topic RE: AP Out of Service in Network Architecture & Design

AP Out of Service

Keith_Obermeier — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 00:51:00 GMT

NetSight Alerts for APs, deliver AP name instead of SN...

I have Netsight configured to alert me if a AP goes offline. This is a typical email:

Device:

Severity: Critical

Message: AP[13140661595A0000] out of Service on EWC[10.22.110.32]

Netsight relays the info the HWC delivers to it via syslog (i think) The AP is identified by SN. SN is useless to me unless I x-reference though the controller. Can the alert be changed to identify AP by name instead of SN?

RE: AP Out of Service

Doug — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 01:33:00 GMT

Netsight can be configured to report the AP names in certain traps, alarms, syslogging, etc..

There is an Alarms Manager section (Console --> Tools -- > Alarms Manager ) and you can go to a specific alarm and select "Actions" and override the content.

For the trap and syslog section you can enter in $alarmSource, $alarmSourceName or $deviceNickName.

RE: AP Out of Service

Keith_Obermeier — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 02:16:00 GMT

Thanks Doug. $AlarmSourceName was exactly what I was looking for.

RE: AP Out of Service

Christoph — Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:53:00 GMT

Is there a reference where to find all possible variables?

RE: AP Out of Service

Ronald_Dvorak — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:53:00 GMT

In Alarm Manager > Actions > Overwrite Content > Edit Content > Show Keyword...

That will open the browser with the Online Help with all the varaibles.

RE: AP Out of Service

Christoph — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:25:00 GMT

thanks