CommScope RUCKUS SmartZone 100 User manual

RUCKUS SmartZone 100 Quick
Setup Guide
This Quick Setup Guide provides basic instrucons for seng up
the RUCKUS SmartZone 100 (SZ100) on the network. For
informaon on advanced conguraon and management opons,
see the SmartZone 100 Geng Started Guide and SmartZone 100
Administrator Guide, which are available for download from the
RUCKUS Support website:
hps://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents
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Licensing Informaon
The SZ100 comes pre-shipped with 1000 temporary AP Capacity
Licenses, which are valid for a period of 90 days from when the
SZ100 is congured via the inial setup conguraon. For
operaon beyond 90 days, you MUST buy permanent AP Capacity
licenses. The purchased Licenses MUST be acvated for them to
become valid.
The management of the AP Capacity Licenses and the ability to
acvate the permanent License will be through the RUCKUS
Support Portal (hps://support.ruckuswireless.com). An email
will be sent to the User that is idened on the Purchase Order
and full instrucons as to how to acvate the Licenses is included
in the email. As a guide, full instrucons can be found at hps://
support.ruckuswireless.com/acvate.
Using the LiMAN (license management) portal on the RUCKUS
Support website, you can assign licenses to or from a SZ100 or
move them to another SZ100 (see a summary of LiMAN features
in Table 1). To physically manage the distribuon of licenses from
the Support website to the actual SZ100, do one of the following:
•Connect the SZ100 directly to the Internet.
•Deploy a RUCKUS Local License Server (LLS) within your
network. The LLS must be able to communicate with your
SZ100 and it must be connected to the Internet.
–LLS should rst synchronize with the license server in the
cloud to get the required license (as per the SZ100 serial
number)
–Remove licenses from one SZ100 to add to another
NOTE: NOTE: In the event that the SZ100 is not connected to
the Internet and you have not deployed an LLS, you can
download the actual licenses from the Support Portal and
manually upload to the specic SZ100.
For step-by-step instrucons on how to acvate the SZ100’s
licenses, see Step 5: Acvate the SZ100’s Licenses on page 3.
NOTE: The default temporary switch licenses is 100 per node,
and 90 days for the temporary switch license period.
TABLE 1 LiMAN features and how to acvate them on the SZ100
LiMAN Features SZ100 Online
(Connected to the
Internet)
SZ100 Oine
(Disconnected from
the Internet)
•Register SZ100
controllers,
licenses, support
entlement
•Add capacity
licenses to SZ100
controllers
•Remove licenses
from one SZ100
and add to
another
No acon required.
The SZ100 syncs
with LiMAN
automacally within
24 hours and applies
the appropriate
licenses.
Three steps
required:
1. Download the
license le from
LiMAN.
2. Log on to the
SZ100, and
then upload the
license le from
LiMAN.
3. Download the
license
response le
from the SZ100,
and then
upload it to
LiMAN.
Before You Begin
Before deploying Ruckus Networks products, please check for the
latest soware and the release documentaon.
•Release Notes and other user documentaon are available at
hp://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents.
•Soware upgrades are available at hp://
support.ruckuswireless.com/soware.
•Soware license and limited warranty informaon are available
at hp://support.ruckuswireless.com/warranty.
Package Contents
•One SmartZone 100 appliance with one AC/DC power supply
unit and power cord
•One console cable
•One rack mount kit
•Service Level Agreement/Limited Warranty Statement sheet
•Regulatory Statement sheet
•This Quick Setup Guide
What You Will Need
•Hardware Component Specic informaon.
TABLE 2 Component Specic Informaon
Product
Name
Label Model
CPU Intel i7-3770 3.40 GHz,
Socket:
FCLGA1155
MB Caswell COB-7400-00
0
Power Enhance ENP-7025D-4
7XGB
RAM Innodisk - 8GB DDR3
1600 DIMM
HDD Western
Digital
- 1TB, 3.5”
SATA HDD
•An administrave computer (admin PC) with a connecon to
the local area network
•A web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox,
Google Chrome or Apple Safari
•The IP address, netmask, gateway and DNS server addresses
assigned to the SZ100 —if it has a stac network address
(recommended)
Step 1: Connect the SZ100 to the Network
1. Connect the SZ100 to a convenient power source, and then
press the power switch on the rear panel. The Alarm LED
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shows a ashing red light as the SZ100 starts up. When the
SZ100 has started up successfully, the Alarm LED turns to a
solid green light.
2. Obtain an Ethernet cable. Connect one end of the Ethernet
cable to one of the LAN ports (port 1 or 2 recommended) on
the SZ100, and then connect the other end to your network’s
switch or router. DHCP server should be available in the
connected LAN environment for SZ100 to get the IP address.
NOTE: The SZ100 is a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
device. Once you connect it to the network, it will
automacally congure itself, obtain an IP address, and
make its presence known to other devices on the network.
