Discovering Dell Powerconnect W Infrastructure; Chapter 4 Discovering Dell Powerconnect W Infrastructure; Discovering Master Controllers - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Manual

This chapter guides you through the process of discovering and managing your Dell PowerConnect W
infrastructure.
AWMS utilizes Dell PowerConnect W's topology to efficiently discover downstream infrastructure.
Refer to the following earlier chapters in this book before attempting discovery:
Chapter 2, "Configuring AWMS for Global Dell PowerConnect W Infrastructure" on page 9
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Chapter 3, "Configuring a Dell PowerConnect W Group in AWMS" on page 13
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The following topics in this chapter walk through the procedure for discovering and managing Dell
PowerConnect W Infrastructure:
"Discovering Master Controllers" on page 15
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"Local Controller Discovery" on page 17
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"Thin AP Discovery" on page 17
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NOTE: Always add one Controller and its affiliated Thin APs into management or monitoring mode in a serial fashion, one at a time.
Adding new devices is a very CPU intensive process for AWMS and can quickly overwhelm all of the processing power of the
server if hundreds of Thin APs are added (migrated from New to Managed or Monitoring) simultaneously.

Discovering Master Controllers

Scan networks containing Dell PowerConnect W Master controllers from Device Setup > Discover. This will use
your Global Credentials configured in the previous section.
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Manually enter the Master controller by following these steps in the Device Setup > Add page:
1. Select the Dell Controller type and select Add. The page illustrated on
2. Enter the Name and the IP Address for the controller.
3. Enter SNMP Community String, which is required field for device discovery.
NOTE: Be sure to note the community string, because it must match the SNMP Trap community string which is configured later in
this document.
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