Getting Started With Airwave - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

Getting Started with AirWave

This topic describes how to perform an initial launch of the AirWave network management solution on the
session-based authentication scheme introduced in AirWave 7.3.0.
When an AirWave URL is accessed either interactively using a browser or programmatically using an API, a sent
cookie may match a session stored in the database, granting authentication (but not necessarily access, depending
on how the user's role matches the required role for the URL). If the cookie is not present or the session in the
database has expired, the request is denied.
For browser requests, this results in a login form being displayed. When you submit the login form, the supplied
credentials are checked against the AMP's user database, an external RADIUS server, or external TACACS+
server per the AMP's configuration. If the credentials are valid, the user's browser is sent a session cookie to use in
subsequent requests.
Use your browser to navigate to the static IP address assigned to the internal page of the AirWave, as shown in
Figure 2. Enter the User Name and Password as admin/admin for your initial login, and then select Log In.
Figure 2 AirWave Login Form
If desired, you can set one of the available languages for your login: English and Japanese (Chinese is planned, but
not yet complete as of 7.4.0). AirWave will remember your selected language until you log out and select another.
After successful authentication, your browser launches the AirWave Home > Overview page.
NOTE: AirWave pages are protected via SSL. Some browsers will display a confirmation dialog for your self-signed certificate.
Signing your certificate will prevent this dialog from displaying. Changing the default login and password on the AMP Setup >
Users page is recommended. Refer to the procedure
28 | Installing and Getting Started
"Creating AirWave User Roles" on page 46
Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.4 | User Guide
for additional information.