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10
M
ONITORING THE
N
ETWORK
This chapter describes how to use the 3WXM monitoring service. It
includes information about monitoring service requirements, accessing
monitored data, using the Explore, Status Summary, Client Monitor, RF
Monitor, and RF Trends windows, and accessing realtime performance
statistics and the event log.
Overview
The 3WXM monitoring service regularly checks the status of the network
and reports that status to each 3WXM client that is connected to the
service. Optionally, the service also receives SNMP traps generated by the
WX switches and shows information based on those traps.
The Monitor tab displays information retrieved from the monitoring
service. Information is presented in the following windows:
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Explore — Shows the operational status of 3Com equipment: WX
switches, MAP access points, and radios.
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Status Summary — Shows tables of basic information for the 3Com
equipment.
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Client Monitor — Shows activity, errors, and session information for
network clients. Additionally, you can configure a watch list of clients
and track their activity and session histories over time, up to 30 days.
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RF Monitor — Shows RF information for radios, including power and
channel information.
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RF Trends — Shows current and past statistics for radios. You can
view statistics up to 30 days old, and display graphs of data trends.
The monitoring service is configured to provide data for the Explore and
Status Summary windows by default. To provide data to the client and RF
windows, you must enable the service to poll MS switches for client and
RF data. You also can enable the service to receive SNMP traps generated
by the WX switches. (See “Changing Monitoring Settings” on page 552.)