To cloud or not to cloud the Zone Director?

[said_ben_saida_]

Our ZD1100 and Aps are end of life. We are evaluating the refresh routes. The question we have is what are the pros and cons of using a virtual appliance zone director on-prem vs the cloud service?
Any input is greatly appreciated, thanks.

[monnat_systems]

ed

since you already have ZD1200 based network and Unleashed network and if you are looking for single pane of management then as a food for thought considerUnleashed multi site manager. its a one time cost with perpetual lic for AP however recurring cost for support etc..

[evan_fernandes]

Very informative forum... Thank you.

Evan

[soha_ib]

"The Cloud platform is a little different, where Customers don't have direct SSH/WebUI to the controllers or AP for CLI commands.  This platform has a different look/feel for monitoring/event reporting/etc."

Michael,
Does this mean limited control over operations/optimizations compared to ZD in some ways?

Soheyb

[michael_brado]

Only that you cannot directly contact your APs via SSH like you may have done under other than our Cloud Wi-Fi platform.

[charles_sprick1]

Here's a real-world example... Some guest wifi portals ask for a config change that is currently set via ssh.  What would the equivalent of this be when using the cloud-hosted version?

enable
config
no hotspot_redirect_https
wlan "Guest Wi-Fi"
called-station-id-type ap-mac
end