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About the Airespace System
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Airespace Product Guide
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About the Airespace System
About the Airespace System
The Airespace Wireless Enterprise Platform (Airespace System) is designed to provide 802.11 wireless
networking solutions for enterprises and service providers. The Airespace System simplifies deploying
and managing large scale wireless LAN networks and enables a unique best-in-class security infrastruc-
ture. The AireOS, or Airespace Operating System, manages all subscriber, communications, and system
administration functions, performs
functions, manages system-wide
mobility policies using the AireOS Security solution, and coordinates all security functions using the
The Airespace System consists of Airespace Wireless Switches and WLAN Appliances (
) and their associated Airespace APs (
) controlled by
the AireOS, all managed by any or all of the AireOS management interfaces.
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The Airespace Control System Software (ACS Software Server) interface is used to configure
and monitor one or more Airespace Switches and Appliances and associated APs, and has tools
to facilitate large-system monitoring and control. The
Airespace Control System Software
runs
on any Windows 2000 or XP platform.
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A full-featured CLI (command line interface) can be used to configure and monitor individual
Airespace Switches and Appliances. Refer to the
Airespace Command Line Interface
section.
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A full-featured Web Browser (HTTP) interface hosted by Airespace Switches and Appliances
running on any platform with a supported Web browser can be used to configure and monitor
individual Airespace Switches and Appliances. See the
Airespace Web Browser Interface
section.
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An industry-standard SNMP V1, V2c, and V3 interface can be used with any SNMP-compliant
third-party network management system.
The Airespace solution also allows service providers to incorporate their existing Cisco 1200, Cisco 350
and ORiNOCO 2000 Access Points (
) into an expanding Airespace network.
The following figure shows the Airespace System components.
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Airespace System Components in Appliance Mode