5 Band Balancing
    - 9.6.6 Client Load Balancing
    - 9.6.7 Automated Frequency Coordination System
      - 9.6.7.1 AFC Power Modes
      - 9.6.7.2 RUCKUS AFC System Architecture
      - 9.6.7.3 How RUCKUS AP Geolocation Works
      - 9.6.7.4 Mobile Applications
      - 9.6.7.5 Enabling Automated Frequency Coordination from SmartZone
      - 9.6.7.6 Checking Automated Frequency Coordination Status
  - 9.7 AP Services
    - 9.7.1 DHCP & NAT
      - 9.7.1.1 AP Based DHCP or NAT
      - 9.7.1.2 Network Topology
      - 9.7.1.3 Hierarchical Network Topology
      - 9.7.1.4 Configuring AP-based DHCP Service Settings
      - 9.7.1.5 Creating an AP DHCP Pool
      - 9.7.1.6 Configuring DHCP Server or NAT Router with Mesh Options
    - 9.7.2 Domain Name System (DNS)
      - 9.7.2.1 Creating a DNS Server Profile
      - 9.7.2.2 Creating a DNS Spoofing Profile
    - 9.7.3 Managing AP Certificates
    - 9.7.4 Restricted Access Overview
  - 9.8 AP Status
    - 9.8.1 AP Status
    - 9.8.2 SCI Thresholds for each AP
    - 9.8.3 Monitoring the Network
    - 9.8.4 Viewing Managed Access Points
    - 9.8.5 Monitoring Access Points
    - 9.8.6 Viewing General AP Information
    - 9.8.7 Viewing LLDP Neighbors
      - 9.8.7.1 Supported LLDP Attributes
    - 9.8.8 Tagging Critical APs
    - 9.8.9 Working with Maps
      - 9.8.9.1 Importing a Floorplan Map
      - 9.8.9.2 Viewing RF Signal Strength
      - 9.8.9.3 Monitoring APs Using the Map View
    - 9.8.10 Viewing AP Health Indicators
    - 9.8.11 Health
      - 9.8.11.1 Health
        
        9.8.11.1.1 Understanding Cluster and AP Health Icons
        
        9.8.11.1.2 Customizing Health Status Thresholds
        
        9.8.11.1.2.1 Customizing AP Flagged Status Thresholds
        
        9.8.11.1.3 Using the Health Dashboard Map
        
        9.8.11.1.4 Configuring the Google Map API Key Behavior
    - 9.8.12 Viewing AP Performance
    - 9.8.13 Viewing AP Connection Failures
    - 9.8.14 AP Traffic Indicators
      - 9.8.14.1 Viewing AP Traffic Indicators
      - 9.8.14.2 Traffic Analysis for Wireless Clients
      - 9.8.14.3 Customizing Traffic Analysis
      - 9.8.14.4 Configuring Traffic Analysis Display for APs
      - 9.8.14.5 SmartCell Insight Report on Actual Traffic Rate for APs and Client
    - 9.8.15 Neighbor APs
      - 9.8.15.1 Viewing Neighbor APs in a Non-Mesh Zone
    - 9.8.16 Reports
      - 9.8.16.1 Rogue Devices
        
