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Column Description
AP Contains a link to the APs/Devices > Monitor page for a device other than the source
device that was correlated from some data contained in the message (by LAN MAC,
BSSID, or IP Address). Can be blank, and will only be a link if you have visibility to the
device.
Client Displays a user’s MAC address if one was found in the message. Can be blank, and will be
a link if you have visibility to the user’s AP.
Severity The severity level of the event: Emergency, Alert, Critical, Bug, Error, Warning, Notice, or
Info
Facility Part of the syslog spec - sort of the logical source of the message. From controllers, will
always be one of local0-local7 (you can configure on the controller when sending syslog
messages to a particular receiver which facility you want to use in the messages).
Category If SNMP Trap: Hardware, IDS, Client Security, AP Security, AP Status, Software, or Rogue
Detection. For Syslog messages, a category is based on the process name on the
controller that sent the syslog message. The categorization for traps and syslog
messages only works for events from a Dell Networking W-Series controller.
Message The raw trap message including the AP MAC Address, time sent, and other information.
For syslogs, W-AirWave does not display the numbers at the beginning of the message
that indicate the severity and facility. For traps, W-AirWave will attempt to translate them
to human-readable format when possible. W-AirWave will not receive processed SNMP
traps into the Device Event framework if the W-AirWave doesn't have MIB file to translate
the trap.
Use the Search field at the top of the column to filter the messages.
Table 108: System > Syslog & Traps Columns and Descriptions (Continued)
Syslog messages also appear in the APs/Devices > Monitor page for controllers and in Clients > Client Detail
pages under the Association History section.
Using the Event Log
The System > Event Log page is a very useful debugging tool containing a list of recent W-AirWave events
including APs coming up and down, services restarting, and most W-AirWave-related errors as well as the user
that initiated the action. Figure 118 illustrates this page, and Table 109 describes the page components.
Figure 118:System > Event Log Page Illustration
Column Description
Time Date and time of the event.
Table 109: Event Log Fields
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