B/G AP
Overview
The HP A-WX5000 Access Controller Series features large capacity, high reliability, and rich services, and offers strong wired and wireless data processing capacity. The A-WX5000 series provides refined user control and management, a comprehensive RF management and security mechanism, fast roaming, strong QoS and IPv4/IPv6 features, and powerful WLAN access control functions. Designed for WLAN access of enterprise networks and metropolitan area networks (MANs), the WX5000 series provides an ideal access control solution for the WLAN access of large enterprise campus networks, wireless MAN coverage, and hotspot coverage. The A-WX5000 series include two models: the A-WX5002 and A-WX5004 access controllers. A standard A-WX5002 access controller supports up to 32 APs, and can support up to 64 with license upgrades. A standard A-WX5004 access controller supports 64 APs, and can support up to 256 with license upgrades.
Features
Quality of Service (QoS)
⁍ End-to-end QoS: developed based on the Comware V5 platform, the A-WX5000 access controllers support not only the DiffServ standard but also the IPv6 QoS; the QoS DiffServ model includes traffic classification and traffic policing, completely implementing the six groups of services (EF, AF1 through AF4 and BE); this enables ISPs to provide differentiated services for users, making the Internet a true integrated network carrying data, voice, and video services at the same time
Management
⁍ Automatic radio power adjustment: automatic AP power adjustment features analyze user access status in real time, adapting power requirements based on environmental changes and providing high-quality user access signal coverage
Connectivity
⁍ IPv6: IPv6 host enables controllers to be managed and deployed at the IPv6 network's edge; dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6) transitions from IPv4 to IPv6, supporting connectivity for both protocols; MLD snooping forwards IPv6 multicast traffic to the appropriate interface, preventing traffic flooding;IPv6 ACL/QoS supports ACL and QoS for IPv6 network traffic
Performance
⁍ Flexible forwarding modes: the A-WX5000 access controller supports both distributed forwarding mode and centralized forwarding mode, allowing you to set SSID-based forwarding type as needed; in a wireless network of centralized forwarding mode, all wireless traffic is sent to an AC for processing; if there is a wireless network where APs are deployed at branches, ACs are deployed at the headquarters, and APs and ACs are connected over a WAN, the distributed mode will be necessary
Resiliency and high availability
⁍ High reliability: the A-WX5000 access controller supports 1+1, N+1, and N+N backup; the 1+1 redundancy configuration of the A-WX5000 access controller supports subsecond level failover; Fit APs establish CAPWAP links with both ACs, but only the links to the active AC are active; when the active AC fails, the heartbeat mechanism between the two ACs helps ensure that the standby AC can sense the failure within 300 ms and then inform APs to use links to it, providing service continuity
Layer 2 switching
⁍ VLAN support and tagging: support IEEE 802.1Q, with 4094 simultaneous VLAN IDs
Standards
⁍ Latest high-speed wireless standards: when used with IEEE 802.11n-based APs, provides wireless access six times that of traditional IEEE 802.11a/b/g networks, resulting in expanded coverage and more efficient support for wireless multimedia applications