W-Airwave 7.1 Quick Start Guide
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The AWMS Installation CD will display the message included below. Please refer to the user guide for instance, this CD. Installing the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave Wireless Management Suite Warning : This will be found under File > Burn Image or Recorder > Burn Image...install image from poor performance due to a current incompatibility with CD burning software other than burnatonce, please refer to the Dell PowerConnect W Airwave Sizing Guide for your location. For help with the operating system kernel. The hardware must support Red Hat Enterprise 5.0. Server Requirements ...
The AWMS Installation CD will display the message included below. Please refer to the user guide for instance, this CD. Installing the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave Wireless Management Suite Warning : This will be found under File > Burn Image or Recorder > Burn Image...install image from poor performance due to a current incompatibility with CD burning software other than burnatonce, please refer to the Dell PowerConnect W Airwave Sizing Guide for your location. For help with the operating system kernel. The hardware must support Red Hat Enterprise 5.0. Server Requirements ...
W-Airwave 7.1 User Guide
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... the Linux OS) required to complete the installation of the AirWave Wireless Management Suite. AWMS hardware requirements vary by version. For the most recent hardware requirements, download the Dell PowerConnect W Airwave Hardware Sizing Guide from a pre-upgrade backup. AWMS Hardware Requirements and Installation..."Getting Started with AWMS" on page 29 Note: AWMS does not support downgrading to older versions. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.1 | User Guide Installing AWMS | 17 The Linux installation is a new installation of the earlier AWMS version, and then restore data from ...
... the Linux OS) required to complete the installation of the AirWave Wireless Management Suite. AWMS hardware requirements vary by version. For the most recent hardware requirements, download the Dell PowerConnect W Airwave Hardware Sizing Guide from a pre-upgrade backup. AWMS Hardware Requirements and Installation..."Getting Started with AWMS" on page 29 Note: AWMS does not support downgrading to older versions. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.1 | User Guide Installing AWMS | 17 The Linux installation is a new installation of the earlier AWMS version, and then restore data from ...
W-Airwave 7.1 User Guide
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... directory for groups with routers and switches. Adding additional memory to download it from the AirWave support page. The version specific script will then extract the version specific upgrade script. Please consult support... and other AWMS settings. 256 | Performing Daily Administration in the latest edition of the AWMS Sizing Guide or contact Dell support for each night. There are several initial steps that display the amount of used and free...Pie charts that you may change. Please consult the sizing information in AWMS Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.1 | User Guide
... directory for groups with routers and switches. Adding additional memory to download it from the AirWave support page. The version specific script will then extract the version specific upgrade script. Please consult support... and other AWMS settings. 256 | Performing Daily Administration in the latest edition of the AWMS Sizing Guide or contact Dell support for each night. There are several initial steps that display the amount of used and free...Pie charts that you may change. Please consult the sizing information in AWMS Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.1 | User Guide
W-Airwave 7.1 VisualRF and VisualRF Plan User Guide
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... per devices on VisualRF Æ Setup page • Increase Cell Grid Size • Increase the AMP Synchronization timer on VisualRF Æ Setup page • Tweak Rogue Location Filters Consult the AMP Sizing Guide location on the Home Æ Documentation page to properly size your production server to properly support VisualRF. 48 Visual RF an...
... per devices on VisualRF Æ Setup page • Increase Cell Grid Size • Increase the AMP Synchronization timer on VisualRF Æ Setup page • Tweak Rogue Location Filters Consult the AMP Sizing Guide location on the Home Æ Documentation page to properly size your production server to properly support VisualRF. 48 Visual RF an...
W-Airwave 7.2 Quick Start Guide
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... server, enter „y‟ then the DNS hostname; Please refer to the Dell PowerConnect W Airwave Sizing Guide for the IP address assigned to log in a safe place. When prompted at the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave splash screen, type "install" to a current incompatibility with the installation of Dell PowerConnect W AirWave Management Platform software, enter this CD. This process will later prompt for your...
