Transcript Sales Guide of AP Manager II

Sales Guide
- AP Manager II v2.10
W R P D , M a r. 2 0 0 9
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Agenda
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WLAN Management for SMB/SME
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Introduction of AP Manager II
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Benefits & Highlight Features
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Competition
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Roadmap
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Appendix : F/W and APMII version
AP Array Introduction
WLAN Management
SMB / SME
 11n Drives the WLAN Deployment
 What SMB/SME Needs for WLAN Deployment ?
- Ease of deployment & management
- Stable
- Real-time monitor & report
 Headache of WLAN Management
- Multiple-AP configuration & management
- Complex security setting
 No Comprehensive Management Tool For “SMB/SME”
- Professional solution is not affordable & complex
WLAN Management
D-Link Wi-Fi Management
3 Flavors of Wi-Fi Management
Products
D-View
Wireless Plug-in
AP Manager II
AP Array
When to use
Selling model
• Enterprise-level
• Manage multiple WSs
• Manage unified / FAT APs
• Charged
• Plug-in module
• SMB/SME-level
• Only manage FAT APs
• Free
• Bundled with AP
• Small office-level
• Manage up to 8 FAT APs
• Same AP model in group
• No additional PC
• Free
• Integrated in FW
Applied model
• All unified APs
• All FAT APs
for D-View
• AirPremier
series
SMB/SME Focus
• AirPremier
N
AP Array Introduction
Introduction of AP Manager II
What is AP Manager II?
AP Manager II is …
 A Purpose-built WLAN Mgt. Software For SME
 Free-bundled With D-Link Business AP, No Extra Cost
 Unified Platform To Manage & Monitor D-Link APs
 Configure once, apply to multiple APs
 Real-time Monitor The Whole Wireless Network
 Rich & Visualized Report For Further Mgt. Tasks
Introduction of AP Manager II
Application Diagram
L2/L3 Network
AP Manager II Server
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Win 2K,XP,2003,Vista
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At least 500MHz processor,128MB memory
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Ethernet adapter
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SNMP must enable
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Running MySOL (v2.00) or PostgreSQL (v2.10)
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DWL-3200AP/8200AP
DWL-2700AP/7700AP
DWL-3260AP
DAP-3220
DAP-2553/2590/3520
Benefits & Highlight Features
 AP Manager II manages multiple APs through a unified
platform with a bunch of handy features
Group Management
Real-time Report
Multi-Configuration
Modulized Software
Fault Management
Benefits & Highlight Features
Group Management
 All the APs discovered by APM II can be managed by model or
assign to category 1~3 manually
RD Dept.
Sales Dept.
Warehouse.
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Benefits & Highlight Features
Multi-Configuration
With multi-configuration , You can do following tasks
 Mass Firmware Upgrade
- Upgrade FW for multiple APs by model
 Mass Configuration
- Apply configuration by running template file
 Maintenance Template File.
- New / Delete / Edit / Run / Export / Import template file
Mass FW Upgrade
Apply Template File
Config Comparison
Benefits & Highlight Features
Fault Management
 Comprehensive log related AP activities
- StandardTrap , System , Threshold , Private event
Benefits & Highlight Features
Real-time Report
 Comprehensive visualized and real-time report
- Station Detail , Transmit Detail , Security Level , Channel Usage
Station Detail
Security Level
Transmit Detail
Channel Usage
Benefits & Highlight Features
 Various report export format
- Text , Excel , PDF
Report Export
Benefits & Highlight Feature
Task Scheduling
 Configuration Comparison By Schedule
- Compare
each AP’s configuration by schedule then send
alarm to administrator if there is any changes.
 Update FW By Schedule
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Compare the current AP's firmware version by schedule and
APM II will notify administrator to do firmware upgrade or
upgrade firmware automatically.
 Multi-Configuration By Schedule
- Apply template file to specific group or IP address by schedule. Administrator
can update configuration to their APs in the rest time without influence any
user.
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Benefits & Highlight Features
Modulized Software
 Individual AP Manager II module for each AP model
- Only need to install APM II and choose the module by AP model which
user wants to manage
In AP Manager II v2.00 the default setting need to install all of the
model even no this kind of AP in the wireless network
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In AP Manager II v2.10 only need to install software and the module you
want
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EX: Only DAP-2590 in wireless network
 For each new AP release , just install the AP module In
APMII server
Competitive Analysis
Cisco
Enterprise
D-View 6.0
Wireless
Plug-in
SME
AP
Manager II
Small
AP
Array
WLAN Mgmt
HP
Wireless
LAN
Solution
Engine
(WLSE).
ProCurve
Mobility
Manager
2.0
WLSE
Express
NO
NO
YES
Motorola
NETGEAR
3Com
H3C
RF
Management
Suite 3.0
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
( WS isn’t
included yet )
NO
ProSafe
NMS100
( only support
1 AP )
NO
NO
( only AP530
(a/b/g) )
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Roadmap
AP Manager II
 AP Manager II Availability
E/Q1 release
DWL-3200AP, DAP-2590
Q2 release
DWL-8200 / 2700/7700/3260 AP
DAP-3220 / 2553 / 3520
* For each AP model , there’ll be a specific software module for APM II
( different from firmware).
It’ll be posted on PMD and will come with the product as well.
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Appendix
F/W and APM II version
 For AP Manager II v2.0x
Model Name
FW
AP Manager II
DWL-3200AP
v2.50
v2.01
DWL-8200AP
v2.10
v2.01
DWL-2700AP
v3.20
v2.00
DWL-7700AP
v3.20
v2.00
DWL-3260AP
v1.20
v2.00
DAP-3220
v1.10
v2.01
DAP-2553
v1.01
v2.02
DAP-2590
v1.00
v2.02
DAP-3520
v1.00
Only support v2.10
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Appendix
F/W and APM II version
 For AP Manager II v2.10*
Model Name
FW
AP Manager II Platform
AP Manager II module
DWL-3200AP
v2.50
v2.10
v2.50
DWL-8200AP
v2.10
v2.10
v2.10
DWL-2700AP
v3.20
v2.10
v3.20
DWL-7700AP
v3.20
v2.10
v3.20
DWL-3260AP
v1.20
v2.10
v1.20
DAP-3220
v1.10
v2.10
v1.10
DAP-2553
v1.01
v2.10
v1.01
DAP-2590
v1.00
v2.10
v1.00
DAP-3520
v1.00
v2.10
v1.00
*v2.10 will available on B/May
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