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Chapter 4
Discovering Dell PowerConnect W-
Series Infrastructure
This chapter guides you through the process of discovering and managing your Dell PowerConnect W-Series
infrastructure.
AMP utilizes Dell PowerConnect W-Series topology to efficiently discover downstream infrastructure.
Refer to the following earlier chapters in this book before attempting discovery:
 Chapter 2, “Configuring AirWave for Global Dell PowerConnect W-Series Infrastructure” on page9
 Chapter 3, “Configuring a Dell PowerConnect W Group in AMP” on page13
The following topics in this chapter walk through the basic procedure for discovering and managing Dell
PowerConnect W-Series infrastructure:
 “Discovering Master Controllers” on page15
 “Local Controller Discovery” on page17
 “Thin AP Discovery” on page17
Discovering Master Controllers
Scan networks containing Dell PowerConnect W-Series Master controllers from Device Setup > Discover.
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Manually enter the Master controller by following these steps in the Device Setup > Add page:
1. Select the Dell PowerConnect W-series controller type and select Add. The page illustrated on Figure 7
appears.
2. Enter the Name and the IP Address for the controller.
3. Enter SNMP Community String, which is required field for device discovery.
NOTE: Always add one Controller 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 AMP 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.
NOTE: Be sure to note the community string, because it must match the SNMP Trap community string which is configured later in
this document.