FA Zero Touch

FA Zero Touch eases the configuration process on FA-capable devices by automating specific configuration tasks required for FA functionality.

FA Proxy and FA Client devices can acquire management VLAN data from the connected FA Server or FA Proxy and use it to facilitate manageability and network configuration. Zero Touch auto-attach operation extracts management VLAN data from the primary FA Server advertisements and potentially uses this data to update the in-use management VLAN. This information can be cascaded to FA Clients, as well.

If the management VLAN being replaced was originally learned by the FA Proxy from FA Element TLV data pushed by the FA Server, the port membership of the now obsolete management VLAN is migrated to the new management VLAN automatically. If there is any user intervention during this automated process (for example, the Zero Touch auto-attach status is modified or the device management VLAN is manually updated) the obsolete management VLAN data remains as is.

The ISW does not propagate the management VLAN on any of its access ports.

The ISW will automatically perform DHCP on the management VLAN it receives from the FA Server/FA Proxy, unless a static IP is configured on the same VLAN.

Automated trusted FA Client connection

The ISW will automatically QoS trust traffic received on its uplinks to the FA Proxy/FA Server.