Configuring Organization String

The Organization string is a set of colon-separated strings created by the AirWave administrator to accurately represent the deployment of each Instant AP. This string is defined by the installation personnel on the site.

You can use any of the following strings:

AMP AirWave Management Platform. AMP is a network management system for configuring, monitoring, and upgrading wired and wireless devices on your network. Role—"Org Admin" (initially disabled)

AMP AirWave Management Platform. AMP is a network management system for configuring, monitoring, and upgrading wired and wireless devices on your network. User—"Org Admin" (assigned to the role "Org Admin")

Folder—"Org" (under the Top folder in AMP AirWave Management Platform. AMP is a network management system for configuring, monitoring, and upgrading wired and wireless devices on your network.)

Configuration Group—"Org"

You can also assign additional strings to create a hierarchy of subfolders under the folder named "Org". For example:

subfolder1 for a folder under the "Org" folder

subfolder2 for a folder under subfolder1

Shared Key

The Shared Secret key is an optional key used by the administrator to manually authorize the first virtual controller for an organization. Any string is acceptable.

The AirWave administrator can use a shared key to manually authorize the first virtual controller for an organization. Any string is acceptable, but this string must be the same for all devices in your organization.

The AirWave administrator sends the shared secret key, Organization String and the AirWave IP address to the on-site installer setting up the virtual controller and other Instant devices on the network. The AirWave administrator then manually authorizes the virtual controller shared secret key when it appears in the APs/Devices > New list. After the virtual controller has been validated, other Instant devices using that shared key will automatically be sent to the AirWave server, and appear in the APs/Devices > New list.

Configuring AirWave Information

The following procedure describes how to configure AirWave information by using the WebUI.

1. Click the AirWave Set Up Now link of the main window. The System window is displayed with the AirWave parameters on the Admin tab.

2. Enter the name of your organization in the Organization name text box. The name defined for the organization is displayed under the Groups tab in the AirWave UI User Interface..

3. Enter the IP address or domain name of the AirWave server in the AirWave server text box.

4. Enter the IP address or domain name of a backup AirWave server in the AirWave backup server text box. The backup server provides connectivity when the primary server is down. If the Instant AP cannot send data to the primary server, the virtual controller switches to the backup server automatically.

5. Enter the shared key in the Shared key text box and reconfirm. This shared key is used for configuring the first Instant AP in the Instant network.

6. Click OK.

The following CLI Command-Line Interface. A console interface with a command line shell that allows users to execute text input as commands and convert these commands to appropriate functions. commands configure AirWave information:

(Instant AP)(config)# organization <name>

(Instant AP)(config)# ams-ip <IP-address or domain name>

(Instant AP)(config)# ams-backup-ip <IP-address or domain name>

(Instant AP)(config)# ams-key <key>