3. Go to the admin PC and verify that the SZ100 is now
discoverable on the network. On Windows 7 and Windows 8,
go to Control Panel > Network and Internet > View network
computers and devices, and then locate the Network
Infrastructure secon. The SZ100 should appear there. In
such scenarios, SZ100 and a system (laptop or a PC) should
have cross-over connecon and the system should have an IP
address in the same subnet as SZ100. Congure SZ100 MGMT
and CONTROL interface and add it to the new LAN
connecon. Use the new IP address to access SZ100.
NOTE: If you prefer not to use UPnP, you can type the IP
address of the SZ100 into a web browser instead. In case
there is no DHCP server on the network, the default IP
address and URL of the SZ100 is hps://192.168.2.2:8443
with a network mask of 255.255.255.0. Otherwise, an IP
address is assigned automacally from your exisng DHCP
service.
FIGURE 1 The SZ100 appears in the Network Infrastructure
secon
4. Double-click the SZ100 that appears in the Network
Infrastructure secon to start the SZ100’s Setup Wizard.
A web browser loads and the SZ100’s Setup Wizard appears,
displaying the Port Conguraon screen.
FIGURE 2 The Port Conguraon screen of the Setup Wizard
Step 2: Complete the Setup Wizard
1. When the Setup Wizard appears, complete the following
screens:
• Port Conguraon: If you want to combine the
management, AP control, and AP tunnel trac on a single
interface (recommended for simple setup), click One Port
Group. If you want to separate the management and AP
control trac from the AP tunnel trac, click Two Port
Group.
NOTE: If you clicked Two Port Group, verify that the
admin PC is connected to either port 1 or port 2 of the
SZ100.
• IP Seng: Congure the IP address sengs of the SZ100
interface or interfaces either by assigning addresses
automacally (if a DHCP server exists on the network) or
manually:
–If you clicked One Port Group on the previous screen,
congure the SZ100’s IP address sengs on the IP
Seng screen.
–If you clicked Two Port Group, congure the IP address
of the management and AP control interface on the Port
1 screen, and then congure the IP address of the AP
tunnel data interface on the Port 2 screen.
• Cluster Informaon: Select whether you want to create a
new cluster with this SZ100 or to join an exisng cluster on
the network. If you want this SZ100 to join an exisng
cluster, you must type the cluster IP address and admin
password in the boxes provided.
2. When the Conrmaon screen appears, verify that all the
sengs displayed on the screen are correct.
If you need to make a correcon, click Back unl the
appropriate setup screen appears, then make the changes.
3. If they are all correct, click Finish to apply the sengs and
acvate the SZ100 on the network.
A progress bar appears and displays the progress of applying
the sengs, starng the SZ100 services, and acvang the
SZ100 on the network.
When the process is complete, the progress bar shows the
message “100% Done.” The page also shows the IP address
through which you can access the SmartZone web interface
to manage the appliance.
NOTE: Take note of this IP address. You will need this later
to log on to the SZ100’s web interface.
FIGURE 3 Take note of the IP address of the web interface
Step 3: Connect the SZ100 to the Network
1. Connect Port 1 to the router or switch.
2. Connect Port 2 to another router or switch to which other
SmartZone appliances (if present) are connected.
NOTE: Depending on your network setup, you may also
connect Port 2 to the same router or switch to which Port
1 is connected.
Step 4: Connect the APs to the Network
1. Distribute the APs around your worksite.
2. Record each AP’s Ethernet MAC address (printed on the
boom of every AP), and note each device’s exact worksite
locaon.
3. Connect the APs to a local power source.
4. The operang temperature and humidity for the APs must be
as below:
TABLE 3 Operang Temperature and Humidity Details
Operang Temperature 0ºC (32ºF) - 40ºC (104ºF)
Operang Humidity 5% to 85%, non-condensing
Humidity, Storage 95%, non-condensing
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5. Using an Ethernet cable, connect the APs to the switch or
router on the same network as the SZ100.
NOTE: Some APs are PoE-capable. If connected to a Power
over Ethernet switch, the APs can draw power through the
Ethernet cables.
When the APs are powered on, they will automacally
discover the SZ100 on the network.
NOTE: If an AP is already running a SZ image then auto-
discovery on same LAN/IP subnet will not work. It only
works if the AP is running a SZ/universal LWAPP based
image.
FIGURE 4 Connecng the admin PC, SZ100, and APs to the
network
Step 5: Acvate the SZ100’s Licenses
Aer you set up the SZ100 and verify that wireless clients are able
to associate with managed APs successfully, you need to acvate
and assign the AP and Tunnel Licenses using the LiMAN (license
management) portal on the Ruckus Networks Support site.
Before You Begin
You must have a Ruckus Support portal account (including user
name and password). You can use this account to access general
Support site content including soware upgrades, knowledge
base arcles and technical documents.
If you do not have a Support portal account, you will be required
to register one before connuing with your product and license
acvaon.
