User's Guide

A description of the actions are as follows:
Action Description
Clear Alarm Clear the selected alarm using one of the following options:
• Clear Alarm (no time limit)
• Clear for 1 hour
• Clear for 6 hours
• Clear for 12 hours
• Clear for 24 hours.
If you click one of the options with a time limit. The alarm is cleared
for the specified time and then returns if the conditions that
generated the alarm are not cleared.
Edit Alarm Notes Allows you to edit or add notes for the selected alarm.
Set Flag Flag the selected alarm(s) to indicate attention is required.
Clear Flag Remove flag from the selected alarm(s).
Mark as New Mark the alarm as new. New alarms are displayed in bold text.
Mark as acknowledged Mark the alarm as acknowledge which means you have selected the
alarm and view details about the alarm. Acknowledge alarms are
displayed in regular text.
Export Alarms Exports the alarm information to a CSV file. You will be prompted
for a name and a location to place the file.
Manage Cleared Alarms Displays an overlay where you can manage cleared alarms. A list of
alarms is displayed containing alarms that have been cleared and
configured to remain cleared for a specified amount of time. You
can remove alarms that have been configured to remain cleared for
a time period by selecting (highlighting) the alarm(s) and clicking
Remove Alarms.
Click Close to exit the overlay.
Configuration Tab
The Configuration tab allows you to initially set up AirDefense, configure devices for management, and
perform other administrative tasks such as user and sensor administration. Once you configure your
network with AirDefense, you can administer and monitor your network from one central location.
The following configuration categories allow you fully set up and manage AirDefense:
• Appliance Platform is used to initially set up AirDefense.
• Security & Compliance is used to define the security configurations of sanctioned wireless clients
and monitor the wired network devices in your system.
• Network Assurance provides WLAN performance monitoring. and performs trac analysis and RF
analysisamong other actionsto determine coverage gaps. Use it to configure Live RF settings, create
performance profiles, and set up environment monitoring.
• Infrastructure Management is used to configure devices so that they can communicate on your
network and be managed by AirDefense.
• Operational Management is used to configure features that apply to the normal operations of
AirDefense.
Legacy Content
Configuration Tab
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