SmartZone 100 (SZ-100)
Product Detail
SmartZone™ 100 (SZ-100) is the most scalable, resilient, and highest performing Wireless LAN controller within the Ruckus family of WLAN controllers for enterprises around the world. It manages up to 1,024 ZoneFlex Smart Wi-Fi access points, 2,000 WLANs, and 25,000 clients per device. Its unique SmartZone architecture allows the SZ-100 to be deployed in a 3+1 Active-Active cluster. With Active-Active clustering all members (up to 4) of a cluster will actively manage APs in the network, providing enhanced resiliency for high availability requirements. With clustering, the SZ-100 can manage up to 3,000 APs and 60,000 clients.
Smart licensing allows customers to manage all licensing needs online at https://support.ruckuswireless.com. With Smart licensing, customers have the ability to buy and assign licenses at a granular level down to 1 (one) AP license.
- Model Name:
- SZ-100
- Product Family:
- EOL RUCKUS Products
- Recommended Software:
- Stability Release:
Differences between ZoneDirector (ZoneFlex ZD) and SZ100 / vSZ / SCG200 (SmartZone)
Product AP capacity / authentication / feature / function differences between ZoneDirector (9.13) and SmartZone (3.4) controller platforms.
Enabling smart-roam on SmartZone controller
How to enable smart-roam on SmartZone controller via CLI.
SmartZone Ports to be open on a Firewall w/NAT
What ports/protocols need to be open to permit AP to SmartZone controller communication, and if including NAT?
How to use the 100-fx command?
The "100-fx" command enables 100Base-FX on chassis-based and stackable devices.
How to add additional SSH port in RUCKUS SmartZone(SZ)
Article talks about how to configure an additional port for SSH access, while default port remains 22 for SZ and AP/Switch/Dataplane communication.
AP is connecting at 100 Mbps and not at 1000 Mbps?
The AP port is connecting with 100Mbps speed only when there is auto negotiation on the switch port.
How to factory reset different SZ100 hardware models via physical button?
Since there are two dedicated push down buttons on the SmartZone hardware models, it is slightly confusing to find the right button to factory reset the device.
SmartZone AP boot sequence and Ports used - 3.2.1 and R300
See the packet trace of AP port/protocol communiations for SmartZone connection and conversion.
What is SmartZone/vSZ Entitlement File and How to Download it?
Steps to download the Support and License File for the SmartZone/vSZ controllers
Disable AP radio | vSZ | SmartZone
How to disable a specific radio on an AP
What Ethernet SFP Optics are compatible with Ruckus ZD, SmartZone, ICX switches, and AP products?
Only the 1/10G SFP+ SR Transceiver on Ruckus price sheet has been tested by our QA on Ruckus SZ appliances.
Only the 100Mbe / 1GigE / 10GigE / 40GigE / 100GigE tranceivers on Ruckus... (continued)
Enable 100M interfaces on FWS devices
Enable 100M interfaces on FWS devices
SZ100 5.2 upgrade controller could be unresponsive unless AP patch (TSB-2020-005)
This Bulletin describes a condition where upgrading SZ100 to 5.2 from any previous release and changing the AP Zone firmware to 5.2 would cause SZ to become unresponsive.
Insufficient AP support licenses warning message while upgrading SmartZone
The Controller software for the vSCG and the SZ has upgrade enforcement built into the controller software (introduced in release 3.0).
During the first 90 days of operation, user is... (continued)
How to configure VLAN pooling in SZ100?
These SmartZone CLI commands can be used to configure VLAN pooling
Get Zones API Failure when listSize=10000 on SW6.0
Failure return when querying 10K listSize using API on SW6.0
SZ (Smart Zone) Zero-IT support on 3.5
Zero-IT support was removed from product in 3.4
TACACS+ Connection Failing from SmartZone(SZ)
SmartZone connection fails due to outbound firewall
SmartZone Precedence Policy support
Configuration settings combine to determine SmartZone Precedence Policy support.
ASCII Unicode Character support in SmartZone
Full ASCII Unicode Character support is available in SmartZone 3.4+.