Every capacity and support license that you have purchased will
have its own unique acvaon code and each must be acvated
for the license to become valid. You will receive the acvaon
code in a separate Support Purchase Acknowledgment (SPA)
email for each license/support license.
Depending on the product, you may receive up to three (3)
dierent SPA emails for all of your licenses. The rst three
characters of the acvaon code indicate the license type to
which the code is applicable.
• LIC: AP Capacity License
• LIC: AP Tunnel License
• SUP: Support License
Acvang a SZ100’s License/Support License
1. Open the SPA email that you received from Ruckus Networks.
FIGURE 5 The SPA email from Ruckus
2. Log on to hps://support.ruckuswireless.com.
FIGURE 6 Ruckus Support portal logon page
3. Have the serial number of your SZ100 device ready.
4. Click the link in the SPA email.
5. Follow the onscreen instrucons to acvate the licenses
purchased. When required, you will be prompted for your
SZ100 serial number.
6. It is important that you repeat steps #1 to #5 above for all
licenses that you have purchased as this will simplify the
“+License” workow in Step 7 below.
7. Aer you nish acvang all of your licenses, you need to
assign them to your LiMAN account. Click the LiMAN buon,
which appears aer a license has been successfully acvated
(see Figure 7).
•If your device is listed, click its serial number and proceed
to Step 8.
•If your device is NOT listed, click the Register Smart Device
buon (see Figure 8), enter your device's serial number,
and then click the Register Smart Device buon (see Figure
9).
FIGURE 7 Click the LiMAN buon
FIGURE 8 Click the serial number of your device or click Register
Smart Device
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FIGURE 9 Enter your device’s serial number and click Register
Smart Device
8. Click the + License buon (see Figure 10), enter the number
of licenses to add in Qty to Add, and then click the Add
License buon (see Figure 11). Repeat for all licenses.
FIGURE 10 Click + License
FIGURE 11 Enter the number of licenses to add in Qty to Add
and click Add License
You have completed acvang a SZ100’s licenses.
Step 6: Sync the SZ100 with LiMAN
Aer you have acvated the SZ100’s licenses on the Ruckus
Networks Support Portal, the SZ100 must be synced with the
Smart License server. This will enable the User’s ability to assign
licenses to and back from a SZ100 or assign them to another
SZ100.
To physically manage the distribuon of licenses from the Support
Portal to the actual SZ100, do one of the following:
•Connect the SZ100 directly to the Internet. On the SmartZone
web interface, go to the Administraon > License Servers tab,
and then click the Sync Now buon to sync the SZ100 with the
SmartLicense server.
FIGURE 12 Sync the SZ100 with the SmartLicense server
•Deploy a RUCKUS Local License Server (LLS) within your
network. The LLS must be able to communicate with your
SZ100 and it must be connected to the Internet. Contact Ruckus
Wireless Support for informaon on how to setup an LLS.
View the synced license details by navigang the controller's
web interface to Administraon > License page > Installed
Licenses.
FIGURE 13 Installed Licenses
•In the event that the SZ100 is disconnected from the Internet
and you have not deployed an LLS, you can download the
actual licenses from the Support Portal and manually upload
them to the specic SZ100. See Syncing Licenses on an Oine
SZ100 on page 4.
You have completed acvang the capacity or support license for
the SZ100 device.
Syncing Licenses on an Oine SZ100
1. On the Add License page of LiMAN, click the SZ100’s serial
number. The View Device page appears (see Figure 14).
FIGURE 14 The View Device page
2. Click Download License File. The license le is saved to the
client.
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3. On the SZ100 web interface, go to Administraon > License .
In the Upload License secon (see Figure 12 on page 4), click
the Browse buon, and then select the license le from your
client to upload it to the SZ100
4. On the SZ100 web interface, go to Administraon > License.
In the Download License secon, click the Download buon
to download the license le from the SZ100 to your client.
5. Go back to the LiMAN portal on the Ruckus Networks
Support website, and then do the following:
a) Go to the View Device page (see Figure 14).
b) Click Upload License File.
c) Click the Choose File buon (see Figure 15), and then
select the license le from your client.
d) Click Send to complete the oine License
synchronizaon.
You have completed acvang licenses on an oine SZ100.
FIGURE 15 Click the Choose File buon
Related Documentaon
If you need more informaon about the SmartZone 100 or the
SmartLicense plaorm, refer to the following documents, which
are available for download on the hps://
support.ruckuswireless.com Support website:
•For informaon on how to mount and install the SZ100 and
how to complete the essenal conguraon tasks, refer to the
SmartZone 100 Geng Started Guide.
•For informaon on how to perform advanced conguraon
tasks and AP management and monitoring, refer to the
SmartZone 100 Administrator Guide.
•For a complete list of documentaon on the SmartZone 100,
refer to the release notes.
•For more informaon on how to manage your SmartZone 100
licenses, refer to the SmartLicense User Guide.
Ruckus Wireless, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of
CommScope, Inc.
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