Aruba Central Online Help

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.

The Reports page has the following sections:

  • Create—Creates a report that can run instantly, on scheduled time, or recurrent reports.
  • Manage—Edits or deletes the scheduled reports.
  • Browse—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:

  • Clients
  • Infrastructure
  • Security Compliance
  • Applications

Types of Reports

Table 1: Clients Reports

Section

Description

Client Inventory

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

Client Session

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

Client Usage

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

Guest

Displays the number of guests, guest SSID, and guest connection for the selected group.

Table 2: Infrastructure Reports

Section

Description

Capacity Planning

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

Configuration & Audit

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

Infra Inventory

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

Network

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.

RAPIDSRogue Access Point identification and Detection System. An AMP module that is designed to identify and locate wireless threats by making use of all of the information available from your existing infrastructure.

Displays the details of all rogue or interfering devices in Aruba Central.

RFRadio Frequency. RF refers to the electromagnetic wave frequencies within a range of 3 kHz to 300 GHz, including the frequencies used for communications or Radar signals. Health

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)

NOTE: 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 Device column in the RF Health Report shows the radio number of the operating radio along with the model number of the device.

WANWide Area Network. WAN is a telecommunications network or computer network that extends over a large geographical distance. Availability

Displays WAN overlay and underlay availability information.

The Underlay report contains the following details:

Controller

Site

Serial Number

Host name

MAC

Uplink

Name

Type

VLANVirtual Local Area Network. In computer networking, a single Layer 2 network may be partitioned to create multiple distinct broadcast domains, which are mutually isolated so that packets can only pass between them through one or more routers; such a domain is referred to as a Virtual Local Area Network, Virtual LAN, or VLAN.

%Uptime

Uptime

Downtime

The Overlay report contains the following details:

Controller

Site

Serial Number

Host name

MAC

Uplink

VLAN

Tunnel

Name

SIPSession Initiation Protocol. SIP is used for signaling and controlling multimedia communication session such as voice and video calls.

DIP

%Uptime

Uptime

Downtime

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:

Transport Type— Internet or VPNVirtual Private Network. VPN enables secure access to a corporate network when located remotely. It enables a computer to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if it were directly connected to the private network, while benefiting from the functionality, security, and management policies of the private network. This is done by establishing a virtual point-to-point connection through the use of dedicated connections, encryption, or a combination of the two..

Top N Count—Top N count of events, the number should be be between 1-250.

Classify On—Classify the report on geo location, web category, or web reputation.

Report type— Choose either a complete summary report or blocked urls report.

Report Period—Choose the time period for the report from:

Last day

Last seven days

Last 30 days

Custom Range

Recurrence—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:

Table 3: Security Compliance Reports

Section

Description

PCI Compliance

Displays the PCI Compliance result as Fail or Pass.

Security Compliance

Displays the security compliance results. The report includes the following details:

Rogue APs

Total Rogue APs Detected

Wireless Intrusions

Total Wireless Intrusions

Table 4: Applications Reports

Section

Description

AppRF

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

UCC

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:

  1. In the Network Operations app, under Maintain, click Reports. The reports overview page is displayed.
  2. Click Create. The Reports page is displayed.
  3. Select one of the categories from the page display and click on the type of report you wish to create.
  4. Under Context, select one of the following options:
    1. Groups
    2. Sites
    3. Labels
  5. To generate reports for the devices attached to a group, select Groups and then select a device group.
  6. To generate reports for devices attached to a label, click Labels and then select a label.
  7. To generate reports for devices deployed on a specific site, click Sites and select a site.
  8. Click Next.
  9. Under Report Period, select one of the following options:
    1. Last day
    2. Last 7 days
    3. Last 30 days
    4. Custom Range
  10. Click Next.
  11. Select one of the recurrent options:
    1. One time (now)
    2. One time (Later)
    3. Every day
    4. Every week
    5. Every month
  12. Under Report Information, add a report title, and an email address the report should be delivered to.
  13. Select the PDF or CSV check box, to specify the format of the report.
  14. Click Generate.
  15. If you selected One Time as the option in step 12, the report will display under Archived Reports. If the report is scheduled for a later time, the details will display under Scheduled Reports.

Editing a Report

To edit a report:

  1. From the Network Operations app, under Maintain, click Reports. The reports overview page is displayed.
  2. Click Manage.
  3. Under Scheduled Reports, select a report and then click the edit icon. The Create Report page is displayed.
  4. Under Context, select one of the following options:
    1. Groups
    2. Sites
    3. Labels
  5. To generate reports for the devices attached to a group, select Groups and then select a device group
  6. To generate reports for devices attached to a label, click Labels and then select a label.
  7. To generate reports for devices deployed on a specific site, click Sites and select a site.
  8. Click Next.
  9. Under Report Period, select one of the following options:
    1. Last day
    2. Last 7 days
    3. Last 30 days
    4. Custom Range
  10. Click Next.
  11. Select one of the recurrent options:
    1. One time (now)
    2. One time (Later)
    3. Every day
    4. Every week
    5. Every month
  12. Under Report Information, add a report title, and an email address the report should be delivered to.
  13. Select the PDF or CSV check box, to specify the format of the report.
  14. Click Generate.
  15. If you selected One Time as the option in step 12, the report will display under Archived Reports. If the report is scheduled for a later time, the details will display under Scheduled Reports.

Viewing or Downloading a Report

To view or download a report:

  1. From the Network Operations app, under Maintain, click Reports. The reports overview page is displayed.
  2. Click Browse. The Report table is displayed. Existing reports are listed under Archived Reports.
  3. Under Archived Reports, select the report.
  4. To view the report online, click the report name. The report delays are displayed.
  5. To download the report, hover the cursor over the report name and click CSV or PDF. The report gets downloaded to the local system

Deleting a Report

To delete a report:

  1. From the Network Operations app, under Maintain, click Reports. The reports overview page is displayed.
  2. Click Browse. The Report table is displayed. Existing reports are listed under Archived Reports.
  3. Under Archived Reports, select a report and click the delete icon. The report gets deleted.