Firmware Upgrade Defaults; Additional Amp Services - Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6 User Manual

Firmware Upgrade Defaults

Locate the Firmware Upgrade Defaults section and adjust settings as required. This section allows you to configure
the default firmware upgrade behavior for AirWave.
Table 11:
AMP Setup > General > Firmware Upgrade Defaults Fields and Default Values
Setting
Allow firmware
upgrades in monitor-
only mode
Maximum Interleaved
Jobs (1-20)
Maximum Interleaved
Devices Per Job (1-
1000)
Failures before
stopping (0-20, zero
disables)

Additional AMP Services

Locate the Additional AMP Services section, and adjust settings as required.
default values of this section.
Table 12:
AMP Setup > General > Additional AMP Services Fields and Default Values
Setting
Enable FTP Server
Enable RTLS
Collector
Use embedded mail
server
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Default Description
If Yes is selected, AirWave upgrades the firmware for APs in Monitor Only mode.
When AirWave upgrades the firmware in this mode, the desired configuration are not
No be pushed to AirWave. Only the firmware is applied. The firmware upgrade may result
in configuration changes. AirWave does not correct those changes when the AP is in
Monitor Only mode.
Defines the number of jobs AirWave runs at the same time. A job can include multiple
20 APs. When jobs are started by multiple users, AirWave will interleave upgrades so that
one user's job does not completely block another's.
Defines the number of devices that can be in the process of upgrading at the same
time. Within a single job, AirWave may start the upgrade process for up to this number
20
of devices at the same time. However, only one device will be actively downloading a
firmware file at any given time.
Sets the default number of upgrade failures before AirWave pauses the upgrade
1 process. User intervention is required to resume the upgrade process. Setting this
value to 0 disables this function.
Default Description
Enables or disables the FTP server on AMP. The FTP server is only used to manage
No Aruba AirMesh and Cisco Aironet 4800 APs. Best practice is to disable the FTP server if
you do not have any supported devices in the network.
Enables or disables the RTLS Collector, which is used to allow ArubaOScontrollers to
send signed and encrypted RTLS (real time locating system) packets to VisualRF-- in
other words, AirWave becomes the acting RTLS server. The RTLS server IP address
must be configured on each controller. This function is used for VisualRF to improve
location accuracy and to locate chirping asset tags. This function is supported only for
Dell PowerConnect W-Series, Alcatel-Lucent, and Aruba Networks devices.
If Yes is specified, the following additional fields appear. These configuration settings
No
should match the settings configured on the controller:
RTLS Port—Specify the port for the AirWave RTLS server.
l
RTLS Username—Enter the user name used by the controller to decode RTLS
l
messages.
RTLS Password—Enter the RTLS server password that matches the controllers'
l
value.
Confirm RTLS Password—Re-enter the RTLS server password.
l
Enables or disables the embedded mail server that is included with AirWave. If Yes is
specified, then enter information for an optional mail relay server.
Yes
This field supports a Send Test Email button for testing server functionality. Clicking this
Table 11 describes the settings and default values of this section.
Table 12 describes the settings and
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