You can design a custom dashboard using a variety of widgets to help you to monitor network performance and organize network data.
To create or modify a dashboard:
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The widgets available depend on whether you choose to design a network- or site-level dashboard.| Widget | Description | System widget | Site widget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clients | Displays the total number of wireless clients managed by
the wireless controller or service platform. This Client
table lists the top 5 RF Domains, in terms of the number of
wireless clients adopted:
| Yes | No |
| Clients by Band |
Displays a pie chart representing the radio frequency band utilization of connected RF domain member clients. Assess whether the client band utilization adequately supports the intended radio deployment objectives of the connected RF domain member access point radios. Each wedge has a label indicating its associated frequency band. You can take the following actions:
| No | Yes |
| Clients by Channel |
Displays a pie chart of color-coded channels over which clients using 6GHz, 5GHz and 2.4GHz radios are connected. Each wedge has a label indicating its associated channel number. Note:
Channels associated with 6GHz radios have an "e" appended to the channel number. You can take the following actions:
| No | Yes |
| Client Quality | Displays a table of RF Domain connected clients requiring
administration to improve performance. The table includes
the following information:
| No | Yes |
| Client Traffic Utilization | Displays a table representing how efficiently the RF
medium is utilized for connected clients. Traffic
utilization is defined as the percentage of current
throughput relative to the maximum possible throughput for
the clients in the RF domain. The table includes the following information:
| No | Yes |
| Device Status | Displays a color-coded donut chart representing the
relative number of online versus offline devices. Each half
has a label indicating its associated status. You can take
the following actions:
| Yes | Yes |
| Device Status Distribution | Displays a ratio of offline versus online devices within the system. The information is displayed in pie chart format to illustrate device support ratios. | Yes | Yes |
| Device Type | Displays an exploded pie chart representing the device
types populating the RF domain. Each color-coded wedge has a
label indicating its associated device model. You can take
the following actions:
| Yes | Yes |
| Device Type Distribution | Displays a numerical representation of the different controller, service platform and access point models in the current system or RF Domain. Their operational status (online and offline) device connections are also displayed. | Yes | Yes |
| Domain Manager | Displays the name of the RF Domain manager. The RF Domain manager is the focal point for the radio system and acts as a central registry of applications, hardware and capabilities. It also serves as a mount point for all the different pieces of the hardware system file. | No | Yes |
| Radios | Displays top performing radios, their RF Domain memberships, and a status time stamp. RF Domain information can be selected to review RF Domain membership information in greater detail. Information in the Radio area is presented in two tables. The first lists the total number of Radios managed by this system, the second lists the top five RF Domains in terms of the number of available radios. | Yes | No |
| Radios by Band |
Displays a pie chart representing the RF domain member device radios classified by their radio band or sensor dedication. Review this information to assess whether RF domain member radios adequately support client device traffic requirements. Each wedge has a label indicating its associated classification. You can take the following actions:
| No | Yes |
| Radios by Channel | Displays pie charts of the different channels utilized by
RF domain member radios. These dedicated channels should be
as segregated as possible from one another to avoid
interference. If too many radios are utilizing a single
channel, consider off-loading radios to non utilized
channels to improve RF domain performance. Note:
Channels associated with 6GHz radios have an "e" appended to the channel number. | No | Yes |
| Radio Quality | Displays a table of RF quality on a per radio basis. It
is a measure of the overall effectiveness of the RF
environment displayed in percentage. It is a function of the
transmit retry rate in both directions and the error rate.
This area of the screen displays the average quality index
across all the defined RF domain on the wireless controller.
The table lists worst five of the RF quality values of all
the radios defined on the wireless controller. The quality is measured as:
| No | Yes |
| Radio Traffic Utilization | Displays how efficiently the RF medium is used. Traffic utilization is defined as the percentage of current throughput relative to the maximum possible throughput for the RF domain. The table displays a list of the top five radios in terms of overall traffic utilization quality. It displays the radio names and radio types for each of the top five radios. | No | Yes |
| RF Quality | Displays RF quality per RF domain. It is a measure of the
overall effectiveness of the RF environment displayed in
percentage. It is a function of the connect rate in both
directions, retry rate and error rate. This field displays an average quality index supporting each RF domain. The table lists the bottom five (5) RF quality values for RF domains. Listed RF domains display as individual links that can be selected to RF domain information in greater detail. Use this diagnostic information to determine what measures can be taken to improve radio performance in respect to wireless client load and the radio bands supported. The quality is measured as:
| Yes | No |
| System Security | Displays RF intrusion prevention stats and their associated threat level. The greater the number of unauthorized devices, the greater the associated threat level. It also displays a list of up to five (5) RF domains in relation to the number of associated wireless clients. The RF domains appear as links that can be selected to display RF domain information in greater detail. | Yes | No |
| Top 5 Radios by Clients | Displays a list of radios that have the highest number of clients. This list displays the radio IDs as links that can be selected to display individual radio information in greater detail. | No | Yes |
| Wireless | Displays a list of WLANs utilized by RF domain member devices. The table is ordered by WLAN member device radio count and their number of connected clients. Use this information to assess whether the WLAN is overly populated by radios and clients contributing to congestion. | No | Yes |
| Wireless Security | Wireless Security displays the overall threat index for the system. This index is based on the number of Rogue/Unsanctioned APs and Wireless Intrusion Protection System (WIPS) events detected. The index is in the range 0 - 5 where 0 indicates there are no detected threats. An index of 5 indicates a large number of intrusion detection events or rogue/unsanctioned APs detected | No | Yes |
| WLAN Utilization |
Displays the traffic utilization index, which measures how efficiently the WLAN's traffic medium is used. WLAN Utilization is defined as the percentage of current throughput relative to maximum possible throughput for the WLAN. The table displays a list of the top five WLANs in terms of overall traffic utilization. It displays the utilization level (T-Index), WLAN name and SSIDs for each of the top five WLANs. Low indexes may require administration to assess why there's an excess of missed packets. Traffic indices are:
| No | Yes |