DWS-3160 Series Gigabit Ethernet Unified Switch Web UI Reference Guide
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Chapter 2
Monitoring
Global
Peer Switch
Access Point
Client
QoS
Global
The Unified Switch periodically collects information from the APs it manages and from associated peer switches.
This window is used to show status and statistics about the switch and all of the objects associated with it.
To view this window, click
Monitoring > Global
as shown below:
Figure 2-1 Global window
The fields that can be displayed are described below:
Parameter
Description
WLAN Switch
Operational Status
This status field displays the operational status of the WLAN Switch. The WLAN
Switch may be configured as enabled, but is operationally disabled due to
configuration dependencies. If the operational status is disabled, the reason will be
displayed in the following status field.
The WLAN Switch is composed of multiple components, and each component in
the system must acknowledge an enable or disable of the WLAN Switch. During a
transition the operational status might temporarily show a pending status.
IP Address
IP address of the switch.
Module Version
Display WLAN version.
Peer Switches
Number of peer WLAN switches detected on the network.
Cluster Controller
Indicate whether this switch is the Cluster Controller for the cluster. Among a group
of peer switches, one of the switches is automatically elected or configured to be
the Cluster Controller. The Cluster Controller gathers status and statistics about all
APs and clients in the peer group.
NOTE:
Only the Cluster Controller switch can display managed APs, clients,
statistics, and RF Scan databases for the whole cluster. The switches that
