Network Management

Introducing the Xirrus Management System


The Xirrus Management System (XMS) is a wireless network management platform enabling network administrators to automatically and efficiently discover, configure, and maintain Xirrus Wireless Arrays from a central location.

 

XMS can scale from single site to large scale, multi-site deployments. Network administrators choose from a range of installation options including on-premise software, pre-configured appliances or a Cloud-based NMS option, providing the flexibility needed for fast implementation and lowest costs to best fit the company operating requirements.


At A Glance

  • Centrally define and manage configurations and policies
  • Monitor wireless network performance
  • Drill down reporting and analytics
  • Security monitoring & alerting
  • Simplified troubleshooting and ongoing maintenance

Centralized Administration & Management

Network administrators simplify their day-to-day activities through the centralized management console where they can manage and maintain multiple configuration settings and security policies to selectively apply across the Xirrus Wireless Array network.

Administrators can continuously monitor wireless network performance and security policy compliance to ensure end user productivity while reducing the risks of security breaches. Network architects can use the drill down reports and analytics provide the actionable insight needed to plan upgrades and improvement the wireless network to meet business needs.

What's New in Xirrus Management System:

  • New Web Based User Interface
  • Cloud-based NMS deployment
  • Enhanced policy controls
  • Global search
  • Array & station details
  • Aggregated IDS/IPS display
  • Custom alarms
  • 802.11 packet capture
  • Station assurance event view
  • Device identification

Key Features

Web-based interface

Redesigned web based interface provides network administrators with browser based access to the Xirrus Wireless Array network information and management capabilities.

Network discovery

Automatically discover Xirrus Wireless Arrays across multiple subnets anywhere in your IP network. Xirrus Wireless Arrays can also detect and alert the XMS that new equipment has been installed on the network.

Configuration management

Assign and configure newly discovered Wireless Arrays with default or pre-selected policies. Save time by using configuration templates the ability to apply those policies to individual Arrays or groups of Arrays.

Station Assurance

Track, monitor and review station information including error rates, authetication failures, retry rates, data rates and more to simplify troubleshooting through an aggregated view of station assurance events.

Network Assurance

Continuously test both network management and customer facing vlans for functionality for all wireless Arrays on the network to ensure wired side connectivity to the end users.

Intrusion Detection

Aggregated view of the Wireless Array integrated IDS system monitors and alerts administrators on more than a dozen known wireless network attacks and impersonation attacks.

Detailed Wireless Array & Station Details

View detailed information on Wireless Arrays and stations from the chosen devices perspective proving information on associations, uptime, system information, events and rogues.

Real-time monitoring

Consolidated dashboard view provies a real-time summary of throughput, array, radio (IAPs), station, security and alarm information with drill down filtering.

Wireless network mapping

Create you own hierarchical structure of Array groupings along with physical location maps to easily identify different locations.

Drill down reporting

Gain an understanding of the wireless network performance over time with highly detailed, pre-defined reports.

Security monitoring & management

Continuously monitor the wireless network for security threats, rogue access points, and other unauthorized devices. Automated alerts notify administrators upon discovery of potential rogue devices and threats.

Flexible deployment options

Choose from three deployment options to best fit your operational requirements. The Xirrus Management System is available as a pre-configured appliance, a Windows Server based software application or a Cloud-based NMS deployment.

XMS Specifications  
General  
Management Standards RFC 2578 Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)
RFC 1156 Management Information Base (MIB)
RFC 1157 SNMP (v1, v2c and v3)
RFC 1213 MIB II
RFC 1350 TFTP (v2)
RFC 4330 SNTP
RFC 2616 HTTP 1.1
Xirrus Private MIB
Configuration  
Configuration Policies System Information
Management Control
Network
Services
VLAN
DHCP Server
Security
SSIDs
Integrated Access Points (IAPs)
RF
Wireless Distribution System (WDS)
Filters
Global
Policy Creation Automatically create policies from existing Array
Manual creation of policies
Array Groups Definition of wireless Array groups
Policy Groups Definition of policy groups Policies can be applied to single or groups of wireless Arrays
Auditing Audit record of wireless Array configuration changes
Monitoring  
Dashboard Real-time summary display of Array, Radio, Station, Security, and Alarm parameters Real-time graph of throughput and station count View filtering by Array group
Alarms & Events Aggregated view of Events and Alarms Sort/search for drill down analysis
Syslog Internal syslog server Aggregation of all Array syslog messages
Discovery  
Xirrus Wireless Array Discover Network-wide Array discovery
Specify IP subnets, SNMP community string, polling interval
Security  
Administrator Accounts Definition of multiple accounts
Read-write or read-only accounts
Reporting  
General Features On-demand HTML reports
Filtering by location or Array group
Drill-down by date and time range
Automatic filtering
Charting and graphing
Pre-defined Reports Array Throughput
IAP (Radio) Throughput
Station Throughput
Station Media Type
Stations by Array
Stations over Time
Session Duration
Current Associations
Channel Usage
Array Errors
Station Errors
Array Availability
Channel Usage
SSID Security Level
Rogue AP List
Software Management  
Software Image Management On-demand Array software updates
Updates applied to one or more Arrays
Scheduled updates
Backup and Restore Save and restore all policy definitions
Save and restore application data

Ordering Information

PART NUMBER DESCRIPTION
Xirrus Management System Appliance  
XM-3320-20 XMS Linux-based appliance and 20 Array License. XM-3320 hardware platform supports management of up to 100 Arrays. Requires order of one XS-PWR-NA power cord. Includes 1 year Hardware and 90 day Software Product Warranty.
XM-3320-50 XMS Linux-based appliance and 50 Array License. XM-3320 hardware platform supports management of up to 100 Arrays. Requires order of one XS-PWR-NA power cord. Includes 1 year Hardware and 90 day Software Product Warranty.
XM-3320-SL XMS Linux-based appliance and Array Site License. XM-3320 hardware platform supports management of up to 100 Arrays. Requires order of one XS-PWR-NA power cord. Includes 1 year Hardware and 90 day Software Product Warranty.
XM-3340-SL  XMS Linux-based appliance and Array Site License. XM-3340 hardware platform supports management of up to 250 Arrays. Requires order of one XS-PWR-NA power cord. Includes 1 year Hardware and 90 day Software Product Warranty.
XM-3360-SL XMS Linux-based appliance and Array Site License. XM-3360 hardware platform supports management of up to 500 Arrays. Requires order of one XS-PWR-NA power cord. Includes 1 year Hardware and 90 day Software Product Warranty.
Xirrus Management System Software  
XA-3300-CC-BASE Xirrus Management System and 20 Array License to operate on customer-supplied server.
XA-3300-CC-50 Xirrus Management System and 50 Array License to operate on customer-supplied server.
XA-3300-CC-SL  Xirrus Management System and unlimited number of Array Site License to operate on customer-supplied server.