User's Guide

7
AirTight Management Console
Configuration
AirTight Management Console needs to be configured appropriately for use, before it can start monitoring
and/or protecting the network. Click Configuration to view the various options to configure in AirTight
Management Console.
The Configuration page displays various categories - Device Configuration, WIPS, User Accounts,
Events and System Settings, AirTight Mobile, ESM Integration.
Device Configuration: Configure and manage the SSID profiles using Device Configuration>SSID
Profiles. The SSID profiles can then be attached to the device templates.
Configure and manage the device templates using Device Configuration>Device Template. These
device templates can then be applied to various devices.
WIPS: Configure and manage the wireless intrusion prevention parameters using WIPS.
User Accounts: User management, password management, LDAP, RADIUS configuration, certificate
configuration, account suspension management is done using User Accounts.
Events: Configure and manage event related settings, e-mail notification on occurrence of certain critical
events using Events.
System Settings: Configure and manage AirTight server-related settings using System Settings.
AirTight Mobile: Configure AirTight Mobile integration settings using AirTight Mobile.
ESM Integration: Configure settings for integration with Enterprise Security Management software using
ESM Integration. AirTight Management Console integrates with SNMP, Syslog and Arcsight.
Configure Language Setting
Define the system language and the SSID encoding using the Configuration>Language Setting option.
This setting is used to set the language for email communication, Syslog messages etc.
You can copy language setting from one server to another when the servers are part of the same server
cluster.
Set System Language
The system language is the default language that the system will use to communicate via emails, syslog
messages etc. If you want to use a language other than English as the system language for AirTight
Management Console, the language of your choice should be defined under Language Setting. The
default value for System Language Preference is English.
Set SSID encoding
Parameters like SSID, when configured on the AP using page encoding (either non-English native
window or using a language pack), appear garbled if the page encoding does not match the encoding
selected here.