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4. Complete the SNMP Polling Periods section. The information in this section overrides default settings.
Table 39 describes the SNMP polling settings.
Table 38 Basic an
d Global Group 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 user-definable
name to uniquely identify the group by location, vendor, department, or any other
identifier (such as “Accounting APs,” “Floor 1 APs,” “Cisco devices,” “802.1x APs,” and
so forth).
Missed SNMP
Poll Threshold
1 Sets the number of Up/Down SNMP polls that must be missed before
AWMS 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 AWMS, 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 for
Groups
No Allows AWMS to talk to the devices on a different IP ad
dress than the one configured on
the device.
NOTE: If ena
bled, 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 th
e devices in
the group. Once disabled, all the devices in the groups will not be counted towards
mismatched devices.
Global Groups No When enabled, this field allows you to define th
e device group to be a global group.
Refer also to “Using Global Groups for Group Configur
ation” on page125.
Table 39 SNMP Polling Period 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 configuration page. Aruba recommends an
initial polling interval of 5 minutes for most networks.
Override Polling Period for
Other Services
No Radio button enables or disables
overriding the base SNMP Polling Period. If you
select Yes for this field, then the other settings in the SNMP Polling Periods
section are activated, and you can override default values.
User Data Polling Period 5 minutes Sets time between SNMP polls for User Data
for devices in the group.
Thin AP Discovery Polling
Peri
od
5 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
Peri
od
5 minutes Sets time between SNMP polls for Device-to-Device link polling. Mesh APs are
the only devices affected by this polling interval.
Device Bandwidth Polling
Peri
od
5 minutes Sets the interval at which AWMS polls for the bandwidth being used by a device.
802.11 Counters Polling Period 5 minutes Sets time between SNMP polls for 802.11 Co
unter information.
Rogue AP and Device
Locatio
n Data Polling Period
5 minutes Sets time between SNMP polls for Rogue AP and Device Location Data polling.