Technical data

Configure Controller Parameters From the Web UI

To start the setup script, at the Privileged EXEC prompt, type setup. Refer to the

“Initial Setup” chapter of the Meru System Director Getting Started Guide for an

example session using the setup command.

Configure Controller Parameters From the Web

To add a new controller, click Configuration > Devices > Controller > Add. To r e c o n -

figure an existing controller, click Configuration > Devices > Controller > select a

controller > Settings. The following parameters can be configured from the Web UI

with Level 10 permission:

 Information for recognizing and tracking controllers such as the Description,

Location, and Contact person

 Whether or not APs should be Automatically Upgraded by a controller

 DHCP Server address and DHCP Relay Passthrough (whether or not packets are

actually passed to the DHCP server)

 Statistics Polling Period and Audit Polling Period, which affect how often a

controller refreshes data

 Default AP Initialization Script (bootscript) that run on APs with no other script

specified

 Controller Index number used for identification (Note that changing this initiates

a controller reboot.)

 Whether or not the controller will interact with the AeroScout Location Engine

and associated APs will interact with AeroScout Tags to provide real-time asset

tracking

 Whether or not Fastpath Mode is used. Fastpath Mode accelerates the rate that

packets move through the Ethernet interface based on identification of an IP

packet stream. When FastPath is enabled, the beginning of the IP packet stream

is processed by the controller, and all subsequent packets of the same stream are

forwarded according to the disposition of the initial packets, without being

processed by the controller. This offloads a significant amount of processing from

the controller.

 Bonding Mode affects only MC4100. Single Bonding combines all MC4100 Ethernet

ports into one port for accelerated throughput. Dual Bonding configures two ports

for this controller.

 Virtual Cell for AP300, AP400, or AP1000 is not determined by any controller

setting. However, AP150 Virtual Cell is enabled or disabled at the controller.