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This deployment scenario does not use VLAN 1 to connect to the layer-2 switch or router through the trunk port. The
initial setup prompts you for the IP address and default gateway for VLAN 1; use the default values. In later steps, you
configure the appropriate VLAN to connect to the switch or router as well as the default gateway.
For this scenario, you must perform the following tasks:
1. Run the initial setup.
l Use the default IP address for VLAN 1. Since VLAN 1 is not used to connect to the layer-2 switch or router
through the trunk port, you must configure the appropriate VLAN in a later step.
l Do not specify a default gateway (use the default “none”). In a later step, you configure the default
gateway.
2. Create a VLAN that has the same VLAN ID as the VLAN on the switch or router to which you will connect the
controller. Add the uplink port on the controller to this VLAN and configure the port as a trunk port.
3. Add client VLANs to the trunk port.
4. Configure the default gateway on the controller. This gateway is the IP address of the router to which you
will connect the controller.
5. Configure the loopback interface for the controller.
6. Connect the uplink port on the controller to the switch or router interface.
7. Deploy APs. The APs will use DNS or DHCP to locate the controller.
8. Now configure VLANs on the controller for the wireless client subnetworks and configure SSIDs with the
VLANs assigned for each wireless subnetwork.
Configuring the Controller
The tasks in deploying a basic user-centric network fall into two main areas:
l Configuring and connecting the controller to the wired network (described in this section)
l Deploying APs (described later in this section)
To connect the controller to the wired network:
1. Run the initial setup to configure administrative information for the controller.
Initial setup can be done using the browser-based Setup Wizard or by accessing the initial setup dialog via a
serial port connection. Both methods are described in the Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS Quick Start
Guide and are referred to throughout this chapter as “initial setup.”
2. (For topologies similar to Deployment Scenario #3: APs on Multiple Different Subnets from Controllers)
Configure a VLAN to connect the controller to your network. You do not need to perform this step if you
are using VLAN 1 to connect the controller to the wired network.
3. (Optional) Configure a loopback address for the controller. You do not need to perform this step if you are
using the VLAN 1 IP address as the controller’s IP address. Disable spanning tree on the controller if
necessary.
4. Configure the system clock.
5. (Optional) Install licenses; refer to Software Licenses on page 146.
6. Connect the ports on the controller to your network.
This section describes the steps in detail.
Running Initial Setup
When you connect to the controller for the first time using either a serial console or a Web browser, the initial
setup requires you to set the role (master or local) for the controller and passwords for administrator and