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Using the 700wl Series System
System Features and Concepts
The following sections provide an introduction to some of the key concepts and functions that are
central to the 700wl Series system. Many of these concepts are discussed in more detail in the
appropriate chapters later in this Guide. However, some of the discussions below do require an
understanding of other concepts such as how Access Rights are defined and administered in the 700wl
Series system.
Centralized Management and Administration
All configuration, management, and monitoring of the components of the 700wl Series system, with
very few exceptions, are done through the centralized Administrative Console, accessed through the
Access Control Server. The Access Control Server maintains the status and configuration information
for the Access Controllers it serves. When changes are made to an Access Controller configuration, the
change is saved on the Access Control Server as well as being propagated to the Access Controller.
The only configuration that should be performed directly on an Access Controller is setting the initial
network configuration when the unit is first installed on your network. This is necessary to enable the
Access Controller to communicate with the Access Control Server, and should be performed through
the CLI.
As soon as an Access Controller is configured to communicate with its Access Control Server, that
Access Controller will appear in the System Components list on the Access Control Server. By selecting
the Access Controller in this list you can perform configuration and management functions such as
setting the date and time, configuring options such as bridging, port subnets, SNMP access, and so on.
You can also initiate upgrades, and shut down or restart the unit through the centralized interface.
System-wide backups are performed from the central Administrative Console. In addition, status
information such as client and session status, is gathered from the Access Controllers and is maintained
and displayed centrally. Log entries are also stored centrally rather than on each Access Controller.
Because configuration information for an Access Controller is maintained by the Access Control Server,
configuration changes must not be made directly on an Access Controller. Changes made directly on the
Access Controller are not reflected in the central database, and those changes would be overwritten the
next time the Access Control Server propagated configuration information to the Access Controller.
In earlier versions of the 700wl Series system, it was possible to access an Administrative Console on
an Access Controller by pointing a web browser to the IP address of the Access Controller. This is no
longer supported—instead the Access Controller just displays a page with a link to the Access Control
Server Administrative Console, as shown in
Figure 2-12.
HP ProCurve Secure Access 700wl Series Management and Configuration Guide 2-17