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Chapter 5 Performing Administrative Tasks
Using Discovery and Managing Devices
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User Guide for the CiscoWorks 1105 Wireless LAN Solution Engine
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Set Up Devices
You must set up devices so the WLSE can discover and manage them. This section
describes both required and optional setup tasks for:
• Access Points and Bridges, page 5-4
• Routers and Switches, page 5-7
• LEAP Servers, page 5-9
Access Points and Bridges
Before you begin, Web browsing must be enabled on each access point. If Web
browsing is not enabled, attach a console to the access point and enable web
browsing.
On each access point and bridge, open a web browser session on the device and
perform the tasks in the following table.
Tasks Procedure Notes
1. Enable Cisco
Discovery Protocol
(CDP).
1. In the Summary Status page, click
Setup. The Cisco Services Setup
page appears.
2. Under Services: Cisco Services, click
Cisco Discovery Protocol. The CDP
Setup page appears.
3. Select Enabled. Click Apply or OK.
CDP is required for the WLSE to
discover devices on the network.
2. Enable SNMP.
(Optional) Set the
location.
(Optional) Set the
system name and
system contact.
1. In the Summary Status page, click
Setup. The Cisco Services Setup
page appears.
2. Under Services, click SNMP. The
SNMP Setup page appears.
3. Select Enabled.
4. Enter a System Name, System
Location, and System Contact.
5. Click Apply or OK.
SNMP is required for the WLSE to
discover and manage the device.
Setting the location enables proper
grouping of devices into the
system-defined Location group.
For more information, see
Managing Groups, page 5-28.
Setting the system name and
system location displays this
information when you display
device details.