Setting Triggers For Interfaces And Radios; Setting Triggers For Discovery - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

Setting Triggers for Interfaces and Radios

To configure radio- and interface-related triggers, choose a trigger type from the Interfaces/Radios category,
listed in the Type drop-down menu.
settings.
Table 107 Radio-Related Trigger Types
Radio Trigger Options Description
Radio Down
802.11 Frame Counters
802.11 QoS Counters
Interface Bandwidth
Channel Utilization

Setting Triggers for Discovery

Perform the following steps to configure triggers related to device discovery.
a. Choose a trigger type from the Discovery category, listed in the Type drop-down menu. See
Table 108
discovery trigger
Table 108 Discovery Trigger Types and Condition Settings
Discovery Trigger Options
New Devices Discovered
b. Repeat this procedure for as many triggers and conditions as desired. Refer to the start of
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Indicates that a device's radio is down on the network. Once you choose this trigger type, select
Add New Trigger Condition to create at least one condition. This type requires that a radio
capability be set as a condition. The Value drop-down menu supports several condition options.
Enables monitoring of traffic levels. There are multiple rate-related parameters for which you
define conditions including ACK Failures, Retry Rate, and Rx Fragment Rate. See the Option drop-
down menu in the Conditions section of the trigger page for a complete list of parameters. Select
Add New Trigger Condition to access these settings. Define at least one condition for this trigger
type.
Enables monitoring of Quality of Service (QoS) parameters on the network, according to traffic
type. The rate of different parameters includes ACK Failures, Duplicated Frames and Transmitted
Fragments. See the drop-down field menu in the conditions section of the trigger page for a
complete list of parameters. Select Add New Trigger Condition to access these settings. Define at
least one condition for this trigger type.
Interface labels defined on the trigger page will be used to set up triggers on one or more
interfaces and/or radios. Available conditions are Device Type, Interface Description, Interface
Label, Interface Mode, Interface Speed In (Mbps), Interface Speed Out (Mbps), Interface Type,
and Radio Type.
Indicates that channel utilization has crossed particular thresholds. Available conditions are
Interference (%), Radio Type, Time Busy (%), Time Receiving (%), and Time Transmitting (%).
itemizes and describes the Discovery-related trigger types, and condition settings for each
type.
Description
This trigger type flags the discovery of a new AP, router or switch connected to the network
(an device that AMP can monitor and configure). Once you choose this trigger type, select
Add New Trigger Condition to specify a Device Type (Access Point, Controller, Remote AP,
or Router/Switch)
to create a new trigger.
itemizes and describes the radio trigger types and condition
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