SmartZone SCG/vSZ Guest Access
These are steps to configure Guest Access on SmartZone SCG/vSZ controllers.
vSZ: Virtual SmartZone Supported Hypervisors
vSZ on 7.0 supports installation on ESXi, Windows Server Hyper-V, KVM CentOS, OpenStack Ubantu and Nutanix hypervisors. For public cloud, it supports installation on AWS, Google Cloud... (continued)
Why I am unable to see more than 1000 guest Passes on the vSZ GUI?
vSZ GUI do not show more than 1K guest passes
How to Enable 100Mb speed on 1Gb Fiber ICX7450-48F-E port?
How to Enable 100Mb speed on 1Gb Fiber ICX7450-48F-E port?
Setting AP's Ethernet port to operate at 100 or 10 Mbps full duplex
This article discusses command line options to manually set the AP's Ethernet port at 100 Mbps or 10 Mbps speed
Enabling SNMP on SmartZone managed AP
This article explains the procedure to enable SNMP service on SmartZone controller managed APs
Disable Weak Ciphers on SmartZone
Article explains about weak ciphers on SmartZone and whether it can be disable or not
SmartZone 3.2 Upgrade Port Changes
Starting in SZ 3.2 release, AP firmware upgrade is performed using HTTPS port 11443. Earlier releases use HTTP port 91.
To ensure that all APs can be upgraded successfully to the new... (continued)
SmartZone Report Filename format details
SmartZone report filenames include a string of digits after the text.
This article outlines the details of these digits.
How to login to SmartZone managed APs?
You can login to SmartZone managed APs directly, with Zone setup field info, or with cluster username password on SCG/vSZ-H APs, or defaults on Staging zone APs.
SmartZone UDP:3799 port for AAA CoA and DM
UDP port 3799 is necessary for RADIUS CoA and DM messages and are ONLY supported in Proxy Mode.
Visualize Airtime Detail in SmartZone 3.6 / 5.0
New SmartZone feature provides graphical representation of Airtime Utilization details.
Configuring FIPS on SmartZone and AP
This article provides information on configuring FIPS on SmartZone and AP
SmartZone Internal Firewall - Configuration
Configuration examples for the SmartZone outbound firewall
SmartZone AP Events & Alarms - Retention Limits
A summary of the data retention periods for SZ-H and SZ-E.
SmartZone 802.1x-MAC option description
Description of the operation of 802.1x-MAC option available for WLAN configuration on SZ controller platform
Wi-Fi Calling Profiles for SmartZone
This is a current (for post date) list of FQDN and IP information for ePDG carriers.
SmartZone Cluster Backup Upload and Restore
CLI Command to show the cluster backup upload and restore on vSZ or SZ platform using CLI (SSH/Serial Access)
AP management VLAN options under SmartZone
This article explains available options if you want to use VLANs for AP management under SZ-100, vSZ, and SC-200.
Airtime Detail in SmartZoneOS GUI
Airtime details report from controller GUI
SmartZone node not able to join the Cluster
Common causes of node join failures are Misconfiguration of Network Settings, Firmware Version Mismatch, Form-Factor Compatibility, Interface Configuration Matching, IP Version... (continued)
Firmware Upgrade - Virtual SmartZone (vSZ)
Firmware upgrade Procedure for Virtual SmartZone (vSZ)
Unleashed GW / Master Mode AP maximum Clients = 100 for all model APs?
Unleashed GW/Master Mode AP performs multiple functions, reducing max Client support to 50 or 100 depending upon AP model.
L2 or same subnet AP discovery support on SmartZone products
Article explains L2 or same subnet AP discovery feature support for different SmartZone products.
Is Sponsor Approval supported in RUCKUS SmartZone(SZ)
Sponsor Approval is not available in 3.6.x and later firmware versions of SZ. Currently, Sponsor Approval feature can be used by integrating RUCKUS Cloudpath (CP) solution with SZ.
Why Speedflex is not working on P300 post upgrading to 100.1.0.9.108 and higher versions
Article explains why Speedflex may not work after upgrading the P300 to 100.1.0.9.108 and higher versions
Connecting Access Points to specific Zones in SmartZone or SCG
Using Registration Rules and Provisioning Tags to connect newly joined Access Points to specific Zones in an SmartZone or SCG cluster
SmartZone Scalability - SZ vs vSZ capacity numbers
SmartZone product vary from large scale appliance or vSZ-H to vSZ-E or SZ-100 single domain services, each with varying number of supported users/features.
