Chapter 6 Performing Administrative Tasks

Using Discovery and Managing Devices

Enable Discovery Options

You can modify the discovery process by specifying that all discovered devices be automatically managed and enabling reverse DNS lookup so that device names, instead of IP addresses, appear in WLSE displays.

Note Your login determines whether you can use this option.

Procedure

Step 1 Select Administration > Discover > DISCOVER > Discovery Options. The Discovery Options window appears.

Step 2 To enable automatic management for all discovered devices, select the Auto-Manage Devices checkbox.

All discovered devices will be automatically placed in the Managed folder.

Note If you are using the automatic configuration feature (Configuration > Auto Update), new access points and bridges added to the network will be automatically configured if Auto-Manage is enabled. For more information, see Automating Configurations, page 3-151.

Step 3 If DNS is configured on devices, you can enable reverse DNS lookup by selecting the Use reverse DNS lookup checkbox. Use of this feature affects device name display on the WLSE as follows:

Reverse DNS lookup

 

enabled?

Affect on Display

 

 

Yes

If the lookup succeeds, the device name is displayed.

 

 

 

If the lookup fails, the device IP address is displayed.

 

 

No

If the device’s SNMP sysName is set, the sysName is

 

displayed.

 

 

 

If the sysName is not set, the device IP address is

 

displayed.

 

 

 

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