Display Settings; Device Configuration Settings - Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6 User Manual

Display Settings

On the AMP Setup > General page, locate the Display section and select the options to appear by default in new
device groups.
NOTE: Changes to this section apply across all of AirWave. These changes affect all users and all new device groups.
Table 6 describes the settings and default values in this section.
Table 6:
AMP Setup > General > Display Fields and Default Values
Setting
Use fully qualified
domain names
Show vendor-
specific device
settings for
Look up device and
wireless user
hostnames
DNS Hostname
Lifetime
Device
Troubleshooting Hint

Device Configuration Settings

Locate the Device Configuration section and adjust the settings.
of this section.
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Default Description
Sets AirWave to use fully qualified domain names for APs instead of the AP name.
For example, 'testap.yourdomain.com; would be used instead of 'testap.' Select one
of the following options:
Don't use FQDN - This default value specifies that the fully qualified domain
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name will not be used.
No Use FQDN with apname - The AP name will prepend the FQDN, for example
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"somehostname (my.hostname.com)." Note that if the AP name is not present,
then the FQDN will still appear in parenthesis.
Use only FQDN - Only the fully qualified domain name will be used.
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NOTE: This option is supported only for Cisco IOS, Dell PowerConnect W-Series,
Aruba Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent devices.
Displays a drop-down menu that determines which Group tabs and options are
viewable by default in new groups, and selects the device types that use fully
qualified domain names. This field has three options, as follows:
All devices—When selected, AirWave displays all Group tabs and setting
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options.
All Devices
Only devices on this AMP—When selected, AirWave hides all options and tabs
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that do not apply to the APs and devices currently on AirWave.
Selected device type—When selected, a new field appears listing many device
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types. This option allows you to specify the device types for which AirWave
displays group settings. You can override this setting.
Enables AirWave to look up the DNS for new user hostnames. This setting can be
Yes
turned off to troubleshoot performance issues.
Defines the length of time, in hours, for which a DNS server hostname remains valid
on AirWave, after which AirWave refreshes DNS lookup:
1 hour
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24 hours 2 hours
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4 hours
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12 hours
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24 hours
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The message included in this field is displayed along with the Down if a device's
N/A upstream device is up. This applies to all APs and controllers but not to routers and
switches.
Table 7 describes the settings and default values
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