Pending Adoptions

The Pending Devices screen displays those devices detected within a controller or service platform managed coverage area, but have yet to be adopted. Review these devices to assess whether they are good available resources to provide services to requesting clients and peer radio devices.

To view pending adoptions:

  1. Select the Statistics menu from the Web UI.
  2. Select the System node from the left navigation pane.
  3. Select Pending Adoptions from the left-hand side of the UI.
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    The Pending Adoptions screen displays the following information:
    MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the device pending adoption. Select the MAC address to view device configuration and network address information in greater detail.
    Type Displays the device‘s model type.
    IP Address Displays the current IP address of the device pending adoption.
    VLAN Displays the VLAN the pending device uses as a virtual interface once adopted.
    Reason Displays a status (reason) as to why the device is pending adoption.
    Discovery Option Displays the discovery option code for each AP listed pending adoption.
    Last Seen Displays the date and time stamp of the last time the device was seen. Click the arrow next to the date and time to toggle between standard time and UTC.
    Add to Devices Select a listed AP and select the Add to Devices button to begin the adoption process for this detected AP.
  4. Click Refresh to update the statistics counters to their latest values.