RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC?
James Barron, For purpose of our community, would you care to share your experiences ( cc group ) since our upgrade is coming and it is always nice to look beside the 65xx monsters (!). Best Regards, Loc Pham, # 17030 , office 415-353-4492 IT Enterprise Security Services, UCSF Medical Center Where self-healing network is building on . -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of James Nesbitt Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:39 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Barron, We were part of the beta program for this controller and it is definitely the way to go for scalability. It's basically a WiSM without the chassis, huge savings on power requirements and consumption. With a 10 core cpu, this box has plenty of processing power. It's cool to do a code upgrade and see 100 APs downloading code at the same time. You may contact me offline for more details. James Nesbitt Wireless Engineer Duke University 919-668-6485 On Jun 4, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Barron Hulver wrote: We have six Cisco 4404-100 wireless LAN controllers using 5.2.178.0 software and are in the process of purchasing another WLC. Cisco has just released the 5508 controller so I'm wondering if anyone has used this yet and, if so, what comments you have. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10315/index.html Barron Barron Hulver Director of Networking, Operations, and Systems Center for Information Technology Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC?
Is the 5508 still under the control of the same relatively non-transparent operating system? Can we see/manipulate flash or firmware/config files, and monitor processes? Is there any hope for this being more IOS like now that its on next-generation hardware? Bruce T. Johnson | Network Engineer | Partners Healthcare Network Engineering | 617.726.9662 | Pager: 31633 | bjohns...@partners.org From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Pham, Loc Sent: Mon 6/8/2009 11:37 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? James Barron, For purpose of our community, would you care to share your experiences ( cc group ) since our upgrade is coming and it is always nice to look beside the 65xx monsters (!). Best Regards, Loc Pham, # 17030 , office 415-353-4492 IT Enterprise Security Services, UCSF Medical Center Where self-healing network is building on . -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of James Nesbitt Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:39 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Barron, We were part of the beta program for this controller and it is definitely the way to go for scalability. It's basically a WiSM without the chassis, huge savings on power requirements and consumption. With a 10 core cpu, this box has plenty of processing power. It's cool to do a code upgrade and see 100 APs downloading code at the same time. You may contact me offline for more details. James Nesbitt Wireless Engineer Duke University 919-668-6485 On Jun 4, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Barron Hulver wrote: We have six Cisco 4404-100 wireless LAN controllers using 5.2.178.0 software and are in the process of purchasing another WLC. Cisco has just released the 5508 controller so I'm wondering if anyone has used this yet and, if so, what comments you have. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10315/index.html Barron Barron Hulver Director of Networking, Operations, and Systems Center for Information Technology Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC?
I agree that from the code perspective, Airespace really hasn't been integrated well yet after the Cisco purchase- would be nice to see some gains here. On the 5508, would have been nice in some respects if it was a 300-AP unit, to be a one-for-one WiSM replacement (yeah, you can argue that the WiSM is actually two 150-AP controllers). Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer Information Technology and Services Syracuse University 315 443-3003 -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Johnson, Bruce T Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:53 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Is the 5508 still under the control of the same relatively non-transparent operating system? Can we see/manipulate flash or firmware/config files, and monitor processes? Is there any hope for this being more IOS like now that its on next-generation hardware? Bruce T. Johnson | Network Engineer | Partners Healthcare Network Engineering | 617.726.9662 | Pager: 31633 | bjohns...@partners.org From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Pham, Loc Sent: Mon 6/8/2009 11:37 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? James Barron, For purpose of our community, would you care to share your experiences ( cc group ) since our upgrade is coming and it is always nice to look beside the 65xx monsters (!). Best Regards, Loc Pham, # 17030 , office 415-353-4492 IT Enterprise Security Services, UCSF Medical Center Where self-healing network is building on . -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of James Nesbitt Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:39 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Barron, We were part of the beta program for this controller and it is definitely the way to go for scalability. It's basically a WiSM without the chassis, huge savings on power requirements and consumption. With a 10 core cpu, this box has plenty of processing power. It's cool to do a code upgrade and see 100 APs downloading code at the same time. You may contact me offline for more details. James Nesbitt Wireless Engineer Duke University 919-668-6485 On Jun 4, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Barron Hulver wrote: We have six Cisco 4404-100 wireless LAN controllers using 5.2.178.0 software and are in the process of purchasing another WLC. Cisco has just released the 5508 controller so I'm wondering if anyone has used this yet and, if so, what comments you have. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10315/index.html Barron Barron Hulver Director of Networking, Operations, and Systems Center for Information Technology Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC?
