Management Settings

To define a profile's management configuration:

1. Select Configuration → Profiles.

   A list of profiles (default and user-created) is displayed.

2. Select a profile from the displayed list.

   The selected profile's configuration menu is displayed.

3. Expand the Management menu and select Settings.

   

   Profiles Management Settings Tab

   

4. Refer to the Management Policy field to select or set a management configuration for use with this profile. A default management policy is also available if no existing policies are usable.

   Use the drop-down menu to select an existing management policy to apply to this profile. If no management policies exist meeting the data access requirements of this profile, select the Create icon to access a series of screens used to define administration, access control and SNMP configurations. Select an existing policy and select the Edit icon to modify the configuration of an existing management policy.

5. Use to the Critical Resource Policy drop-down menu to set a critical resource policy for use with this profile. For more information on defining a critical resource policy, see Overriding a Critical Resource Configuration.

6. Refer to the Message Logging field to define how the profile logs system events. It's important to log individual events to determine an overall pattern that may be negatively impacting performance using the configuration defined for this profile.

   Enable Message Logging	Select this option to enable the profile to log system events to a user defined log file or a syslog server. Selecting this check box enables the rest of the parameters required to define the profile's logging configuration. This option is disabled by default.
   Remote Logging Host	Use this table to define numerical (non DNS) IP addresses for up to three external resources where logged system events can be sent on behalf of the profile. Select Clear as needed to remove an IP address.
   Facility to Send Log Messages	Use the drop-down menu to specify the local server facility (if used) for the profile event log transfer.
   Syslog Logging Level	Event severity coincides with the syslog logging level defined for the profile. Assign a numeric identifier to log events based on criticality. Severity levels include 0 - Emergency, 1 - Alert, 2 - Critical, 3 - Errors, 4 - Warning, 5 - Notice, 6 - Info and 7 - Debug. The default logging level is 4.
   Console Logging Level	Event severity coincides with the syslog logging level defined for the profile. Assign a numeric identifier to log events based on criticality. Severity levels include 0 - Emergency, 1 - Alert, 2 - Critical, 3 - Errors, 4 - Warning, 5 - Notice, 6 - Info and 7 - Debug. The default logging level is 4.
   Buffered Logging Level	Event severity coincides with the syslog logging level defined for the profile. Assign a numeric identifier to log events based on criticality. Severity levels include 0 - Emergency, 1 - Alert, 2 - Critical, 3 - Errors, 4 - Warning, 5 - Notice, 6 - Info and 7 - Debug. The default logging level is 4.
   Time to Aggregate Repeated Messages	Define the increment (or interval) system events are logged on behalf of this profile. The shorter the interval, the sooner the event is logged. Either define an interval in Seconds (0 - 60) or Minutes (0 -1). The default value is 0 seconds.
   Forward Logs to Controller	Select the checkbox to define a log level for forwarding event logs. Log levels include Emergency,Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Info and Debug. The default logging level is Error.

7. Refer to the System Event Messages section to set how system messages are logged and forwarded on behalf of the profile.

   Event System Policy	Select an Event System Policy from the drop-down menu. If an appropriate policy does not exist click the Create button to make a new policy.
   Enable System Events	Select this option to allow the profile to capture system events and append them to a log file. It's important to log individual events to determine an overall pattern that may be negatively impacting performance. This setting is enabled by default.
   Enable System Event Forwarding	Select the Enable System Event Forwarding box to enable the forwarding of system events to another cluster member. This setting is enabled by default.

8. Refer to the Events E-mail Notification section to define how system event notification emails are sent.

   SMTP Server	Specify either the Hostname or IP Address of the outgoing SMTP server where notification emails will be originated.
   Port of SMTP	If a non-standard SMTP port is use on the outgoing SMTP server check this box and specify a port between 1 and 65,535 for the outgoing SMTP server to use.
   Sender Email Address	Specify the 64 character maximum email address from which notification emails are originated. This is the from address on notification emails.
   Recipient‘s E-mail Address	Specify up to 6 Email addresses to be the recipient‘s of event Email notifications.
   Username for SMTP Server	Specify the username of the sender on the outgoing SMTP server. Many SMTP servers require users to authenticate with a username and password before sending email through the server.
   Password for SMTP Server	Specify the password associated with the username of the sender on the outgoing SMTP server. Many SMTP servers require users to authenticate with a username and password before sending email through the server.

9. Refer to the Persist Configurations Across Reloads field to define how configuration settings are handled after reloads.

   Use the drop-down menu to configure whether configuration updates should persist when the device configuration is reloaded. Available options are Enabled, Disabled and Secure.

10. Refer to the External Analytics Engine section to set analytics engine login information for an external host.

    The Guest Access & Analytics software module is a site-wide Enterprise License available only on the NX9000 service platforms. When a customer visits a store, they connect to the Wireless LAN via guest access using a client device. The user needs to authenticate only on their first visit, and will automatically connect to the network for subsequent visits. The Analytics module helps gather data about customer behavior such as web sites visited, search terms used, mobile device types, number of new users vs. repeat users. This data provides a better understanding of pricing strategies and promotions being run by competitors. The data can be exported for additional in-depth analysis.

    Controller	Select this option to provide service platform analytics to a local device. This setting is enabled by default.
    URL	When using an external analytics engine with a NX9000 series service platform, enter the IP address or uniform resource locator (URL) for the system providing external analytics functions.
    User Name	Enter the user name needed to access the external analytics engine
    Password	Enter the password associated with the username on the external analytics engine.
    Update Interval	Set the interval in either Seconds (1 - 3,600), Minutes (1 - 60) or Hours (1) to forward buffered information to an external server resource, even when the buffers are not full. The default setting in 1 minute.

11. Select OK to save the changes made to the profile's management settings. Select Reset to revert to the last saved configuration.