Overview Of Dell Powerconnect W Configuration In Airwave - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Configuration Manual

Configuration changes are pushed to the controller via SSH with no reboot required.
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AirWave only supports configuration of the settings which a master controller would push to the standby / local
controllers (global features). AirWave supports all master, master-standby, and master-local deployments.
AirWave supports all settings for Profiles, Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups, Servers and Roles are supported, as
is the ArubaOS WLAN Wizard. Controller IP addresses, VLANs, and interfaces are not supported, nor are
Advanced Services, with the exception of VPN and IP Mobility.
Other features of Dell PowerConnect W Configuration in AirWave include the following:
AirWave understands ArubaOS license dependencies.
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AirWave supports a variety of Dell PowerConnect W-Series firmware versions, so profiles / fields which are
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not supported by an older version will not be configured on controllers running that version.
You can provision thin APs from the AP/Devices > Manage page. You can move APs into Dell PowerConnect
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W AP Groups from the Modify Devices option on the APs/Devices > List page.
You can configure AP names as AP Overrides.
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Values for specific fields may be overwritten for individual controllers on the controller's APs/Devices > Manage
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page.
Changes to dependency between the AirWave group and folders help customers who want to use the folder
structure to manage configuration; however, users will be able to see (but not access) group and folder paths for
which they do not have permissions.
For more detailed information about this feature, as well as steps to transition from template-based configuration to
web-based configuration, refer to additional chapters in this user guide. For known issues and details on the
ArubaOS version supported by each release, refer to the AirWave Release Notes at download.dell-pcw.com.

Overview of Dell PowerConnect W Configuration in AirWave

This section describes the pages in AirWave that support Dell PowerConnect W Configuration.
AirWave can be configured on AMP Setup > General > Device Configuration to configure Dell PowerConnect
W-Series devices globally (in the Device Setup > Dell PowerConnect W Configuration page) or by Device
Group (in the Groups > Dell PowerConnect W Config page). By default, global Dell PowerConnect W
Configuration is enabled.
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AirWave supports Dell PowerConnect W Configuration with the following pages:
Device Setup > Dell PowerConnect W Configuration
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PowerConnect W Configuration in AirWave. You can limit the view to a folder.
Groups > Dell PowerConnect W Config Page With Global Configuration
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displays depends on whether global or group configuration is enabled in AMP Setup > General > Device
Configuration:
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AMPSetup > General Setting for Global or Group Configuration
Page—Deploys and maintains global Dell
Enabled—the way this page
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