Workflow Of The Dell Powerconnect W-Instant And Amp Integration Process; Setting Up Dell Powerconnect W-Instant Hardware; Required Personnel; Creating Your Organization String - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

Communication via HTTPS: Because Dell PowerConnect W-Instant devices may be deployed behind NAT-
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enabled firewalls, Virtual Controllers "push" data to AMP via HTTPS. AMP initiates no connections to Dell
PowerConnect W-Instant devices via SNMP, TFTP, SSH, and the like. This enables quick remote setup
without having to modify firewall rules.
Virtual controller listed as separate device: The Virtual Controller is listed as an additional device, even
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though it is part of the existing set of IAPs. If you have 10 physical IAPs, AMP will list 10 Dell PowerConnect
W-Instant IAPs and one Dell PowerConnect W-Instant Virtual Controller. You can identify the IAP acting as
the Virtual Controller by their identical LAN MAC addresses in APs/Devices > List pages, Device Inventory
reports, and any other AMP pages that list your network devices.
Refer to the Dell PowerConnect W-Instant Data Sheet for full operational and regulatory specifications, hardware
capabilities, antenna plots, and radio details.
Workflow of the Dell PowerConnect W-Instant and AMP Integration
Process
The following is a sample setup workflow around a common Dell PowerConnect W-Instant use case.

Setting up Dell PowerConnect W-Instant Hardware

See the Dell PowerConnect W-SeriesInstant Quick Start Guide, the Dell PowerConnect W-SeriesInstant
Professional Installation Guide, the Dell PowerConnect W-Series IAP-105 Wireless Access Point Installation Guide,
and the Dell PowerConnect W-Series IAP-92 and IAP-93 Wireless Access Point Installation Guide for information
on setting up the hardware and configuring the network.

Required Personnel

For each remote location, an on-site installer is required to physically mount the IAPs, connect to the Dell
PowerConnect W-Instant SSID, configure the WLAN, configure the names of the IAPs, and enter the
information in the first IAP's user interface that will enable communication with the AMP.
An AMP administrator sends an Organization String and Shared Secret key along with AMP's IP address to the
on-site installer. The AMP admin later validates the first Virtual Controller's Organization String and its Shared
Secret when it appears in the APs/Devices > New list. The administrator also enables user roles to administer the
Dell PowerConnect W-Instant systems, makes any other changes in AMP as necessary.

Creating your Organization String

The Organization String is a set of colon-separated strings created by the AMP administrator to accurately
represent the deployment of each Dell PowerConnect W-Instant system. This string is entered into the Dell
PowerConnect W-Instant UI by the on-site installer.
The format of the Organization String is "Org:subfolder1:subfolder2..." and so on, up to 31 characters long.
"Org," the top-level string, is generally the name of your organization and is used to automatically generate the
following (if not already present) in AMP:
AMP Role: "Org Admin" (initially disabled)
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AMP User: "Org Admin" (assigned to the role "Org Admin")
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Folder: "Org" (under the Top folder in AMP)
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Configuration Group: "Org"
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Additional strings in the Organization String are used to create a hierarchy of subfolders under the folder named
"Org":
subfolder1 would be a folder under the "Org" folder
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subfolder2 would be a folder under subfolder1
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