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 (Wireless Local Area Network) Assignments tab lists available WLAN Services 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).