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Prerequisites for Integration
If you have not discovered the Dell PowerConnect W-Series infrastructure or configured credentials, refer to the
previous chapters of this book:
Chapter 2, “Configuring AirWave for Global Dell PowerConnect W-Series Infrastructure” on page9
Chapter 3, “Configuring a Dell PowerConnect W Group in AMP” on page13
Chapter 4, “Discovering Dell PowerConnect W-Series Infrastructure” on page15
Enable Stats Utilizing AMP
To enable stats on the Dell PowerConnect W-series controllers, follow these steps:
1. Navigate to AMP Setup > General and locate the Device Configuration section.
2. Set the Allow WMS Offload Configuration in Monitor-Only Mode field to Yes, as shown in Figure 8:
Figure 8 WMS Offload Configuration in AMP Setup > General
3. Navigate to Groups > Basic for the group that contains your Dell PowerConnect W-series controllers.
4. Locate the Dell PowerConnect W section on the page.
5. Set the Offload WMS Database field to No, as shown in Figure 9:
Figure 9 Offload WMS Database field in Groups > Basic
6. Select Save and Apply.
7. Select Save.
This will push a set of commands via SSH to all Dell PowerConnect W local controllers. AMP must have read/
write access to the controllers in order to push these commands.
If your credentials are invalid or the changes are not applied to the controller, error messages will display on the
controller's APs/Devices > Monitor page under the Recent Events section. If the change fails, AMP does not
NOTE: This process will not reboot your controllers.
CAUTION: If you don't follow the above steps, local controllers will not be configured to populate statistics. This decreases
AMP's capability to trend client signal information and to properly locate devices. See Appendix A, “CLI ArubaOS & AMP
Commands” on page37 on how to utilize ArubaOS CLI to enable stats on Dell PowerConnect W-Series infrastructure.