Adoption is the process an access point uses to discover an available controller or service platform, pick the most desirable one, establish an association and optionally obtain an image upgrade and configuration. Adoption settings are configurable and supported within a device profile and applied to other access points supported by the profile. Individual attributes of an access point's auto provisioning policy can be overridden as specific parameters require modification.
At adoption, an access point solicits and receives multiple adoption responses from controllers and service platforms available on the network. These adoption responses contain loading policy information the access point uses to select the optimum controller or service platform for adoption. By default, an auto provisioning policy generally distributes AP adoption evenly amongst available controllers and service platforms. Modify existing adoption policies or create a new one as needed to meet access point adoption requirements and profile settings.
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A device configuration does not need to be present for an auto provisioning policy to take effect. Once adopted, and the device's configuration is defined and applied by the controller, the auto provisioning policy mapping does not have an impact on subsequent adoptions by the same device.To define the access point profile‘s adoption configuration:
Auto-Provisioning Policy | Select an auto provisioning policy from the drop-down menu. To create a new auto provisioning policy, select the Create icon or modify an existing one by selecting the Edit icon. |
Learn and Save Network Configuration | Select this option to enable allow the controller tor service platform to maintain a local configuration records of devices requesting adoption and provisioning. This feature is enabled by default. |
Host | Use the drop-down menu to specify whether the adoption resource is defined as a (non DNS) IP Address or a Hostname. Once defined, provide the numerical IP or Hostname. A Hostname cannot exceed 64 characters. |
Pool | Use the spinner control to set a pool of either 1 or 2. This is the pool the target controller or service platform belongs to. |
Routing Level | Define a routing level (either 1 or 2) for the link between adopting devices. The default setting is 1. |
IPSec Secure | Enable this option to provide IPSec secure peer authentication on the connection (link) between the adopting devices. This option is disabled by default. |
IPSec GW | Select the numerical IP address or administrator defined hostname of the adopting controller resource. |
Force | Enable this setting to create a forced link between an access point and adopting controller, even when not necessarily needed. This setting is disabled by default. |
Remote VPN Client | Displays whether a secure controller link has been established using a remote VPN client. |