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Wireless Appliance – Data Sheet 

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The Wireless Assistant provides network administrators with a 

centralized web-based interface designed to easily manage both 

infrastructure and services. Hosted on the wireless Appliance, 
this interface allows network administrators to separately 

configure, enable, or disable each AP or group of APs. The 
wireless Appliance consolidates data received from across the 

network to provide meaningful statistics in easy-to-read reports. 

Additionally, a number of standards-based management tools 

are available to facilitate integration of the WLAN infrastructure 
with enterprise management applications. For large networks 
with multiple wireless Appliances the optional OneFabric™ 
Control Center Management Suite can be used to collect and 
manage data for a centralized view of the entire WLAN.

NetSight ™ provides centralized management for the IdentiFi 

Wireless portfolio, consolidating management information from 
across the entire WLAN for a global network perspective. The 
solution is enhanced by the addition of IdentiFi Radar Intrusion 

Prevention System (WIPS) option which provides sophisticated 
wireless intrusion prevention and location assessment 

capabilities. Wired and wireless network integration is further 
enhanced by the visibility of all the wireless elements through 

the OneFabric™ Control Center Management Suite. Integration 
between OneFabric™ Control Center and the IdentiFi Wireless 
portfolio provides end-to-end visibility of wireless Access Points, 

Appliances, and wireless clients from the OneFabric™ Control 

Center Console. The integration delivers improved network 
management efficiency and wired/wireless infrastructure 
topology mapping and visibility for network administrators. 

Further integration with OneFabric™ Control Center Inventory 
Manager effectively centralizes distribution of software and 
tracking of configuration changes.

Wireless IDS and IPS enhances security with embedded wireless 

intrusion prevention through Extreme Networks Radar. When 

deployed in conjunction with the IdentiFi Intrusion Prevention 

System (IPS), full packet inspection, adaptive signature 
pattern matching, protocol analysis, and behavioral anomaly 

detection are delivered for both wired and wireless users. 

Further, OneFabric™ Control Center Mobile IAM identity based 
policy privileges are unified across the wired and wireless 
infrastructure to deliver role-based access control – regardless 

of connectivity method.

The Mobile IAM policies ensure only the right users have access 

to the right information, from the right place, at the right time. 

Third party authentication systems can also be integrated with 

the use of the External Captive Portal interface.

IdentiFi Wireless delivers the perfect combination of high-
performance and high-availability demanded by today’s wireless 
applications. By combining unique voice optimization features 
and the latest in industry standards, IdentiFi Wireless provides 

enterprise grade reliability for all users.

The IdentiFi Wireless portfolio supports from a single AP to 

2,000+ APs per wireless Appliance, providing linear scalability 
from small to large wireless deployments. In addition, wireless 

Appliances can be networked to scale beyond the limits of a 

single Appliance or availability pair to offer a multi-wireless 

Appliance mobility zone. Mobility zones enable seamless 

roaming across a large number of wireless Appliances while still 

delivering real-time session-availability services without requiring 

the purchase of additional AP licenses for redundancy.

IdentiFi Wireless provides true end-to-end Quality of Service 

(QoS) with each Appliance and AP supporting native IP 

prioritization (DiffServ, TOS, Precedence), Ethernet 802.1p, as 
well as 802.11e’s WMM and TSPEC wireless QoS standards. 
IdentiFi Wireless devices support distinct queues on all interfaces, 
whether wired or wireless.

When voice and data traffic are running on the same AP, voice 

traffic can be prioritized to ensure minimal delay and jitter 
for optimal voice quality. The wireless Appliances are able to 
translate WMM prioritized traffic to existing QoS prioritization 

schemes on the wired network (TOS, DSCP, etc.).

IdentiFi Wireless Appliances manage sessions centrally to 

ensure fast, secure, and seamless roaming as users and devices 

move Wireless Appliance – Data Sheet 4 throughout the radio 

coverage range of each AP. Seamless roaming greatly improves 

productivity by providing true mobility across the enterprise, all 
transparent to the user.