topic Configuring a 5508 via the SFP ports in Wireless

Configuring a 5508 via the SFP ports

thefranmanatt — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 06:32:29 GMT

Is there anyway to configure a 5508 via the SFP ports? Or do you have to use the service port for autoinstall or NCS auto provisioning? It looks like it grabs a DHCP address but it doesn't seem to like telnet,ssh ,http or https. There isn't anyone onsite.

Configuring a 5508 via the SFP ports

Leo Laohoo — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:36:21 GMT

You can use the "SFP ports" (aka Distrubution ports) or the Service Ports.

During the initialization of the WLC for the first time, you'll be ask some basic configuration parameters and one of them is the Service Port IP Address and Subnet mask.

You could say that your service port IP address is 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.252 and your laptop has an ip address of 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.252.

When you get the link up, you open up a browser and then HTTP://192.168.0.2.

Configuring a 5508 via the SFP ports

thefranmanatt — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:51:57 GMT

Thanks, I got it figured out. The 5508 was plugged up to a switch that was configured for lag (for the 5508 that was hooked up before). I changed the port channel to put the native vlan on one that hands out DHCP. The blank 5508 grabbed an ip but wasn't working. I ended up disabling the other ports connecting to the 5508. I defaulted the switchport that was connected to the 5508's SFP port 1 and put it in the right access vlan. I was then able to ping the IP it grabbed and http in to it.

thanks though!