User`s guide

Management and Monitoring
RoamAbout Switch Manager User’s Guide 2-15
Rogue Detection
ArogueAPisanaccesspointthatisnotauthorizedtooperateinornearyournetwork.Youcan
useRFcountermeasurestodenyservicetoorfromatargetedrogueAP,andrenderthem
ineffective.OncearogueAPisdetectedandreported,theclosestRoamAboutaccesspointis

assignedtoperformRFcountermeasures.Byspoofingvarious802.11controlmessages,theAP’s
countermeasuresdisruptassociationandauthenticationattemptstotherogueAPbyanynew
clients.ThisalsodisruptsanyactivecommunicationsbetweenanyexistingclientandrogueAP.
TheFaultManagementSystemallowsyoutocollectstatisticsand
viewreportsaboutthe
following:
• Currentroguelist,aggregatedforthewholenetwork
• Currenthourroguelist
• Currentdayroguelist
•30daysofroguehistory,usingbestlistenerdata
•Roguelifecycleevents(whentheroguewasfirstseen,bywhom,andwhenitwentaway)
• Counter‐measureactivity
Verification
Bothconfigurationverificationandnetworkverificationrulesarecheckedforanyinconsistencies
orproblems.Verificationrulesinclude“instantfix”resolutions.Instantfixresolutionsareerrors
thatcanbeautomaticallyfixed,oralternativelyprovideahotlinktotheobjectcontainingthe
error.
Youcanselectivelydisableanyrule.Disablingarule
isusefulifyouwishtoignoreawarningand
donotwantitdisplayed.
Reporting
RASMusesadatabasetocollectandstoreclient,RF,andothersystemdynamicdata,suchas
statistics,status,events,andtraps.Youcangeneratereportsfromthemonitoringand
configurationdatacollectedinthedatabase.Areportcanhaveaselectablescopeandaselectable
timeperiodandinsome
cases,queryfilterparameters.RefertoTable 2‐2foralistingand
descriptionofthereportsyoucangenerateinRASM.
Table 2-2 RASM Reports
Report Description
Configuration Reports
Inventory Report Provides information about the RoamAbout Switches and APs
in your network.
Mobility domain configuration Provides a configuration overview, providing data that spans
multiple RoamAbout Switches. For example, it contains
information about the AAA/RADIUS setup, SSIDs, and where
they are configured.
Mobility Exchange (RoamAbout)
Configuration
Provides details on a RoamAbout configuration.