Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual page 38

Table 10 AMP Setup > General > Device Configuration Fields and Default Values (Continued)
Setting
Use Global Dell
PowerConnect W
Configuration
5. Locate the External Logging section and adjust settings to send audit and system events to an external syslog
server.
Table 11 AMP Setup > General > External Syslog Fields and Default Values
Setting
Syslog Server
Syslog Port
Include event log messages
Event log facility
Include audit log messages
Audit log facility
6. Locate the Historical Data Retention section and specify the number of days you wish to keep client session
records and rogue discovery events.
settings can be set to have no expiration date.
Table 12 AMP Setup > General > Historical Data Retention Fields and Default Values
Setting
Inactive User Data
(2-1500 days)
User Association
History (2-550 days)
Tag History
(2-550 days)
Rogue AP Discovery
Events
(2-550 days)
Reports
(2-550 days)
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Default Description
Yes Enables Dell PowerConnect W configuration profile settings to be globally configured
and then assigned to device groups. If disabled, settings can be defined entirely within
Groups > Dell PowerConnect W Config instead of globally.
NOTE: Changing this setting may require importing configuration on your devices.
When an existing Aruba configuration setup is to be converted from global to group,
follow these steps:
1. Set all the devices to Monitor Only mode before setting the flag.
2. Each device Group will need to have an import performed from the Audit page of
3. All of the thin APs need to have their settings imported after the device group
4. If the devices were set to Monitor Only mode, set them back to Managed mode.
Table 11 describes these settings and default values.
Default
N/A
514
No
local1
No
local1
Default Description
60 Defines the number of days AWMS stores basic information about inactive users. Dell
PowerConnect W recommends a shorter setting of 60 days for customers with high user
turnover such as hotels. The longer you store inactive user data, the more hard disk space
you require.
14 Defines the number of days AWMS stores client session records. The longer you store
client session records, the more hard disk space you require.
14 Sets the number of days AWMS retains location history for Wi-Fi tags.
14 Defines the number of days AWMS stores Rogue Discovery Events. The longer you store
discovery event records, the more hard disk space you require.
60 Defines the number of days AWMS stores Reports. Large numbers of reports, over 1000,
can cause the Reports > List page to be slow to respond.
some controller in the AMP group.
settings have finished importing.
Description
Enter the IP address of the syslog server.
Enter the port of the syslog server.
Select Yes to send event log messages to an external syslog server.
Select the facility for the event log from the drop-down menu.
Select Yes to send audit log messages to an external syslog server.
Select the facility for the audit log from the drop-down menu.
Table 12 describes the settings and default values of this section. Many
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