Cisco Cisco Wireless Control System Version 4.0 Release Notes
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Release Notes for Cisco Wireless Control System 6.0.132.0 for Windows or Linux
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New Features
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Leave IE7 and install the missing DLLs.
Deletion of TFTP Server Is Not Updated in the Configuration Backup
To add a TFTP server, click Configure > Controller Templates, choose TFTP server from the left
sidebar menu, and choose Add TFTP Server from the drop-down menu. To add the TFTP server, enter
the name and IP address and click Save. If you later delete this TFTP server and back up the
configuration (Administration > Background Task > Configuration Backup), the IP address of the TFTP
server still appears in the TFTP Server window when only the default server appears.
sidebar menu, and choose Add TFTP Server from the drop-down menu. To add the TFTP server, enter
the name and IP address and click Save. If you later delete this TFTP server and back up the
configuration (Administration > Background Task > Configuration Backup), the IP address of the TFTP
server still appears in the TFTP Server window when only the default server appears.
Conflicting Ports Interrupt WCS Start
WCS fails to start if there is a conflicting port in use. You receive a “Failed to start WCS server”
message, but you do not receive a list of conflicting ports. Go to WCS/webnms/logs/wcs-0-0.log and
view the conflicting ports. Enter the following to get a list of the process IDs associated with each
connection:
message, but you do not receive a list of conflicting ports. Go to WCS/webnms/logs/wcs-0-0.log and
view the conflicting ports. Enter the following to get a list of the process IDs associated with each
connection:
In Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, enter netstat -na0.
In Linux, enter netstat -nlp.
In the Task Manager, you see the respective PID and can stop the process using the port that WCS
requires.
requires.
New Features
The following new features are available with WCS release 6.0.132.0.
Note
Refer to the Cisco Wireless Control System Configuration Guide, Release 6.0 for more details and
configuration instructions.
configuration instructions.
New Controller Platform
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Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controller—This controller supports up to 250 lightweight access
points and 7000 clients through eight Gigabit Ethernet distribution system ports. Cisco 5508
controllers have no restrictions on the number of access points per port. However, Cisco
recommends using link aggregation (LAG) or configuring dynamic AP-manager interfaces on each
Gigabit Ethernet port to automatically balance the load.
points and 7000 clients through eight Gigabit Ethernet distribution system ports. Cisco 5508
controllers have no restrictions on the number of access points per port. However, Cisco
recommends using link aggregation (LAG) or configuring dynamic AP-manager interfaces on each
Gigabit Ethernet port to automatically balance the load.
Note
The 5500 series controllers can run only controller software release 6.0.182.0 or later. Refer to
the Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide for more information on this
controller.
the Cisco 5500 Series Wireless Controller Installation Guide for more information on this
controller.
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Licensing—Two types of licenses are required in order to use the 5500 series controllers: an
image-based license (base or wplus), which determines the feature set that the controller uses, and
an ap-count license (base-ap-count or wplus-ap-count), which determines the number of access
points that the controller supports (12, 25, 50, 100, or 250). The base license supports the standard
image-based license (base or wplus), which determines the feature set that the controller uses, and
an ap-count license (base-ap-count or wplus-ap-count), which determines the number of access
points that the controller supports (12, 25, 50, 100, or 250). The base license supports the standard