Users Guide

280 | Using VisualRF Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave |Version 7.3
Viewing a Network, Campus, Building’s RF Environment
To view floors from a geographical perspective:
1. Navigate to the VisualRF > Floor Plans page.
2. Click on each network, campus, or building successively to drill down further until you reach the floor plan.
This navigation provides information in each view as follows:
 Network View - contains all campuses within your WLAN
 Campus View - all buildings within a campus
 Building View - all floors within a building
 Floor Plan View - all devices access points, clients, and rogues within the floor
Viewing Campuses, Buildings, or Floors from a Tree View
As an alternative to using QuickView, you can use the Tree View to view floors from a hierarchical tree, as follows:
1. Navigate to the VisualRF > Floor Plans page.
2. Select the Tree icon ( )at the top right of any view. The Network Tree View window, shown in Figure 225,
appears on the screen.
Figure 225 Network Tree View - Floor highlighted
3. Use the arrows to drill down into the folders to select the Campus, Building, or Floor. Select the folder or floor
plan icon to open the view you have selected. The Network Tree View window will remain on the screen until
you close it.
Planning and Provisioning
VisualRF provides the capability to plan campuses, buildings, floors, and access points prior to the actual access
point deployment. The following procedure describes the workflow:
 “Creating a New Campus” on page281
 “Building Creation” on page282
 “Importing a Floor Plan” on page283
 “Editing a Floor Plan Image” on page283
 “Provisioning Existing Access Points onto the Floor Plan” on page286