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Chapter 12 Common Configuration Examples
144 Aerohive
Preparing the HiveAPs
There are several approaches that you can take when mapping the location of installed HiveAP devices. Two
possible approaches are presented below. The first approach (
"Using MAC Addresses" on page 144 ) allows you to
install HiveAPs without needing to do any extra configurations, but you later have to match each HiveAP with the
right map in HiveManager manually. With the second approach (
"Using SNMP" ), HiveManager automatically assigns
HiveAPs to maps. This approach does require a small amount of configuration of each HiveAP up front, but after the
HiveAPs form a CAPWAP connection with HiveManager, the automatic assignment of HiveAPs to their appropriate
maps on HiveManager occurs without any further effort.
Using MAC Addresses
With this approach, you write down the MAC address labelled on the underside of each HiveAP and its location while
installing the HiveAPs throughout the buildings. The MAC address on the label is for the mgt0 interface. Because the
MAC addresses of all HiveAPs begin with the Aerohive MAC OUI 00:19:77, you only need to record the last six
numerals in the address. For example, if the MAC OUI is 0019:7700:0120, you only need to write "000120" to be able
to distinguish it from other HiveAPs later.
1. Make copies of the maps uploaded to HiveManager, label them, and take them along when installing the HiveAPs.
2. When you install a HiveAP, write the last six digits of its MAC address at its location on the map.
When HiveAPs automatically connect with HiveManager, HiveManager displays them on the Monitor > Access Points >
HiveAPs page. You can differentiate them in the displayed list by MAC address (node ID), which allows you to match
the HiveAPs in the GUI with those you noted during installation so that you can properly assign each one to a map.
Using SNMP
This approach makes use of the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) sysLocation MIB (Management
Information Base) object, which you define on HiveAPs. HiveManager can use this information to associate a HiveAP
with a map and provide a description of where on the map each HiveAP belongs.
1. Make copies of the maps you uploaded to HiveManager, label them, and take them with you for reference when
installing the HiveAPs.
2. For each HiveAP that you install, do the following:
2.1 Make a serial connection to the console port, and log in (see "Log in through the console port" on page 182 ).
2.2 Enter the following command, in which
string1
describes the location of the HiveAP on the map (in open
format) and
string2
is the name of the map:
snmp location string1@string2
For example, if you install a HiveAP in the northwest corner on the first floor of building 1, enter
snmp location northwest_corner@HQ-B1-F1
. If you want to use spaces in the description, surround
the entire string with quotation marks:
snmp location "northwest corner@HQ-B1-F1"
.
If you want, you can include some or all of the map hierarchy in the SNMP location string. For example, if a
map named "floor-1" is nested under a higher level map named "building-1", then enter the command as
follows:
snmp location northwest_corner@floor-1@building-1
. Similarly, if these two maps are
nested under a higher level map named "campus-1", then include that next higher level in the SNMP location
string:
snmp location northwest_corner@floor-1@building-1@campus-1
. Although including
the map hierarchy is unnecessary to identify a map in HiveManager—all map names must be unique—
including the map hierarchy in the SNMP location can provide a simple way to check that preconfigured
HiveAPs get distributed to various sites correctly before they are installed.
2.3 Mount and cable the HiveAP to complete its installation. (For mounting instructions, see the mounting
section in the chapter for the HiveAP platform that you are installing.)
Note: For a summary of how HiveAPs use CAPWAP to discover and connect to HiveManager, see "How HiveAPs
Connect to HiveManager" on page 133 .