The dashboard provides you with a quick way to view key information about the operation of the wireless network. It uses charts and graphs to display status and statistics, and shows 24-hour history for a number of items.
Unless otherwise specified, data is sampled every minute, and then an average is calculated to be displayed as the hourly value. Data is updated at the top of the hour.
Wireless Clients
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Current: Indicates the total number of wireless clients that are currently connected.
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Peak: Indicates the maximum number of wireless clients that were connected during the last 24 hours.
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Avg: Indicates the average number of wireless clients that were connected during the last 24 hours.
Access Points
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Online: Indicates the number of APs that are able to exchange management information with the controller.
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Offline: Indicates the number of APs that have stopped sending management information to the controller. Rediscovery might re-establish the connection. If not, the APs have lost power or a network failure has occurred. The APs will have a diagnostic value of Not responding on the Views > Network > Access points > Access Points page.
APs that are flagged as Admin Down do not appear in this count.
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Admin Down: Indicates the number of APs that are Offline and have been manually set to Admin Down (Administratively Down) by an administrator. This state flags an AP that is known to be offline. For example, for maintenance or relocation.
Access Points Utilization
Displays the number of APs currently operating in each bandwidth utilization range: <50%, 50% - 80%, >80%.
Only online access points with radios that are enabled and operating in access point or local mesh mode are shown on this chart.
The percent utilization is calculated by comparing the total throughput (transmitted/received) of all radios on an AP for the last minute against the maximum throughput that the radios could theoretically achieve.
Alarms
Displays the total number of active alarms for each severity.
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Total: Total number of active alarms for all severities.
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Critical (Red): Alarms with this severity indicate a failure and signal the need for immediate attention.
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Major (Orange): Alarms with this severity indicate an impending failure.
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Minor (Yellow): Alarms with this severity indicate a warning condition that can escalate into a more serious problem.