The Alarms page provides a centralized place to monitor and manage important notifications from the controller.
Alarms are triggered by specific events and can be cleared automatically or manually. The events that trigger an alarm are predefined and cannot be changed.
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Unacknowledged alarms are displayed in bold text.
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Acknowledged alarms are displayed in regular text.
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Cleared alarms are displayed in gray text.
Actions
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Acknowledge: Marks the selected alarms as acknowledged. An acknowledged alarm is not cleared. The acknowledgment serves as an indicator that an administrator is aware of the alarm.
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Clear: Removes the alarm from list of active alarms.
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Show Cleared: Shows all alarms that have been cleared in the past.
Alarms table
This table shows all active alarms.
For information on using table features to view and edit settings, see Working with tables.
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Severity:
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Critical (Red): Alarms of this type indicate a failure and signal the need for immediate attention.
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Major (Orange): Alarms of this type indicate an impending failure.
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Minor (Yellow): Alarms of this type indicate a warning condition that can escalate into a more serious problem.
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ID: Unique number assigned to the alarm.
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Device: Indicates the device that generated the alarm. Hover the mouse pointer over the device name to see the device type and its MAC address.
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Category: Alarms are classified into categories so that they can be sorted. Categories include:
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Controlled AP
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IDS
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MAC Authentication
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Maintenance
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Public Access
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REI
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RRM
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System
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Teamed Controller
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Type: Classifies the alarm within a category.
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Description: More information about the alarm.
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Time: Date and time that the alarm occurred.
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Ack: Indicates if the alarm has been acknowledged. An acknowledged alarm is not cleared. The acknowledgment serves as an indicator that an administrator is aware of the alarm.
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Note: A note icon indicates the presence of an annotation. Hover over the icon to see the contents of the annotation.
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State: Alarm state (active or cleared). To clear an alarm, select the Clear action. Some alarms are automatically cleared when the condition that caused them are resolved. An already active alarm will not be raised again for the same source condition.