Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.1
| User Guide
Discovering, Adding, and Managing Devices |
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Chapter 5
Discovering, Adding, and
Managing Devices
This chapter describes how to add, configure and monitor devices, both wired and wireless, and contains the
following sections, corresponding to features of the
AMP
Device Setup
tab:
“Device Discovery Overview” on page
127
“Discovering and Adding Devices” on page
127
“Monitoring Devices” on page
142
“Configuring and Managing Devices” on page
158
“Troubleshooting a Newly Discovered Device with Down Status” on page
172
Device Discovery Overview
Once you have deployed AWMS on the network, the next step is to discover all existing APs connected to your
network. AWMS has added the ability to discover and provision Cisco edge switches, and the ability to discover
and monitor HP ProCurve and NetGear edge switches. You can gather statistics and generate reports displaying
wired port usage, and error counting. Individual interface monitoring and configuration has also been added.
AWMS allows device discovery in the following ways, all of which are described in this chapter:
SNMP/HTTP scanning
—This is the primary method for AWMS to discover devices on your network, and
this discovery method contains four specific procedures. The interface that configures this discovery method
is the
Device Setup > Discovery
page. See
“SNMP/HTTP Scanning” on page
128
.
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
—AWMS enhances support for CDP by discovering a device’s CDP
neighbors. See
“Enabling Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)” on page
134
.
Manual device entry
—This method of discovery applies when the devices are already on your network. The
admin
user adds devices manually with known device information. See the following section for information
and procedures:
“Assigning Devices to AWMS from APs/Devices > New Page” on page
134
“Manually Adding Individual Devices” on page
136
“Adding Multiple Devices from a CSV File” on page
139
“Adding Universal Devices” on page
140
Controller-driven device discovery—Thin APs will automatically be added to the network when you add their
controller to AWMS.
Discovering and Adding Devices
Devices are prepared for discovery in the ways described in the previous section. This section describes the
following topics:
SNMP/HTTP Scanning
Enabling Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
Assigning Devices to AWMS from APs/Devices > New Page
Manually Adding Individual Devices
Summary of Contents for PowerConnect W Airwave 7.1
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Page 30: ...30 Installing AWMS Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...
Page 194: ...194 Creating and Using Templates Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...
Page 260: ...260 Performing Daily Administration in AWMS Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...
Page 294: ...294 Creating Running and Emailing Reports Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...
Page 302: ...302 Using the AWMS Helpdesk Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...
Page 304: ...304 Package Management for AWMS Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...
Page 308: ...308 Third Party Security Integration for AWMS Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...
Page 314: ...314 Access Point Notes Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...
Page 316: ...316 Initiating a Support Connection Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...
Page 318: ...318 Cisco Clean Access Integration Perfigo Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...
Page 330: ...330 Third Party Copyright Information Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...
Page 334: ...334 Index Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7 1 User Guide ...