Manage Profile's Adoption Configuration (Controllers Only)

About this task

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. 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 a controller or service platform‘s adoption configuration:

Procedure

  1. Go to Configuration → Profiles → Manage Profiles.
  2. Select Adoption.
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  3. Within the Controller Group field, use the Group item to set provide the controller group this controller or service platform belongs to. A preferred group can also be selected for the adoption of this controller or service platform. The name of the preferred group cannot exceed 64 characters.
  4. Set the following Auto Provision Policy parameters:
    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.
  5. Set the following Controller Adoption Settings settings:
    Allow Adoption of Devices Select either access points or Controllers (or both) to refine whether this controller or service platform can adopt just 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.
  6. Enter Controller Hostnames as needed to define resources for access point adoption.
  7. 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.
  8. Refer to the AP300 Adoption settings:
    Adopt List Select this option to enable the controller or service platform adoption of an AP300 before it has been provisioned with its configuration. This setting is enabled by default.
    Adopted List If the Adopt List setting is disabled, add AP300 MAC addresses that the controller or service platform will optimally adopt.
    Deny List If the Adopt List setting is enabled, add AP300 MAC addresses that the controller or service platform will deny from adoption and configuration provisioning.
  9. Click OK to save the changes.
    Click Reset to revert to the last saved configuration.
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