Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave W-Airwave 7.2 Configuration Guide - Page 31

2. Navigate to the APs/Devices > List page to view all devices currently seen by AWMS. 3. If necessary, add the device to AWMS using the APs/Devices > New page. To discover additional devices, ensure that the controller is set to perform a thin AP poll period. 4. On the APs/Devices > List page, you can specify the Group and Folder to which a device belongs. Click Modify Devices to change more than one device, or click the Wrench icon associated with any specific device to make changes. The APs/Devices > Manage page appears. 5. In the Settings section of the APs/Devices > Manage page, select the new Dell PowerConnect W AP Group to assign to the device. Change or adjust any additional settings as desired. 6. Click Save and Apply to retain these settings and to propagate them throughout AWMS, or click one of the alternate buttons as follows for an alternative change:  Click Revert to cancel out of all changes on this page.  Click Delete to remove this device from AWMS.  Click Ignore to keep the device in AWMS but to ignore it.  Click Import Settings to define device settings from previously created configurations.  Click Replace Hardware to replace the AP device with a new AP device.  Click Update Firmware to update the Firmware that operates this device. 7. Push this configuration change to the AP controller that is to support this AP device. For additional information, refer to "Pushing Device Configurations to Controllers" on page 29. Using AWMS to Deploy Dell PowerConnect W APs for the First Time In addition to migrating Dell PowerConnect W access points (APs) from ArubaOS-oriented administration to AWMS administration, you can use AWMS to deploy Dell PowerConnect W APs for the first time without separate AOS configuration. Be aware of the following dynamics in this scenario:  AWMS can manage all wireless network management functions, including:  the first-time provisioning of Dell PowerConnect W APs  managing Dell PowerConnect W controllers with AWMS  In this scenario, when a new Dell PowerConnect W AP boots up, AWMS may discover the AP before you have a chance to configure and launch it through AOS configuration on the Dell PowerConnect W controller. In this case, the AP appears in AWMS with a device name based on the MAC address.  When you provision the AP through the Dell PowerConnect W controller and then rename the AP, the new AP name is not updated in AWMS. A more efficient and robust approach to update an Dell PowerConnect W AP device name is to deploy Dell PowerConnect W APs in AWMS with the following steps: 1. Define communication settings for Dell PowerConnect W APs pending discovery in the Device Setup > Communication page. This assigns communication settings to multiple devices at the time of discovery, and prevents having to define such settings manually for each device after discovery. 2. Discover new Dell PowerConnect W APs with AWMS. You can do so with the Device Setup > Discover page 3. Click New Devices In the Status section at the top of any AWMS page, or navigate to the APs/Devices > New page. 4. Select (check) the box next to any AP you want to provision. 5. Rename all new APs. Type in the new device name in the Device column. 6. Scroll the bottom of the page and put APs in the appropriate AWMS group and folder. Set the devices to Manage Read/Write mode. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Configuration Guide Using Dell PowerConnect W Configuration in Daily Operations | 31