Configure General Profile Settings

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

Use this procedure to configure or edit general profile settings.

  1. Choose from the following actions:
    • If you are in the process of configuring a new profile, proceed to the next step.

    • If you want to edit profile settings, go to Profiles and select adjacent to the profile you want to modify. Proceed to the next step.

  2. Select the General tab, then configure parameters under the Basic and NTP panes. After these parameters are configured, proceed to the next step to complete this procedure.
  3. After you have completed configuring the settings, choose from the following actions:
    1. Select Revert to restore default settings.
      Note

      Note

      You cannot restore default settings after applying or saving changes.
    2. Select Apply to commit the configured settings.
      Note

      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

      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.

Basic

Configure or edit the Basic parameters as described in General Profile Configuration – Basic Parameters.
Table 1. General Profile Configuration – Basic Parameters
Parameter Description
Name Cannot be edited. The name is set when adding a new profile
Device Type Cannot be edited. The device type is set when adding a new profile.
Area Specify the device location. Enter the area name (maximum 64 characters).
Floor Enter the floor name where the target device is located (maximum 64 characters). Assigning a building floor name helps in grouping devices within the same general coverage area.
Floor No. Optionally, set the floor number.
NOC Update Interval Set the Network Operations Center (NOC) statistics update interval. This is the interval at which statistical updates are sent by the RF Domain manager to its adopting controller (the NOC controller).

Enter a value in the range 5–3600 seconds, or enter 0 to invoke auto mode where the update interval is automatically adjusted by the controller based on load information.

The default setting is 0.

NTP

NTP manages time and/or network clock synchronization within the network. NTP is a client/server implementation. Controllers, service platforms, and access points (NTP clients) periodically synchronize their clock with a master clock (an NTP server). For example, a controller resets its clock to 07:04:59 upon reading a time of 07:04:59 from its designated NTP server.

Use this procedure to add new Network Time Protocol (NTP) server resources, edit existing resources, or delete existing resources.

  1. Choose from the following actions:
    • select to add a new NTP server. Proceed to the next step.
    • Select adjacent to an existing NTP server to edit server settings.
    • Select adjacent to an existing NTP server to delete it.
  2. Configure NTP server parameters as described in General Profile Configuration – NTP Parameters.
    Table 2. General Profile Configuration – NTP Parameters
    Parameter Description
    Server IP/Hostname Specify the NTP server‘s IP address, or select the check box adjacent to the field and enter the server's hostname.
    Key number Select the number of the associated authentication peer key for the NTP resource. Specify a value in the range 1–65534. The default value is 1.
    Key Enter a key (maximum 64 characters) to be used when the Autokey setting is disabled (default). Select to expose the actual character string comprising the key.
    Version Specify a version for the NTP server. Choose a value in the range 0–4. The value ‘0‘ (default) implies that the NTP server‘s version is ignored.
    Minimum Polling Interval Select a minimum polling interval. Once set, the NTP server is polled no sooner than the defined interval. The minimum polling interval options are 64, 128, 256, 512, and 1024 (seconds).
    Maximum Polling Interval Select a maximum polling interval. Once set, the specified NTP server is polled no later than the defined interval. The maximum polling interval options are 1024, 2048, 4096, and 8192 (seconds).
    Preferred Optional. Select Preferred to designate this NTP server as a preferred NTP resource. This setting is disabled by default.
    Autokey Optional. Select Autokey to enable automatic configuration of the authentication key for the NTP server. This setting is disabled by default.
    Note: If not enabled, use the Key parameter to configure an authentication key for the NTP server.
  3. Select Add to create the NTP server resource.
    Note

    Note

    This action does save the NTP server resource and settings. It is saved only when you select Save in the General tab.
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