VNS Sites Overview

A Site is a mechanism for grouping APs and refers to specific Roles, CoS (Class of Service) and RADIUS servers that are grouped to form a single configuration. Sites allow for deployment where the authentication server is local and provides the ability to associate a new 802.1x client and to allow 802.1x clients to roam with Fast Roaming when the AP‘s home controller is unreachable.

When configuring a Site profile, two additional tabs are included:

• An AP Assignments tab provides a list of APs that can be assigned to a specific Site. Once an AP is assigned, the controller preloads the APs with the server configuration used by the Site.
• A WLAN Assignments tab lists available WLANs and specific Radio assignments. WLAN Services can be assigned in the same way as AP Load Groups (see Configuring Co-Located APs in Load Balance Groups).