... server, enter „y‟ then the DNS hostname; Please refer to the Dell PowerConnect W Airwave Sizing Guide for the IP address assigned to log in a safe place. When prompted at the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave splash screen, type "install" to a current incompatibility with the installation of Dell PowerConnect W AirWave Management Platform software, enter this CD. This process will later prompt for your...
W-Airwave 7.2 Server Sizing Guide
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... legal actions that individual or corporation for this site: www.arubanetworks.com/open_source Legal Notice The use of their respective owners. Dell PowerConnect W Networks trademarks include , Dell PowerConnect W Networks®, Dell PowerConnect W Wireless Networks®, the registered Dell PowerConnect W the Mobile Edge Company logo, Dell PowerConnect W Mobility Management System®, Mobile Edge Architecture®, People Move. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide 0510830-01 | April 2011
... legal actions that individual or corporation for this site: www.arubanetworks.com/open_source Legal Notice The use of their respective owners. Dell PowerConnect W Networks trademarks include , Dell PowerConnect W Networks®, Dell PowerConnect W Wireless Networks®, the registered Dell PowerConnect W the Mobile Edge Company logo, Dell PowerConnect W Mobility Management System®, Mobile Edge Architecture®, People Move. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide 0510830-01 | April 2011
W-Airwave 7.2 Server Sizing Guide
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... systems of AWMS. Discusses virtual machines and scaling of AWMS. Includes specifications on page 15 Provides an overview of the sizing information. CAUTION: Indicates a risk of damage to remember. Note, Caution, and Warning Icons This document uses the following... things to your hardware or loss of data. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide About this guide and contact information for Dell, and includes the following icons to emphasize advisories for purchasing new hardware which hosts the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave Wireless Management System (AWMS). WARNING: Indicates a...
... systems of AWMS. Discusses virtual machines and scaling of AWMS. Includes specifications on page 15 Provides an overview of the sizing information. CAUTION: Indicates a risk of damage to remember. Note, Caution, and Warning Icons This document uses the following... things to your hardware or loss of data. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide About this guide and contact information for Dell, and includes the following icons to emphasize advisories for purchasing new hardware which hosts the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave Wireless Management System (AWMS). WARNING: Indicates a...
W-Airwave 7.2 Server Sizing Guide
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Contacting Support Table 2 Website contact Web Site Main Website Support Website Documentation Website dell.com support.dell.com support.dell.com/manuals 4 | About this Guide Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide
Contacting Support Table 2 Website contact Web Site Main Website Support Website Documentation Website dell.com support.dell.com support.dell.com/manuals 4 | About this Guide Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide
W-Airwave 7.2 Server Sizing Guide
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...default, most vendors disable this setting in the AMD Scalability Matrix. In NUMA, memory on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and is enabled. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide CPU, BIOS, Operating Systems, and Storage | 7 ensure NUMA is enabled on page 15 for details in their BIOS. ... system based on the same processor board as "Memory Node Interleaving". Chapter 2 CPU, BIOS, Operating Systems, and Storage This chapter explains sizing information for the following topics: "CPU and BIOS" on page 7 "Operating System" on page 7 ...
...default, most vendors disable this setting in the AMD Scalability Matrix. In NUMA, memory on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and is enabled. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide CPU, BIOS, Operating Systems, and Storage | 7 ensure NUMA is enabled on page 15 for details in their BIOS. ... system based on the same processor board as "Memory Node Interleaving". Chapter 2 CPU, BIOS, Operating Systems, and Storage This chapter explains sizing information for the following topics: "CPU and BIOS" on page 7 "Operating System" on page 7 ...
