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38 | Configuring AMP Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.4 | User Guide
Table 11 describes the settings and default values in this section.
7. Locate the Device Configuration section and adjust the settings. Table 12 describes the settings and default
values of this section.
Table 11 AMP Setup > General > Display Fields and Default Values
Setting Default Description
Use fully qualified
domain names
No Sets AirWave to use fully qualified domain names for APs instead of the AP name. For
example, "testap.yourdomain.com" would be used instead of "testap."
This option is supported only for Cisco IOS, Dell PowerConnect W, Aruba Networks,
and Alcatel-Lucent devices.
Show vendor-specific
device settings for
All Devices Displays a drop-down menu that determines which Group tabs and options are
viewable by default in new groups, and selects the device types that use fully qualified
domain names. This field has three options, as follows:
 All devices—When selected, AirWave displays all Group tabs and setting options.
 Only devices on this AMP—When selected, AirWave hides all options and tabs
that do not apply to the APs and devices currently on AirWave.
 Selected device type—When selected, a new field appears listing many device
types. This option allows you to specify the device types for which AirWave
displays group settings. You can override this setting.
Look up wireless user
hostnames
Yes Enables AirWave to look up the DNS for new user hostnames. This setting can be
turned off to troubleshoot performance issues.
DNS Hostname
Lifetime
24 hours Defines the length of time, in hours, for which a DNS server hostname remains valid on
AirWave, after which AirWave refreshes DNS lookup:
 1 hour
 2 hours
 4 hours
 12 hours
 24 hours
Device
Troubleshooting Hint
N/A The message included in this field is displayed along with the Down if a device’s
upstream device is up. This applies to all APs and controllers but not to routers and
switches.
Table 12 AMP Setup > General > Device Configuration Section Fields and Default Values
Setting Default Description
Guest User
Configuration
Disabled Enables or prevents guest users to/from pushing configurations to devices. Options are
Disabled (default), Enabled for Devices in Manage (Read/Write), Enabled for all
Devices.
Allow WMS Offload
configuration in
monitor-only mode
No When Yes is selected, you can enable the ArubaOS WMS offload feature on the
Groups > Basic page for WLAN switches in Monitor Only mode. Enabling WMS offload
does not cause a controller to reboot. This option is supported only for Dell and Dell
PowerConnect W-Series devices.
Allow disconnecting
users while in monitor-
only mode
No Sets whether you can deauthenticate a user for a device in monitor-only mode. If set to
No, the Deauthenticate Client button for in a Clients > Client Detail page is enabled only
for Managed devices.
Allow non-UTF8
characters
No Whether AMP can use character sets other than UTF-8 for configuration settings.