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187 | Creating and Using Templates Dell Networking W-AirWave 8.0 | User Guide
Variable Values Meaning
interface
Dot11Radio0 2.4GHz radio module is installed
Dot11Radio1 5GHz external radio module is installed
radio_type
a Installed 5GHz radio module is 802.11a
b Installed 2.4GHz radio module is 802.11b only
g Installed 2.4GHz radio module is 802.11g capable
wds_role
backup
The WDS role of the AP is the value selected in the dropdown menu on the
APs/Devices > Manage configuration page for the device.
client
master
IP
Static
IP address of the device is set statically on the AP Manage configuration
page.
DHCP IP address of the device is set dynamically using DHCP
Table 92: Conditional Variable Syntax Components
Using Substitution Variables in Templates
Substitution variables are used to set AP-specific values on each AP in the group. It is obviously not desirable to set the
IP address, hostname, and channel to the same values on every AP within a Group. The variables in Table 93 are
substituted with values specified on each access point’s APs/Devices > Manage configuration page within the AirWave
User page.
Sometimes, the running-config file on the AP does not include the command for one of these variables because the value
is set to the default. For example, when the transmission power is set to maximum (the default), the line power local
maximum will not appear in the AP running-config file, although it will appear in the startup-config file. AirWave
would typically detect and flag this variance between the running-config file and startup-config file as a configuration
mismatch. To prevent AirWave from reporting a configuration mismatch between the desired startup-config file and the
running-config file on the AP, AirWave suppresses the lines in the desired configuration when auditing the AP
configuration (similar to the way AirWave suppresses lines enclosed in parentheses, which is explained below). A list of
the default values that causes lines to be suppressed when reporting configuration mismatches is shown in Table 93.
Variable Meaning Command Suppressed Default
hostname Name hostname %hostname% -
channel Channel channel %channel% -
ip_address
netmask
IP address
Subnet mask
ip address %ip_address%
%netmask% or ip address
dhcp …
-
gateway Gateway
ip default-gateway
%gateway%
-
Table 93: Substitution Variables in Templates