For some reason I was under the impression that the 5508 can support up to 500 aps based on the licensing you obtain.
Needham Parks Network Engineer Duke University Health System Lee H Badman <lhbad...@syr.edu> Sent by: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> 06/08/2009 12:30 PM Please respond to The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> To WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU cc Subject Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? I agree that from the code perspective, Airespace really hasn't been integrated well yet after the Cisco purchase- would be nice to see some gains here. On the 5508, would have been nice in some respects if it was a 300-AP unit, to be a one-for-one WiSM replacement (yeah, you can argue that the WiSM is actually two 150-AP controllers). Lee H. Badman Wireless/Network Engineer Information Technology and Services Syracuse University 315 443-3003 -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of Johnson, Bruce T Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:53 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Is the 5508 still under the control of the same relatively non-transparent operating system? Can we see/manipulate flash or firmware/config files, and monitor processes? Is there any hope for this being more IOS like now that its on next-generation hardware? Bruce T. Johnson | Network Engineer | Partners Healthcare Network Engineering | 617.726.9662 | Pager: 31633 | bjohns...@partners.org ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv on behalf of Pham, Loc Sent: Mon 6/8/2009 11:37 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? James & Barron, For purpose of our community, would you care to share your experiences ( cc group ) since our upgrade is coming and it is always nice to look beside the 65xx monsters (!). Best Regards, Loc Pham, # 17030 , office 415-353-4492 IT Enterprise Security & Services, UCSF Medical Center Where self-healing network is building on . -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:wireless-...@listserv.educause.edu] On Behalf Of James Nesbitt Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:39 PM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ...Any opinions on the Cisco 5508 WLC? Barron, We were part of the beta program for this controller and it is definitely the way to go for scalability. It's basically a WiSM without the chassis, huge savings on power requirements and consumption. With a 10 core cpu, this box has plenty of processing power. It's cool to do a code upgrade and see 100 APs downloading code at the same time. You may contact me offline for more details. James Nesbitt Wireless Engineer Duke University 919-668-6485 On Jun 4, 2009, at 10:08 AM, Barron Hulver wrote: > We have six Cisco 4404-100 wireless LAN controllers using 5.2.178.0 > software and are in the process of purchasing another WLC. Cisco has > just released the 5508 controller so I'm wondering if anyone has used > this yet and, if so, what comments you have. > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10315/index.html > > Barron > > Barron Hulver > Director of Networking, Operations, and Systems Center for Information > Technology Oberlin College Oberlin, OH 44074 > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
