Plan your Network

Network locations are organized into the following location hierarchy:

Site Group

Site groups are optional folders into which you can organize sites. Two levels of site groups are permitted. Site group names must be unique within the organization.

Site

Sites are a mandatory component of the location hierarchy. A site is the parent container for buildings and can include multiple buildings. There is no default site; at account creation, only the global (org) level exists. Sites can have, but do not require addresses.

Sites replace locations as the parent container for buildings and serve the following purposes:

• Column picker
• Configuration applicability
• Monitoring unit
• Troubleshooting and health score unit

Site names must be unique within the organization. A site cannot belong to more than one site group.

Building

Buildings are physical premises with addresses. A building is the parent container for floors and it must be associated with a site.

The physical address format is adjusted for the selected country, that is USA or international format.

Building names must be unique within the parent site.

Floor

Floors are physical subdivisions of buildings. A floor is the parent container for zones.

Floor names must be unique within the parent building.

Zone

Zones are defined areas of building floors.

For more information about changes to the location hierarchy after upgrading to this release, see Location Tree Changes.

Use the Manage > Planning page to view and modify your network locations. Define site groups, sites, buildings, floors, and network zones. Place simulated devices to help determine where you might need to add or redistribute devices for the best wireless network capability. View heat map data and modify floor plans to include obstructions that can affect your wireless signal strength.

Note

Because complex factors affect radio signals in the real world, Extreme Networks cannot guarantee that actual radio coverage will match the estimated coverage results.

This page contains the following features:

• Search Maps helps you find a specific location in a large network. Enter the first few characters of a building or site name here to see a list of locations. The more characters you enter, the more precise the search results will be.
• Google Maps also provides location search functionality.
• Global View provides an overall view of your network in the map. The Global View location tree lists the names of all site groups (), sites (), buildings (), and floors (). You can add multiple buildings to a site, and multiple floors to a building by importing floor plans or by drawing your own floor plan. ExtremeCloud IQ supports the PNG file format.
• Location Maps: On the top-level map (the network location map) a building icon indicates your network location. The location map contains Import Map and Add Building buttons, an option to choose between map or satellite view, and a zoom option.
• Building Maps: Select a building in the hierarchy to open the corresponding building map. A building map contains a floor plan of the building. Building maps include Import Map and Add Floor buttons, an expand screen option, and a Details panel, which shows the number of devices, alarms, and active clients at this location. To drill down for more specific network information, select any blue text in the expanded Details panel. If a building has multiple floors, you can toggle between them to see floor plans and device deployment.
• Floor Maps: Select a floor name in the hierarchy to open the corresponding floor map. A floor map should contain at least one floor perimeter and information about the types of walls and obstructions that appear on the floor. Floor map tabs let you plan and view your network deployments:
  • Edit Floor Plan: Upload a floor plan, and draw, change, or remove building parameters and walls. A details panel displays the number of devices installed on the floor.
  • Plan Devices: Manually or automatically add simulated and real devices, and change plan parameters for the floor.
  • View Heat Map: See coverage details for simulated and real devices on this floor. For more information, see View Heatmaps.
  • Zones: Create and name zones. Zones help you track roaming clients and enable you to identify groups of APs on floors where their locations must be clearly defined and differentiated from each other.
• Each item in the network hierarchy panel contains Delete, Move, Export, Clone, Edit, and Add tools.
• Use Network Summary to view the current status of each network hierarchy item.