Ruckus Wireless SmartZone 100-D User manual

Ruckus
SmartZone100-D
Quick Setup Guide
This Quick Setup Guide provides basic instructions for
setting up the Ruckus SmartZone 100 Data Plane (SZ100-
D) on the network. For information on advanced
conguration and management options, see the vSZ-H
Administrator Guide and SmartZone100-D / vSZ-D
Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference Guide, which is
available for download from the Ruckus Support website:
https://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents
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Licensing Information
SZ100-D does not have separate AP licenses. vSZ
manages the SZ100-D licenses. Capacity is separated by
throughput depending on the SKU: P01-D104-XX00 (1G)
and P01-D124-XX00 (10G). For more information, refer
vSZ-H Administrator Guide.
Before You Begin
Before deploying Ruckus Networks products, please
check for the latest software and the release
documentation.
•Release Notes and other user documentation are
available at https://support.ruckuswireless.com/
documents.
•Software upgrades are available at https://
support.ruckuswireless.com/software.
•Software license and limited warranty information are
available at https://support.ruckuswireless.com/
warranty.
•Refer to the vSZ-D Conguration Guide for the upgrade
process.
Package Contents
•One SmartZone 100-D appliance with one AC 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
Important Notes
•SZ100-D works under vSZ management.
•If you are upgrading both Virtual SmartZone (vSZ) and
SmartZone DataPlane (SZ100-D), Ruckus Networks
recommends upgrading the vSZ software rst, before
upgrading the SZ100-D software.
•For information on how to upgrade the SZ100-D
software to this release, see the vSZ-D Conguration
Guide.
What You Will Need
•An administrative computer (admin PC) with an
available COM port for connecting the console to
SZ100-D.
•The IP address, netmask, gateway and DNS server
addresses assigned to the SZ100-D—if it has a static
network address (recommended)
Determine Which Controller SKU You
Have
SZ100-D has two stock keeping units (SKUs) available:
•FIGURE 1 SKU P01-D104-XX00 (1G) has four (4) 1000BASE-
T (RJ-45) ports
•FIGURE 2 SKU P01-D124-XX00 (10G) has four (4)
1000BASE-T (RJ-45) and two (2) 10GBASE-X (SFP+) ports
Step 1: Connect Console to SZ100-D
1. Connect the SZ100-D to a convenient power source,
and then press the power switch on the rear panel.
The Alarm LED shows a ashing red light as the
SZ100-D starts up. When the SZ100-D has started up
successfully, the Alarm LED turns to a solid green
light.
2. Using the shipped console cable, connect the
administrative computer console to the SZ100-D
console (port labeled Console).
Step 2: Run and Complete the SZ100-D
Setup
In this task, you will dene the management and data
interface settings that you want SZ100-D to use.
1. Start PuTTY, the PuTTY Conguration dialog box
appears, showing the Session screen.
2. In Connection type, select Serial if you are
connecting via serial cable.
3. Congure the serial connection settings as follows:
• Serial line to connect to: Type the COM port name
to which you connected the RS-232 cable.
• Bits per second: 115200
• Data bits: 8
• Stop bits: 1
• Parity: None
• Flow control: None
4. Click Open. The PuTTY console appears and displays
the login prompt.
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5. In login as:, enter admin. The message “Welcome
to SZ100-D” appears.
6. In password:, enter admin. The SZ100-D> prompt
appears.
7. Enter en to enter the privileged mode.
8. In password:, enter admin. The SZ100-D# prompt
appears.
9. Enter setup. The message “Start SZ100-D setup
process” appears.
FIGURE 3 Modify the SZ100-D hostname
10. When the prompt “Do you want to modify the
SZ100-D hostname ([SZ100-D])? (y/n)
appears,” enter n to keep the default host name or y
to change it. If you entered y, the next prompt asks
you to enter the new hostname.
The next prompt asks you to choose the IP version
you want to support on the network.
11. Enter 1 to support IPv4 only, or enter 2 to support
both IPv4 and IPv6.
The next prompt asks you to choose how you want to
set up the management interface IP address.
FIGURE 4 Management Interface Setup
12. Enter 1 if you want to manually assign an IP address
to the management interface, or enter 2 to
automatically obtain an IP address from a DHCP
server on the network.
