Dell W-IAP92, W-IAP93 Quick Setup Guide

Odie Cavazos, Technical Ma rketing

Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit Quick Setup Guide

Colin King, Network Engineering Valerie Padilla, Network Engineering

Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide

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Contents

Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit ................................................................................. 4

What’s included in your Mobility Starter Kit ...................................................................... 4

Purpose of this guide .................................................................................................. 4

Resources ............................................................................................................... 4

Getting Started Netwo rk T o polo gy .................................................................................. 5

Getting Started with the Dell PowerConnect 5500 Series PoE Switch........................................ 5

Configuring the PowerConnect 5500 Series PoE Switch ......................................................... 6

Next steps and recommendations .................................................................................. 9

Getting Started with Dell PowerConnect W-Instant Access Points ............................................. 9

Connecting your W-IAP105 Instant Access Points ................................................................ 9

Connect to the Provisioning Wi-Fi Network ..................................................................... 10

Creating a Network .................................................................................................. 11

Next steps and recommendations ................................................................................ 14

Dell OpenManage Network Manager .............................................................................. 15

Downloading Dell OpenManage Network Manager ............................................................. 15

OMNM Download instructions: ................................................................................... 16

OMNM Pre-Installation Checklist ................................................................................ 16

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Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide

Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit

This guide will help you install and configure the Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit. To ensure an easy installation, please read through the entire guide and determine the configuration options that will best suit your needs.

What’s included in your Mobility Starter Kit

• PowerConnect 5500 Series PoE Switch (1)

• PowerConnect W-Series W-IAP105 Instant Access Points (4)

• Dell OpenManage Network Manager (available online)

Purpose of this guide

This guide is to enable a network administrator to configure a basic network with the components of the Mobility Starter Kit. The resulting network can be used as a starting point to enable access to any resource connected to the network through the PowerConnect 5500 Series PoE switch. Access rules and Security configuration is left to the network administrator after completing this Getting Started Guide.

As an option, this guide also provides information to assist in the installation of Dell OpenManage Network Manager (OMNM). This software is designed to help simplify management of your Dell network environment through one unified console.

NOTE: Throughout the document, information or steps referring to OMNM will be optional.

Resources

• Dell Support manual site –

http://support.dell.com/manuals

• PowerConnect 5500 Series PoE manuals -

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/network/pc5524p/ http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/network/pc5548p/

• PowerConnect W-Series Instant SW manuals-

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/NETWORK/PC_WSer/Instant/

• Dell OpenManage Network Manager-

http://dell.com/NetworkManager

Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide

Getting Started Network Topology

Getting Started with the Dell PowerConnect 5500 Series PoE Switch

This guide describes how to install and configure the PowerConnect 5500 Series PoE switch. The outlined steps will guide you through the initial switch configuration to get the system up and running as quickly as possible. We will use the switch’s automatic Setup Wizard to configure the following:

• Username and password

• Management switch IP address

• IP subnet mask

• Default gateway IP address

• SNMP Community String (optional)

For more information, see the Dell PowerConnect 5500 Series User Guide and Getting Started Guide at support.dell.com/manuals.

Dell Networking Mobility Starter Kit – Quick Setup Guide

Figure 1 PowerConnect 552 4 P Switch Chassis

Configuring the PowerConnect 5500 Series PoE Switch

After the switch is installed on a flat surface or rack and connected to a power supply, we are ready to begin the configuration.

1. Connect the switch to the terminal and boot the unit. The boot process runs for approximately 40-45 seconds. When the boot process completes, the following LEDs are lit, as shown in the figure below.

• Power

• Status

• Fan (should be green)

NOTE: For more information on connecting the switch to a terminal, see “Connecting the

Switch to the Terminal” section in the Dell PowerConnect 5500 Series Getting Started Guide.

Figure 2 PowerConnect 5524P LEDs

2. Obtain the following information from the network administrator:

• Username and password for switch admin access

• The IP address assigned to the VLAN 1 interface through which the switch is to be

managed (by default, every external and internal port is a member of the VLAN 1)

• The IP subnet mask for the network

• The default gateway (nex t ho p router) IP address for configuring the default route

• SNMP Community String and SNMP Management System IP address (optional)

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