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72 | Configuring and Using Device Groups Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.5 | User Guide
4. Complete the SNMP Polling Periods section. The information in this section overrides default settings. Table
44 describes the SNMP polling settings.
Table 43 Basic and Global Groups Fields and Default Values
Setting Default Description
Name Defined when
first adding the
group
Displays or changes the group name. As desired, use this field to set the name to uniquely
identify the group by location, vendor, department, or any other identifier (such as
“Accounting APs,” “Cisco devices,” “802.1x APs,” and so forth).
Missed SNMP
Poll Threshold
(1-100)
1 Sets the number of Up/Down SNMP polls that must be missed before AirWave considers a
device to be down. The number of SNMP retries and the SNMP timeout of a poll can be set
on the Device Setup > Communication page.
Regulatory
Domain
United States Sets the regulatory domain in AirWave, limiting the selectable channels for APs in the
group.
Timezone AMP System
Time
Allows group configuration changes to be scheduled relative to the time zone in which the
devices are located. This setting is used for scheduling group-level configuration changes.
Allow One-to-
One NAT
No Allows AirWave to talk to the devices on a different IP address than the one configured on
the device.
NOTE: If enabled, the LAN IP Address listed on the AP/Devices > Manage configuration
page under the Settings area is different than the IP Address under the Device
Communication area.
Audit
Configuration on
Devices
Yes Auditing and pushing of configuration to devices can be disabled on all the devices in the
group. Once disabled, all the devices in the groups will not be counted towards
mismatched devices.
Is Global Group No If specified as Yes, then this group can be selected in the Use Global Group drop down
menu for future group configurations.
Use Global
Group
No When enabled, this field allows you to define the device group to be a Global Group. Refer
to “Using Global Groups for Group Configuration” on page 104.
Table 44 SNMP Polling Periods Fields and Default Values
Setting Default Description
Up/Down Status Polling
Period
5 minutes Sets time between Up/Down SNMP polling for each device in the group.
The Group SNMP Polling Interval overrides the global parameter configured on
the Device Setup > Communication page. An initial polling interval of 5 minutes is
best for most networks.
Override Polling Period for
Other Services
No Enables or disables overriding the base SNMP Polling Period. If you select Yes,
the other settings in the SNMP Polling Periods section are activated, and you
can override default values.
AP Interface Polling Period 10 minutes Sets the interval at which AirWave polls for radio monitoring and bandwidth
being used by a device.
Client Data Polling Period 10 minutes Sets time between SNMP polls for client data for devices in the group.
Thin AP Discovery Polling
Period
15 minutes Sets time between SNMP polls for Thin AP Device Discovery. Controllers are the
only devices affected by this polling interval.
Device-to-Device link Polling
Period
5 minutes Sets time between SNMP polls for Device-to-Device link polling. Mesh APs are
the only devices affected by this polling interval.
802.11 Counters Polling Period 15 minutes Sets time between SNMP polls for 802.11 Counter information.
Rogue AP and Device
Location Data Polling Period
30 minutes Sets time between SNMP polls for Rogue AP and Device Location Data polling.