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Table 4: Contents of the AP details pane

Section

Description

DEVICE STATUS

Displays the current status of the AP.

 

 

CONNECTED CLIENTS

Displays the number of clients that are connected to this AP.

 

 

UPLINK TYPE

Displays the type of uplink used.

 

 

ALERTS

Displays the number of alerts generated for this AP.

 

 

MAP

Displays the geographical location of the AP.

 

 

 

General

AP NAME

 

SERIAL NUMBER

 

MAC ADDRESS

 

IP ADDRESS

 

MODE

 

MESH ROLE

 

UPTIME

 

VC NAME

 

AP MODEL TYPE

 

FIRMWARE VERSION

 

CPU UTILIZATION

 

DEVICE MEMORY USED

 

DEVICE MEMORY TYPE

 

 

GRAPH

Select a parameter from the drop-down to view their respective

 

graphs:

 

Number of Connected Clients

 

Throughput

 

RF Channel Utilization

 

Number of Neighboring Clients

 

Noise Floor

 

Errors/Retires/Drops Statistics

 

 

 

Remote Console System pane

On the Access Point details page, click Console Access to view the remote console for the VC.

Clients

The Clients tab displays a list of clients that are connected to the network. The client names are displayed as links.

Table 5: Contents of the clients pane

Data pane item

FLAGGED CLIENTS

Description

Displays the clients that are experiencing issues like utilization, noise, and so on. It consists of the following fields:

MAC ADDRESS

IP ADDRESS

SIGNAL

SPEED

CLIENTS

Displays the geographic location of the APs. It consists of:

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Contents HP Cloud Network Manager User Guide Acknowledgments Document 5998-5742, edition 1 JulyContents Wireless configuration Advanced configuration tasks Captive portal for guest access Reports Maintenance Conventions About this guideIntended audience Related documentsCloud Network Manager overview About Cloud Network ManagerSupported APs Cloud Network Manager UI Activating your Cloud Network Manager subscriptions Cloud Network Manager user interfaceActivating your HP Cloud Network Manager account Search Tabs Notifications Help Data pane User interfaceTabs SearchHelp NotificationsData pane Feedback SupportOverview MonitoringData pane item Description AP details Access pointsData pane item ClientsRemote Console System pane Section DescriptionEvent log Setting notification alerts Importing existing configuration from AP Wireless configurationInitial AP configuration Wireless network profilesConfiguring Wlan settings Understanding wireless network profilesNetwork types Voice Guest Utilization Content FilteDisable Ssid DMO ChannelLocal Probe Configuring Vlan settings for a Wlan Ssid profileCan be Used Without Uplink MAX ClientsKEY Configuring security settings for a Wlan Ssid profileManagement KEY Management Server AuthenticatioRoaming TerminationConfiguring access rules for a Wlan Ssid profile Editing a Wlan Ssid profile General configuration tasksDeleting a Wlan Ssid profile Modifying the AP name Basic configuration tasksConfiguring an NTP server Configuring VC IP addressConfiguring time zone Configuring a preferred bandConfiguring LED display Additional configuration tasksConfiguring VC Vlan Configuring auto join modeEnabling dynamic CPU management Advanced configuration tasksDisabling inter-user bridging Preventing local routing between clientsCustomizing AP parameters Configuring radio profiles for an APConfiguring Arrm assigned radio profiles for an AP Configuring radio profiles manually for APObtaining IP address Configuring uplink Vlan for an APSelect Administrator assigned in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Band Mode DescriptionArrm overview Advanced radio resource managementHP MotionAware Airtime fairness modeAP control Monitoring the network with Arrm Configuring Arrm on an APArrm metrics MA Neighbor SLB ModeMotion Aware CalculatingChannels PowerCustomize ValidIntrusion detection system Configuring radio settings for an APOS fingerprinting Detecting and classifying rogue APsDetection level Detection policy Off Low Medium HighOff Low High Settings fieldProtection level Protection policy Understanding authentication methods AuthenticationContainment methods Wireless configuration Internal Radius server Supported authentication serversRadius server authentication with VSA External Radius serverAuthentication termination on AP Configuring authentication serversConfiguring an external server for authentication Retry Count Shared KEY TimeoutShared KEY RetypeClick Save Server Configuring dynamic Radius proxy parametersEnabling dynamic Radius proxy Configuring 802.1X authentication for a network profileConfiguring MAC authentication with 802.1X authentication Configuring MAC authentication for a network profileConfiguring WISPr authentication Blacklisting clients manually Blacklisting clientsBlacklisting users dynamically Session firewall based blacklisting Captive portal for guest accessConfiguring blacklist duration Understanding captive portalSelect the Primary Usage as Guest Configuring a Wlan Ssid for guest accessTypes of captive portal Walled gardenDynamic Multicast Content FilteringInactivity Timeout Multicast TransmissionUplink MAX Clients Threshold Can be Used WithoutLocal Probe Request Configuring internal captive portal for guest network Creating a captive portal profile Configuring external captive portal for a guest networkSelect any one of the following types of authentication External captive portal profilesFailure URLUSE Https Captive PortalType Configuring captive portal roles for an SsidRule Type SplashInternal Configuring walled garden accessExternal Configuring local and local, L3 Dhcp scopes Dhcp configurationDisabling captive portal authentication Configuring Dhcp scopesExcluded Address VlanNetwork NET MaskSelect Wireless Configuration Services Rtls ServicesConfiguring an AP for Rtls support Configuring Dhcp server for client IP assignmentBonjour support configuration Configuring OpenDNS credentialsBonjour support overview Bonjour support with Cloud Network Manager Bonjour support solutionBonjour support services Bonjour support featuresSelect Wireless Configuration Services Bonjour Support Integrating an AP with Palo Alto Networks firewall Configuring an AP for PAN integrationIntegration with Cloud Network Manager Uplink interfaces Uplink configurationWi-Fi uplink Configuring a Wi-Fi uplink profileEthernet uplink Configuring PPPoE uplink profileSetting an uplink priority Uplink preferences and switchingEnforcing uplinks Layer-3 mobility overview Switching uplinks based on internet availabilityFrom PRE-EMPTION, select Enabled Mobility and client managementConfiguring L3-mobility Snmp and logging Configuring L3 mobility domainConfiguring enterprise domains Enterprise domainCreating community strings for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 Configuring SnmpConfiguring community string for Snmp Snmp parameters for APConfiguring Snmp traps Configuring a syslog serverCreating community strings for SNMPv3 Select Wireless Configuration System Logging Configuring Tftp dump serverLogging level Description Creating a report ReportsDeleting a report Firmware MaintenanceSubscription keys User management Device managementAcronyms and abbreviations TerminologyAbbreviation Expansion Term GlossaryDefinition DST Term DefinitionEAP POE Through a wireless connection

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