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Note Access points mounted in a building’s environmental airspace must be powered using PoE 
to comply with safety regulations.
Cisco recommends that you make a site map showing access point locations so that you can record the 
device MAC addresses from each location and return them to the person who is planning or managing 
your wireless network.
Installation Summary
Installing the access point involves these operations:
• Performing a pre-installation configuration (optional)
• Mounting the access point
• Grounding the access point
• Deploying the access point on the wireless network
Performing a Pre-Installation Configuration
The following procedures ensure that your access point installation and initial operation go as 
expected. A pre-installation configuration is also known as priming the access point. This procedure 
is optional.
Note Performing a pre-installation configuration is an optional procedure. If your network 
controller is properly configured, you can install your access point in its final location and 
connect it to the network from there. See the “Deploying the Access Point on the Wireless 
Network” section on page 14 for details.