Status Section; Navigation Section - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

Status Section

The Status section provides a snapshot view of overall WLAN performance and provides direct links for
immediate access to key system components. The Status section remains at the top of all pages in the AWMS
and RAPIDS modules. AWMS includes the ability to customize the contents of the Status section from the
Home > User Info page, to include support for both wireless and wired network components. Refer to
"Configuring Your Own User Information with the Home > User Info Page" on
The table below describes these elements in further detail.
Table 5 Status Section Components of the AWMS Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Field
New Devices
Up (Wired,
Wireless,
and combined)
Down (Wired,
Wireless,
and combined)
Mismatched
Rogue
Users
Alerts
Severe Alerts
(conditional)
Device Types to
Include in Header
Stats
Search

Navigation Section

The Navigation Section displays tabs for all main GUI pages within AWMS. The top bar is a static navigation bar
containing tabs for the main components of AWMS, while the lower bar is context-sensitive and displays the sub-
menus for the highlighted tab.
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The number of wireless APs or wireless LAN controllers that have been discovered by AWMS but not yet
managed by network administrators. When you click this link, AWMS directs you to a page that displays a
detailed list of devices awaiting authorization.
The number of managed, authorized devices that are currently responding to AWMS requests. When you
click this link, AWMS will direct you to a page that displays a detailed list of all Up devices.
The number of managed, authorized devices that are not currently responding to AWMS SNMP requests.
When you click this link, AWMS will direct you to a page that displays a detailed list of all "Down" devices.
The total number of Mismatched devices. A device is considered mismatched when the desired
configuration in AWMS does not match the actual device configuration read from the device.
The number of devices that have been classified by the RAPIDS rules engine above the threshold defined on
the Home > User Info page.
The number of wireless users currently associated to the wireless network via all the APs managed by
AWMS. When you click this link, AWMS directs you to a page that contains a list of users that are
associated.
Displays the number of non-acknowledged AWMS alerts generated by user-configured triggers. When you
click this link, AWMS directs you to a page containing a detailed list of active alerts.
When triggers are given a severity of Critical, they generate Severe Alerts. When a Severe Alert exists, a
new component appears at the right of the Status field in bold red font. Only users configured on the Home >
User Info page to be enabled to view critical alerts can see Severe Alerts. The functionality of Severe Alerts
is the same as that described above for Alerts. However, unlike Alerts, the Severe Alerts section is hidden if
there are no Severe Alerts.
You can support statistics for any combination of the following device types:
Autonomous APs

Controllers

Routers/Switches

Thin APs

Universal Devices

"Configuring Your Own User Information with the Home > User Info Page" on page 248
Refer to
Search performs partial string searches on a large number of fields including the notes, version, secondary
version, radio serial number, device serial number, LAN MAC, radio MAC and apparent IP of all the APs as
well as the client MAC, VPN user, LAN IP, VPN IP fields.
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