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Chapter 5
Discovering, Adding, and Managing
Devices
This chapter describes how to add, configure and monitor devices, both wired and wireless, and contains the
following sections, corresponding to features of the Device Setup and APs/Devices tabs:
“Device Discovery Overview” on page107
“Discovering and Adding Devices” on page107
“Monitoring Devices” on page116
“Configuring and Managing Devices” on page132
“Troubleshooting a Newly Discovered Device with Down Status” on page143
“Setting up Dell Spectrum Analysis in AWMS” on page144
Device Discovery Overview
Once you have deployed AWMS on the network, the next step is to discover all existing devices connected to
your network.
AWMS 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 > Discovery page. See “SNMP/HTTP Scanning” on page107.
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)—AWMS enhances support for CDP by discovering a Cisco device’s CDP
neighbors. See “Enabling Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)” on page111.
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 page112
“Adding Multiple Devices from a CSV File” on page114
“Adding Universal Devices” on page115
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 AWMS. To add the thin APs, refer to “Authorizing
Devices to AWMS from APs/Devices > New Page” on page111.
Discovering and Adding Devices
This section describes the following topics:
SNMP/HTTP Scanning
Enabling Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
Authorizing Devices to AWMS from APs/Devices > New Page
Manually Adding Individual Devices
SNMP/HTTP Scanning
SNMP/HTTP discovery scanning is the primary method for discovering devices on your network, including rogue
devices. Enable this scanning method from the Device Setup > Discover page.
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