Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave Manual

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Creating an Dell PowerConnect Specific Policy (Group) inAWMSIt is prudent to establish an Dell PowerConnect Group within AWMS. During the discovery processyou will move new discovered controllers into this group.Basic Monitoring ConfigurationNavigate to the Groups>List pageClick Add.Enter a Name that represents the Dell PowerConnect W infrastructure from a security,geographical, or departmental perspective and click Add.You will be redirected to Group > Basic page for the Group you just created. On this page you willneed to tweak a few Dell-specific settings.Find the SNMP Polling Periods section of the page Change Override Poll Period for Other Services to “Yes” Ensure User Data Polling Period is set to “10 minutes” Do not configure this interval lowerthan “5 minutes”Figure 5 Group Polling ConfigurationNote : Enabling the SNMP Rate Limiting for Monitored Devices option above adds a small delay between each SNMPGet request, thus the actual polling interval is 12 minutes for 10 minute polling interval. Change Device-to-Device Link Polling Period to “30 minutes” Change Rogue AP and Device Location Data Polling Period to “30 minutes”.Find the Dell PowerConnect W section of the page Configure the proper SNMP version for monitoring the Dell PowerConnect Winfrastructure. The other options in this section are addressed later in this document or inthe Dell PowerConnect W Configuration Guide. Click Save and Apply.Figure 6 Group SNMP Version for Monitoring