User's Manual

Deployment Guide 7
Chapter 7 Using HiveManager................................................................. 77
Installing and Connecting to the HiveManager GUI ....................................................79
Introduction to the HiveManager GUI....................................................................82
Cloning Configurations............................................................................................83
Multiselecting ......................................................................................................83
Sorting Displayed Data............................................................................................84
HiveManager Configuration Workflow ...................................................................85
Updating Software on HiveManager......................................................................86
Updating HiveOS Firmware ................................................................................87
Updating HiveAPs in a Mesh Environment......................................................................88
Chapter 8 HiveManager Configuration Examples.......................................... 89
Example 1: Mapping Locations and Installing HiveAPs ................................................91
Setting Up Topology Maps ........................................................................................91
Preparing the HiveAPs ............................................................................................94
Using SNMP .....................................................................................................94
Using MAC Addresses..........................................................................................95
Example 2: Defining Network Objects and MAC Filters ...............................................97
Defining a MAC OUI................................................................................................97
Mapping the MAC OUI and Services to Aerohive Classes ................................................98
Defining VLANs ................................................................................................... 100
Creating IP Addresses ........................................................................................... 101
Creating a MAC Filter ........................................................................................... 103
Example 3: Providing Guest Access .................................................................... 104
Guest Access with Preshared Keys ............................................................................ 104
Guest Access with Captive Web Portal....................................................................... 105
Captive Web Portal with External DHCP and DNS Servers ............................................ 105
Captive Web Portal with Internal DHCP and DNS Servers............................................. 107
Customizing the Registration Page ....................................................................... 108
Loading Customized Captive Web Portal Files.......................................................... 111
Defining a Captive Web Portal ............................................................................ 112
Example 4: Creating User Profiles...................................................................... 113
Example 5: Setting SSIDs................................................................................. 117
Example 6: Setting Management Service Parameters ............................................... 120
Example 7: Defining AAA RADIUS Settings............................................................. 123
Example 8: Creating Hives............................................................................... 125