Setup Guide

14 | Overview Dell Networking W-AirWave 7.7 | Getting Started Guide
1. Configure default credentials.
a. Navigate to the Device Setup > Communication page and enter the credentials for each device model on your
network. These credentials represent the default credentials that are assigned to all newly discovered APs.
Community strings and shared secrets must have read-write access in order for AirWave to configure the devices. Without
read-write access, AirWave can monitor the devices only; it cannot apply any configuration changes.
2. Specify SNMP Settings.
a. Specify an SNMPTimeout value. This is the number of seconds that AirWave will wait for a response from a
device after sending an SNMP request, so a smaller number is more ideal.
b. Enter a value for SNMPRetries. This value represents the number of times AirWave attempts to poll a device
when it does not receive a response within the SNMP Timeout period or the Group's Missed SNMP Poll
Threshold setting. As a best practice, we recommend a value of 10.
3. Configure SNMPv3 Informs.
a. Locate the SNMPv3 Informs section and select the Add button to configure all SNMPv3 users that are configured
on the controller. The SNMP Inform receiver in AirWave will restart when users are changed or added to the
controller
4. Specify Telnet/SSH, HTTP Discovery, and ICMP settings.
a. Specify the Telnet/SSH Timeout value. This value represents the number of seconds used when performing Telnet
and SSH commands.
b. Specify the HTTP Timeout value. This value represents the number of seconds used when running an
HTTPdiscovery scan.
c. In the ICMP Settings section, specify whether to ping devices that were unreachable via SNMP. Note that this
value should be set to "No" if ICMPis disabled on your network.
5. Specify read/write settings for Symbol 4131 and Cisco Aironet SNMP Initialization.
l If you select Do Not Modify SNMP Settings, then AirWave will not modify any SNMP settings. If SNMP is not
already initialized on the Symbol, Nomadix, and Cisco IOS APs, AirWave is not able to manage them.
l If you select Enable read-write SNMP, then AirWave can manage networks with Symbol, Nomadix, Cisco IOS
AP that do not have SNMP initialized.
I have a mismatch. What do I do?
Mismatches can occur for a variety of reasons. For example, you may have some policies that are defined on a Local
Controller that override policies on the Master Controller. In this case, AirWave recognizes policies defined on a global
level (on the Master Controller).
Auditing to Resolve Mismatches
Updating your configuration and then performing an audit on a device can resolve most mismatches.
1. From the APs/Devices > List page, select the device that shows a configuration mismatch.
2. Click the Audit tab to view the current and desired configuration settings.
a. If you determine that certain configuration options should be changed, make those changes within AirWave so
that they match the desired configuration setting, and then click Save and Apply before Auditing again.
b. If you determine that some mismatch configurations on the Audit page can be ignored, click on the Customize
button to select the items that can be ignored during the audit.
3. Click the Audit button. At this point, the configuration state will change from Mismatched to Verifying. Note that
this process can take several minutes to complete.