Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Configuration Manual page 44

One possible workaround to update an Aruba AP device name in AWMS would be as follows, and this is not
the most efficient approach:
1. Configure and deploy the AP from AOS (separate from AWMS).
2. Delete the AP from AWMS.
3. Have AWMS rediscover the device.
A more efficient and robust approach is to deploy Aruba APs in AWMS with the following steps:
1. Define communication settings for Aruba APs pending discovery. Use the
page. This assigns communication settings to multiple devices at the time of discovery, and prevents
having to define such settings manually for each device after discovery.
2. Discover new Aruba APs with AWMS. You can do so with the
3. Click
New
Figure 28 APs/ Devices > New Page Illustration
4. Select (check) the box next to any AP you want to provision.
5. Rename all new APs. Type in the new device name in the
6. Scroll the bottom of the page and put APs in the appropriate AWMS group and folder. Set the devices to
Manage Read/Write
7. Click
only in AMP but also on the Aruba AP Group and Aruba controller with the
command.
8. To set the appropriate Aruba AP Group, select the
9. Click
10. Select the APs you want to re-group.
11. In the field that states
and click
44 | Using Aruba Configuration in Daily Operations
New Devices Status
In the
page, illustrated in Figure
mode.
Add
. Wait approximately five to 10 minutes. You can observe that the APs have been renamed not
Modify Devices
under the
Move to Aruba AP Group
Move
.
section at the top of any AWMS page, or navigate to the
28.
AP/Devices
User Bandwidth
and flash graphics.
, below the list of the APs, select the appropriate group,
AirWave Wireless Management Suite | Configuration Guide
Device Setup > Communication
Device Setup > Discover
Device
column.
show ap database
Groups
or page and locate your APs.
page
APs/Devices >
AOS