Monitoring APs in List View

The access point (AP) List page provides information associated with the APs and radios provisioned and managed in Aruba Central (on-premises).

The AP List page is available for Foundation and Advanced licenses for APs.

The AP List page displays the following sections:

• Monitoring APs in List View
• Monitoring APs in List View
• Monitoring APs in List View
• Monitoring APs in List View

Viewing the AP List Page

To navigate to the AP 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. Ensure that the filter selected contains at least one active AP.

   The dashboard context for the selected filter is displayed.

2. Under Manage, click Devices > Access Points.

   A list of APs is displayed in the List view.

The AP List page displays the following information:

• Access Points—Displays the total number of APs. When you click the Access Points tab, it provides information about all APs in the Access Points table.
• Online—Displays the total number of online APs. When you click the Online tab, it provides information about the online APs in the Access Points table.
• Offline—Displays the total number of offline APs. When you click the Offline tab, it provides information about the offline APs in the Access Points table.

• Radios—Displays the total number of radios. When you click the Radios tab, it provides information about all radios in the Radios table.

  • 2.4 GHz—Displays the total number of 2.4 GHzGigahertz. radios. When you click the 2.4 GHz tab, it provides information about 2.4 GHz radios in the Radios table.

  • 5 GHz—Displays the total number of active 5 GHz and 5 GHz (Secondary) radios. When you click the 5 GHz tab, it provides information about 5 GHz and 5 GHz (Secondary) radios in the Radios table.

The tri-radio feature is available only for AP-555. In the 5 GHz tab, the Radio 5 GHz (Secondary) data is available only if the tri-radio mode is enabled. For more information, see About Tri-Radio Mode.

Access Points Table

The Access Points table displays the following information:

• Device Name—Name of the AP.

• Status—Displays the operational status of the AP. The status is as follows:

  • Online—Indicates that the AP is online.

  • Offline—Indicates that the AP is offline.

  • Online—Indicates that the AP is operating under thermal management. For more information, see Thermal Shutdown Support in IAP.

• IP Address—IP address of the AP.

• Model—The model number of the AP.

• Serial—The serial number of the device.

• Firmware Version—The firmware version running on the AP.

• Clients—Clients connected to the AP.

• Alerts—Opens alerts related to APs.

• MAC Address—MACMedia Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network. address of the AP.

• Controller—The name of the controller.

• Secondary Controller—The name of the secondary controller.

• Config Status—The configuration changes associated with the AP. The Config Status column is not supported in the exported CSVComma-Separated Values. A file format that stores tabular data in the plain text format separated by commas. file.

• Group—Group to which the AP belongs.

• Labels—Labels associated with the AP. If multiple labels are associated with the AP, hover over the label link to view all the labels.

• Site—The site to which the device belongs.

• Uptime—Time since when the device is operational. The Uptime column is not applicable for offline devices and remains blank for all the devices in the Offline page.

• Last Seen—The last active time and date of the device. The Last Seen column is not applicable for online devices and remains blank for all the devices in the Online page.

• Public IP—IP address logged by servers when the device is connected through internet connection.

• Persona—Displays the type of role of the AP. For example, CAP and IAP.

• LLDP Neighbor—Displays the name of the LLDPLink Layer Discovery Protocol. LLDP is a vendor-neutral link layer protocol in the Internet Protocol suite used by network devices for advertising their identity, capabilities, and neighbors on an IEEE 802 local area network, which is principally a wired Ethernet. neighbor. Click the LLDP Neighbor name to view the switch details page, if the switch is managed by Aruba Central (on-premises).

• LLDP Port—Displays the port number of LLDP neighbor.

• AI Insights—The number of insights generated for the AP in the last three hours. The AI Insights column is not supported in the exported CSV file.

• Note—Displays the information captured in the Note parameter, in the AP Details section. The search filter allows you to search for exact and partial text search with prefix. The text search with suffix is not supported.

• Zone—Zone to which the AP belongs. Zone details are displayed in the column only for APs with firmware version ArubaOS 8.7.0.0 or later.

To download the .csv file of the AP list table, click the icon. If the table contains unicode value, you must use a UTF-8 enabled software to view the contents. To view the file in Microsoft Excel 2007 spreadsheet software, perform the following steps to view table with unicode values:

1. Open the Microsoft Excel 2007 software.
2. Click on the Data menu bar option.
3. Click on the From Text icon.
4. Browse to the location of the file that you want to import.
5. Select the file name and click Import.
6. The Text Import wizard is displayed.
7. Select the file type. For .csv format, select the Delimited option.
8. Select the 65001: Unicode (UTF-8)option from the drop-down list that is displayed next to the File origin.
9. Click Next. The Text ImportWizard-Step 1 of 3 page is displayed.
10. Place a check mark next to the delimiter such as the comma or full stop that was used in the file you wish to import into Microsoft Excel 2007.
11. The Data Preview window displays the data based on the selected delimiter.

12. Click Next. The Text ImportWizard-Step 3 of 3 page is displayed. Select the appropriate data format for each column that you want to import.

    Importing one or more columns is optional.

13. Click Finish to import the data into Microsoft Excel 2007.

Deleting an Offline AP

To delete an offline AP, see .

Rebooting an AP

To reboot an AP, see Rebooting an AP

Radios Table

The Radios table displays the following information:

• Access Point—Name of the AP.

  The online radios are displayed with a green dot and offline radios are displayed with a red dot.

• Radio MAC Address—The MAC address of the radios connected to the AP.

• Band—The type of radio bandBand refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.. For example, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 5 GHz (Secondary).

  The tri-radio feature is available only for AP-555. In the Band column, the Radio 5 GHz (Secondary) data is available only if the tri-radio mode is enabled. For more information, see About Tri-Radio Mode.

• Bandwidth—The bandwidth of data transferred through the radios.
• Channel—Channels assigned for the radios.
• Utilization (%)—The percentage of time (normalized to 255) that the channels of the radios are sensed to be busy. The AP uses either the physical or the virtual carrier sense mechanism to sense a busy channel. This percentage not only depends on the data bits transferred but also with the transmission overhead that makes use of the channel.
• Channel Changes—Displays the number of channel changes that has occurred in an AP. When you click the number, the Channel Changes pop-up window is displayed, that provides the following information:
  • Event Time—Displays the time period when the channel change occurred, in the format of days-hours-minutes.
  • Reason—Displays the reason for the channel change.
  • From Channel—Displays the channel number from which the channel change occurred.
  • To Channel—Displays the channel number to which the channel change occurred.
  • Band—The type of radio band. For example, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 5 GHz (Secondary).
  • Access Point—Name of the AP.
• Power (dBm)—The transmit power of the radios measured in decibels.
• Power Changes—Displays the number of power changes that has occurred in an AP. When you click the number, the Power Changes pop-up window is displayed, that provides the following information:
  • Event Time—Displays the time period when the power change occurred, in the format of days-hours-minutes.
  • Reason—Displays the reason for the power change.
  • From Power (dBm)—Displays the transmit power from which the power change occurred.
  • To Power (dBm)—Displays the transmit power to which the power change occurred.
  • Band—The type of radio band. For example, 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 5 GHz (Secondary).
  • Access Point—Name of the AP.

• Noise Floor (dBm)—The noise at the radio receivers of the radios. Along with the thermal noise, Noise Floor may be affected by certain types of interference sources, though not all interference types result in increased noise floor. Noise Floor value may vary depending on the noise introduced by components used in the computer or client device.

A search filter is provided only for the Access Point column.