Specifications

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Network Views
Network View provides a visual representation of the network infrastructure devices, mobile devices and
logical connections between devices. Network View includes a search function for finding network and
mobile devices and obtaining status for each device in a WMS supported wireless network.
A Network View map is automatically generated by WMS based on the devices found in the WMS
Network Discovery process. For more information, see “Network View” on page 52.
RF Views
Use the RF View tab to define how coverage areas display within the WMS console. The RF View tab
also provides a means of displaying MU association patterns. For more information, see “RF View” on
page 59.
Faults
The Faults feature provides alerting and event monitoring by displaying alerts and network event
summaries (as dashboard views) to identify devices that may be in distress. Reports can be optionally
generated based on different alert criteria.
The Faults screen is partitioned into two tabs supporting the following:
● Alarms on page 64
● Events on page 66
The Alarms functionality provides an automated action at various levels of the event flow. Alarm
policies are defined using a configuration file based on device type. The WMS alarm correlator defines
the logic for generating policy-based alarms and alerts by reading policies from a configuration file for
the affected device.
Refer to the Events tab to review a summary of events with appropriate color codes. Network events are
displayed as red, orange, blue and green icons for critical error, major error, minor error, warning and
clear states. Informational states may not need to be addressed immediately, whereas error states may
require immediate corrective action.
For more information, see “Faults” on page 64.
Reports
WMS contains a list of pre-defined Reports relevant to the device models supported. When a user selects
a device, a list of applicable pre-defined reports is available for that device family. The user can also
select reports for a specific time period (with a beginning and ending date) to further refine the content
of the report in respect to the reporting interval.
The data collected by WMS can be reported in either a raw-data or graphical format. The data collected
within an WMS report is periodically polled by the MIB structures supporting WMS device monitoring
and data collection activities.
The WMS reporting feature allows you to select a device model, display its associated device count and
collect its MIB configuration attribute(s). Reviewing the device configuration attributes in real-time
affords the user the advantage of assessing how the device reports network events based on the
parameters and threshold values set for the device.