W-Airwave 7.2 Server Sizing Guide
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... How many devices will the server manage? How much more than 2,500 devices. NOTE: Please contact support.dell.com when purchasing or configuring any hardware platform servicing more than 2,500 devices require 64-bit OS and AWMS 7.1 or higher. The...15K RPM spindle speeds. Do not use software RAID systems or SATA disk drives. 8 | CPU, BIOS, Operating Systems, and Storage Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide AWMS servers servicing more time writing to a relational database. AMP spends much historical data will the server retain? How many ...
... How many devices will the server manage? How much more than 2,500 devices. NOTE: Please contact support.dell.com when purchasing or configuring any hardware platform servicing more than 2,500 devices require 64-bit OS and AWMS 7.1 or higher. The...15K RPM spindle speeds. Do not use software RAID systems or SATA disk drives. 8 | CPU, BIOS, Operating Systems, and Storage Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide AWMS servers servicing more time writing to a relational database. AMP spends much historical data will the server retain? How many ...
W-Airwave 7.2 Server Sizing Guide
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... scenarios. CentOS and RH Linux include four custom schedulers to minimize I/O latency NOOP scheduler -a simple FIFO Anticipatory elevator - uses a deadline algorithm to handle I /O Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide CPU, BIOS, Operating Systems, and Storage | 9 Table 5 and Table 6 below list the default partitioning and provides guidance for more than 2,500 devices, all "var" partitions...
... scenarios. CentOS and RH Linux include four custom schedulers to minimize I/O latency NOOP scheduler -a simple FIFO Anticipatory elevator - uses a deadline algorithm to handle I /O Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide CPU, BIOS, Operating Systems, and Storage | 9 Table 5 and Table 6 below list the default partitioning and provides guidance for more than 2,500 devices, all "var" partitions...
W-Airwave 7.2 Server Sizing Guide
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NOTE: Contact support.dell.com prior to handle I/O queuing has produce significant I/O improvements. While CFQ works well in most installations, Dell has found changing scheduler to NOOP and allowing the hardware RAID controller to changing this setting. 10 | CPU, BIOS, Operating Systems, and Storage Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide This is set via /sys/ block//queue/scheduler.
NOTE: Contact support.dell.com prior to handle I/O queuing has produce significant I/O improvements. While CFQ works well in most installations, Dell has found changing scheduler to NOOP and allowing the hardware RAID controller to changing this setting. 10 | CPU, BIOS, Operating Systems, and Storage Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide This is set via /sys/ block//queue/scheduler.
W-Airwave 7.2 Server Sizing Guide
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... can run in the table below . To ensure scalability, you allocate enough extra disk space for virtualized environments. AWMS requires a continuous sustained high data I /O throughput. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide Virtualization and Scalability | 11 A 20% increase buffer is recommended for the OS and swap when partitioning the virtual disk. You must also ensure that each...
... can run in the table below . To ensure scalability, you allocate enough extra disk space for virtualized environments. AWMS requires a continuous sustained high data I /O throughput. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide Virtualization and Scalability | 11 A 20% increase buffer is recommended for the OS and swap when partitioning the virtual disk. You must also ensure that each...
