Discovering Dell Infrastructure - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Manual

Discovering Dell Infrastructure

AWMS utilizes Dell's topology to efficiently discover downstream infrastructure.
Prerequisites for discovery
Section 2 - credentials
Section 3 – creating Dell PowerConnect policies (Groups)
Summarized procedure for discovery and managing Dell
Infrastructure
Discover Master controllers
Manage Master controllers which automatically discovers Local controllers affiliated with the
Master controller
Manage Local controllers which automatically discovers Thin APs affiliated to the Local controllers
Manage Thin APs
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.
Master Controller Discovery
Scan networks containing Dell PowerConnect W Master controllers from Device > Discover page.
This will use your Global Credentials configured in the previous section.
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Manually enter the Master controller on the Device > Add page.
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Select the controller type and click "Add" button
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Enter IP Address
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Required Fields for Discovery
Enter SNMP Community String
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Note : Be sure to note the community string, because it must match the SNMP Trap community string which is
configured later in this document.
Required Fields for Configurations and Basic Monitoring
Enter Telnet/SSH Username
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Enter Telnet/SSH Password
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Enter "enable" Password
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Additional Required Fields for WMS Offload