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Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | User Guide Configuring and Using Device Groups in AWMS | 71
You can create as many different groups as required. Administrators usually establish groups that range in size
from five to 100 wireless devices.
Group configuration can be enhanced with the AWMS Global Groups feature, which lets you create Global
Groups with configurations that are pushed to individual Subscriber Groups.
Viewing All Defined Device Groups
To display a list of all defined groups, browse to the Groups > List page, illustrated in Figure 35.
Figure 35 Groups > List Page Illustration
Table 36 describes the columns in the Groups > List page.
Table 36 Groups > List Columns
Column Description
Add New Group Launches a page that enables you to add a new group by name and to define group parameters for devices
in that group. For additional information, refer to “Configuring Basic Group Settings” on page72.
Manage
(wrench icon)
Goes to the Groups > Basic configuration page for that group. Hover your mouse over the icon to see a list of
shortcuts to group-specific subtabs that would appear across the navigation section if this group is
selected.
Name Uniquely identifies the group by location, vendor, department or any other identifier (such as "Accounting
APs," "Floor 1 APs," "Cisco devices," "802.1x APs," and so forth).
Up/Down Status
Polling Period
The time between Up/Down SNMP polling periods for each device in the group. Detailed SNMP polling
period information is available on the Groups > Basic configuration page. Note that by default, most polling
intervals do not match the up/down period.
Is Global Group If a group is designated as global, it may not contain APs but it may be used as a template for other groups.
This column may also indicate Yes if this group has been pushed to the AMP from a Master Console.
Global Group Specifies which group this Subscriber Group is using as its template.
SSID The SSID assigned to supported device types within the group.
Total Devices Total number of devices contained in the group including APs, controllers, routers, or switches.
Down The number of devices within the group that are not reachable via SNMP or are no longer associated to a
controller. Note that thin APs are not directly polled with SNMP, but are polled through the controller. That
controller may report that the thin AP is down or is no longer on the controller. At this point, AWMS classifies
the device as down.
Mismatched The number of devices within the group that are in a mismatched state.
Ignored The number of ignored devices in that group.
Users The number of mobile users associated with all APs within the group. To avoid double counting of users,
users are only listed in the group of the AP with which they are associated. Note that device groups with
only controllers in them report no users.
BW Bandwidth: A running average of the sum of bytes in and bytes out for the managed radio page.
Duplicate Creates a new group with the name Copy of <Group Name> with configuration settings. (Dell PowerConnect
W configuration settings will have to be manually added back.)
Changes Whether the group has unapplied changes.