Adoption Configuration

You must be in the process of configuring a new device profile or editing an existing device profile to perform this procedure.

An access point (AP), a controller, or a service platform uses the adoption process to discover available APs or peer controllers and service platforms. Adoption configurations are used to establish an association and provision the requesting device. Configure and support adoption settings within a profile and apply the settings to other APs supported by the profile.

At adoption, an AP solicits and receives multiple adoption responses from controllers and service platforms available on the network. These adoption responses contain loading policy information the AP uses to select the optimum controller or service platform for adoption. By default, an auto provisioning policy generally distributes AP adoption evenly amongst available APs, controllers, and service platforms. Modify existing adoption policies or create a new one as needed to meet the adoption requirements of a device and their assigned profile.

Use this procedure to configure or edit Adoption settings for a device profile.

Note

If you want to override Adoption settings for a specific device, go to Devices, select the target device, then configure or edit settings as described in this procedure..

Go to Profiles, then select the target profile.
The device profile dashboard opens, displaying the General tab.
Select the Adoption tab.

Under the Controller pane, configure the WLAN's controller Adoption parameters as described in Device Profile Adoption Configuration - Controller Parameters.

Table 1. Device Profile Adoption Configuration - Controller Parameters
Parameter	Description
VLAN	Select VLAN to include a VLAN that the AP's associating controller can reach. Use the spinner controller to set a VLAN between 1 and 4,094.
Preferred Group	Set an optimal group for the AP‘s adoption. The name of the preferred group cannot exceed 64 characters.

The Host pane lists configured hosts in tabular form. Choose from the following actions:
- Select the sort icon adjacent to a column heading to sort the data by the heading topic. By default, the data is sorted in ascending order, as indicated by the direction of the arrow in the icon . Toggle the icon to sort the column data in descending order . The "1" indicates by which column heading topic the data is currently sorted.
- Select and enter a keyword in the search field to narrow the list of entries in the table.
- Select to download the Host entries in csv format.
- Select to choose the columns displayed in the table.
- Select to refresh the list.
- From under the Actions column in the table choose from the following actions:
  - Select associated with an entry to modify it. Proceed to the next step.
  - Select associated with an entry to delete it.
- Select to configure a new host. Proceed to the next step.

Configure or edit Host parameters as described in Device Profile Adoption Configuration - Host Parameters.

Table 2. Device Profile Adoption Configuration - Host Parameters
Parameter	Description
Host (IP Address)	Choose from the following options: Host (IP Address) (default) — Enter the numerical IP address of the host. Host (Hostname) — Select the check box and enter a hostname. A hostname cannot exceed 64 characters.
Pool	Set a pool of either 1 or 2. The target controller or service platform belongs to this pool.
Routing Level	Define a routing level (either 1 or 2) for the link between adopting devices.
IPSec GW (IP Address)	Choose from the following options: IPSec GW (IP Address) (default) — Select the numerical IP address of the IPSec gateway. IPSec GW (IP Address) — Select the check box and enter the administrator-defined hostname of the adopting controller resource. A hostname cannot exceed 64 characters.
IPSec Secure	Select this option to provide IPSec secure peer authentication on the connection (link) between the adopting devices. This option is not selected by default.
Remote VPN Client	Select this option to establish a secure controller link using a remote VPN client.
Force	Select this setting to create a forced link between an AP and adopting controller, even when not necessarily needed. This setting is not selected by default.

Select Add to create the host entry in the table.
After you have completed configuring the settings, choose from the following actions:
1. Select Revert to restore default settings or restore the last saved settings.
  
  Note
  You cannot restore default settings after applying or saving changes.
2. Select Apply to commit the configured settings.
  
  Note
  This does not permanently save the settings you configured. If you perform a Reload (warm reboot), applied settings will be lost.
3. Select Save to commit and save the configured settings.
  
  Note
  
  If you do not select Apply or Save, the settings that you configured are not saved when you move away from the configuration window.