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Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.5 | Best Practices Guide Contents | iii
Contents
Preface....................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Document Organization.....................................................................................................................1
Note, Caution, and Warning Icons ..................................................................................................2
Contacting Support ............................................................................................................................2
Chapter 1 Overview ............................................................................................................................... 3
Understanding Dell PowerConnect W-Series Topology .............................................................3
Prerequisites for Integrating Dell PowerConnect W-Series Infrastructure............................. 4
Chapter 2 Configuring AirWave for Global Dell PowerConnect W-Series Infrastructure ........ 5
Disabling Rate Limiting in AMP Setup > General..........................................................................5
Entering Credentials in Device Setup > Communication .............................................................5
Setting Up Recommended Timeout and Retries ...........................................................................6
Setting Up Time Synchronization.....................................................................................................7
Setting up NTP on AirWave......................................................................................................7
Manually Setting the Clock on a Controller ...........................................................................7
Enabling Support for Channel Utilization And Statistics..............................................................7
AirWave Setup............................................................................................................................8
Controller Setup (Master And Local) ...................................................................................... 8
Chapter 3 Configuring a Dell PowerConnect W Group in AirWave .............................................. 9
Basic Monitoring Configuration.......................................................................................................9
Advanced Configuration..................................................................................................................10
Chapter 4 Discovering Dell PowerConnect W-Series Infrastructure......................................... 11
Discovering Master Controllers.....................................................................................................11
Local Controller Discovery.............................................................................................................. 13
Thin AP Discovery ............................................................................................................................13
Chapter 5 AirWave and Dell PowerConnect W-Series Integration Strategies ........................ 15
Integration Goals ..............................................................................................................................15
Example Use Cases..........................................................................................................................16
When to Use Enable Stats ...................................................................................................... 16
When to Use WMS Offload..................................................................................................... 16
When to Use RTLS....................................................................................................................16
When to Define AirWave as a Trap Host ............................................................................. 16
When to use Channel Utilization............................................................................................16
Prerequisites for Integration ..........................................................................................................17
Enable Stats Utilizing AirWave.......................................................................................................17
WMS Offload with AirWave ...........................................................................................................18
Define AirWave as a Trap Host using ArubaOS CLI...................................................................18
ArubaOS Traps Utilized by AirWave .............................................................................................19
Auth Traps .........................................................................................................................19
IDS Traps ...........................................................................................................................19