Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Manual

Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Best Practices Guide About this Guide | 3
About this Guide
This preface provides an overview of this best practices guide and contact information for Dell, and includes the
following sections:
 “Document Organization” on page3
 “Note, Caution and Warning Icons” on page4
 “Contacting Support” on page4
Document Organization
This best practices guide includes instructions and examples of optimal ways to use and integrate AirWave
Wireless Management Suite (AWMS) with Dell PowerConnect W devices and infrastructure.
Table 1 Document Organization and Purposes
Chapter Description
Chapter 1, “Overview” on page5 This chapter explains the minimum requirements, prerequisites, topology of a Dell
PowerConnect W infrastructure integrated with AWMS.
Chapter 2, “Configuring AWMS for
Global Dell PowerConnect W
Infrastructure” on page9
This chapter explains global configuration options in AWMS.
Chapter 3, “Configuring a Dell
PowerConnect W Group in AWMS”
on page13
This chapter explains how to create and monitor a Dell PowerConnect W group in AWMS.
Chapter 4, “Discovering Dell
PowerConnect W Infrastructure” on
page15
This chapter explains how to discover and manage your Dell PowerConnect W
infrastructure.
Chapter 5, “AWMS and Dell
PowerConnect W Integration
Strategies” on page19
This chapter highlights recommended integration strategies.
Chapter 6, “Dell-Specific
Capabilities in AWMS” on page29
This chapter highlights AWMS capabilities that are specific to Dell PowerConnect W
devices.
Appendix A, “Dell PowerConnect
ArubaOS & AWMS Commands” on
page35
This appendix explains command line interface (CLI) commands.
Appendix B, “How AWMS Acquires
Data from Dell PowerConnect W
Devices” on page39
This appendix provides a table that explains how AWMS acquires data from Dell
PowerConnect W devices.
Appendix C, “WMS Offload Details”
on page41
This appendix explains WMS Offload in further detail.
Appendix D, “Increasing Location
Accuracy” on page43
This appendix explains ways to increase location accuracy in AWMS.

Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Specifications

General

Brand	Dell
Model	PowerConnect W-Airwave
Category	Software
Language	English