For some reason I was under the impression that the 5508 can support up to 500 aps based on the licensing you obtain. Needham Parks Network Engineer Duke University Health System Lee H Badman lhbad...@syr.edu Sent by: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 06/08/2009 12:30 PM Please respond to The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU To WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU cc Subject Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? I agree that from the code perspective, Airespace really hasn't been integrated well yet after the Cisco purchase- would be nice to see some gains here. On the 5508, would have been nice in some respects if it was a 300-AP unit, to be a one-for-one WiSM replacement (yeah, you can argue that the WiSM is actually two 150-AP controllers). Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer Information Technology and Services Syracuse University 315 443-3003 -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Johnson, Bruce T Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:53 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Is the 5508 still under the control of the same relatively non-transparent operating system? Can we see/manipulate flash or firmware/config files, and monitor processes? Is there any hope for this being more IOS like now that its on next-generation hardware? Bruce T. Johnson | Network Engineer | Partners Healthcare Network Engineering | 617.726.9662 | Pager: 31633 | bjohns...@partners.org From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Pham, Loc Sent: Mon 6/8/2009 11:37 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? James Barron, For purpose of our community, would you care to share your experiences ( cc group ) since our upgrade is coming and it is always nice to look beside the 65xx monsters (!). Best Regards, Loc Pham, # 17030 , office 415-353-4492 IT Enterprise Security Services, UCSF Medical Center Where self-healing network is building on . -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of James Nesbitt Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:39 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Barron, We were part of the beta program for this controller and it is definitely the way to go for scalability. It's basically a WiSM without the chassis, huge savings on power requirements and consumption. With a 10 core cpu, this box has plenty of processing power. It's cool to do a code upgrade and see 100 APs downloading code at the same time. You may contact me offline for more details. James Nesbitt Wireless Engineer Duke University 919-668-6485 On Jun 4, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Barron Hulver wrote: We have six Cisco 4404-100 wireless LAN controllers using 5.2.178.0 software and are in the process of purchasing another WLC. Cisco has just released the 5508 controller so I'm wondering if anyone has used this yet and, if so, what comments you have. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10315/index.html Barron Barron Hulver Director of Networking, Operations, and Systems Center for Information Technology Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC?
Cut sheet says 250... Lee From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Needham R Parks Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 1:26 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? For some reason I was under the impression that the 5508 can support up to 500 aps based on the licensing you obtain. Needham Parks Network Engineer Duke University Health System Lee H Badman lhbad...@syr.edu Sent by: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 06/08/2009 12:30 PM Please respond to The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU To WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU cc Subject Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? I agree that from the code perspective, Airespace really hasn't been integrated well yet after the Cisco purchase- would be nice to see some gains here. On the 5508, would have been nice in some respects if it was a 300-AP unit, to be a one-for-one WiSM replacement (yeah, you can argue that the WiSM is actually two 150-AP controllers). Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer Information Technology and Services Syracuse University 315 443-3003 -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Johnson, Bruce T Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:53 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Is the 5508 still under the control of the same relatively non-transparent operating system? Can we see/manipulate flash or firmware/config files, and monitor processes? Is there any hope for this being more IOS like now that its on next-generation hardware? Bruce T. Johnson | Network Engineer | Partners Healthcare Network Engineering | 617.726.9662 | Pager: 31633 | bjohns...@partners.org From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Pham, Loc Sent: Mon 6/8/2009 11:37 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? James Barron, For purpose of our community, would you care to share your experiences ( cc group ) since our upgrade is coming and it is always nice to look beside the 65xx monsters (!). Best Regards, Loc Pham, # 17030 , office 415-353-4492 IT Enterprise Security Services, UCSF Medical Center Where self-healing network is building on . -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of James Nesbitt Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:39 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Barron, We were part of the beta program for this controller and it is definitely the way to go for scalability. It's basically a WiSM without the chassis, huge savings on power requirements and consumption. With a 10 core cpu, this box has plenty of processing power. It's cool to do a code upgrade and see 100 APs downloading code at the same time. You may contact me offline for more details. James Nesbitt Wireless Engineer Duke University 919-668-6485 On Jun 4, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Barron Hulver wrote: We have six Cisco 4404-100 wireless LAN controllers using 5.2.178.0 software and are in the process of purchasing another WLC. Cisco has just released the 5508 controller so I'm wondering if anyone has used this yet and, if so, what comments you have. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10315/index.html Barron Barron Hulver Director of Networking, Operations, and Systems Center for Information Technology Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10315/index.html http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ http://www.educause.edu/groups/. The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.educause.edu/groups/http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly
Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC?
