Campus lan and Wireless lan solution Design Guide

Controller dashboard best practices checklist 
For convenience of network deployment engineers, a best practices checklist is available within the dashboard 
for WLAN controllers. On Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series wireless controllers, the checklist separates best practices 
into four broad categories: infrastructure, security, RF management, and Apple devices. The checklist is used to 
fine tune WLC configuration to match the best practices as suggested by Cisco. The checklist compares the 
local configuration on the controller with recommended best practices and highlights all of the features that 
differ. The check also provides a simple configuration panel to turn on the best practices. Use of best practices 
is highly recommended for a WLAN deployment involving WLCs.

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Deployment Platform Choices: Campus Wired and Wireless LAN 
An organization chooses from the spectrum of switching and wireless platforms based on the needs of capacity, 
capabilities, and compliance. For easy reference, the platform choices shown are grouped by overall network 
size. 
Small-site campus design 
The small-site campus design is a single 24 or 48-port access switch or single access switch stack. The 
demands in the access layer for wired ports and WLAN devices typically number in the dozens (versus the 
hundreds in the medium design), with requirements for less than 25 APs. The preferred design strives to 
minimize cost with minimal numbers of components and features offered, though advanced and mission critical 
options are available choices for networks that require these capabilities. 
Campus wired access and wireless access 
In the small-site campus design, you make choices for the wired access with a bias towards size and flexibility 
in order to accommodate the space and power requirements of small sites. Densities and advanced software 
feature capabilities are not as strong of a requirement, so options with the most economical preference are 
shown.