Other Important Service Provider Oriented Features
These other important Service Provider oriented features were introduced in the Cisco WLCs with the 7.3
code:
Central DHCP for FlexConnect local switching
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VLAN Tagging on CAPWAP management (no CAPWAP restriction to native VLAN)
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RADIUS Accounting Enhancements
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MAC Authentication Failover to 802.1x Authentication
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FlexConnect with 802.11u/hotspot for Mobile Network offload
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Standards based 802.11r fast roaming
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Bi−Directional Rate Limiting (per−user throughput limits with higher granularity)
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VideoStream for rich media flows (in Local Mode)
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FlexConnect VLAN Based Central Switching
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FlexConnect Split Tunneling
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FlexConnect WGB/UWGB Support
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PPPoE client at an AP
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NAT/PAT support at an AP
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Some of the new Service Provider related features integrated into the 7.4 code:
LAG support (Sub−second link failover)
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Added 6 more options for the sent Called−Station−ID RADIUS attribute:
ap−group−name
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ap−location
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ap−name
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ap−name−ssid
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flex−group−name
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vlan−id
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Added six (6) more choices for the Option−82 sent to a DHCP server:
ap−group−name
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ap−location
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apname−vlan−id
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ap−ethmac−ssid
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flex−group−name
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apmac−vlan−id
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Configurable Primary and Secondary RADIUS servers at the FlexConnect Group level; with a limit of
up to 2x the number of FlexGroups supported on the platform (i.e. up to 4000 RADIUS servers on an
8500 controller)
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Several Controller management enhancements (Faster HA upgrade process, SFTP file transfers,
Service port HA enhancement, Granular control)
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Upstream QOS (bi−dir client rate limiting)
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AP client Load Balance using AP Ethernet utilization
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DHCP proxy mode per VLAN interface
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WLC ordered with HA−SKU, can be used as a secondary in an "N+1" failover scenario (supporting
the full platform capacity)
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AP radio can be set to accept only 802.11n clients ("Not" to be confused with "Green Field")
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Design Considerations
