Setup Guide
14 | Common Configuration Options Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.6 | Getting Started Guide
3. Specify the Severity level for the trigger.
4. Specify whether the trigger should be based on the number of down events over a specified period of time. When
this option is enabled, you can set the number of down events that activate the trigger, as well as the duration of
the time window to be measured. AirWave will then count the number of times that the device has gone from
Up to Down in the specified span of time and display this in the Device Down alert.
5. Specify whether the Device Down trigger will send alerts for thin APs when the controller is down and whether
the trigger will send alerts when the upstream device is down.
6. Specify whether an alert will be sent if a device is down due to a reboot.
7. Specify the conditions of the trigger and include Device Type and/or Minutes Down criteria.Triggers with the
Minutes Down condition enabled will compare the amount of time an AP has been down to the value (in
minutes) set for the condition.
8. Specify the Folder and Group to which this trigger should be applied. You can also select whether to include
subfolders of the selected Folder.
9. Specify an optional note to be applied to this trigger. This note will serve as the message subject for e-mailed
alerts.
10. Specify whether you want notifications to be emailed to your or sent via NMS (if an NMSserver is available).
11. Specify whether the trigger should display by role or by triggering agent.
l By Role: When you create a trigger definition, the triggers are visible to only those users who have the same
role as you (ie AMP Administrator).
l By Triggering Agent: When the trigger is run, this option distributes the alert according to how it was
generated.
12. Specify whether to suppress this alert until it has been acknowledged. If you select No, a new alert will be created
every time the trigger criteria are met. If you select Yes, an alert will only be received the first time the criteria is
met. A new alert for the device is not created until the initial one is acknowledged.
13. Select Add when you are finished configuring the trigger.
Radio Noise Floor Trigger
The Radio Noise Floor trigger can alert you the Noise Floor dBM has exceeded a certain value for a specified period
of time.
Perform the following steps to configure a Device Client Count trigger.
1. Navigate to the System> Triggers page and click the Add New Trigger button.
2. In the Type drop down, select Device Client Count.