Chapter 2 Monitoring; Global - D-Link DWS-3160-24TC Reference Manual

DWS-3160 Series Gigabit Ethernet Unified Switch Web UI Reference Guide
Chapter 2

Global

Peer Switch
Access Point
Client
QoS
Global
The Unified Switch periodically collects information from the APs it manages and from associated peer switches.
This window is used to show status and statistics about the switch and all of the objects associated with it.
To view this window, click Monitoring > Global as shown below:
The fields that can be displayed are described below:
Parameter
WLAN Switch
Operational Status
IP Address
Module Version
Peer Switches
Cluster Controller
Monitoring
Figure 2-1 Global window
Description
This status field displays the operational status of the WLAN Switch. The WLAN
Switch may be configured as enabled, but is operationally disabled due to
configuration dependencies. If the operational status is disabled, the reason will be
displayed in the following status field.
The WLAN Switch is composed of multiple components, and each component in
the system must acknowledge an enable or disable of the WLAN Switch. During a
transition the operational status might temporarily show a pending status.
IP address of the switch.
Display WLAN version.
Number of peer WLAN switches detected on the network.
Indicate whether this switch is the Cluster Controller for the cluster. Among a group
of peer switches, one of the switches is automatically elected or configured to be
the Cluster Controller. The Cluster Controller gathers status and statistics about all
APs and clients in the peer group.
NOTE: Only the Cluster Controller switch can display managed APs, clients,
statistics, and RF Scan databases for the whole cluster. The switches that
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