Originally it did support 500 APs. Through a code change this number was reduced to 250 because of some errors when approaching 500, but the beta hardware had a 6 core cpu, not the 10 core that's in the final version. James Nesbitt Wireless Engineer Duke University 919-668-6485 On Jun 8, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Needham R Parks wrote: For some reason I was under the impression that the 5508 can support up to 500 aps based on the licensing you obtain. Needham Parks Network Engineer Duke University Health System Lee H Badman lhbad...@syr.edu Sent by: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU 06/08/2009 12:30 PM Please respond to The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU To WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU cc Subject Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? I agree that from the code perspective, Airespace really hasn't been integrated well yet after the Cisco purchase- would be nice to see some gains here. On the 5508, would have been nice in some respects if it was a 300-AP unit, to be a one-for-one WiSM replacement (yeah, you can argue that the WiSM is actually two 150-AP controllers). Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer Information Technology and Services Syracuse University 315 443-3003 -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU ] On Behalf Of Johnson, Bruce T Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:53 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Is the 5508 still under the control of the same relatively non- transparent operating system? Can we see/manipulate flash or firmware/config files, and monitor processes? Is there any hope for this being more IOS like now that its on next-generation hardware? Bruce T. Johnson | Network Engineer | Partners Healthcare Network Engineering | 617.726.9662 | Pager: 31633 | bjohns...@partners.org From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Pham, Loc Sent: Mon 6/8/2009 11:37 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? James Barron, For purpose of our community, would you care to share your experiences ( cc group ) since our upgrade is coming and it is always nice to look beside the 65xx monsters (!). Best Regards, Loc Pham, # 17030 , office 415-353-4492 IT Enterprise Security Services, UCSF Medical Center Where self-healing network is building on . -Original Message- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of James Nesbitt Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:39 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Barron, We were part of the beta program for this controller and it is definitely the way to go for scalability. It's basically a WiSM without the chassis, huge savings on power requirements and consumption. With a 10 core cpu, this box has plenty of processing power. It's cool to do a code upgrade and see 100 APs downloading code at the same time. You may contact me offline for more details. James Nesbitt Wireless Engineer Duke University 919-668-6485 On Jun 4, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Barron Hulver wrote: We have six Cisco 4404-100 wireless LAN controllers using 5.2.178.0 software and are in the process of purchasing another WLC. Cisco has just released the 5508 controller so I'm wondering if anyone has used this yet and, if so, what comments you have. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10315/index.html Barron Barron Hulver Director of Networking, Operations, and Systems Center for Information Technology Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE
Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC?
Barron, We were part of the beta program for this controller and it is definitely the way to go for scalability. It's basically a WiSM without the chassis, huge savings on power requirements and consumption. With a 10 core cpu, this box has plenty of processing power. It's cool to do a code upgrade and see 100 APs downloading code at the same time. You may contact me offline for more details. James Nesbitt Wireless Engineer Duke University 919-668-6485 On Jun 4, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Barron Hulver wrote: We have six Cisco 4404-100 wireless LAN controllers using 5.2.178.0 software and are in the process of purchasing another WLC. Cisco has just released the 5508 controller so I'm wondering if anyone has used this yet and, if so, what comments you have. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10315/index.html Barron Barron Hulver Director of Networking, Operations, and Systems Center for Information Technology Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
