Step-by-step Instructions
H550 Access Point
Quick Setup Guide
This Quick Setup Guide provides step-by-step instrucons on how to set up
your RUCKUS H550 Dual Band 802.11ax Mulmedia Wi-Fi Access Point
Wall Switch. Aer compleng the steps described in this guide, you will be
able to access the H550 Access Point Wall Switch and begin providing
wired and wireless network access to users. The rest of this document
refers to the H550 Access Point Wall Switch as the H550.
The H550 has many opons:
• It can be mounted on a standard USA- or EU-style single-gang wall
outlet box.
• It can be powered by a customer-supplied IEEE 802.3af- or 802.3at, or
IEEE 802.3bt-compliant PoE switch or injector, or can be powered by an
oponal customer-ordered DC power adapter.
• It has side slots for one or two bypass cables. The mounng bracket has
locang hooks to keep the bypass cables aligned with the slots when
aaching the H550 to the mounng base.
• It can have a 3W customer-supplied USB device plugged in. The USB
device is very dicult to remove aer the H550 is aached to the
mounng base.
NOTE: The H550 requires RUCKUS base image 104.0 rmware or later.
Managed H550 deployments require SmartZone 6.0 or later, or
ZoneDirector 10.5 or later.
About Peripheral Devices
The H550 can supply power to USB devices and PoE-powered devices, and
the power supplied depends on the PoE power supplied to the H550.
• The USB port can supply power up to a maximum of 3W. The port is
intended for customer-specic USB peripherals.
• The LAN4 + PoE Out port is intended for PoE-powered peripheral
devices such as IP telephones.
TABLE 1 H550 Power Opons and Available Power for PoE Out and USB
H550 Power Source Power available for PoE Out and
USB
802.3af PoE PoE out disabled, USB disabled
802.3at PoE 12.95 PoE Out (802.3af Class 3),
USB disabled
802.3bt Class 5 PoE or DC power
adapter
12.95 PoE Out (802.3af Class 3)
3W USB
This Guide in Other Languages
• 请从以下网站获得该指南的简体中文版 hps://
support.ruckuswireless.com.
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Before You Begin
Before deploying Ruckus products, please check for the latest soware and
the release documentaon.
• Release Notes and other user documentaon are available at hp://
support.ruckuswireless.com/documents.
• Soware upgrades are available at hp://support.ruckuswireless.com/
soware.
• Open source informaon is available at hp://
opensource.ruckuswireless.com/open_source.
Package Contents
• H550 Access Point Wall Switch
• Mounng bracket
• Two 6-mm M3x0.5 Torx at head machine screws
• Two 1-inch 6-32 Phillips pan head machine screws
• Product warranty statement
• Regulatory yer
• Declaraon of Conformity, if required
• This Quick Setup Guide
Step 1: Collecng Tools and Setup Requirements
• No. 2 Phillips screwdriver and T10 Torx driver for the mounng bracket
screws
• A standard USA- or EU-style single-gang wall outlet box
• One of the following:
– Customer-supplied IEEE 802.3af/at/bt-compliant PoE switch and
customer-supplied Ethernet cable
– Customer-supplied IEEE 802.3af/at-compliant PoE injector and
customer-supplied Ethernet cable
– Customer-ordered DC power adapter (RUCKUS part number
902-2170-XX00, sold separately)
• An Ethernet cable with or without PoE run through the wall from your
LAN through the wall outlet box
• A PC with an Ethernet port and a wireless card with customer-supplied
Cat 5e or beer Ethernet cable
• (Oponal) One or two separate bypass cables run through the outlet
box
Step 2: Connecng the PC to the H550
1. Using an Ethernet cable, connect your PC's network port to the PoE In
port on the rear of the H550.
FIGURE 1 H550 Front view
2. Using an AC adapter (sold separately), connect the H550 48V DC port
to a protected power source.
3. Verify that the PWR LED on the rear of the enclosure is green. LED
may be solid or blinking.
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Published November 2020, Part Number 800-72461-001 Rev B