We are a Cisco shop that has been using the Airwave product for years (originally from Airwave, then from Aruba, and now from HP). It does a decent job of config changes for the Cisco WLC world. And, it does a very good job of reporting. I will be glad to talk to you off-line if you have specific questions. And, if we can find a WebEX server (our is not usable at the moment), I will glad to demo it for you. We have a mix of LWAPP models, WiSM2 controllers (that are on their way out the door), a couple of 5508s in use at off-campus areas, several 8510 controllers and a handful of IOS APs in use for very small off-campus locations. We manage them all on the AMPs. We are running three AMPs - one for each of our MPLS areas.
========================== -jcw ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [[email protected]] on behalf of Jason Cook [[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 9:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Cisco Prime Alternatives Hi All, Re-visiting that Prime thing again, interested to know what you’re using instead of Prime to manage Cisco wireless gear and how that’s going for you. I believe Airwave is used by a few, is there anything else? We realise keeping up with features/models may lag a bit and aren’t too worried there. Interested mostly in how well it does what it does, and If it’s worth the $ is costs you. We’ve pretty much stopped using Prime for configuration (except some circumstances) and when we complete our migration from multiple 5508’s in N+1 to a 8510 HA pair there won’t be much use for config it at all….. The cost to keep PI supported is quite high for what we’ll use it for. The things we use most are · floor plans with AP location/status (user counts, channel, power settings etc etc) · General AP health/campus health etc · Client events for troubleshooting · Limited Graphing/reporting but a bit Thanks Jason -- Jason Cook Technology Services The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005 Ph : +61 8 8313 4800 e-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]%3cmailto:[email protected]>> CRICOS Provider Number 00123M ----------------------------------------------------------- This email message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential and/or copyright. If you are not the intended recipient please do not read, save, forward, disclose, or copy the contents of this email. If this email has been sent to you in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete this email and any copies or links to this email completely and immediately from your system. No representation is made that this email is free of viruses. Virus scanning is recommended and is the responsibility of the recipient. ********** 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/.
