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Chapter 4
Discovering Alcatel-Lucent Infrastructure
OV3600 utilizes the Alcatel-Lucent topology to efficiently discover downstream infrastructure. This section
guides you through the process of discovering and managing your Alcatel-Lucent device infrastructure.
Refer to the following earlier sections in this document before attempting discovery:
l "Configuring OV3600 for Global Alcatel-Lucent Infrastructure" on page 7
l "Configuring anAlcatel-Lucent Group " on page 11
The following topics in this chapter walk through the basic procedure for discovering and managing Alcatel-
Lucent infrastructure:
l "Discovering or Adding Master switches" on page 13
l "Local switch Discovery" on page 15
l "Thin AP Discovery" on page 15
Always add one switch and its affiliated Thin APs into management or monitoring mode in a serial fashion, one at a
time. Adding new devices is a very CPU intensive process for OV3600 and can quickly overwhelm all of the processing
power of the server if hundreds of Thin APs are added (migrated from New to Managed or Monitoring) simultaneously.
Discovering or Adding Master switches
Scan networks containing Alcatel-Lucent master switches from the Device Setup > Discover page, or manually
enter the master switch by following these steps in the Device Setup > Add page:
1. Select the Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch type and select Add. The page illustrated on Figure 8 appears.
2. Enter the Name and the IP Address for the switch.
3. Enter SNMP Community String, which is required field for device discovery.
Besure to note the community string because it must match the SNMP trap community string, which is
configuredlater in this document.