M View and Manage Events
M View and Manage Events
Procedure
Step 1 Click the menu icon ( ) and choose Assurance > Dashboards > Issues and Events.
The Events dashboard opens with Device selected as the Category Type by default.
Figure 1: Device Events Dashboard
• Click in the top menu bar to choose the site, building, or floor from the Site
hierarchy.
• Click next to the location icon and choose Site Details to view the event counts for each
site.
• Choose Hierarchical Site View or Building View from the drop-down list. Based on what
you choose, the table is refreshed.
• From the Go to sites column, click for a site or building to display events for only that
location.
Timeline Slider Allows you to specify a more granular time range. Click and drag the timeline boundary lines to
specify the time range.
The colors represent the device type:
: Router
: Switch
: Wireless controller
: AP
The intensity of the color indicates its significance, whether more or fewer events have occurred
for that device. For example, a lighter shade of blue indicates fewer router events than a deeper
shade of blue.
Total Events The total number of events for all device types for a specific time range.
Step 2 Under Events, for the Category Type, click the Router, Switch, Wireless Controller, or AP tab to display a list of
events for that device type in the table.
Events Table
Item Description
Event Name Name of the event.
Click the event name to open a slide-in pane with details about the event.
Severity Severity of the event: Critical and above (Emergency and Alert) and less severe than Critical level
(Error, Warning, Notice, and Info).
Events Table
Item Description
Device Name Name of the device that was impacted by the event.
Click the device name to open the Device 360 window.
Step 3 To view multiple events, check the check box next to each event you want to view and click Show Selected Events.
The Multiple Events slide-in pane opens with each event displayed in a separate card.
From inside a card, you can do the following:
• Minimize, maximize, and close a card.
• Display more details by clicking the down arrow.
• Click hyperlinks to launch the respective device 360 window.
Step 4 From the Multiple Events slide-in pane, click the list view icon to display a compilation of all the subevents sequentially
in a list.
Procedure
Step 1 Click the menu icon ( ) and choose Assurance > Dashboards > Issues and Events.
Step 2 Click the Events tab.
The Events dashboard opens.
• Click in the top menu bar to choose the site, building, or floor from the Site
hierarchy.
• Click next to the location icon and choose Site Details to view the event counts for each
site.
• Choose Hierarchical Site View or Building View from the drop-down list. Based on what
you choose, the table is refreshed.
• From the Go to sites column, click for a site or building to display events for only that
location.
Timeline Slider Allows you to specify a more granular time range. Click and drag the timeline boundary lines to
specify the time range.
The colors represent the endpoint type:
: Wired
: Wireless
The intensity of the color indicates its significance, whether more or fewer events have occurred
for that device. For example, a lighter shade of purple indicates fewer endpoint events than a deeper
shade of purple.
Total Events The total number of events for all endpoint types for a specific time range.
Step 4 Click the Wired or Wireless tab to display a list of events for that endpoint type in the table.
Events Table
Item Description
Event Name Name of the event.
Click the event name to open a slide-in pane with more details.
Status (Wired Endpoints Only) The color represents the severity of the event.
: Error.
: Warning.
: Info.
: No data available.
Severity (Wired Endpoints Severity of the event. Severity can be critical and above (Emergency and Alert) and less severe
Only) (Error, Warning, Notice, and Info).
Identifier Identifier of the endpoint. It can be either user ID, hostname, IP Address, or MAC address, depending
on the availability in that order.
Click the identifier to open a slide-in pane with more details.
Events Table
Item Description
IPv4 Address IPv4 address of the device that is connected to the endpoint.
AP Name (Wireless Endpoints Name of the AP that is connected to the wireless endpoint.
Only)
Click the AP name to open the AP Device 360 window.
Switch (Wired Endpoints Only) Name of the switch that is connected to the wired endpoint.
Click the switch name to open the Device 360 window.
MAC Address MAC address of the device that is connected to the endpoint.
Port (Wired Endpoints Only) Switch port that is connected to the wired endpoint.
VLAN ID (Wired Endpoints VLAN ID of the switch port that is connected to the wired endpoint.
Only)
Switch IP Address (Wired IP address of the switch connected to the wired endpoint.
Endpoints Only)
AP MAC (Wireless Endpoints MAC address of the AP that is connected to the wireless endpoint.
Only)
Wireless Controller Name Name of the wireless controller that is connected to the wireless endpoint.
(Wireless Endpoints Only)
Band (Wireless Endpoints Radio band that the wireless endpoint is using.
Only)
DHCP Server (Wireless DHCP server that the wireless endpoint is using.
Endpoints Only)
Step 5 To view multiple events, check the check box next to each event you want to view and click Show Selected Events.
The Multiple Events slide-in pane opens with each event displayed in a separate card.
From inside a card, you can do the following:
• Minimize, maximize, and close a card.
• Display more details by clicking the down arrow.
• Click any hyperlinked data.
Step 6 From the Multiple Events slide-in pane, click the list view icon to display a compilation of all the subevents sequentially
in a list.