Chapter 5 Awms And Dell Powerconnect W Integration Strategies; Integration Goals - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Manual

This chapter describes strategies for integrating AWMS and Dell PowerConnect W and contains the following
topics:
"Example Use Cases" on page 20
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"Prerequisites for Integration" on page 21
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"Enable Stats Utilizing AWMS" on page 21
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"WMS Offload Utilizing AWMS" on page 22
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"Define AWMS as Trap Host using Dell PowerConnect ArubaOS CLI" on page 23
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"Understanding WMS Offload Impact on Dell PowerConnect W Infrastructure" on page 26
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Integration Goals

The following table summarizes the types of integration goals and strategies for meeting them in certain
architectural contexts:
Table 4 Integration Goals in All Masters or Master/Local Architectures
Integration Goals
Rogue & Client Info
Rogue containment only
Rogue & Client containment
Reduce Master Controller Load
IDS & Auth Tracking
Track Tag Location
Key integration points to consider include the following:
IDS Tracking does not require WMS Offload in an All-Master or Master/Local environment
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IDS Tracking does require enable stats in a Master/Local environment
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WMS Offload will hide the Security Summary tab on Master Controller's web interface
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WMS Offload encompasses enable stats or enable stats is a subset of WMS Offload
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Unless you enable stats on the Local Controllers in a Master/Local environment, the Local Controllers do not
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populate their MIBs with any information about clients or rogue devices discovered/associated with their APs.
Instead the information is sent upstream to Master Controller.
Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Best Practices Guide
Chapter 5
AWMS and Dell PowerConnect W
Integration Strategies
All Masters Architecture
ssh access to controllers
WMS Offload
Define AWMS as trap host
enable RTLS WMS Offload
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Master/ Local Architecture
enable stats
ssh access to controllers
WMS Offload
WMS Offload debugging off
Define AWMS as trap host
enable RTLS WMS Offload