Events

A graphic at the top of this window shows the device and its network connections. Events that occur in the network for the selected device are recorded and displayed in this window. Table data is updated hourly. Select whether you want to display events from the current day or up to seven days. There is an Events tab and a Configuration Events tab above the table. Configuration events show only changes to the device configuration, either from inside a network policy, or at the device level.

Use the key-ahead search field to search for an event by description. Use the column picker to customize the categories displayed in the table. By default, Timestamp, Severity, Category, and Description columns are displayed. Optional columns include Host Name, Device MAC, and Client MAC.

Sort the table by the event category using the drop-down list. To control how the information is presented, select any of the column headings. For example, if you want to organize the content by host name, select the Host Name heading.

Each alarm or event log entry consists of the following elements:

• Timestamp: Indicates the time in the month/day and time-of-day format that the alarm or event occurred.
• Severity: Indicates the severity of the an alarm or event. The following can be displayed: Major, Info, and Clear.
• Category: Indicates how ExtremeCloud IQ was notified of the alarm or event. Available categories are CAPWAP, channel power, state change, client connection down, and client connection change.
• Description: Describes the context of an alarm or an event.
• Host Name: The host name of the configured device on which the event occurred.
• Device MAC: The MAC address of the device that reported the alarm or event.
• Client MAC: The MAC address of the client that reported the alarm or event.

To copy the information pertaining to an individual log, hover over the text in the Description column to view the complete description in a text box. Select the text and Copy it.

You can download table data as a .csv file.