Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave W-Airwave 7.2 Configuration Guide - Page 32

7. Click Add. Wait approximately five to 10 minutes. You can observe that the APs have been renamed not only in AMP but also on the Dell PowerConnect W AP Group and Dell PowerConnect W controller with the show ap database command. 8. To set the appropriate Dell PowerConnect W AP Group, select the AP/Devices or Groups page and locate your APs. 9. Click Modify Devices. 10. Select the APs you want to re-group. 11. In the field that states Move to Dell PowerConnect W AP Group below the list of the devices, select the appropriate group and click Move. NOTE: If the list of Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups are not there, ensure you either create these Dell PowerConnect W AP groups manually on the Device Setup > Dell PowerConnect W Configuration page, wherein you merely need the device names and not the settings, or import the configuration from one of your controllers to learn the groups. 12. Wait another five to 10 minutes to observe the changes on AMP. The changes should be observable within one or two minutes on the controller. Using General AWMS Device Groups and Folders AWMS only allows any given AP to belong to one AWMS device group at a time. Supporting one AP in two or more AWMS device groups would create at least two possible issues including the following:  Data collection for such an AP device would have two or more sources and two or more related processes.  A multi-group AP would be counted several times and that would change the value calculations for AWMS graphs. As a result, some users may wish to evaluate how they deploy the group or folder for any given AP. NOTE: Dell PowerConnect W APs can also belong to Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups, but each AP is still limited to one general AWMS device group. You can organize and manage any group of APs by type and by location. Use groups and folders with either of the following two approaches:  Organize AP device groups by device type, and device folders by device location. In this setup, similar devices are in the same device group, and operate from a similar configuration or template. Once this is established, create and maintain device folders by location.  Organize AP device groups by location, and device folders by type. In this setup, you can organize all devices according to location in the device groups, but for viewing, you organize the device hierarchy by folders and type. Be aware of the following additional factors:  Configuration audits are done at the AWMS group level.  AWMS folders support multiple sublevels. Therefore, unless there is a compelling reason to use the folders-by-device-type approach, Dell PowerConnect W generally recommends the first approach where you use groups for AP type and folders strictly for AP location. 32 | Using Dell PowerConnect W Configuration in Daily Operations Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Configuration Guide