Reports
The Aruba Central dashboard enables you to create various types of reports. You can create recurrent reports or configure the reports to run on demand. To create a report, you must have read/write privileges or Admin rights.
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page has the following sections:- —Creates a report that can run instantly, on scheduled time, or recurrent reports.
- —Edits or deletes the scheduled reports.
- —Lists all the archived reports.
Report Categories
Aruba Central allows you to create various types of reports based on your network requirements. The report types supported by Aruba Central are:
Types of Reports
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Displays the client details summarized by all aggregation fields. The report includes the following details: Report Name Date Run Device Group Client count by SSIDService Set Identifier. SSID is a name given to a WLAN and is used by the client to access a WLAN network. Client count by role Client count by connection mode client count by connection type Client count by OS Client count by vendors |
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Displays the details of client sessions for the SSIDs provisioned on Instant APs. The report includes the following details: Report Name Date Run Device Group Summary Clients Sessions Traffic Session Data by OS / Connection Mode / SSID / Role / MACMedia Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network. Vendor Clients by OS / Connection Mode / SSID / Role / MAC Vendor Time Spent by OS / Connection Mode / SSID / Role / MAC Vendor Data Usage by OS / Connection Mode / SSID / Role / MAC Vendor Client Device OS / Connection Mode / SSID / Role / MAC Vendor Top 10 clients by usage filtered based on SSID |
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Displays the client usage and count details. The report includes the following details: Client Usage Top 10 clients by usage filtered based on SSID Client Count Top 10 applications by usage Top 10 web categories by usage Top 10 app categories Web reputation |
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Displays the number of guests, guest SSID, and guest connection for the selected group. |
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Displays the throughput and client density information for devices provisioned in Aruba Central. The report includes the following details: Report Name Date Run Device Group Subscription Utilization: Total Subscription, Used subscriptions, and Available subscriptions Top 25 APs by usage Top 25 switches by usage Top 25 APs by peak client Top-25 APs by average client |
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Displays the configuration and audit logs for all the device management, configurations, and user management events triggered in Aruba Central. The report includes the following details: Report Name Date Run Device Group Configuration Audit Status Aruba Switches Configuration Audit Status Virtual Controllers Configuration Audit Status |
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Displays the inventory and subscription information for the devices that are online during a specific duration. The report includes the following details: Report Name Date Run Device Group Subscription Utilization: Total Subscription, Used subscriptions, and Available subscriptions Subscription Keys Number of APs Number of Switches Number of controllers Firmware Version Summary (IAP) AP Count by Site Firmware Version Summary (Switch) Switch Count by Site Firmware Version Summary (controllers) controllers Count by Site Model and Firmware version (IAP) Model and Firmware version (Switch) Model and Firmware version (controllers) AP interfaces summary |
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Displays the following parameters: Number of Instant APs Instant AP Model Top Ten Wireless Clients By Usage Top Ten Instant APs By Usage Total Usage By SSID Device Types Wireless Clients Wireless Data Usage Wireless Data Peak Usage Top Ten Applications By Usage Top Ten Web Categories By Usage Switches Switch Model Top Ten Switches By Usage (Tx/Rx) Top Ten Ports By Usage (Tx/Rx) Wired Uplink Stats Wired Peak Uplink Stats |
New Infra Inventory |
Displays the inventory and subscription information to the devices that are newly added in Aruba Central. |
Displays the details of all rogue or interfering devices in Aruba Central. |
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Displays the following RF usage statistics for the AP radios. Problem Radios (5 GHzGigahertz. / 2.4 GHz) Most Noise (5 GHz / 2.4 GHz) Most Errors (5 GHz / 2.4 GHz) Most Utilized by Channel Usage (5 GHz / 2.4 GHz) Least Utilized by Channel Usage (5 GHz / 2.4 GHz) Most Channel Changes (5 GHz / 2.4 GHz) Most Transmission Power Changes (5 GHz / 2.4 GHz) Radio with Least GoodputGoodput is the application level throughput that refers to the ratio of the total bytes transmitted or received in the network to the total air time required for transmitting or receiving the bytes. (5 GHz / 2.4 GHz) For APs that support 5 GHz dual bandBand refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. in synchronization with Aruba Instant 8.3.0.0, the column in the shows the radio number of the operating radio along with the model number of the device. |
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Displays WAN overlay and underlay availability information. The report contains the following details:Controller Site Serial Number Host name MAC Uplink Name Type %Uptime Uptime Downtime The report contains the following details:Controller Site Serial Number Host name MAC Uplink VLAN Tunnel Name DIP %Uptime Uptime Downtime |
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WAN Inventory |
