Using General Awms Device Groups And Folders; Visibility In Aruba Configuration; Visibility Overview - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Configuration Manual

If the list of Aruba AP Groups are not there, ensure you either create these Aruba AP groups manually on the
Device Setup > Aruba Configuration page, wherein you merely need the device names and not the settings, or
import the configuration from one of your controllers to learn the groups.
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12. Wait another five to 10 minutes to observe the changes on AMP. The changes should be observable
within one or two minutes on the controller.

Using General AWMS Device Groups and Folders

AWMS only allows any given AP to belong to one AWMS device group at a time. Supporting one AP in two
or more AWMS device groups would create at least two possible issues, to include the following:
Data collection for such an AP device would have two or more sources and two or more related
processes.
A multi-group AP would be counted several times and that would change the value calculations for
AWMS graphs.
As a result, some users may wish to evaluate how they deploy the group or folder for any given AP.
Aruba APs can also belong to Aruba AP Groups, but each AP is still limited to one general AWMS device group.
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You can organize and manage any group of APs by type and by location. Use groups and folders with either
of the following two approaches:
Organize AP device groups by device type, and device folders by device location.
In this setup, similar devices are in the same device group, and operate from a similar configuration or
template. Once this is established, create and maintain device folders by location.
Organize AP device groups by location, and device folders by type.
In this setup, you can organize all devices according to location in the device groups, but for viewing,
you organize the device hierarchy by folders and type.
Be aware of the following additional factors:
Configuration audits are done at the AWMS group level.
AWMS folders support multiple sublevels.
Therefore, unless there is a compelling reason to use the folders-by-device-type approach, AirWave
generally recommends the first approach where you use groups for AP type and folders strictly for AP
location.

Visibility in Aruba Configuration

Visibility Overview

Aruba Configuration supports device configuration and user information in the following ways;
user roles
AP/Device access level
folders.
These and additional factors for visibility are as follows:
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