        9.8.16.1.1 Viewing Rogue Devices
        
        9.8.16.1.2 Marking Rogue Access Points
        
        9.8.16.1.3 Locating a Rogue Device
      - 9.8.16.2 Historical AP Client Stats
        
        9.8.16.2.1 Viewing AP Client Statistics
    - 9.8.17 External Syslog Server
      - 9.8.17.1 External Syslog Server
  - 9.9 AP Wireless Clients
    - 9.9.1 AP Wireless Clients
    - 9.9.2 Wireless Clients
    - 9.9.3 Deauthorizing a Wireless Client
    - 9.9.4 Blocking a Wireless Client
    - 9.9.5 Unblocking a Wireless Client
    - 9.9.6 Disconnecting a Wireless Client
    - 9.9.7 Viewing a Summary of Wireless Clients
    - 9.9.8 Viewing Wireless Client Details
    - 9.9.9 Traffic Analysis for Wireless Clients
      - 9.9.9.1 Adjusting the Traffic Analysis Display for Top Clients
      - 9.9.9.2 SmartCell Insight Report on Actual Traffic Rate for APs and Client
  - 9.10 AP Wired Clients
    - 9.10.1 Wired Clients
    - 9.10.2 Viewing a Summary of Wired Clients
    - 9.10.3 Deauthorizing a Wired Client
  - 9.11 AP Upgrade
    - 9.11.1 AP Firmware Version
    - 9.11.2 Changing the AP Firmware Version of the Zone
    - 9.11.3 Scheduling a Zone Firmware Upgrade
    - 9.11.4 Uploading an AP Patch File
    - 9.11.5 Troubleshooting with AP Firmware Files
    - 9.11.6 Secure Boot
- 10 Switch Management
  - 10.1 Supported ICX Models
  - 10.2 Overview of ICX Switch Management
  - 10.3 ICX Switch Behavior with SmartZone
  - 10.4 Connecting the ICX to the SmartZone Controller
  - 10.5 Approving and Registering switches
    - 10.5.1 ICX Pre-Provisioning into SmartZone
      - 10.5.1.1 Pre-Provisioning Switches in the Controller
    - 10.5.2 Creating Switch Registration Rules
    - 10.5.3 Approving Switches
    - 10.5.4 Moving the Switches between Groups
    - 10.5.5 Deleting Switches
    - 10.5.6 Switching Over Clusters
    - 10.5.7 Rehoming Switches
  - 10.6 ICX to SmartZone Connection Status
    - 10.6.1 Displaying the SmartZone Connection Status
    - 10.6.2 Disconnecting the ICX Switch from SmartZone
    - 10.6.3 Disabling SmartZone Management on the ICX Switch
  - 10.7 Switch Configuration
  - 10.8 Configuring the Switches
    - 10.8.1 Switch Groups
      - 10.8.1.1 Creating Switch Groups
      - 10.8.1.2 Group Level Configuration
      - 10.8.1.3 Port Level Configuration
      - 10.8.1.4 Switch Level Configuration
        
        10.8.1.4.1 Creating Switch Level Configuration
        
        10.8.1.4.2 Copying Configuration
    - 10.8.2 BGP EVPN
      - 10.8.2.1 BGP EVPN Multihoming Overview
      - 10.8.2.2 BGP EVPN Multihoming (Dual Homing) Network Topology
      - 10.8.2.3 Creating a BGP EVPN Route Reflector Profile
      - 10.8.2.4 Creating a BGP EVPN Full Mesh Profile
      - 10.8.2.5 Managing BGP EVPN Profiles
      - 10.8.2.6 Monitoring ICX Fabric Information
    - 10.8.3 Creating Authentication Profiles
    - 10.8.4 Configuring Switch AAA Servers
    - 10.8.5 Configuring Switch AAA Settings
    - 10.8.6 Creating Routing Configurations
    - 10.8.7 Copying Switch Group Configuration
    - 10.8.8 Group Level CLI Configuration
    - 10.8.9 Copy Config as Template
      - 10.8.9.1 Creating a CLI Template from an Existing Switch Backup Configuration
    - 10.8.10 Zero Touch Provisioning using Group level Configuration
    - 10.8.11 Creating Switch Model-Based Configurations
    - 10.8.12 Creating a Common Configuration
    - 10.8.13 Port Settings
      - 10.8.13.1 Creating and Managing Port Templates
      - 10.8.13.2 Configuring Port Settings for a Switch
      - 10.8.13.3 Editing Ports Across Multiple Switches
      - 10.8.13.4 Managing Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs)
    - 10.8.14 Creating a Switch Stack
      - 10.8.14.1 Ability to Convert Standalone Switch to Stack
      - 10.8.14.2 Viewing Stack Port Details
    - 10.8.15 Accessing the Switch CLI through Controller (Remote CLI)
    - 10.8.16 Backing up and Restoring Switch Configuration
      - 10.8.16.1 Creating Config Backup for Switch Group
      - 10.8.16.2 Viewing Configuration Alerts
    - 10.8.17 Viewing Switch Information
      - 10.8.17.1 Initiated By
        
        10.8.17.1.1 Viewing the Configuration History of Switches
  - 10.9 Firmware Upgrade
    - 10.9.1 Uploading the Switch Firmware to the Controller
    - 10.9.2 Configuring the Group Firmware Settings
    - 10.9.3 Scheduling a Firmware Upgrade for Switch Group
    - 10.9.4 Scheduling a Firmware Upgrade for Selected Switches
    - 10.9.5 Deleting the Firmware Upgrade Schedules
  - 10.10 Monitoring Switch Status
    - 10.10.1 Viewing Switch Health
    - 10.10.2 Viewing Alarms
    - 10.10.3 Viewing the Events
    - 10.10.4 Viewing LLDP Neighbor Information
    - 10.10.5 Viewing Traffic Trends in the Switch
    - 10.10.6 Viewing Firmware History of the Switch
    - 10.10.7 Viewing PoE Utilization and Health Status of the Switch
    - 10.10.8 Viewing Switches on the Dashboard
    - 10.10.9 Improving Switch Configuration Change Management
  - 10.11 Switch Clients
    - 10.11.1 Switch Clients
- 11 Reports
  - 11.1 Report Generation
    - 11.1.1 Creating Reports
    - 11.1.2 Generating Reports