Cisco Mesh Access Points - CHAPTER 1 Mesh Network Components; Mesh Network Components; Mesh Access Points

CHAPTER 1
Mesh Network Components
This chapter describes the mesh network components.
The Cisco wireless mesh network has four core components:
• Cisco Aironet 1500 series mesh access points
Cisco Aironet 1505 and 1510 mesh access points are not supported because of their
End-of-Life status.
Note
• Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (hereafter referred to as controller)
• Cisco Prime Infrastructure
• Mesh software architecture
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Mesh Access Points, page 1
• Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers, page 40
• Cisco Prime Infrastructure, page 40
• Architecture, page 40
Mesh Access Points
Licensing for Mesh Access Points on a 5500 Series Controller
To use both mesh and nonmesh access points with a Cisco 5500 Series Controller, only the base license
(LIC-CT5508-X) is required from the 7.0 release and later releases. For more information about obtaining
and installing licenses, see the Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configuration Guide at http://www.cisco.com/
en/US/products/ps10315/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html.
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