User's Guide

UI Scope Considerations
You control the scope of data you see at any time by selecting levels in the tree. If you want to view data
from one area of your WLAN separately from data about the rest of the WLAN, such as dierent
buildings/floors, you should consider how you can create network levels for that area. Then, viewing its
data discretely is as easy as clicking on that node in the tree.
Combining Considerations
Example:
A company with four buildings with multiple floors plans to use triangulation. Two ADSP users each
manage the WLAN security for one building, and a third user manages the two other buildings. An
overall system security administrator oversees all users and buildings.
• Buildings A, B, C, and D = network level for each building
• Floors = network level for each floor in a building
• User management = select Scope Permissions for each user by editing User Accounts.
◦ Building A is assigned to User 1
◦ Building B is assigned to User 2
◦ Building C and D are assigned to User 3
• For the overall administrator, select the system level in User Accounts.
Result:
Each user can see only the data for the building(s) he manages. Each user can apply policy and view
data by floors within their building, and perform location tracking with triangulation by importing a map
for each floor.
Building your Network Tree
While there are several important considerations when planning how to build your tree, actually
building it is quite simple. Ideally, you should use Tree Setup under Configuration > Appliance Platform
to build your tree. However, you can do it anywhere that there is access to the network tree. The person
who installed AirDefense may have created all or part of your tree during setup. You can always revisit
Tree Setup to add to or adjust your tree.
By default, your appliance is named ADSP. You add to your network tree starting at the appliance level.
To begin defining your network tree, select (highlight) ADSP and then click the add child link on the
right side of the highlighted area. A popup menu displays with a list of available network levels with the
highest level at the top of the menu.
Tree Setup
Configuration Tab
506 Extreme AirDefense User Guide for version 10.5.