Displays a list of Controllers onboarded. The report is segregated by ArubaOS software version and contains the following information: Report Name Report Type Date Run Device Group Software Version Site Name Serial Number Host name MAC IP Address Model Status Street Address |
WAN Compliance |
Displays the worst performing or best performing links according to the SLA compliance violations. The report contains the following details: Report Name Report Type Date Run Device Group Policy Name Site Serial Number Host Name MAC Uplink Name Type Value Compliance |
WAN Transport Health |
Displays the top N links with probed values. The report contains the following details: Report Name Report Type Date Run Periodicity Title Probe Destination IP Controllers Site Serial Number Host name MAC Uplink Name Uplink Value Either Loss (% |
WAN Utilization |
Displays WAN bandwidth utilization information for Underlay, Overlay, and Uplinks. The report contains the following details: controllers Site Serial Number Host name MAC Uplink Name Type VLAN Usage Average Bandwidth (MbpsMegabits per second) SLA Bandwidth (Mbps) %Utilization |
WAN Web Content Classification |
Displays the details of Reputation, Categories, and Destination Countries. The report can categorize information by: — Internet or—Top N count of events, the number should be be between 1-250. —Classify the report on , , or . — Choose either a complete or . —Choose the time period for the report from:
—Set the recurrence for the report generation. The reports contain the following Device Details: Site—Location of the controllers or VPNC. Serial #—Serial number of the device. Hostname—The hostname. MAC—Device MAC address. The report also contains the top 5 Web Reputation, Web Category, Destination, and total usage details. If required, a user can generate a report for web traffic going over a VPN. |
The following table lists the different types of reports under each report category:
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Displays the PCI Compliance result as or . |
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Displays the security compliance results. The report includes the following details: Rogue APs Total Rogue APs Detected Wireless Intrusions Total Wireless Intrusions |
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Displays application usage report for a specific device group. The report displays the following widgets: Report Name Report Type Top 10 applications accessed by the clients Top 10 web categories accessed by the clients Top 10 applications for device types Others |
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Displays the security compliance results. The report includes the following details: Rogue APs Total Rogue APs Detected Wireless Intrusions Total Wireless Intrusions |
Creating a Report
You can generate reports for devices associated with a group, site, or label. You can also set a periodicity for running the reports.
Although your page view is set to a specific group, site, or label, you can create reports for a different group, site, or label. However, if your page view is set to an Instant AP cluster or Switch, you can schedule report generation only for that Instant AP cluster or Switch.
To create a report:
- In the app, under , click . The reports overview page is displayed.
- Click . The page is displayed.
- Select one of the categories from the page display and click on the type of report you wish to create.
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- To generate reports for the devices attached to a group, select and then select a device group.
- To generate reports for devices attached to a label, click and then select a label.
- To generate reports for devices deployed on a specific site, click and select a site.
- Click .
- Under
- Click .
- Select one of the recurrent options:
- Under , add a report title, and an email address the report should be delivered to.
- Select the or check box, to specify the format of the report.
- Click .
- If you selected as the option in step 12, the report will display under . If the report is scheduled for a later time, the details will display under .
Editing a Report
To edit a report:
- From the app, under , click . The reports overview page is displayed.
- Click .
- Under , select a report and then click the edit icon. The page is displayed.
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- To generate reports for the devices attached to a group, select and then select a device group
- To generate reports for devices attached to a label, click and then select a label.
- To generate reports for devices deployed on a specific site, click and select a site.
- Click .
- Under
- Click .
- Select one of the recurrent options:
- Under , add a report title, and an email address the report should be delivered to.
- Select the or check box, to specify the format of the report.
- Click .
- If you selected as the option in step 12, the report will display under . If the report is scheduled for a later time, the details will display under .
Viewing or Downloading a Report
To view or download a report:
- From the app, under , click . The reports overview page is displayed.
- Click . The table is displayed. Existing reports are listed under .
- Under , select the report.
- To view the report online, click the report name. The report delays are displayed.
- To download the report, hover the cursor over the report name and click or . The report gets downloaded to the local system
Deleting a Report
To delete a report:
- From the app, under , click . The reports overview page is displayed.
- Click . The table is displayed. Existing reports are listed under .
- Under , select a report and click the delete icon. The report gets deleted.