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Copyright © 2015 Ruckus Wireless, Inc.

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Published November 2015, Part Number 800-71028-001 Rev A

Ruckus Wireless

Virtual SmartZone

Quick Setup Guide for 

SmartZone 3.2

This 

Quick Setup Guide

 provides basic instructions for setting 

up the Ruckus Wireless Virtual SmartZone (vSZ) on the 
network. For information on advanced configuration and 
management options, see the 

Getting Started Guide 

and

   

Administrator Guide 

for your vSZ platform, which are available 

for download from the Ruckus Wireless Support website: 

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents

This Guide in Other Languages

请从以下网站获得该指南的简体中文版

 

https://support.ruckuswireless.com

.

Vous trouverez la version française de ce guide à l'adresse 
suivante 

https://support.ruckuswireless.com

.

このガイドの日本語版は 

https://support.ruckuswireless.com

 

でご覧ください。

Veja a versão em português (Brasil) deste guia em 

https://support.ruckuswireless.com.

Puede ver la versión en español (América Latina) de esta guía 
en 

https://support.ruckuswireless.com.

Licensing Information

The vSZ controller’s “Right to Use” (RTU) license comes with 
one (1) instance license and one (1) AP Capacity license, which 
is valid for 90 days from when the vSZ is first setup and must 
be activated to be eligible for future software updates beyond 
90 days. To manage more APs, you MUST purchase additional 
AP Capacity licenses and they MUST be activated for them to 
become valid.

Using the LiMAN (license management) portal on the Ruckus 
Wireless Support website, you can assign licenses to or from a 
SmartZone controller to another purchased SmartZone 
controller (see a summary of LiMAN features in 

Table 1

). To 

manage the distribution of licenses from the Support website 
to the actual vSZ, connect the vSZ directly to the Internet.

NOTE: In the event that the vSZ is not connected to the 
Internet, you can download the actual licenses from the 
Support Portal and manually upload to the specific vSZ.

For step-by-step instructions on how to activate the vSZ’s 
licenses, see 

Step 5: Activate the vSZ’s Licenses

.

To activate licenses on the vSZ controller, you will need the 
following:

vSZ  3.2  image

This 

Quick Setup Guide

Before You Begin

Before deploying Ruckus Wireless products, please check for 
the latest software and the release documentation.

Release Notes and other user documentation are available 
at 

http://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents

.

Software upgrades are available at

 

http://support.ruckuswireless.com/software

.

Open source information is available at 

http://opensource.ruckuswireless.com

.

Software license and limited warranty information are 
available at 

http://support.ruckuswireless.com/warranty

.

What You Will Need

A hypervisor on which to install the vSZ (see 

Table 2

)

The vSZ distribution package (.OVA file), which is available 
for download from the Ruckus Wireless Support website

The IP address, netmask, gateway and DNS server 
addresses assigned to the vSZ —if it has a static network 
address (recommended). 

A virtual machine that meets the recommended system 
resources for the number of APs and wireless clients that 
you plan to manage. See “Determining the System 
Resources That the Virtual Machine Requires” in the 

vSZ 

Getting Started Guide

.

Step 1: Install the vSZ on the Hypervisor

Using the .OVA file that you downloaded from the Ruckus 
Wireless Support site, install an instance of the vSZ on the 
hypervisor. 

See the 

vSZ Getting Started Guide

 for more information.

Step 2: Power On the vSZ Virtual Machine 
and Configure Its Interfaces 

After you power on the vSZ virtual machine, select the vSZ 
profile (Essentials or High Scale) that you want to deploy and 
configure the controller’s network interface (or interfaces). 

See the 

vSZ Getting Started Guide

 for more information.

Step 3: Start and Complete the Setup Wizard

#1

Start your web browser, and then and then enter the 
following in the address bar:

http://{management-IP-address}:8080

where management-IP-address is the address you 
assigned to the management interface.

#2

Select your preferred language, and then click Next.

#3

Select the profile configuration (High Scale or Essentials) 
that corresponds to the vSZ license that you purchased, 
and then click Next.

#4

Configure the management IP settings, and then click 
Apply.

Table 1.

LiMAN features and how to activate them on the vSZ

LiMAN Features

vSZ Online 
(Connected to 
the Internet)

vSZ Offline 
(Disconnected from the 
Internet)

• Register the 

vSZ RTU 
instance, 
license, sup-
port entitlement

• Add capacity 

licenses to 

SmartZone

 

controllers

• Remove 

licenses from 
one 

SmartZ-

one

 controller to 

add to another.

No action 
required. The 

SmartZone

 

controller syncs 
with LiMAN 
automatically 
once every 24 
hours and 
applies the 
appropriate 
licenses.                                

Three steps required:
1 Download the license file 

from LiMAN.

2 Log on to the vSZ web 

interface, and then 
upload the license file 
from LiMAN.

3 Download the license 

response file from the 
vSZ, and then upload it 
to LiMAN.

Table 2.

Hypervisors that the vSZ supports

Vendor

Hypervisor

Version

VMWare

ESXi

5.x

Windows

Hyper-V

KVM

Linux

CentOS 7.0

NOTE

: The vSZ supports either a single interface or three 

interfaces. By default, a single interface exists after installation. 
If you want the vSZ to use three interfaces, you must create the 
two additional interfaces before powering on the vSZ. Once the 
vSZ has completed its initial bootup, you will no longer be able to 
change the number of interfaces.

Summary of Contents for SmartZone 3.2

Page 1: ...http support ruckuswireless com warranty What You Will Need A hypervisor on which to install the vSZ see Table 2 The vSZ distribution package OVA file which is available for download from the Ruckus Wireless Support website The IP address netmask gateway and DNS server addresses assigned to the vSZ if it has a static network address recommended A virtual machine that meets the recommended system r...

Page 2: ...nd assign the AP and Tunnel Licenses using the LiMAN license management portal on the Ruckus Wireless Support site Before You Begin You must have a Ruckus Support portal account including user name and password You can use this account to access general Support site content including software upgrades knowledge base articles and technical documents If you do not have a Support portal account you w...

Page 3: ...icenses on the Ruckus Wireless Support Portal the vSZ must be synced with the SmartLicense server This will enable the User s ability to assign licenses to and back from SmartZone controller or assign them to another vSZ To manage the distribution of licenses from the Support Portal to the actual vSZ do one of the following On the vSZ web interface go to the Administration License page and then cl...

Page 4: ...Click the Choose File button see Figure 11 and then select the license file from your client d Click Send to complete the offline License synchronization You have completed activating licenses on an offline vSZ Figure 11 Click the Choose File button s Related Documentation If you need more information about the vSZ or the SmartLicense platform refer to the following documents which are available f...

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