ICX Switch Management Overview

Beginning with Unleashed 200.8, the administrator can monitor and manage RUCKUS ICX switches and routers in the ICX 7000 series and above. Unleashed can manage up to eight switches at a time. Beginning with Unleashed 200.15, Unleashed supports 16 ICX switches in the Dedicated Master mode.

ICX switch management allows you to monitor status, view usage statistics, and perform basic management operations including configuration backup and firmware management.

The following capabilities are supported:

  • ICX switch registration and authentication
  • Switch inventory (including model, firmware version, and last backup)
  • Health and performance monitoring (status, traffic stats, errors, clients) with alarms
  • Switch configuration file backup and restore
  • Firmware upgrades
  • CLI configuration

Requirements

Note: For more information on ICX device capabilities and configuration, refer to the RUCKUS FastIron documentation set available at the following URL:

https://support.ruckuswireless.com. On the site, select Products > RUCKUS ICX Switches > Technical Documents, and choose the platform and document of interest.

The following items are required to manage ICX devices:

  • The ICX switch must be running FastIron software version 08.0.90 or higher.
  • The IP address of the Unleashed Master AP must be reachable by the ICX device through the Management interface or through router interfaces.
  • ICX devices will be automatically discovered by the Unleashed Master AP. If automatic switch approval is enabled, all ICX switches discovered on the network will be listed in the Wired > Switch List page. To disable automatic approval, select System Settings > System Management > Switch Approval and disable the Approval option.

ICX devices running either router or switch images can be managed by Unleashed.

Switch Auto Approval Option

Parent topic: ICX Switch Management