My MSM Best Practice Tips

MSM Dashboard

Reading Time: 5 minutes In this post, I will share my MSM best practice tips, when using the controller. This is not a complete list but all the stuff I do first. From time to time I will update the post or create a complete new one, to stay up to date.So, let’s start now: 1. Which firmware to … Read more

HP Cloud-Managed Networking Solution

HP Cloud Managed Networking Solution

Reading Time: 2 minutes Today, I will share some Information about the new HP Cloud-Managed Networking Solution, which will be available in this Month (21.07.2014) to all customers. This Solution will consist of a controller in the Cloud and very easy to install AP’s. The main benefit, you do not have to buy a controller, which is especially for small to medium … Read more

Private VLAN in Comware 7

PVLAN Architecture

Reading Time: 2 minutes In Mai, I was on a proof of concept in Grenoble and one of the coolest things was the Private VLAN function in Comware 7. It was really interesting to see how it works and how simple it is to separate hosts from each other.It works with a two-tier approach. There is a primary VLAN, … Read more

Guest Account Migration from Guest Management ​Tool to IMC UAM

Reading Time: 2 minutes In the old days, many people where using the Guest Management Tool or GMS together with the MSM Controller. This tool was a great piece of software to have a very simple way to create and manage guest accounts on MSM controller. For some larger companies, this tool was too simple. And for an environment … Read more

IMC UAM – Guest voucher print

Reading Time: 4 minutes Before I start with my post, I need to say sorry, as I missed my post in Mai due to heavy work load and three week abroad for a proof of concept with a customer. I simply couldn’t make it to write my post. My plan is to write two posts this month, to be … Read more

BYOD: Part 3 – IMC UAM Configuration

Reading Time: 9 minutes This is the third and last post in this series. I will now show how I configured the IMC (Intelligent Management Center) with UAM (User Access Manager) to get all the magic working.  In this post I will describe how to configure the following points: enable the BYOD functionality in UAM setup the Guest functionality … Read more

BYOD: Part 2 – Unified WLAN Configuration

Reading Time: 4 minutes This is the second post in a series of posts to the topic of BYOD. This time I will describe the configuration of my Unified WLAN controller, which replaced my MSM controller. I still have my MSM controller in place, but I need to get familiar with the Unified Controllers. As in the first posts, I … Read more