Specifications

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Device Management
Use the Device Management facility to select devices and manage them directly through WMS. The
Device Management screen displays the name and IP address of the device, as well as the WMS
managed site each device was detected in. An indicator displays defining whether the device is to be
managed by WMS or if no device management is planned by WMS.
For more information, see “Device Management” on page 136.
Security Management
Use the WMS Security Management feature to manage (edit, delete and add) Wireless Intrusion Protection
System (WIPS) servers available to WMS. Once the attributes of a WIPS server is defined, a user can
launch the server from WMS. If WIPS is already installed on the client machine, WMS launches the
WIPS application and uses an auto-login feature with existing login credentials for that WIPS server.
WMS supports the addition of multiple WIPS Servers within an WMS default site.
For more information, see “Security Management” on page 141.
Network Discovery
Use Network Discovery resources to create search criteria used in the device detection and discovery
process. Once defined, conduct a search to find devices meeting the search criteria.
The Network Discovery screen is partitioned into tabs supporting the following configuration activities:
● IP Range - Sets parameters for device and network discovery. Network Discovery uses an associated
SNMP profile as search criteria to discover and connect to devices.
● SNMP Profiles - Before you can find devices, define search criteria. WMS uses SNMP to discover
devices. Create SNMP profiles for the sites and devices. WMS supports both SNMP v2C and v3
when discovering devices.
The WMS Discovery module is enhanced to support scheduled discovery. Scheduled discovery enables
you to trigger discovery on a regular basis automatically. This feature is especially useful when
deploying using a phased approach. Now, you can still log into WMS and manually trigger discovery
and automatically discover devices using a planned discovery interval.
For more information, see “Network Discovery” on page 145.
Network Monitoring
Use the Network Monitoring screen to monitor devices within sites managed by WMS. The Network
Monitoring feature uses a SNMP browser interface to manage the individual properties of devices. Each
device model has an associated data collection profile which identifies the list of attributes collected
periodically from the device.
For more information, see “Network Monitoring” on page 157.
Alarm Policies
Refer to the Alarm Policies screen to view the total number of alarms and events impacting a listed
device. Use this information to compare the total events occurring for a device versus the number of