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Setting up Dell PowerConnect W-Instant Manually
When setting up Dell PowerConnect W-Instant manually, you will be requested to provide an Organization
string, the AirWave IP address, and a Shared Key.
Creating your Organization String
The Organization String is a set of colon-separated strings created by the AirWave administrator to accurately
represent the deployment of each Dell PowerConnect W-Instant system. This string is entered into the Dell
PowerConnect W-Instant UI by the on-site installer.
The format of the Organization String is “Org:subfolder1:subfolder2...” and so on, up to 31 characters long.
“Org,” the top-level string, is generally the name of your organization and is used to automatically generate the
following (if not already present) in AirWave:
 AirWave Role: “Org Admin” (initially disabled)
 AirWave User: “Org Admin” (assigned to the role “Org Admin”)
 Folder: “Org” (under the Top folder in AirWave)
 Configuration Group: “Org”
Additional strings in the Organization String are used to create a hierarchy of subfolders under the folder named
“Org”:
 subfolder1 would be a folder under the “Org” folder
 subfolder2 would be a folder under subfolder1
To create your Organization String, consider the plan of how your Dell PowerConnect W-Instant IAPs are to be
physically distributed. As a best practice, the Organization String should mirror your company's geographical or
internal reporting structure. For example, if you plan to deploy Dell PowerConnect W-Instant in four stores in
two different cities for Acme Corporation, your Organization Strings might look like these:
 Acme:New York:Times Square Store
 Acme:New York:Queens Store
 Acme:San Francisco:Sunset Store
 Acme:San Francisco:SOMA Store
The Shared Secret Key
The Shared Secret key is used by the administrator to manually authorize the first Virtual Controller for an
organization that appears in the APs/Devices > New page in AirWave. Any string is acceptable, but this string
must be the same for all devices in your organization.
At this point, the admin in our example should send the Organization String, Shared Secret key, and AirWave IP
address to the on-site installers setting up Dell PowerConnect W-Instant hardware inside the storefronts.
Entering the Organization String and AirWave Information into the IAP
For the initial IAP/Virtual Controller set up in each location, the on-site installer logs in to the first IAP's web
interface via the Dell PowerConnect W-Instant configuration SSID, and navigates to Settings > AirWave. The
installer then enters the correct Organization String, the AirWave IP address, and the Shared Secret key, as
shown in Figure 244. Perform the following steps to set up AirWave in Instant.
1. Log into your IAP.
NOTE: Always ensure the protection of your organization’s shared secret. Knowledge of this shared secret, the organization
string, and communication protocol could allow a rogue device to masquerade as an Dell PowerConnect W-Instant device.