If you entered 1 (Manual), the next prompt asks you
to enter the IP address settings that you want to
manually assign.
The next prompt asks you to conrm that you want to
apply the IP address settings that you congured at
the previous prompts.
13. Enter y to conrm and continue.
The next prompt asks you to choose how you want to
set up the data interface IP address.
FIGURE 5 Data Interface Setup
14. Enter 1 if you want to manually assign an IP address
to the data interface, or enter 2 to automatically
obtain an IP address from a DHCP server on the
network.
If you entered 1 (Manual), enter the IP address
settings that you want to manually assign.
The next prompt asks you to enter the primary DNS
server address.
FIGURE 6 DNS Server Settings
15. At the Primary DNS prompt, enter the IP address or
host name of the primary DNS server that you want
SZ100-D to use.
The next prompt asks you to enter the primary DNS
server address.
16. At the Secondary DNS prompt, enter the IP address
or host name of the secondary DNS server that you
want SZ100-D to use.
The next prompt asks you to conrm that you want to
apply the IP address settings that you congured in
the previous prompts.
17. Enter y to conrm and continue.
The message “Apply networking conguration...”
appears.
18. At the Data Interface external NAT IP prompt, enter
the public IP address of the NAT server (if you have
one) on the network. If you do not have a NAT server
on the network, leave the eld blank and simply press
<Enter>.
The next prompt asks you if you want SZ100-D to
automatically discover a vSZ controller on the
network using DHCP Option 43 (if you have
congured this on your DHCP server).
19. Enter y to use DHCP Option 43 or enter n to manually
enter the vSZ controller’s IP address.
If you entered n, the next prompt asks you for the
control IP address of the vSZ controller with which
you want this SZ100-D instance to join.
20. Enter the IP address of the controller and press
<Enter>.
Make sure SZ100-D management IP address and vSZ
control IPs are reachable to each other. The data
plane validates the IP address if it is reachable. The
next prompt asks you if you want to connect to vSZ.
21. Enter y to conrm and continue.
The next prompt asks you for the new password.
22. At the new password prompt, enter the password
that you want to assign to the SZ100-D management
interface.
The message Setup SZ100-D Done !! appears.
You have completed setting up SZ100-D on the
network.
FIGURE 7 SZ100-D setup complete
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Step 3: Approve SZ100-D to Register with
the vSZ Controller
The last step is to approve SZ100-D to allow it to join the
vSZ controller on the network.
1. Log on to the web interface of the vSZ controller with
which you want SZ100-D to register.
2. Got to System > Cluster.
The Cluster page appears.
3. Scroll down to Data Planes section.
4. Select the SZ100-D instance that you deployed from
the list, and then click Approve.
You have completed approving SZ100-D to register
with vSZ.
Upgrading SZ100-D
SZ100-D is shipped with 5.1 release version and you must
upgrade it to 5.1 or later version. As vSZ manages SZ100-
D, ensure that vSZ has the same or later version than
SZ100-D. Otherwise, upgrade vSZ before upgrading
SZ100-D.
1. Log on to the web interface of the vSZ controller with
which you have registered SZ100-D.
2. Got to Administration > Upgrade.
The Upgrade tab page appears.
3. Select the DP Patch tab.
The DP Patch page appears.
4. Select the SZ-D tab.
5. In Patch File Upload, click Browse to select the patch
le (.ximg le).
6. Click Upload, the patch le is uploaded.
7. From the Data Planes section, select the data plane
that you dened on Step 9 on page 2 and click
Upgrade.
8. Click Apply to apply the patch le version to the
virtual data plane.
You have successfully upgraded the data plane.
Related Documentation
If you need more information about the SmartZone 100
Data Plane or the SmartLicense platform, refer to the
following documents, which are available for download
on the Ruckus Networks Support website:
•For information on how to perform advanced
conguration tasks and AP management and
monitoring, refer to the vSZ-H Administrator Guide.
•For a complete list of documentation on the SmartZone
100 Data Plane, refer to the release notes.
•For more information on how to manage your
SmartZone 100 Data Plane licenses, refer to the
SmartLicense User Guide.
•You can congure the SZ100-D from the command line
interface (CLI). For information on how to use the CLI to
congure the vSZ-D, see the SmartZone100-D / vSZ-D CLI
Reference Guide.
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