topic Re: Announcement: ZoneFlex 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) is now Available on Support in Wireless Questions and Best Practices

Announcement: ZoneFlex 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) is now Available on Support

michael_brado — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 22:45:24 GMT

Ruckus ZoneFlex 9.13 (GA) is now Available on Support for ZD1200, ZD3000, ZD5000.

Two new AP models - R510 indoor and T710 outdoor are introduced, and many important

features: Air Time Fairness (ATF) for 11ac APs, WLAN Prioritization for 11ac APs,

Dynamic VLAN support for R710, Wave-2 11ac Mesh support (!), and Zero-IT for Android 6,

HTTPS secure Guest Portal, ability to disable radios via AP Group, and enhancements to

SCI and SPoT. Many Legacy AP models are no longer supported, read Release Notes.

Documents

ZoneFlex 9.13 (GA) What’s New:

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents/1105-zoneflex-9-13-ga-what-s-new

ZoneFlex 9.13 (GA) Release Notes:

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents/1104-zoneflex-9-13-ga-release-notes

ZoneFlex 9.13 (GA) User Guide:

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents/1106-zonedirector-9-13-ga-user-guide

ZoneFlex 9.13 (GA) CLI Reference Guide:

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents/1107-zonedirector-9-13-ga-cli-reference-guide

ZoneFlex 9.13 (GA) SNMP Reference Guide:

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents/1108-zonedirector-9-13-ga-snmp-reference-guide

ZoneFlex 9.13 (GA) Syslog Events Reference Guide:

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents/1109-zonedirector-9-13-ga-syslog-events-reference-guide

Firmware

ZD1200 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) Software Release:

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/software/977-zd1200-9-13-0-0-232-ga-software-release

ZD3000 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) Software Release:

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/software/975-zd3000-9-13-0-0-232-ga-software-release

ZD5000 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) Software Release:

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/software/976-zd5000-9-13-0-0-232-ga-software-release

ZoneFlex 9.13 (GA) SNMP MIBs (zip):

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/software/978-zonedirector-9-13-ga-mibs-zip

* Be WARNED customers with these Legacy model APs, that ZD 9.13+ will no longer support
them (won’t connect, won’t upgrade). From RNs:

ZoneFlex 7321 802.11n Access Point v.9.13


ZoneFlex 7321-u 802.11n Access Point v.9.13


ZoneFlex 7341 802.11n Access Point v.9.13


ZoneFlex 7343 802.11n Access Point v.9.13


ZoneFlex 7363 802.11n Dual-band Access Point v.9.13


ZoneFlex 7441 802.11n Access Point for In-Building Distributed
Antenna Systems v.9.13


ZoneFlex 7761-CM 802.11n Dual-band Outdoor Access Point with Cable
Modem v.9.13


ZoneFlex 7762 802.11n Dual-band Outdoor Access Point v.9.13


ZoneFlex 7762-S 802.11n Dual-band Outdoor Access Point with Sector
Antenna v.9.13

 ZoneFlex 7762-T 802.11n Dual-band
Outdoor Access Point with High Gain 2.4 GHz Omni Antenna v.9.13


ZoneFlex 7762-AC Dual-band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point v.9.13


ZoneFlex 7762-S-AC Dual-band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point with Sector
Antenna v.9.13


SmartCell 8800-S Dual Band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point with Sector
Antenna v.9.13

 SmartCell 8800-S-AC
Dual Band 802.11n Outdoor Access Point with Sector Antenna v.9.13

Re: Announcement: ZoneFlex 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) is now Available on Support

john_d — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 23:03:50 GMT

Whoo! Upgrading now 🙂

I couldn't help but notice, the CLI reference guide shows that it's possible to force 802.3at PoE+ mode on a per-AP basis at the ZD level, which ought to work better than the old method of SSHing into an AP on each cold boot and applying it. Given the numerous threads about folks with PoE+ capable switches/injectors but a nonfunctional LLDP implementation at the switch, I'm sure many folks will appreciate this....

There also seems to be an option that's R710/T710 specific where you can set the number of 2.4GHz radio chains in 802.3af mode. It seems to default to 2, but allows values up to 4. What's the upside/downside to adjusting these values?

Re: Announcement: ZoneFlex 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) is now Available on Support

michael_brado — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 23:07:12 GMT

Thanks John, the R710/T710 can default down to 2 streams on 2.4G when AP has only 802.3af power.

Re: Announcement: ZoneFlex 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) is now Available on Support

john_d — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 23:09:20 GMT

Cool — that seems a bit different from the original pre-9.13 behavior right? IIRC 802.3af mode was previously described as 3ss and a couple dBm reduced tx power.

But at any rate: What's the downside of increasing / decreasing the number of streams? I presume Ruckus chose 2 as a default for good reason!

Re: Announcement: ZoneFlex 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) is now Available on Support

mark_anthony_sa — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 02:51:33 GMT

Is secure Captive Portal (HTTPS) only for Guest Access or does it also support anything that uses ZD's internal Captive Portal/Web authentication?

Re: Announcement: ZoneFlex 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) is now Available on Support

john_d — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:31:15 GMT

It seems like a recurring theme, but Channelfly seems less hoppy for me (especially in cleaner 5GHz environments), and seems to respect the MTBC setting a lot more in noisy environments.

Re: Announcement: ZoneFlex 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) is now Available on Support

michael_brado — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 18:24:10 GMT

HTTPS included for Captive portal, web authentication, and HotSpot URLs.

Re: Announcement: ZoneFlex 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) is now Available on Support

chong_liu — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 04:35:29 GMT

“That file is only available to Premium Support users.”
😞

Re: Announcement: ZoneFlex 9.13.0.0.232 (GA) is now Available on Support

john_d — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 04:48:26 GMT

ZoneDirector firmware is only available to premium support users anyway. Without a valid entitlement on your ZD ever since FW 9.9 or so, the ZD will refuse to apply firmware updates.