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Chapter 5
Discovering, Adding, and Managing
Devices
This chapter describes how to add, configure, and monitor wired and wireless devices, and contains the following
sections corresponding to features of the Device Setup and APs/Devices tabs:
 “Device Discovery Overview” on page107
 “Discovering and Adding Devices” on page107
 “Monitoring Devices” on page116
 “Configuring and Managing Devices” on page134
 “Troubleshooting a Newly Discovered Down Device” on page146
 “Setting up Dell Spectrum Analysis in AirWave” on page147
Device Discovery Overview
Once you have deployed AirWave on the network, the next step is to discover all existing devices connected to
your network.
AirWave allows device discovery in the following ways, all of which are described in this chapter:
 SNMP/HTTP discovery scanning—This is the primary method to discover devices on your network,
configured in the Device Setup > Discover page. See “SNMP/HTTP Scanning” on page108.
 Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)—AirWave enhances support for CDP by discovering a Cisco device’s CDP
neighbors. See “Enabling Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)” on page111.
 Manual device entry—This admin-supported method of discovery applies when you know of devices that are
already on your network. See the following sections for information and procedures:
 “Manually Adding Individual Devices” on page112
 “Adding Multiple Devices from a CSV File” on page114
 “Adding Universal Devices” on page115
 Controller-driven device discovery—Thin APs will automatically be discovered in the network and added to
the New Devices list when you add their controller to AirWave. To add the thin APs, refer to “Authorizing
Devices to AirWave from APs/Devices > New Page” on page111.
Discovering and Adding Devices
This section describes the following topics:
 SNMP/HTTP Scanning
 Enabling Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
 Authorizing Devices to AirWave from APs/Devices > New Page
 Manually Adding Individual Devices