Supposedly, with Concannon they are coming back with the unlimited license- though I can't get a straight answer out of Cisco yet. I did hear that pricing will be on the scale of $400,000 for the site license- but like most things with this product line, it can be hard to get the real (or consistent) story, so I'm taking this with a grain of salt so far. Also, can't really get any guidance from Cisco on "allowed"/recommended WCS configurations that wouldn't cost double for AP licenses.
Lee -----Original Message----- From: Todd Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 10:04 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WCS- sparing/clustering About a year ago, Cisco stopped offering a unlimited license for WCS. Existing unlimited license were converted to a 2500 AP license. Todd Lane ITS Telecommunications/Networking University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Frank Bulk wrote: > I know we discussed WCS licensing on this listserv some time > ago....wasn't there a point where you bought enough AP licenses that it > was cheaper to purchase the unlimited license for WCS? And does that > give one the right to run WCS once, or many times? > > Frank > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Paynter, Jeffrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, May 04, 2007 8:26 AM > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WCS- sparing/clustering > > We are in the process of installing WCS, WiSMs, & APs (Cisco 1131s & > 1242s). We may have as many as 8 WiSMs & 2,100 APs. Won't know until > the site surveys are complete. We are also implementing Cisco Clean > Access at the same time on the WLAN for security. > > > > Currently we have 4 WiSMs (4.0.217.0) & about 200 APs installed. We > have WCS (4.0.87) running on a very robust VM server. Cisco does not > support WCS on VM at this time! WCS respond slowly in the VM > environment. The reason we went this way was for fault tolerance and > redundancy. We also have WCS (4.0.96) running on a standalone server as > a test and the performance is excellent! At some point Cisco has to > solve the VM issue because nobody will buy twice as many AP licenses to > run 2 WCS Servers. For now as long as you have a backup of WCS it is > very easy to install from scratch and restore! > > > > The bottom line is the WiSMs & APs will work without WCS. You can still > manage the WiSMs & APs but would lose central monitoring of all WiSMs, > APs, Clients, & misc Security features such as rogue APs, signature > attacks, etc. > > > > Jeff > > > > Jeffrey M. Paynter > > Communications Analyst Lead > > University of Rochester Medical Center > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Office: 585.784.2405 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Lee H Badman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, May 04, 2007 8:18 AM > *To:* WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > *Subject:* [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco WCS- sparing/clustering > > > > With a rapidly growing wireless environment, WCS is getting to be more > critical. Wondering what others may be doing to provide fault tolerance, > backup, and/or failover for WCS server. > > > > > > > > > > > > Lee H. Badman > > Wireless/Network Engineer > > KC2IYK, CWNA/CWSP > > Information Technology and Services > > Syracuse University > > 315 443-3003 > > > > ********** 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/. ********** 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/.
