Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6 User's Guide

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0511236-01 | Jan 2013 1
Dell PowerConnect W-Instant in W-AirWave 7.6
Deployment Guide
About this Document
This document describes the Dell PowerConnect W-Instant access point and Virtual Controller system as well as
the procedure to integrate this system with W-AirWave. This document contains the following points:
l "Overview of Dell PowerConnect W-Instant" on page 1
l "Using Dell PowerConnect W-Instant with AirWave" on page 1
l "Setting up Dell PowerConnect W-Instant" on page 2
l "Remaining Manual Admin Tasks in AirWave" on page 5
l "Adding Additional Instant APs to AirWave" on page 7
l "Changing the Mode to Monitor Only for New Instant Devices" on page 8
l "AirWave Pages with Instant-Specific Features " on page 8
l "Other Available Features" on page 9
l "Optional Tasks" on page 14
l "Best Practices" on page 16
l "Known Issues with the Dell PowerConnect W-Instant Integration with AirWave" on page 17
Overview of Dell PowerConnect W-Instant
Dell PowerConnect W-Instant is a system of access points per Layer 2 subnet. Dell PowerConnect W-Instant IAPs
are controlled by a single IAP that serves a dual role as a primary Virtual Controller, eliminating the need for
dedicated controller hardware. This system can be deployed through a simplified setup process appropriate for smaller
organizations, or for multiple geographically dispersed locations without an on-site administrator.
Only the first IAP/Virtual Controller you add to the network must be configured; the subsequent IAPs will all inherit
the necessary configuration information from the Virtual Controller. Dell PowerConnect W-Instant continually
monitors the network to determine the IAP that should function as the Virtual Controller at any time, and the
Virtual Controller will move from IAP to IAP as necessary without impacting network performance.
The Virtual Controller technology in Dell PowerConnect W-Instant is capable of IAP auto discovery, 802.1X
authentication, role- and device-based policy enforcement, rogue detection, and Adaptive Radio Management
(ARM).
Using Dell PowerConnect W-Instant with AirWave
AirWave can be used to provision and manage a multi-site deployment of Instant networks. For example, if you have
100 retail offices that require Instant to provide WLAN connectivity at each office, AirWave can be used to
provision all the 100 offices from a central site and also give the administrator the ability to monitor these
geographically dispersed Instant networks using an AirWave server (depending on the scalability recommendations
for AirWave).
With a distributed deployment where multiple locations each have a Dell PowerConnect W-Instant Virtual
Controller and IAPs, AirWave serves as a centralized management console. AirWave provides all functionality for
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Summary of Contents

Page 1 - Deployment Guide

0511236-01 | Jan 2013 1Dell PowerConnect W-Instant in W-AirWave 7.6Deployment GuideAbout this DocumentThis document describes the Dell PowerConnect W-

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Figure 8: Select the VCs to update2. Click the Update button next to the Aruba Instant Virtual Controller Variables field. The opens the VariableEdit

Page 3 - The Shared Key

Figure 9: Change the Individual VC NamesBulk Editing on Multiple Virtual ControllersThe upper section of the Variable Edit page includes a drop down m

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Using Custom VariablesThe Variable Edit page includes additional generic fields, labeled as custom_variable_1 through custom_variable_10.The custom_va

Page 5 - Verifying the Shared Secret

Figure 12: Confirm Changes pageSelecting Cancel returns you to the Variable Edit page, where your latest edits will still be visible. Click Cancelagai

Page 6 - Resolving Mismatches

current virtual controller.NOTE: When you first run a command, the results can take up to a minute to appear. For subsequent commands, the results wil

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Enabling the IAP RoleAs shown previously, new IAP devices can be added to AirWave automatically. In some cases, after a device isadded, the Admin may

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Figure 16: The Instant template editorIf you want to add additional variables to the template, the Allowed Variables section just to the right of the

Page 9 - Other Available Features

l Be sure that the default configuration is validated and has been pre-tested in a non-production environment priorto applying it to a production netw

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normal WLAN deployments including long-term trend reporting, PCI compliance, configuration auditing, role-basedadministration, location services, RF v

Page 12 - Applying Changes

Shared Secret when it appears in the APs/Devices > New list. The administrator also enables user roles toadminister the Dell PowerConnect W-Instant

Page 13 - Running Commands

At this point, the admin in our example should send the Organization String, Shared Secret key, and AirWave IPaddress to the on-site installers settin

Page 14 - Optional Tasks

ip dhcp pool IAP-Pooldefault-router 10.169.241.1option 60 text "DellInstantAP"option 43 text "Acme:Store1,10.169.240.8,dell123"net

Page 15 - Updating the Instant Template

Figure 3: A new Instant device in AirWave1. Click Add to add the device. A Group and Folder do not have to be selected. The Instant device willautomat

Page 16 - Best Practices

Perform the following steps to resolve the mismatch.1. Navigate to the AP/Devices->Manage page for that Instant device.2. Change the Management Mod

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Figure 6: Adding an additional Instant device to AirWaveThe golden template configuration from the first Instant network is used to provision the seco

Page 18 - Legal Notice

l Clients > Client Detail: Once IAPs are serving clients, the IAPs can use user-agent strings to extract operatingsystems and device descriptions o

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