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4. On the APs/Devices > List page, you can specify the Group and Folder to which a device belongs. Click Modify
Devices to change more than one device, or click the Wrench icon associated with any specific device to make
changes. The APs/Devices > Manage page appears.
5. In the Settings section of the APs/Devices > Manage page, select the new Dell Networking W AP Group to assign
to the device. Change or adjust any additional settings as desired.
6. Click Save and Apply to retain these settings and to propagate them throughout AirWave, or click one of the
alternate buttons as follows for an alternative change:
n Click Revert to cancel out of all changes on this page.
n Click Delete to remove this device from AirWave.
n Click Ignore to keep the device in AirWave but to ignore it.
n Click Import Settings to define device settings from previously created configurations.
n Click Replace Hardware to replace the AP device with a new AP device.
n Click Update Firmware to update the Firmware that operates this device.
7. Push this configuration change to the controller that is to support this AP device. For additional information, refer to
"Pushing Device Configurations to Controllers" on page 27.
Using AirWave to Deploy Dell Networking W-Series APs
In addition to migrating Dell Networking W-Series access points (APs) from ArubaOS-oriented administration to
AirWave administration, you can use AirWave to deploy Dell Networking W-Series APs for the first time without
separate ArubaOS configuration. Be aware of the following dynamics in this scenario:
l AirWave can manage all wireless network management functions, including:
n the first-time provisioning of Dell Networking W-Series APs
n managing Dell Networking W-Seriescontrollers with AirWave
l In this scenario, when a new Dell Networking W-Series AP boots up, AirWave may discover the AP before you have
a chance to configure and launch it through ArubaOS configuration on the Dell Networking W-Seriescontroller. In
this case, the AP appears in AirWave with a device name based on the MAC address.
l When you provision the AP through the Dell Networking W-Seriescontroller and then rename the AP, the new AP
name is not updated in AirWave.
An efficient and robust approach to update aDell Networking W-Series AP device name is to deploy Dell Networking
W-Series APs in AirWave with the following steps:
1. Define communication settings for Dell Networking W-Series APs pending discovery in the Device Setup >
Communication page. This assigns communication settings to multiple devices at the time of discovery, and prevents
having to define such settings manually for each device after discovery.
2. Discover new Dell Networking W-Series APs with AirWave. You can do so with the Device Setup > Discover page.
3. Click New Devices In the Status section at the top of any AirWave page, or navigate to the APs/Devices > New
page.
4. Select (check) the box next to any AP you want to provision.
5. Rename all new APs. Type in the new device name in the Device column.
6. Scroll to the bottom of the page and put APs in the appropriate AirWave group and folder. Set the devices to
Manage Read/Write mode.
7. Click Add. Wait approximately five to 10 minutes. You can observe that the APs have been renamed not only in
AirWave but also on the Dell Networking W AP Group and the Dell Networking W-Seriescontroller with the show
ap databaseaos command.
8. To set the appropriate Dell Networking W AP Group, select the AP/Devices or Groups page and locate your APs.
9. Click Modify Devices.
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