Cisco Cisco 3365 Mobility Services Engine Release Notes
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Release Notes for Cisco 3300 Series Mobility Services Engine, Release 7.0.220.0
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Introduction
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Introduction
This section introduces the Cisco 3300 series mobility services engine (MSE) and the various services
that it supports.
that it supports.
Cisco 3300 Series Mobility Services Engine and Services
The Cisco 3300 series mobility services engine supports various services within the overall Cisco
Unified Wireless Network (CUWN).
Unified Wireless Network (CUWN).
The Cisco 3300 series mobility services engine currently supports the following services in release
7.0.220.0:
7.0.220.0:
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Context Aware Service (CAS)—Allows a mobility services engine to simultaneously track
thousands of mobile assets and clients by retrieving contextual information such as location,
temperature, and availability.
thousands of mobile assets and clients by retrieving contextual information such as location,
temperature, and availability.
CAS relies on two engines for processing the contextual information it receives. The Context Aware
Engine for clients processes data received from Wi-Fi clients and the Context Aware Engine for Tags
processes data received from Wi-Fi tags. Both of these engines can be deployed together or
separately depending on the business need. This service was introduced in Release 5.1.
Engine for clients processes data received from Wi-Fi clients and the Context Aware Engine for Tags
processes data received from Wi-Fi tags. Both of these engines can be deployed together or
separately depending on the business need. This service was introduced in Release 5.1.
Note
You must purchase licenses from Cisco to retrieve contextual information on tags and
clients. See the
clients. See the
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Wireless Intrusion Protection Service (wIPS)—Provides wireless-specific network threat detection
and mitigation against malicious attacks, security vulnerabilities, and sources of performance
disruption within the CUWN infrastructure. wIPS visualizes, analyzes, and identifies wireless
threats, and centrally manages mitigation and resolution of security and performance issues using
Cisco monitor mode access points. Proactive threat prevention is also supported to create a hardened
wireless network core that is impenetrable by most wireless attacks.
and mitigation against malicious attacks, security vulnerabilities, and sources of performance
disruption within the CUWN infrastructure. wIPS visualizes, analyzes, and identifies wireless
threats, and centrally manages mitigation and resolution of security and performance issues using
Cisco monitor mode access points. Proactive threat prevention is also supported to create a hardened
wireless network core that is impenetrable by most wireless attacks.
Note
You must purchase licenses from Cisco to support wIPS. See the
Note
Evaluation licenses for 100 clients, 100 tags, and 20 access points (wIPS) come standard on each
mobility services engine installed with Release 6.0 and later. Evaluation licenses are good for 60 days.
mobility services engine installed with Release 6.0 and later. Evaluation licenses are good for 60 days.
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CAS and wIPS can operate simultaneously on the Cisco 3350, 3355, and 3310 mobility services engines.