Configuring Wireless Access Points and Unmanaged Switches
Unmanaged Switches
An unmanaged switch that has an IP address but which does not support SNMP will be found and displayed under an auto-inserted
node along with the devices that are directly connected to the switch.
This is because they will all be found on the same port of the unmanaged switch’s parent and any lower down managed switches
will see them on the 'uplink' port back toward the IntraVUE host.
The image below shows the way IntraVUE will display an unmanaged switch having two devices connected to it. If a managed switch
does not have its SNMP community set correctly it will appear the same.
The 10.1.1.169 device is an unmanaged switch with the .47 and .59 devices physically attached.
The parent managed switch of these devices reports them all on the same port, so IntraVUE automatically inserts a node, labeled
'n/a' to represent the hub or unmanaged switch which must be present.
In order to show the network as it physically exists the administrator can select the Configure item from the unmanaged switches
Device Menu.
Check the checkbox 'Unmanaged Switch or Wireless AP' then apply and close.
After a minute, the auto inserted node will go away as there is now only one device on the port of the managed switch and the
other two devices are below it..
Wireless Access Points
Managed Wireless APs should be discovered by IntraVUE and will automatically get the checkbox for 'Unmanaged Switch or Wireless AP'
in the Device Configure dialog checked.
If you have a WAP that is not managed, you can check the checkbox yourself.
The result will be that all wireless devices will appear under the WAP and will have dashed, wireless, lines going to them.
Virtual Machines
If a host computer is setup with Virtual Machines, each VM will appear as a peer of the host, all under an auto-inserted node.
It will look just like an unmanaged switch.
Use the technique above and check the 'Unmanaged Switch or Wireless AP' checkbox and the VM's will be placed under the host.
