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Viewing Events List View

To view a list of events generated, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, select one of the following options:

To select a group, label, site, or all devices in the filter, set the filter to one of the options under Groups, Labels, or Sites. For all devices, set the filter to Global.

The dashboard context for the selected filter is displayed.

To select a device in the filter:

a. Set the filter to Global.

b. Under Manage, click Devices, and then click Access Points, Switches, or Gateways.

A list of devices is displayed in the List view.

c. Click a device listed under Device Name.

The dashboard context for the device is displayed.

2. Under Analyze, click Alerts & Events.

By default, the Alerts & Events page displays the alert and events in the List view.

The Alerts & Events page offers a list view, summary view, and a configuration view.

 

Configuration view is only available at the Global context.

3. In the Alerts & Events summary bar, click Events. By default, the List view is selected and a consolidated list of events is displayed in the events table.

Advanced Event Filtering

Aruba Central allows you to filter the events based on the event types. To filter events based on event types, complete the following steps:

1. In the Events page, click Click here for advanced filtering to filter the events based on event types.

2. Select the event type and click Filter. You can select multiple event types from the advanced filtering option.

3. The events table displays the list of events generated in each event type. The filter summary bar displays the total number of events in the selected category and the type(s) of events.

4. Optionally, to clear advanced filtering option, from the events summary bar, click Clear All. The advanced filtering gets cleared.

The following table describes the information displayed in each column of the Events table:

Table 1: Events pane

 

Data Pane Content

Description

Occurred On

Displays the timestamp of the event. Use the sort option to sort the events by date and time. Use the filter option to select a specific time range to display the events.

Device Type

Displays the type of the device, Access Point, Controller, Switch. Use the filter option to filter events by device types.

Device Hostname

Displays the host name of the device where the event is generated.

Device MAC

Displays the MACMedia Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network. address of the device.

Client MAC

Displays the MAC address of the device to which the client is connected.

BSSID

Displays the BSSIDBasic Service Set Identifier. The BSSID identifies a particular BSS within an area. In infrastructure BSS networks, the BSSID is the MAC address of the AP. In independent BSS or ad hoc networks, the BSSID is generated randomly. of the device.

Event Type

Displays the type of the event.

Label

Displays the label name of the event.

Site

Displays the site name of the event.

Group

Displays the group name of the event.

Description

Displays the description of the event. Use the column filter to filter an event based on the description.

To customize the Alerts & Events table, click the ellipses icon to select the required columns, or click Reset to default to set the table to the default columns.

Aruba Central allows you to download the global list of events to your local browser. Click to download the events list in a CSVComma-Separated Values. A file format that stores tabular data in the plain text format separated by commas. format.

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