Loading Device Firmware Onto Amp (Optional); Overview Of The Device Setup > Upload Firmware & Files Page - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

6. Locate the ICMP Settings section and adjust the default value as required.
default value.
Table 29 Device Setup > Communication > ICMP Settings Fields and Default Values
Setting
Attempt to ping
devices that
were
unreachable
via SNMP
7. Locate the Symbol 4131 and Cisco Aironet IOS SNMP Initialization area. Select one of the options listed.
Table 30
Table 30 Device Setup > Communication > Symbol 4131 and Cisco Aironet IOS SNMP Initialization Fields and Default Values
Setting
Do Not Modify
SNMP Settings
Enable read-write
SNMP

Loading Device Firmware Onto AMP (optional)

Overview of the Device Setup > Upload Firmware & Files Page
AMP enables automated firmware distribution to the devices on your network. Once you have downloaded the
firmware files from the vendor, you can upload this firmware to AMP for distribution to devices via the Device
Setup > Upload Firmware & Files page.
This page lists all firmware files on AMP with file information. This page also enables you to add new firmware
files, to delete firmware files, and to add New Web Auth Bundle files.
The following additional pages support firmware file information:
Firmware files uploaded to AMP appear as options in the drop-down menus on the Group > Firmware page

and on individual APs/Devices > Manage pages.
Use the AMP Setup page to configure AMP-wide default firmware options.
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Table 31
Table 31 Device Setup > Upload Firmware & Files Fields and Default Values
Setting
Type
Owner Role
Description
Server Protocol
54 | Configuring AMP
Default Description
Yes When Yes is selected, AMP attempts to ping the AP device.

Select No if performance is affected in negative fashion by this function. If a large number

of APs are unreachable by ICMP, likely to occur where there is in excess of 100 APs, the
timeouts start to impede network performance.
NOTE: If ICMP is disabled on the network, select No to avoid the performance penalty caused
by numerous ping requests.
describes the settings and default values:
Default Description
Yes When selected, specifies that AMP not modify any SNMP settings. If SNMP is not already
initialized on the Symbol, Nomadix, and Cisco IOS APs, AMP is not able to manage them.
No When selected, and when on networks where the Symbol, Nomadix, and Cisco IOS APs do
not have SNMP initialized, this setting enables SNMP so the devices can be managed by
AMP.
below itemizes the contents, settings, and default values for the Upload Firmware & Files page.
Default Description
Aruba Displays a drop-down list of the primary AP makes and models that AMP supports with
Controller automated firmware distribution.
(any model)
None Displays the user role that uploaded the firmware file. This is the role that has access to
the file when an upgrade is attempted.
None Displays a user-configurable text description of the firmware file.
None Displays the file transfer protocol by which the firmware file was obtained from the server.
Table 29 shows the setting and
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