Table Of Contents
Overview of the Wireless LAN Solution Engine
Understanding the WLSE User Interface
Device Name and IP Address Display
Getting Started with Device Management
Getting Started
The following topics provide an overview of the Wireless LAN Solution Engine (WLSE), information about WLSE displays, and assistance with getting started:
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Overview of the Wireless LAN Solution Engine
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Overview of the Wireless LAN Solution Engine
The WLSE is a hardware and software solution for managing Cisco wireless devices. The WLSE has the following major features:
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The configuration feature allows you to apply a set of configuration changes to access points and bridges. Using the firmware feature, you can upgrade the firmware on access points and bridges.
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Allows you to display reports for tracking device, client and security information. Reports can be emailed, printed, and exported.
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Provides device monitoring for fault and performance conditions, monitoring of LEAP server responses, and monitoring of policy misconfigurations.
The WLSE works by gathering fault, performance, and configuration information about Cisco devices that it discovers in your network. The devices must be properly configured for discovery. After devices are discovered, you decide which devices to manage with the WLSE.
Understanding the WLSE User Interface
When you log into the WLSE through the World Wide Web, the set of features (tabs and subtabs) displayed in the UI depends on the roles assigned to your user login. A user with system administrator privileges can access the features in all of the tabs and subtabs, while other users may see only a subset of features. For more information about user roles, see Managing Roles.
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This section describes the following aspects of the UI:
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The WLSE Dashboard
The WLSE dashboard consists of:
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Tabs and Subtabs
The dashboard contains the following tabs and subtabs:
Buttons
The four buttons in the upper right corner of the user interface have the following functions:
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Device Name and IP Address Display
Many WLSE displays include a field for the device name. The data displayed in this field differs depending upon the following:
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In some displays there are separate fields for device name, sysName, and IP address.
To enable DNS lookup on the WLSE, select Administration > Discover > DISCOVER > Discovery Options and select Use reverse DNS lookup. For more information, see Enable Discovery Options.
Time Display
The WLSE uses browser (client) time in most of its displays. The format of timestamps depends on the browser you are using:
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14:17:16 10/12/2002
In some displays the timestamp is the day of the week, month and day, browser time, timezone, and year; for example:
Sat Oct 12 11:15:01 PDT 2002
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14:17:16 10/12/2002
In some displays the timestamp is the day of the week, time, offset from GMT/UTC, timezone, and year; for example:
Mon Mar 25 13:29:21 GMT-0800 (Pacific Standard Time) 2002
It is recommended that you check the current time on the WLSE and reset it to the correct time the first time you log in. For more information about setting the current time, see Setting the Current Time and Date on the WLSE.
The WLSE's system time is Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), and UTC is used in certain logs, such as the Discovery Run Log. To display or reset the UTC time, use the CLI clock command. For more information on this command and other CLI commands, see the command reference in the Hardware Installation and Configuration Guide for the CiscoWorks 1105 Wireless LAN Solution Engine—click the PDF button in the online help.
Logging In and Out
When user logins are set up, users are assigned one or more roles. Roles define which tabs and subtabs are visible to the user and, therefore, which features can be accessed. There are predefined roles, which can be edited but not removed; and you can create new roles. After initial setup, only the admin user can log into the WLSE, using the reserved username admin and the password specified during initial setup. To set up access for other users, see Managing Users and Managing Roles.
Procedure
To log into the GUI:
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For information on supported browsers, see the Quick Start Guide for the CiscoWorks 1105 Wireless LAN Solution Engine.
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If you do not see features you need to use, log out and log back in as a user with those privileges. Contact the system administrator for information about the features you can access.
To log out from the WLSE, click Logout in the upper right corner of the window.
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Getting Started with Device Management
Before you can use WLSE monitoring, configuration, firmware upgrading (or downgrading), and reporting, you must set up your devices, initiate discovery, and move devices into the managed state. To get started, follow the directions in the Quick Start Guide for the CiscoWorks 1105 Wireless LAN Solution Engine or use the following task list as a general guide.
Table 1-2 Basic Initial Tasks
1. Set up devices (access points, bridges, routers, switches, and AAA servers).
See Set Up Devices for details.
2. Log into the WLSE using a Web browser.
Enter the WLSE's IP address, followed by:1741; for example, http://209.165.202.128:1741. Use the admin username and the password you created during initial setup of the WLSE.
3. Enter device credentials.
Device community strings for all managed devices must be entered on the WLSE. See Specifying Device Credentials.
For access point configuration tasks, HTTP usernames and passwords must be entered on the WLSE. See Specify the HTTP Username and Password.
4. Initiate discovery from the WLSE or import devices from a file or from a CiscoWorks2000 server.
If you are using discovery from the WLSE, add seed devices and enable discovery. You can initiate an immediate one-time discovery or schedule discovery for a later time. See Managing Device Discovery.
5. Verify the discovery.
On the WLSE, verify that devices were discovered. See Viewing Inventory and Discovery Task History.
6. Move devices to the managed state and run inventory.
You must move devices to the managed state on the WLSE before you can use configuration, reporting, and monitoring features; or you can specify that all discovered devices be automatically managed (see Managing Devices). After moving devices to the managed state, you can run an immediate inventory to obtain device information needed to use such WLSE features as reports and automatic grouping (see Running Inventories).
7. Create other users and user roles as needed.
The WLSE has one predefined user (the system administrator with the username admin) and four predefined user roles. User roles are used to specify the WLSE functions a given user can have access to. To allow other users access to the WLSE, the system administrator must add users. The system administrator can also create roles to customize user access. See Administering Users.
