Users Guide

Dell Networking W-AirWave 8.2.x | Getting Started Guide Contents | 3
Contents
Overview 5
Initial Setup 5
How Do IAdd Devices? 5
Adding Devices with the Device Setup >Add Page 5
Discovering New Devices 8
Configuring and Running a Scan Set 8
Add Newly Discovered Devices to a Group 9
Auditing Device Configuration 10
Adding Multiple Devices from a File 10
Adding Universal Devices 11
Adding a Dell Controller 12
Adding as a Management Server 12
Adding as a Trap Host 13
How are Folders and Groups Organized? 13
Groups 13
Folders 14
How Do IDefine New Users and Roles? 14
How Do I Define Credentials for Devices that Communicate with AirWave? 15
I Have a Mismatch. What Do I Do? 16
Auditing to Resolve Mismatches 16
Importing Group Settings to Resolve Mismatches 17
Importing Device Specific Settings 17
Common Configuration Options 19
How Do I Acknowledge Alerts? 19
Workflow 19
Auto-Acknowledgement of Device Down Alerts 19
Alert Suppression 20
Trigger Conditions 20
Notification Options 20
Alert Visibility 20
Which Triggers Are Most Important? 20
Device Down Trigger 21
Device Up Trigger 21
Channel Utilization Trigger 21
Rogue Reclassified Trigger 22
Connected Clients Trigger 22
Client RADIUS Authentication Issues Trigger 22
All Triggers 23
Which Reports Should I Use? 24
Creating Report Definitions 24
Scheduling 24
Sharing 24
Access to Generated Reports 24
Creating a Report Using the Modify Devices Feature 24
Report Types 25