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56 | Configuring AWMS Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.1 | User Guide
6. On the Device Setup > Communication page, locate the ICMP Settings section. Complete the settings or
revise the default values as required. Table 23 itemizes the setting and default value of this section.
7. On the Device Setup > Communication page, locate the Colubris Administration Options section You only
need to provide this information if you use Colubris APs on your network. Select one of the options listed.
Figure 25 illustrates this section and Table 24 explains related fields.
Figure 25 Device Setup > Communication > Colubris Administration Options Section Illustration
8. On the Device Setup > Communication page, locate the Cisco Aironet VxWorks User Creation Options
section. You only need to provide this information if you use VxWorks-based Cisco APs on your network, as
follows:

Aironet 340

Aironet 350

Aironet 1200
Select one of the three options listed. Table 25 describes the settings and default values of this section.
Table 23 Device Setup > Communication > ICMP Settings Fields and Default Values
Setting Default Description
Attempt to
ping down
devices
Yes Enables a function that applies when an AP is unreachable over SNMP.

When
Yes
is selected, this option has AWMS attempt to ping the AP device.

Select
No
if performance is affected in negative fashion by this function. If a large number of
APs are unreachable by ICMP, likely to occur where there is in excess of 100 APs, the timeouts
start to impede network performance.
NOTE: If ICMP is disabled on the network, select
No
to avoid the performance penalty caused by
numerous ping requests.
Table 24 Colubris Administration Options Fields and Default Values
Setting Default Description
Do not modify
security/HTTPS
settings
N/A Enables AWMS to use only an existing user account on the AP. This user account must have
all permissions set. The user accounts are defined in the Colubris Username/Password
section in the Default Secrets area.
Replace existing
user with specified
user
Disabled When enabled, this setting allows you to define a new Colubris username and password on
each Colubris AP.
New Colubris
Username and
Password
N/A Specifies the username and password to be used only if the option Replace existing user with
specified user is selected.