Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave W-Airwave 7.2 Configuration Guide - Page 28

Selecting Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups To select Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups, navigate to the Dell PowerConnect W Configuration > Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups page. This page is central to defining Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups, to viewing the AMP groups with which an Dell PowerConnect W AP Group is associated, changing or deleting Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups, and assigning AP devices to an Dell PowerConnect W AP Group. Configuring Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups Perform the following steps to display, add, edit, or delete Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups in Dell PowerConnect W Configuration. 1. Browse to the Dell PowerConnect W Configuration page, and click the AP Groups heading in the navigation pane on the left. The Groups Summary page appears and displays all current Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups. 2. To add a new group, click the Add AP Group button. To edit an existing group, click the pencil icon next to the group name. The Details page appears with current or default configurations. The settings on this page are described in "Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups" on page 38. 3. Click Add or Save to finish creating or editing the Dell PowerConnect W AP Group. Click Cancel to back out of this screen and to cancel the AP Group configurations. 4. New AP groups appear in the AP Groups section of the Dell PowerConnect W Configuration navigation pane, and clicking the group name takes you to the Details page for that group. 5. When this and other procedures are completed, push the configuration to the Dell PowerConnect W controllers by clicking Save and Apply. The principles of Monitor and Manage mode still apply. For additional information, refer to "Pushing Device Configurations to Controllers" on page 29. Once Dell PowerConnect W AP groups are defined, ensure that all desired WLANs are referenced in Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups, as required. Repeat the above procedure to revise WLANs as required. You can add or edit AP devices in Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups, and you can configure AP Override settings that allow for custom AP configuration within the larger group in which it operates. General WLAN Guidelines Guidelines and Pages for WLANs in Dell PowerConnect W Configuration  The Dell PowerConnect W Configuration navigation pane displays custom-configured WLANs and Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups. You define or modify WLANs on the Dell PowerConnect W Configuration page. Click WLANs from the navigation pane.  You can create or edit any profile in an WLAN as you define or modify that WLAN. If you digress to profile setup from a different page, AWMS returns you to your place on the WLAN setup page once you are done with profile setup.  All configurations must be pushed to Dell PowerConnect W controllers to become active on the network. General Profiles Guidelines AOS elements can be added or edited after an AOS configuration file is imported to AWMS and pushed to controllers with the steps described in "Setting Up Initial Dell PowerConnect W Configuration" on page 21. Profiles in Dell PowerConnect W configuration entail the following concepts or dynamics:  Profiles define nearly all parameters for Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups and WLANs, and Dell PowerConnect W Configuration supports many diverse profile types.  Some profiles provide the configurations for additional profiles that reference them. When this is the case, this document describes the interrelationship of such profiles to each other. 28 | Using Dell PowerConnect W Configuration in Daily Operations Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Configuration Guide