Adoption Rules

To avoid a manual process, create adoption rules before you register devices. Adoption rules organize access points and switches based on preset conditions or rules.

When you are ready to register one or more devices:
  1. Create the logical device groups for the access points within a site.
  2. Configure the adoption rules that populate the groups.
  3. Register the devices.
    The APs are organized into the logical sites and device groups automatically, based on the adoption rule definitions. Switches are associated with the logical sites, but not assigned to device groups. Rules are evaluated from the top down. Use the up and down arrows to put adoption rules in a specific order. If the device does not match the criteria of the first adoption rule, then the next rule is evaluated.
    Note

    Note

    For AP adoption only — In addition to matching rule criteria, the site and device group configuration must match the AP for the adoption rule to take effect. The AP license domain must match the site Country, and the AP model number must match the site Type and device group Profile configuration.