Deployment Guide

ip dhcp pool IAP-Pool
default-router 10.169.241.1
option 60 text "DellInstantAP"
option 43 text "Acme:Store1,10.169.240.8,dell123"
network 10.169.241.0 255.255.255.0
authoritative
!
ip dhcp pool IAP-Pool2
default-router 10.169.242.1
option 60 text "DellInstantAP"
option 43 text "Acme:Store2,10.169.240.8,dell123"
network 10.169.242.0 255.255.255.0
authoritative
In the example configuration shown above, the following group and folder structure is created on AirWave:
l A group called Acme is created.
l A top-level folder called Acme is created.
l Two sub-folders called Store1 and Store2 are created which will contain the IAPs.
Remaining Manual Admin Tasks in AirWave
Once the setup is complete, what remains is to verify the shared secret and add the device.
l "Verifying the Shared Secret" on page 5
l "Adding the First Instant Device to AirWave" on page 5
Verifying the Shared Secret
After the role is enabled, the Dell PowerConnect W-Instant device will appear in the APs/Devices > New page, the
admin user should mouse over the value under the Type column to verify the device’s Shared Secret with AirWave,
as shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Mouse over the Type column to view the Shared Secret
If the incoming Shared Secret matches the one you created, select Add, then Save and Apply in the confirmation
page.
NOTE: With an Organization specified, you do not have to select any Group or Folder from the drop-down menus on the APs/Devices
> New page. In fact, if you do change the Group/Folder drop-down menus, all Organization-specified Virtual Controllers will ignore
these values and will use the folder/group values from the Organization String instead. If you select Add for some non-Dell
PowerConnect W-Instant devices as well as some Organization-specified Virtual Controllers, the drop-down menus will appl y to the
non-IAPs but not the Virtual Controllers. If you have any Virtual Controllers with no Organi zation specified the first time they
com municate with AirWave, then they will be placed in the Folder/Group drop-box values you have selected.
Adding the First Instant Device to AirWave
After the first Instant device receives the AirWave server information from the DHCP server or after AirWave server
information is manually configured, the Instant device appear as a new device in AirWave. As shown, this virtual
controller is added in Monitor Only mode.
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