Is it possible to Create and Schedule AP CLI Scripts on Smartzone?
How to create and configure schedule AP CLI script
Social media authentication native support on SmartZone
Feature is not supported on SmartZone version 3.5.x and above
ID | Title | Version | Release Date | Edit Date |
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20210114 | Ruckus AP LLDP Vulnerability (CVE-2015-8011, CVE-2015-8012) | 1.0 | January 14, 2021 | January 14, 2021 |
20240925 | RUCKUS AP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | 1.2 | October 04, 2024 | October 11, 2024 |
20231128 | CVE-2023-49225: RUCKUS AP Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability | 1.0 | November 29, 2023 | November 29, 2023 |
20230404 | CVE-2022-47522: Framing Frames: Bypassing Wi-Fi Encryption by Manipulating Transmit Queues | 1.0 | April 04, 2023 | April 05, 2023 |
20230208 | CVE-2023-25717: RUCKUS AP Web Vulnerability (RCE/CSRF) | 1.2 | February 08, 2023 | May 18, 2023 |
20211213 | CVE-2021-44228: Apache Log4j Vulnerability | 1.3 | December 13, 2021 | December 17, 2021 |
20210719 | RUCKUS SmartZone Reflective Amplification Attack Vulnerability | 1.0 | July 19, 2021 | July 19, 2021 |
20210511 | RUCKUS AP Aggregation And Fragmentation Attacks Vulnerability (aka “FragAttacks”) | 1.1 | May 11, 2021 | October 15, 2021 |
20210409 | RUCKUS SmartZone Information Disclosure Vulnerability | 1.0 | April 09, 2021 | April 09, 2021 |
20210129 | AP / ZD CLI Passphrase Vulnerability | 1.0 | January 29, 2021 | January 29, 2021 |
20180427 | SmartZone Security Best Practices for Network Security | 1 | April 28, 2018 | April 28, 2018 |
20210108 | RUCKUS AP Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability | 1.0 | January 08, 2021 | January 08, 2021 |
20200302 | Ruckus AP Image Upgrade Vulnerability | 1.0 | March 02, 2020 | March 02, 2020 |
20180516 | Ruckus SmartZone Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability | 1.1 | May 16, 2018 | May 22, 2018 |
20180815 | Linux Kernel TCP Reassembly Algorithm Remote DOS Vulnerability (CVE-2018-5390) | 1.3 | August 15, 2018 | January 16, 2019 |
20180203 | Java JMX and RMI security vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-15708, CVE-2016-8735) | 1 | February 13, 2018 | February 13, 2018 |
20180319 | Security vulnerabilities addressed by NTP (CVE-2016-1549, CVE-2018-7182, CVE-2018-7170, CVE-2018-7184, CVE-2018-7185, CVE-2018-7183) | 1.0 | March 19, 2018 | March 19, 2018 |
20180601 | Vulnerabilities in Openssl (CVE-201703738, CVE-2018-0733, CVE-2018-0739) | 1.0 | June 01, 2018 | June 01, 2018 |
20190815 | TCP SACK Panic - Kernel Vulnerability (CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478, CVE-2019-11479) | 1.2 | August 15, 2019 | January 08, 2020 |
20190603 | Ruckus SmartZone Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2019-11630) | 1.2 | June 03, 2019 | August 12, 2019 |
Technical Support Bulletins
ID | Title | Version | Release Date | Edit Date |
TSB-2024-002 | TSB-2024-002_RUCKUS-License-Server-Host | 3.3 | 2024-05-08 | 2024-05-14 |
TSB-2024-002 | TSB-2024-002_RUCKUS-License-Server-Host | 3.3 | 2024-05-08 | 2024-05-14 |
TSB-2024-007 | TSB 2024-007 - Upgrade Restriction from SmartZone 6.1.2 Patch-3 to SZ 7.0.0 or 7.1.0 | 1.2 | 2024-11-21 | 2025-01-07 |
