Monitoring

The Monitoring tab displays the monitoring pane for Cloud Network Manager.

The monitoring tab consists of:

Overview

Access points

Clients

WIDS

Event log

Notifications

Overview

The Overview pane displays a summary of the networks, clients, and the geographical location of the AP.

Table 2: Contents of the monitoring overview pane

Data pane item

Description

ACCESS POINTS count

Displays the total number of APs.

 

 

CLIENTS count

Displays the total number of clients connected to an AP over a

 

specified period.

 

 

ALERTS count

Displays the total number of APs or clients that have alerts.

 

 

QUICK LINKS

Displays the links to the most frequently used pages in Cloud

 

Network Manager.

 

 

THROUGHPUT graph

Displays the aggregate incoming and outgoing data traffic of all APs

 

over a specified period.

 

 

CLIENTS graph

Displays the number of clients connected to an AP over a specified

 

period.

 

 

WLANS

Displays the list of SSIDs configured.

 

 

TOP 5 APs BY USAGE

Displays the list of top five APs that are most used on the network.

 

 

TOP 5 CLIENTS BY USAGE

Displays the list of top five clients utilizing the maximum bandwidth

 

over the network.

CLIENTS TYPE

Displays the different types of clients connected to the network.

Map

Displays the geographic location of the APs, clients, and alerts.

You can view the THROUGHPUT graph and CLIENTS graph for a specific timeframe (1 Hour, 3 Hours, 1 Day, 1 Week, 1 Year) by clicking 1H, 3H, 1D, 1W, or 1Y.

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