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Table 52 Routers and Switches Fields and Default Values (Continued)
Setting
Read CDP Table for
Device Discovery
Read Bridge
Forwarding Table
Interface Up/Down
Polling Period
Interface
Bandwidth Polling
Period
Interface Error
Counter Polling
Period
Poll 802.3 error
counters
Poll Cisco interface
error counters
18. To configure settings for universal devices on the network, including routers and switches that support both
wired and wireless networks, locate the Universal Devices, Routers and Switches section of the Groups >
Basic page and define the version of SNMP to be supported.
19. To control the conditions by which devices are automatically authorized into this group, locate the Automatic
Authorization settings section and adjust these settings as required.
default values.
Table 53 Automatic Authorization Fields and Default Values
Setting
Add New Controllers and
Autonomous Devices
Location
Add New Thin APs
Location
20. To automate putting multiple devices in this group into Manage mode at once so that changes can be applied
and have the devices revert to Monitor-Only mode after the maintenance period is over, locate the
Maintenance Windows option and define a new AP Group Maintenance Window.
21. Select Save when the configurations of the Groups > Basic configuration page are complete to retain these
settings, but without pushing these settings to all devices in the group. Save is a good option if you intend to
make additional device changes in the group, and wish to wait until all configurations are complete before you
push all configurations at one time.
Select Save and Apply to make the changes permanent, or select Revert to discard all unapplied changes.
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Default Description
4 hours For Cisco devices, sets the frequency in which devices poll routers and switches for Cisco
Discovery Protocol (CDP) information. This setting can be disabled, or set to poll for CDP
neighbor information in a range from every 15 seconds to 12 hours.
4 hours Sets the frequency in which devices poll the network for bridge forwarding information. This
setting can be disabled, or set to poll bridge forwarding tables from switches in a range from
every 15 seconds to 12 hours.
5 minutes Sets the frequency in which network interfaces are polled for up/down status. This setting
can be disabled, or set to poll from switches in a range from every 15 seconds to 30 minutes.
15 Sets the frequency in which network interfaces are polled for bandwidth usage. This setting
minutes can be disabled, or set to poll from switches in a range from every 5 minutes to 30 minutes.
30 Sets the frequency in which network interfaces are polled for up/down status. This setting
minutes can be disabled, or set to poll bridge forwarding tables from switches in a range from every 5
minutes to 30 minutes.
No Sets whether 802.3 error counters should be polled.
No Sets whether the interface error counters for Cisco devices should be polled.
Default Description
Use Whether to auto authorize new controllers to the New Devices List, the same Group/
Global Folder as the discovering devices, the same Group/Folder as the closest IP neighbor,
Setting and/or a specified auto-authorization group and folder. The Current Global Setting set in
AMP Setup > General is shown below this field. Selecting a different option overrides
the global setting.
Use Whether to auto authorize new thin APs to the New Devices List, the same Group/Folder
Global as the discovering devices, the same Group/Folder as the closest IP neighbor, and/or a
Setting specified auto-authorization group and folder. The Current Global Setting set in AMP
Setup > General is shown below. Selecting a different option overrides the global setting
for this group.
Table 53 describes the settings and
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