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Manually Adding Individual Devices...................................................................................112
Adding Devices with the Device Setup > Add Page ................................................113
Adding Multiple Devices from a CSV File...................................................................115
Adding Universal Devices............................................................................................. 117
Assigning Devices to the Ignored Page .............................................................................117
Unignoring a Device...............................................................................................................117
Monitoring Devices........................................................................................................................118
Viewing Device Monitoring Statistics.................................................................................118
Understanding the APs/Devices > Monitor Pages for All Device Types......................119
Monitoring Data Specific to Wireless Devices .................................................................120
Evaluating Radio Statistics for an AP.................................................................................. 126
Overview of the Radio Statistics Page .......................................................................126
Viewing Real-Time ARM Statistics ............................................................................. 126
Issues Summary section...............................................................................................127
802.11 Radio Counters Summary ................................................................................. 127
Radio Statistics Interactive Graphs ............................................................................ 128
Recent ARM Events Log................................................................................................129
Detected Interfering Devices Table............................................................................ 130
Active BSSIDs Table...................................................................................................... 131
Monitoring Data for Mesh Devices .....................................................................................131
Monitoring Data for Wired Devices (Routers and Switches) ......................................... 132
Understanding the APs/Devices > Interfaces Page.........................................................134
Auditing Device Configuration .............................................................................................136
Using Device Folders (Optional)...........................................................................................136
Configuring and Managing Devices............................................................................................137
Moving a Device from Monitor Only to Manage Read/Write Mode..............................138
Configuring AP Settings ........................................................................................................139
Setting a Maintenance Window for a Device ...................................................................144
Configuring Device Interfaces for Switches......................................................................145
Individual Device Support and Firmware Upgrades......................................................... 147
Troubleshooting a Newly Discovered Down Device................................................................149
Setting up Spectrum Analysis in AirWave .................................................................................151
Spectrum Configurations and Prerequisites......................................................................151
Setting up a Permanent Spectrum Dell AP Group ............................................................ 151
Configuring an Individual AP to run in Spectrum Mode ..................................................152
Configuring a Controller to use the Spectrum Profile ...................................................... 153
Chapter 6 Creating and Using Templates...................................................................................... 155
Group Templates ............................................................................................................................155
Supported Device Templates ...............................................................................................155
Template Variables ................................................................................................................156
Viewing and Adding Templates ...................................................................................................156
Configuring General Template Files and Variables .................................................................. 159
Configuring General Templates ...........................................................................................159
IOS Configuration File Template .................................................................................. 160
Device Configuration File on APs/Devices > Audit Configuration Page ............... 160
Using Template Syntax..........................................................................................................161
Using Directives to Eliminate Reporting of Configuration Mismatches........................161
Ignore_and_do_not_push Command ......................................................................... 161
Push_and_exclude Command .....................................................................................161
Using Conditional Variables in Templates..........................................................................162
Using Substitution Variables in Templates ........................................................................ 162
Using AP-Specific Variables ................................................................................................163
Configuring Templates for Dell PowerConnect W-Instant .....................................................164
Configuring Templates for AirMesh ............................................................................................165
Configuring Cisco IOS Templates ................................................................................................165