Setting Triggers For Discovery; Setting Triggers For Clients - Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6 User Manual

Radio Trigger Options
802.11 Frame Counters
802.11 QoS Counters
Interface Usage
Channel Utilization
Radio Noise Floor

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 Types and Condition Settings
Discovery Trigger Options
New Device Discovered
b. Repeat this procedure for as many triggers and conditions as desired. Refer to the start of
Triggers" on page 191

Setting Triggers for Clients

Perform the following steps to configure user-related triggers.
a. Choose a trigger type from the Clients category, listed in the Type drop-down menu. See
109 itemizes and describes the Client-related trigger types, and condition settings for each discovery trigger
type.
Table 109:
Client Trigger Types and Condition Settings
Client Trigger
Option
New Client
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Description
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 (%).
Indicates that the Noise Floor dBM has exceeded a certain value for aspecified period of
time.
Description
This trigger type flags the discovery of a new AP, router, or switch connected to the
network (an device that AirWave 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.
Description
This trigger type indicates a new user has associated to a device within a defined set of groups or
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