2 | Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Best Practices Guide
Chapter 6 Dell-Specific Capabilities in AWMS...............................................................................29
Dell PowerConnect W Traps for RADIUS Auth & IDS Tracking............................................... 29
Remote AP & Wired Networking Monitoring ..............................................................................29
ARM & Channel Utilization Information........................................................................................ 30
VisualRF and Channel Utilization ...........................................................................................30
Configuring Radio Utilization Triggers ..................................................................................31
Viewing Radio Utilization Alerts............................................................................................. 31
View Utilization and RF Health Reports ................................................................................31
Viewing Controller License Information ....................................................................................... 32
Device Classification ....................................................................................................................... 32
Rules Based Controller Classification...........................................................................................34
Using RAPIDS Defaults for Controller Classification ......................................................... 34
Changing RAPIDS based on Controller Classification ....................................................... 34
Appendix A Dell PowerConnect ArubaOS & AWMS Commands ...................................................35
Enable Channel Utilization Events (Local and Master Controllers).......................................... 35
Enable Stats With the CLI (Local Controller in Master Local Environment) ........................... 35
Offload WMS Utilizing ArubaOS CLI and AWMS CLI (SNMP Walk)........................................ 35
Dell PowerConnect ArubaOS CLI ..........................................................................................35
AWMS SNMP ........................................................................................................................... 36
Ensuring Master Controller Pushes Config to Local Controllers Utilizing ArubaOS CLI....... 37
Disable Debugging Utilizing ArubaOS CLI.................................................................................... 37
Restart WMS on Local Controllers Utilizing ArubaOS CLI......................................................... 37
Configure ArubaOS CLI when not Offloading WMS to AWMS (AOS 6.0 & GT) ..................... 37
Copy & Paste to Enable Proper Traps With ArubaOS CLI ......................................................... 38
Appendix B How AWMS Acquires Data from Dell PowerConnect W Devices............................39
Appendix C WMS Offload Details.........................................................................................................41
State Correlation Process............................................................................................................... 41
Benefits of using AWMS as Master Device State Manager .................................................... 42
Appendix D Increasing Location Accuracy ........................................................................................43
Understand Band Steering's Impact on Location....................................................................... 43
Leveraging RTLS to Increase Accuracy....................................................................................... 43
Deployment Topology .............................................................................................................. 43
Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................. 44
Enable RTLS service on the AWMS server ......................................................................... 44
Enable RTLS on Controller ......................................................................................................45
Troubleshooting RTLS.............................................................................................................. 45
Wi-Fi Tag Setup Guidelines .................................................................................................... 47