Chapter 2 Installing Awms; Awms Hardware Requirements And Installation Media; Installing Linux Centos 5 (Phase 1) - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

This chapter contains information and procedures for installing and launching the AirWave Wireless
Management Suite (AWMS), and includes the following topics:
"AWMS Hardware Requirements and Installation Media" on page 17
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"Installing Linux CentOS 5 (Phase 1)" on page 17
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"Installing AWMS Software (Phase 2)" on page 18
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"Configuring and Mapping Port Usage for AWMS" on page 21
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"AWMS Navigation Basics" on page 22
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"Getting Started with AWMS" on page 27
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CAUTION: AWMS does not support downgrading to older versions. Significant data could be lost or compromised in such a
downgrade. In unusual circumstances requiring that you return to an earlier version of AWMS, we recommend you perform a
fresh installation of the earlier AWMS version, and then restore data from a pre-upgrade backup.

AWMS Hardware Requirements and Installation Media

The AWMS installation CD includes all software (including the Linux OS) required to complete the installation
of the AirWave Wireless Management Suite. AWMS supports any hardware that is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
certified. By default, all installs are based on a 64-bit operating system.
AWMS hardware requirements vary by version. As additional features are added to AWMS, increased hardware
resources become necessary. For the most recent hardware requirements, refer to the Dell PowerConnect W
AirWave Sizing Guide from support.dell.com/manuals.
AWMS is intended to operate as a soft appliance. Other applications should not run on the same installation.
Additionally, local shell users can access data on AWMS, so it is important to restrict access to the shell only to
authorized users.
You can create sudo users in place of root for companies that don't allow root logins.

Installing Linux CentOS 5 (Phase 1)

Perform the following steps to install the Linux CentOS 5 operating system. The Linux installation is a
prerequisite to installing AWMS on the network management system.
CAUTION: This procedure erases the hard drive(s) on the server.
1. Insert the AWMS installation CD-ROM into the drive and boot the server.
2. If this is a new installation of the AWMS software, type install and press Enter.
To configure the partitions manually, type expert and press Enter.
The following message appears on the screen:
Welcome to AWMS Installer Phase I
- To install a new AMP, type install <ENTER>.
WARNING: This will ERASE all data on your hard drive.
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