Monitoring Switches in List View

The switch monitoring details are displayed on the switch dashboard and the switch details page. The switch dashboard and the switch details page are accessed from the Network Operations app.

The switch dashboard displays details about the health and status of switches and switch stacks. The switch details are provisioned and managed through Aruba Central. The switch dashboard displays the details in a summary and list view.

The Switches List page provides information associated with the switches provisioned and managed in Aruba Central. The Switches List page displays the following sections:

Viewing the Switches List Page

To navigate to the Switches List page, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Operations app, 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.

2. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.

A list of switches is displayed in the List view.

The Switches List page displays the following information:

Switches—Displays the total number of switches, both online and offline. When you click the Switches tab, it provides information about all switches in the Switches table.

Online—Displays the number of online switches. When you click the Online tab, it provides information about all switches that are currently online and connected to Aruba Central in the Switches table.

Offline—Displays the number of offline switches. When you click the Offline tab, it provides information about all switches that are currently offline or not connected to Aruba Central in the Switches table.

The online switches are displayed with a green dot and offline switches are displayed with a red dot. Even when the Aruba CX switches are displayed as online, there might be instances when the details of the switches are not displayed completely. This may be because of the following reasons: - Template configuration is not applied correctly on the switch - Password is not configured in the template configuration - Password is not in plaintext format See the audit trail to check the status of the Aruba CX switches. The audit trail should show the device onboarded message for the switch serial number followed by the configuration push and login successful messages. For more information on troubleshooting Aruba CX switch onboarding issues, see Monitoring Switches and Switch Stacks.

Switches Table

The Switches table displays the following information:

Device Name—Name of the switch or switch stack. For a switch stack, a stack icon is displayed next to the device name.

Clients—Number of clients connected.

Alerts—Number of alerts from the switch or switch stack.

Model—Model number of the switch. For a switch stack, the term Stack is displayed.

Config Status—configuration status of the switch or switch stack.

Last Seen—Date and time when the switch or switch stack was last connected.

Usage—Data usage on the switches.

IP Address—IP address of the switch or switch stack.

MAC—MAC address of the switch or switch stack.

Firmware Version—Firmware version of the switch or switch stack.

Group—Name of the group to which the switch or switch stack is assigned.

Labels—Name of the label associated with the switch or switch stack.

Site—Site in which the switch or switch stack is provisioned.

Uptime—Duration for which the switch is operational.

Serial/Stack ID—Serial number of the switch or switch stack.

Uplink Ports—Uplink ports configured on the switch or switch stack.

Port Utilization—Utilization percentage of the port.

A search filter is provided only for the Device Name and Model columns.

To download the switch details as a .csv file, click the Download CSV icon. If the table contains unicode value, you must use a UTF-8 enabled software to view the contents. To view the file, open the file in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software.