Cisco offers WLC virtual machine. Here are a few good online resources to get you started:
The Cisco vWLC HA has the following prerequisites: The primary, secondary, and tertiary vWLCs should be part of the same mobility group. The vWLC in the mobility group should have a uniform set of hash keys to seamlessly move an AP from one vWLC to another. Cisco has released a Virtual Wireless LAN Controller (vWLC), a VM version of a controller that has always been an appliance or hardware module, with 60-day evaluation at installation. Download the Cisco Virtual Wireless LAN Controller (vWLC) OVA for your specific deployment What version of virtual Wireless LAN Controller you deploy will depend on your design and time. Cisco updates the virtual Wireless LAN Controller versions pretty regularly so you may have a newer version of virtual Wireless LAN Controller than what I am. From Ever changing code. Virtual Controller Virtual Interfaces. This is port mapping between ESXi 5.5 and Dell Power Edge 1950 Ethernet ports. In this video, we take a look at what is required to join a Cisco Lightweight Access Point (LWAP) to a Cisco Virtual Wireless Controller (vWLC). Devices in this video include: Cisco vWLC Cisco LWAP c1600 series Windows Server 2012 R2 Updated Notes: Having worked with AP's and WLC's.
http://jeensern.blogspot.com/2012/09/cisco-virtual-wireless-lan-controller.html
http://www.labminutes.com/wlc0001_vwlc_7_3_vmware_installation
http://www.labminutes.com/blog0003_vwlc_7.3_installation_caveats
And here is the Cisco's deployment guide:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12723/products_tech_note09186a0080bd2d04.shtml
If you are using VMWare Workstation, you will need to download the latest VMWare OVF Tool and convert the ova file to virtual machine files.
Once you fire up the vWLC in VMware Workstation, you will see 'Press any key to use this terminal as the default terminal.'. If you have not configured other way to ssh or telnet to the VM, press any key here.
If you see screen 'freeze' with 'kernel direct mapping tables up to 100000000 @ 8000-d000', it is OK. The WLC is running fine and you can still access it though CLI or HTTPS.
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Alternatively, you can
- press any key at above stage,
- press ESC key at following screen to get more booting options
- Or let it boot to primary image by default
You will see log in prompt soon:
Update:
Played with newer version of the vWLC and here is an update on the setup:
Device/Software List:
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- PC with dual NICs
- WMware Workstation 11
- vWLC 8.0 and 8.3
- Cisco 3560 PoE Switch
- Cisco Thin AP
- The 01BottemTP is the first NIC, which has internet connection.
- The Local Area Connection 2 (Realtek PCIe GBE) is the second NIC and it supports VLANs.
- I created 3 VLANs using the second NIC's utility program and renamed them as VLAN11, 12 and 1 for easy identification purpose from original name Realtek Virtual Adapter 1, 2, & 3 in Windows 7.
- In WMware Workstation Virtual Network, assign VMnet0 to Realtak Virtual Adapter 3.
- Assign VMnet1 to the second physical NIC.
- Select default for Service interface IP Address configuration
- Management Interface VLAN ID is 0