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5. You are taken to a confirmation configuration page that allows you to schedule the change for a time in the
future. Enter a start date and time in the scheduling field and select when the change should occur from the
drop-down menu (one time is the default, but you may select recurring options for many of the actions).
Scheduled jobs can be viewed and edited in the System > Configuration Change Jobs tab.
6. Using the neighbor lists, AirWave is able to optimize channel selection for APs. Select the APs to optimize
and AirWave minimizes the channel interference while giving channel priority to the most heavily used APs.
Table 70
Table 70 Modify Multiple Devices Section Fields and Default Values
Action
AirWave Group/Folder
Dell PowerConnect W AP
Group
Management Level
Planned Maintenance Mode
Desired Radio Status
Update Cisco Thin AP
Settings
Poll now
Audit selected devices
Run report on selected
devices
Update the credentials AMP
uses to communicate with
these devices
Add Maintenance Window
Delete all Maintenance
Windows
Import settings from selected
devices (and discard current
pre-device desired settings)
Reboot selected devices
Reprovision selected Dell
devices
Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.4 | User Guide
describes these actions and controls.
Description
Move the selected devices to a new group or folder. If the AP is in managed mode when it is
moved to a new group, it will be reconfigured.
Moves the selected APs to a new group or folder. If the AP is in managed mode when it is moved
to a new group it will be reconfigured.
Move the selected devices into Monitor Only or Manage Read/Write Mode.
Puts the selected devices into Planned Maintenance. During the maintenance mode, no AP
Down triggers will be deployed on these devices. Users will not be able to delete folders that
contain devices in Planned Maintenance. The devices in Planned Maintenance will show the Up
status, but will not be tracked in historical graphs and logs as Up.
Enables or disables the radios on the selected device. Does not apply Cisco IOS APs.
Bulk configuration for per-thin AP settings, previously configured on the Group LWAPP AP tab,
can be performed from Modify Devices on the APs/Devices List page. Make changes to LWAPP
AP groups, including the option that was under Modify Devices.
Polls selected devices for current user count and bandwidth data; overrides default poll settings
for the group. Polling numerous devices may create a temporary performance load on your
AirWave server.
Fetches the current configuration from the device and compares it to the desired AirWave
configuration. The audit action updates the Configuration Status.
NOTE: In versions of AirWave previous to 7.3, the Audit button appeared on Groups > List for
groups with audit disabled. Now, if a group has audit disabled for its devices, AirWave doesn't
show the Audit button in the Modify devices list.
Takes you to the Reports > Definitions page where you can define or run a custom report for
selected devices. For more details and a procedure, see
Update changes the credentials AirWave uses to communicate with the device. It does not
change the credentials on the AP.
Automate the manual action of putting the selected devices into Manage mode at once so that
changes can be applied, and after the maintenance period is over, the devices automatically
revert to Monitor-Only mode.
Maintenance windows can be set as a one-time or recurring event.
Deletes all maintenance windows set for these devices.
Audit updates a number of the AP specific settings AirWave initially read off of the AP including
channel, power, antenna settings and SSL certifications. Use this setting if APs have been
updated outside of AirWave. Most settings on the APs/Devices Manage configuration page are
set to the values currently read off of the devices.
Reboots the selected devices. Use caution when rebooting devices because this can disrupt
wireless users.
Configures the controller to send provisioning parameters such as radio, antenna, and IP
address settings to the selected APs. Please note that APs will be rebooted as part of
reprovisioning.
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