Managing Mobility Express Deployments from Cisco Prime Infrastructure

Cisco Prime Infrastructure 3.01 or later can be utilized to monitor multiple instances of Cisco Mobility Express deployment.

Adding Mobility Express to Prime

Perform the following steps to add the controllers:

Procedure

Step 1

Login to Cisco Prime



Step 2

Navigate to Configuration / Network / Network Devices, click on Add Device.



Step 3

Enter the IP address of the Mobility Express controller.



Step 4

Enter the SNMP Parameters and click Add.

Note

 

You must configure the SNMP community strings on the Mobility Express controller prior to adding the device in Prime.



Step 5

After the device is added, it shows up in the All Devices list.



Step 6

To view the list of WLANs, navigate to Network Devices > Device Groups > Device Type > Wireless Controller and select the Mobility Express controller you added in Step 4.



Step 7

To view the list of AP, navigate to Monitor > Wireless Technologies > Access Point Radios



Step 8

To configure WLANS from Prime on Mobility Express, navigate to Configuration > Feature & Technologies under Template.



Step 9

Navigate to Controller > WLAN > WLAN Configuration. Enter the Template name and the Template Detail.



Step 10

On the Advanced Tab, make sure mDNS profile is set to none as it is not supported on Mobility Express.



Step 11

To save the Template, click on ‘Save as New Template’ and select the folder where the teamplates need to be saved.



Step 12

To deploy the template to Mobility Express, click Deploy.



Step 13

Select the Cisco Mobility Express controller and click OK.



Step 14

Navigate to Job Dashboard to view the Job Status