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Table 107 describes the columns and the information provided in each:
Column Description
Time The timestamp of the device event.
Type Either Syslog or SNMP Trap.
Source Device
The name of the device that sent the message. Will be a link if you have visibility to the
device. Can be empty if AirWave could not correlate the source IP.
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, AirWave does not display the numbers at the beginning of the message that
indicate the severity and facility. For traps, AirWave will attempt to translate them to human-
readable format when possible. AirWave will not receive processed SNMP traps into the
Device Event framework if the 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 107: System > Syslog & Traps Columns and Descriptions
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 System > Event Log Page
The System > Event Log page is a very useful debugging tool containing a list of recent AirWave events including APs
coming up and down, services restarting, and most AirWave-related errors as well as the user that initiated the action.
Figure 128 illustrates this page, and Table 108 describes the page components.
Figure 128:System > Event Log Page Illustration