3Com 3CRWXR10095A, 3CRWX120695A WXR100 Configured Switch Network Plan, Click Management Interface

162CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING WX SYSTEM PARAMETERS

Creating a New WX You can copy and modify a switch that is already in the network plan, by Switch Based on a copying and pasting the switch in the Organizer panel.

Configured Switch in

the Network Plan

1Select the Configuration tool bar option.

2In the Organizer panel, select the switch you want to copy, then right-click on the switch and select Copy.

3Right-click and select Paste. The Wireless Switch Properties wizard appears.

4In the WX Name box, type the name of the WX switch (1 to 256 alphanumeric characters, with no spaces or tabs).

Within a network plan (and all Mobility Domains), each WX must have a unique name.

5Type the switch’s serial number in the Serial Number box.

6To modify the system IP address and VLAN, select them from the System VLAN/IP drop-down list.

The system IP address determines the interface or source IP address MSS uses for system tasks, including the following:

„Mobility Domain operations

„Topology reporting for dual-homed MAP access points

„Default source IP address used in unsolicited communications such as AAA accounting reports and SNMP notifications

7Click Management Interface.

8To enable the switch to be managed by 3WXM, select Managed. Until this option is selected, you cannot deploy the switch configuration you create in 3WXM to the actual switch in the network.

This option also enables the Launch Telnet and Launch Browser options in the Task List panel.

CAUTION: After you select Managed to enable management of the switch by 3WXM, do not change this option unless advised to do so by 3Com Technical Support. If you change a WX switch to an unmanaged state in a network plan, all network operations (polling) stop for that WX switch. If you change back to a managed state, the entire configuration of the switch is replaced with the settings from the network plan, which can result in loss of connectivity to the switch.