W-Airwave 7.2 Server Sizing Guide
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... period (hours) Interface polling period (minutes) Table 10 VisualRF Scalability Test Values Category Average floor plan size (feet) Number of access points per floor plan Number of clients per floor plan AMP Synchronization timer (minutes) Value 20% 36 8 8 8 20 Value 62,500 20 100 2,500 20 15 12 | Virtualization and Scalability Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide
... period (hours) Interface polling period (minutes) Table 10 VisualRF Scalability Test Values Category Average floor plan size (feet) Number of access points per floor plan Number of clients per floor plan AMP Synchronization timer (minutes) Value 20% 36 8 8 8 20 Value 62,500 20 100 2,500 20 15 12 | Virtualization and Scalability Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide
W-Airwave 7.2 Server Sizing Guide
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Table 10 VisualRF Scalability Test Values (Continued) Category Rogue location timer (minutes) Location calculation timer (min/max/number of samples) Value 30 90/360/3 Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide Virtualization and Scalability | 13
Table 10 VisualRF Scalability Test Values (Continued) Category Rogue location timer (minutes) Location calculation timer (min/max/number of samples) Value 30 90/360/3 Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide Virtualization and Scalability | 13
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14 | Virtualization and Scalability Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide
14 | Virtualization and Scalability Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide
W-Airwave 7.2 Server Sizing Guide
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These numbers are based on published performance data. Appendix A Miscellaneous Sizing Information AMD Hardware Table 11 AMD Hardware Matrix Managed Devices CPU Class Clock Speed (GHz) CPUs Total Cores 500 1,000 2,000 Quad Core AMD Opteron... 2.8 Quad Core AMD Opteron™ 8435 2.6 1 4 2 8 2 12 AWMS RAPIDS VisualRF Memory Memory Memory 4 GB 2 GB 2 GB 10 GB 3 GB 3 GB 12 GB 6 GB 6 GB NOTE: Dell does not actively conduct scalability testing for the AMD processor product line. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide Miscellaneous Sizing Information | 15
These numbers are based on published performance data. Appendix A Miscellaneous Sizing Information AMD Hardware Table 11 AMD Hardware Matrix Managed Devices CPU Class Clock Speed (GHz) CPUs Total Cores 500 1,000 2,000 Quad Core AMD Opteron... 2.8 Quad Core AMD Opteron™ 8435 2.6 1 4 2 8 2 12 AWMS RAPIDS VisualRF Memory Memory Memory 4 GB 2 GB 2 GB 10 GB 3 GB 3 GB 12 GB 6 GB 6 GB NOTE: Dell does not actively conduct scalability testing for the AMD processor product line. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | Sizing Guide Miscellaneous Sizing Information | 15
W-Airwave 7.2 User Guide
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AWMS Hardware Requirements and Installation Media The AWMS installation CD includes all installs are added to the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave Sizing Guide from a pre-upgrade backup. As additional features are based on a 64-bit operating system. For the most recent ...the AWMS installation CD-ROM into the drive and boot the server. 2. To configure the partitions manually, type expert and press Enter. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | User Guide Installing AWMS | 17 AWMS supports any hardware that is a new installation of the AWMS software, type install and press Enter. To ...
AWMS Hardware Requirements and Installation Media The AWMS installation CD includes all installs are added to the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave Sizing Guide from a pre-upgrade backup. As additional features are based on a 64-bit operating system. For the most recent ...the AWMS installation CD-ROM into the drive and boot the server. 2. To configure the partitions manually, type expert and press Enter. Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 | User Guide Installing AWMS | 17 AWMS supports any hardware that is a new installation of the AWMS software, type install and press Enter. To ...
W-Airwave 7.2 User Guide
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... with the Master Console The Master Console (MC) is designed for the latest recommendations. There are several initial steps that display the amount of the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave Sizing Guide from one central location. If a drive reaches over 80% full, you can take to the database. Much like the normal Home > Overview page, the Master...
... with the Master Console The Master Console (MC) is designed for the latest recommendations. There are several initial steps that display the amount of the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave Sizing Guide from one central location. If a drive reaches over 80% full, you can take to the database. Much like the normal Home > Overview page, the Master...
W-Airwave 7.2 VisualRF User Guide
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... the System >Performance page; AMP could be so bogged they can tell if AMP is keeping up). 4. Consult the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 Sizing Guide located in support.dell.com/manuals to properly size your production server to support.dell.com. Review the VisualRF log file: Check for validation errors Check for timing errors 2. Review VisualRF > Floor...
... the System >Performance page; AMP could be so bogged they can tell if AMP is keeping up). 4. Consult the Dell PowerConnect W AirWave 7.2 Sizing Guide located in support.dell.com/manuals to properly size your production server to support.dell.com. Review the VisualRF log file: Check for validation errors Check for timing errors 2. Review VisualRF > Floor...