Manage Profile's Adoption Configuration (Access Points Only)

About this task

Adoption is the process an access point uses to discover available controllers, pick the most desirable controller, establish a controller association and optionally obtain an image upgrade and configuration. Adoption is 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 the adoption requirements of a device and their assigned profile.

To define an access point‘s adoption configuration:

Procedure

Select the Configuration → Profiles → Manage Profiles.
Go to Configuration → Profiles .
Select Adoption.
Within the Controller Group field, use the Preferred Group item to set an optimal group for the access point‘s adoption. The name of the preferred group cannot exceed 64 characters.
Select the check box to define a VLAN the access point‘s associating controller or service platform is reachable on.
VLANs 0 and 4,094 are reserved and cannot be used by a controller or service platform VLAN.

Set the following Controller Hello Interval parameters:


Hello Interval	Define an interval (from 1 - 120 seconds) between hello keep alive messages exchanged with the adopting device. These messages serve as a connection validation mechanism to ensure the availability of the adopting resource.
Adjacency Hold Time	Set the time (from 2 - 600 seconds) after the last hello packet after which the connection between the controller and access point is defined as lost and their connection is re-established.

Enter Controller Hostnames as needed to define resources for access point adoption.

Select + Add Row as needed to populate the table with IP Addresses or Hostnames used as access point adoption resources into the managed network.


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.

Click OK to save the changes.
Select Reset to revert to the last saved configuration.