User Manual v12.3.0 Owner's manual

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Wireless device discovery

The Management application enables you to discover individual wireless devices or multiple

wireless devices using a discovery profile.

NOTE

Wireless access points in adaptive mode cannot be discovered by the Management application.

Instructions for discovering IP devices are detailed in Chapter 3, “Discovery” and include

information about the following:

• “Configuring a discovery profile” on page 67

• “Adding an IP device to discovery” on page 87

After discovery, the Management application inspects the SNMP trap recipient and syslog recipient

registration on wireless controllers. If there is an error with the registration, a Master Log event

displays as a Warning event. The Warning event provides the reason for the error to enable you to

fix the problem.

Wireless devices on the dashboard

Wireless controllers and standalone access points display in the following dashboard widgets:

• IP Inventory

• IP Status

• AP Status

• Status

NOTE

Wireless access points in adaptive mode do not display in the dashboard.

For more information about the Dashboard, refer to Chapter 8, “Dashboard Management” which

includes information about the following:

• “Dashboard overview” on page 313

• “Status widgets” on page 330

• “Performance monitors” on page 343

• “User-defined performance monitors” on page 371

Port groups

Port groups allow you to group ports together across network devices to perform common

port-based configuration and monitoring activities.

Once configured you can use port groups to perform the following:

• Deploy common configurations to all ports in a group.

• Collect port usage data for all ports in a group.