Responding To Alerts - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

Figure 134 Alert Summary Table Illustration
This table displays alerts as follows; select the alert Type to display alert details:
AMP Alerts—Displays details for all device alerts.
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IDS Events—Displays details of all Intrusion Detection System (IDS) events and attacks under the
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RAPIDS tab. You must be enabled as a RAPIDS user to see this page.
RADIUS Authentication Issues—Displays RADIUS-related alerts for devices in the top viewable folder
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available to the AirWave user. The detailed list displays the MAC address, username, AP, radio, controller,
RADIUS server, and time of each event. Alerts can be sorted by any column.
2. The Alerts and Severe Alerts top header stats in the Status bar at the top of all AirWave pages, illustrated in
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Figure 135 Alerts in the AirWave Status Bar (highlighted)
Select the Alerts or the Severe Alerts counter or navigate to the System > Alerts page.
this page.
Figure 136 System > Alerts Page Illustration
For each new alert, the System > Alerts page displays the items listed in
Table 115 System > Alerts Fields and Default Settings
Field
Trigger Type
Trigger Summary
Triggering Agent
Time
Severity

Responding to Alerts

Once you have viewed an alert, you may take one of the following courses of action:
Leave it in active status if it is unresolved. The alert remains on the New Alerts list until you acknowledge or
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delete it. If an alert already exists, the trigger for that AP or user does not create another alert until the existing
alert has been acknowledged or deleted.
Move the alert to the Alert Log by selecting it and selecting Acknowledge.
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You may see all logged alerts by selecting the View logged alerts link at the top of the System > Alerts page.
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Select the New Alerts link to return to the list of new alerts.
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135. The Severe Alert Threshold can be configured on the Home > User Info page. Refer to
Description
Displays and sorts triggers by the type of trigger.
Provides an additional summary information related to the trigger.
Lists the name of the AP that generated the trigger. Select the name to display its APs/Devices > Manage
page.
Displays the date and time the trigger was generated.
Displays the severity code associated with that trigger.
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