Summit WM User Guide, Software Version 5.3 9
About this guide
This guide describes how to install, configure, and manage the Extreme Networks
®
Summit
®
WM
Controller, Access Points, and WM software.
This guide is based on the following product families:
● Summit WM2000 Controller
● Summit WM200 Controller
● Summit WM20 Controller
● Summit WM1000 Controller
● Summit WM100 Controller
Who should use this guide
This guide is a reference for system administrators who install and manage the Summit Controller,
Access Points, and WM software system.
Any administrator performing tasks described in this guide must have an account with administrative
privileges.
What is in this guide
This guide contains the following:
● "About this guide" describes the target audience and content of the guide, the formatting
conventions used in it, and how to provide feedback on the guide.
● Chapter 1, "Overview of the Controller, Access Points, and WM software solution," provides an
overview of the product, its features and functionality.
● Chapter 2, "Configuring the Summit WM Controller," describes how to perform the installation, first
time setup and configuration of the Summit WM Controller, as well as configuring the data ports
and defining routing.
● Chapter 3, "Configuring the Altitude AP," describes how to install the Wireless AP, how it discovers
and registers with the Summit WM Controller, how to view and modify the radio configuration, and
how to enable Dynamic Radio Management.
● Chapter 4, "WM Access Domain Services," provides an overview of WM Access Domain Services
(WM-AD), the mechanism by which the Summit WM Controller, Access Points, and WM software
controls and manages network access.
● Chapter 5, "WM Access Domain Services configuration," provides detailed instructions in how to
configure a WM-AD, its topology, authentication, accounting, RADIUS policy, multicast, filtering and
privacy. Both Captive Portal and AAA types of WM-AD are described.
● Chapter 6, "Availability and session availability" describes how to set up the features that provide
availability in the event of a controller failover.
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