350CHAPTER 10: MANAGING WX SYSTEM IMAGES AND CONFIGURATIONS

Toolbar Options Table 25 lists the options on the Devices tab’s toolbar.

 

Table 25 Toolbar Options on Devices Tab

 

 

 

 

Option

Description

 

 

 

 

Upload WX

Opens the Upload Wireless Switch dialog box, which lets you add

 

 

a new switch to the network plan by copying the configuration

 

 

from a switch already running in the network.

 

 

(See “Adding a Switch by Uploading its Configuration from the

 

 

Network” on page 163.)

 

 

 

 

Options

Opens the Managed Devices Options dialog box, which lets you

 

 

modify parameters used to poll switches for configuration

 

 

changes.

 

 

(See “Modifying Configuration Change Polling Options” on

 

 

page 361.)

 

 

 

 

 

Synchronizing Local

Whenever configuration changes occur to a switch, 3WXM alerts you

and Network

that changes have occurred. If a configuration change occurs on a switch

Changes

in the network or in the network plan, so that the network and network

 

plan are out of sync, 3WXM displays a message in a popup window to

 

alert you that a change has occurred.

The Devices tab enables you to review changes and synchronize the switches in the network with their counterparts in 3WXM by either copying the changes to the other switch, or removing the changes from the switch that was changed.

A row of information is displayed for each switch. The Local Status and

Network Status columns indicate where changes have occurred.

Reviewing Switch To review switch configuration changes:

Configuration

Changes

1Select the Devices tool bar option.

2At the bottom of the Task List panel, select Change Management.

3Select one or more WX switches.

To select multiple switches, press Shift (for contiguous switches) or Control (for noncontiguous switches) while clicking.

4In the Local Changes or Network Changes group in the Task List panel, select Review.

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