Chapter 5 Discovering, Adding, And Managing Devices; Device Discovery Overview; Discovering And Adding Devices - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

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
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"Discovering and Adding Devices" on page 127
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"Monitoring Devices" on page 142
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"Configuring and Managing Devices" on page 158
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"Troubleshooting a Newly Discovered Device with Down Status" on page 172
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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
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this discovery method contains four specific procedures. The interface that configures this discovery method
is the Device Setup > Discovery page. See
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)—AWMS enhances support for CDP by discovering a device's CDP
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neighbors. See
Manual device entry—This method of discovery applies when the devices are already on your network. The
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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
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"Manually Adding Individual Devices" on page 136
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"Adding Multiple Devices from a CSV File" on page 139
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"Adding Universal Devices" on page 140
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Controller-driven device discovery—Thin APs will automatically be added to the network when you add their
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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
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Enabling Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
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Assigning Devices to AWMS from APs/Devices > New Page
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Manually Adding Individual Devices
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Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.1 | User Guide
"Enabling Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)" on
Chapter 5
Discovering, Adding, and
Managing Devices
"SNMP/HTTP Scanning" on
page 134.
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page 128.
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