Manage Devices

The Manage > Devices window provides resources to facilitate device management. These resources include:

Status Indicators

Status indicators appear in the Device list and in the banner above the Device list.

Under the Status column in the Device list, icons appear that are designed to provide useful device status information. Multiple status icons can be associated with a device. Hover over any icon to view a label indicating what the icon represents. Some status icons are interactive. For example, select either the Configuration Audit Match icon or Configuration Audit Mismatch icon to open a pop-up window detailing device configuration changes that have been made since the last configuration update.

Note

Note

The Configuration Audit icons do not apply to locally managed switches.

See Device Status Icons for a description of each icon that can appear in the Device list and the actions users can take.

The status indicators in the banner above the Device list display network-level connection information and notifications. This data automatically updates whenever you open the Devices window. Banner Status Indicators describes the information each indicator provides and actions users can take:

Table 1. Banner Status Indicators
Status Indicator Description
Connection Status Shows the total number of connected devices and how many are online versus offline. Select the adjacent icon to view how many of the devices are APs versus switches.
Total Apps Shows the number of applications in use. Select the adjacent icon to view the Most Active App and the Most Active User. Select the adjacent (non-zero) value to open the Manage > Applications window to view more details about the applications. See Manage Network Applications and Application Groups for more information.
Clients Shows the number of connected clients. Select the adjacent (non-zero) value to open the ML Insights > Client360 window to view more details about the clients. See About Client 360 for more information.
Users Shows the number of connected users. Select the adjacent (non-zero) value to open the Manage > Users window to view more details about the users. See Manage Users for more information.
Anomaly Detection The Anomaly Detection indicator shows the number of anomalies detected over the past 24 hours. Hover over the icon to view a summary of the three most recent anomaly detections, or select View All to open the ExtremeCloud IQ CoPilot Dashboard and view more details about the anomalies.
Alerts The Alerts indicator shows the number of Unacknowledged Critical alerts raised over the last 24 hours. Hover over the icon to view a summary of the five most recent Critical alerts. Select View All to open the Alerts dashboard and review details of, and optionally acknowledge, the Critical alerts. See Alerts for more information.

Management Tools

Most of the tasks performed in the Device list require that you first identify the targets of any actions to be taken by selecting the check box associated with the devices in the Device list. You can individually select a target device, or you can select Select All and clear the check boxes for devices that you do not want to include.

When there are multiple pages of devices, to select all the devices on all pages, choose All Pages above the table. To deselect all the devices on all pages, choose None.
Note

Note

After you select All Pages, the Actions menu displays only the following basic management actions:
  • Assign Network Policy
  • Assign Location
  • Clear Audit Flag
  • Reboot
  • Change Management Status

Only actions applicable to the selected device are available.

The number of devices you select displays in Showing <devices selected> of <total filtered devices> Selected.

Choose from the following actions: