Cisco Systems OL-11567-02 Network Card User Manual


 
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Release Notes for Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers and Lightweight Access Points for Release 3.2.171.6
OL-11567-02
Important Notes
Heavily Loaded Controller CPU
When the controller CPU is heavily loaded (for example, when doing file copies or other tasks), it does
not have time to process all of the ACKs that the NPU sends in response to configuration messages.
When this happens, the CPU generates error messages. However, the error messages do not impact
service or functionality.
RADIUS Servers and the Management VLAN
The RADIUS server can be on any subnet as long as it can be reached by the management VLAN subnet.
The controllers can be managed via the management VLAN subnet from any other subnet that can reach
the management VLAN subnet.
Cisco 7920 Wireless IP Phone Support
When using Cisco 7920 Wireless IP Phones with controllers, make sure that the phones and controllers
are configured as follows:
Aggressive load balancing must be disabled on a per-controller basis. Otherwise, the initial roam
attempt by the phone may fail, causing a disruption in the audio path.
The QoS Basis Service Set (QBSS) information element (IE) must be enabled. The QBSS IE enables
the access points to communicate their channel usage to wireless devices. Because access points
with high channel usage might not be able to handle real-time traffic effectively, the 7920 phone uses
the QBSS value to determine if it should associate with another access point. Use the following
commands to enable the QBSS IE:
sh wlan summary
Note Use this command to determine the WLAN ID number of the WLAN to which you want
to add QBSS support.
config wlan disable wlan_id_number
config wlan 7920-support ap-cac-limit enable wlan_id_number
config wlan enable wlan_id_number
sh wlan wlan_id_number
Note Use this command to verify that the WLAN is enabled and the Dot11-Phone Mode
(7920) field is configured for compat mode.
save config
The Dynamic Transmit Power Control (DTPC) information element (IE) must be enabled using the
config 802.11a dtpc enable command. The DTPC IE is a beacon and probe information element
that allows the access point to broadcast information on its transmit power. The Cisco 7920 Wireless
IP Phone uses this information to automatically adjust its transmit power to the same level as the
access point to which it is associated. In this manner, both devices are transmitting at the same level.