Spectrum WLC discovered AP connections

[chris.ayres]

Hi
I have Cisco WLC controllers and AP's
All of the AP's are modelled in a designated container in Spectrum
I don't want Spectrum to discover the wired connections between the AP's their local switch.
But every time I delete these connections Spectrum rediscovers them.

Is there a way of preventing this ?

[Silvio Okamoto]

Yes, there is the option to disable it.

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/ca-enterprise-software/it-operations-management/spectrum/10-4-3/managing-network/wlc-manager.html



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Technical Support Engineer IV
Broadcom Inc
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[chris.ayres]

Hi Silvio
What I understand from "Discover Connections Only toward Access Points" is that it limits the connection discovery to ONLY the switch that the AP has a direct wired connect to.
This is exactly the connection that I don't want Spectrum to discover.
I don't want Spectrum to discover any connections to the AP's as it creates off-page references all over the Topology views and makes them very messy.
I have tried this setting at both Yes and No and the connections are still discovered regardless

[Joseph Ackley]

How about hiding the Off Page Reference models?

Select View -> Preferences from the top level menu. Expand the Topology tab and select "Show Off Page Reference Models" and set the value to No.

Joe

[chris.ayres]

Hi Joe
Unfortunately hiding off page references is an all or nothing option
There are lots of off page references that I do want
If I create a new switch or router I am able to control whether it discovers connection or not
But I don't seem to have this control with AP's created by the WLC Manager