Awms And Dell Powerconnect Integration Strategies - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Manual

AWMS and Dell PowerConnect Integration Strategies

Integration Goals
Rogue & Client Info
Rogue containment only
Rogue & Client containment
Reduce Master Controller Load
IDS & Auth Tracking
Track Tag Location
Key Integration Points
IDS Tracking does not require "wms offoad" in an All Master or Master Local environment
IDS Tracking does require enable stats in a Master Local environment
"wms offload" will hide the Security Summary tab on Master Controller's web interface
"wms offload" encompasses "enable stats" or "enable stats" is a subset of "wms offload"
Unless you "enable stats" on the Local Controllers in a Master Local environment, the Local
Controllers do not 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.
Example Use Cases
Example of When to Use Enable Stats
Customer wants to pilot AMWS and doesn't want to make major configuration changes to their
infrastructure or manage configuration from AWMS. Enable Stats still pushes a small subset of
commands to the controllers via SSH.
Examples of When to Use WMS Offload
Customer has older Aruba Networks infrastructure in Master Local environment and their Master
controller is fully taxed. Offloading WMS will increase the capacity of the Master Controller by
offloading statistic gathering requirements and device classification coordination to AWMS.
Customer is replacing MMS with AWMS and already had WMS offloaded for performance
reasons.
Customer wants to use AWMS to distribute client and rogue device classification amongst
multiple Master controllers in a Master Local environment or in an all Masters environment
Examples of When to Use RTLS
A Hospital wants to achieve very precise location accuracy (5 -15 feet) for their medical devices
which are associating to the WLAN.
A customer wants to locate items utilizing WiFi Tags.
All Masters Architecture
ssh access to controllers
wms offload
Define AWMS as trap host
enable RTLS
wms offload
Master Local Architecture
enable stats
ssh access to controllers
wms offload
wms offload
debuging off
Define AWMS as trap host
enable RTLS
wms offload