Event HistoryNEW!

Before you begin

About this task

The Event History screen displays historical events for both wireless controllers and access points.

To view a list of historical events for a specified device at a specified site (RF Domain):

Procedure

  1. Select Diagnostics > Event History.
  2. Select a Site.
  3. Select a Device assigned to the site for which you want to view historical events.
  4. Select Fetch Historical Events to generate and display the events data.
  5. Select the sort icon adjacent to a column heading to sort the data by the heading topic. By default, the data is sorted in ascending order, as indicated by the direction of the arrow in the icon . Toggle the icon to sort the column data in descending order . The "1" indicates by which column heading topic the data is currently sorted.
  6. Select Clear to remove the data displayed in the Event History pane.

Results

The Event History pane displays a list of historical events for the specified device at the specified site (RF Domain).

The following event data is fetched and displayed:

Timestamp

Displays the timestamp (time zone specific) when each listed event occurred.

Module

Displays the module tracking the listed event. Events detected by other modules are not tracked.

Message

Displays error or status messages for each event.

Severity

Displays the severity of the event as defined for tracking from the Configuration screen. Severity options include:

All Severities – All events are displayed irrespective of their severity.

Critical – Only critical events are displayed.

Error – Only errors and higher severity events are displayed.

Warning – Only warnings and higher severity events are displayed.

Informational – Only informational and higher severity events are displayed.

RF Domain Displays the Site selected for which the event history logs are captured.

Source

Displays the MAC address of the device tracked by the selected module.

Mnemonic

Displays the shorthand definition of a message action in a single word.

Example

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