Add Arista wireless controllers

Add Arista Wireless Manager wireless controllers to SolarWinds Observability.

For troubleshooting, see Troubleshoot SD-WAN and wireless controllers.

Requirements

• Supported devices - Arista Wireless Manager

• Network Collector 2024.4.1 or later

• Arista WM account with an API key ID, API key value, and base URL. The API key needs to have service privileges with Wi-Fi access and WIPS enabled. See Manage service privileges for users.

Add an Arista Wireless Manager

1. In SolarWinds Observability SaaS, click Add Data at the top.

2. On the Add Data dialog, click the Network tab and click Arista Wireless Manager Wireless Controllers.

3. Select a network collector or deploy a new one.

4. On Define Orchestrator Node, provide the polling hostname or IP address of the controller.

   Optional settings

   • To identify the device in SolarWinds Observability SaaS, specify a display name.
   • To add a custom tag to the device, click Add Tag and specify the key and the value for the tag. You can also add tags to the device later on the device details page, in the Overview tab.

5. Specify orchestrator credentials and click Next.

   1. If you already have defined credentials, select Existing and select credentials from the list.

   2. To create new credentials, select New, and provide API Key ID and API Key Value.

      You can find these details in the Arista WM management console. See Arista WM Getting Started for details

6. On Summary, review the information and click Submit.

   The device is added for monitoring.