Adoption is the process a controller or service platform uses to discover available access points and/or peer controllers/service platforms, establish an association and provision the requesting device. Adoption settings are configurable and supported within a profile and applied to other access points supported by the profile.
To define a controller or service platform‘s adoption capabilities:
The Device Configuration screen displays in the right-hand UI. This screen lists all devices within the managed network.
| Use NOC Auto-Provisioning Policy | Select this option to use the NOC‘s auto provisioning policy instead of the policy local to the controller or service platform. The NOC is an elected controller or service platform capable of provisioning all of its peer controllers, service platforms and adopted devices. This setting is disabled by default. |
| 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. |
| Allow Adoption of Devices | Select either access points, Controllers or both to refine whether this controller or service platform can adopt networked access points or peer controller devices as well. |
| Allow Adoption of this Controller | Select this option to enable this controller or service platform to be capable of adoption by other controllers or service platforms. This setting is disabled by default and must be selected to allow peer adoptions. |
| Preferred Group | If Allow Adoption of this Controller is selected, provide the controller group preferred as the adopting entity for this controller or service platform. If utilizing this feature, ensure the appropriate group is provided within the Controller Group field. |
| Hello Interval | Select this option to define the hello packet exchange interval (from 1 - 120 seconds) between the controller or service platform and an adoption requesting access point. |
| Adjacency Hold Time | Select this option to set a hold time interval (from 2 - 600 seconds) for the transmission of hello packets. |
| 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. |