Cisco Prime Network Control System Configuration Guide, Release 1.1

Report Launch Pad
Autonomous AP Reports
CleanAir Reports
Client Reports
Compliance Reports
ContextAware Reports
Device Reports
MSAP Reports
- Mobile MAC Statistics
  - Configuring a Mobile MAC Statistics Report
- Service URI Statistics
  - Configuring a Service URI Statistics Report
Guest Reports
Identity Services Engine Reports
Mesh Reports
Network Summary
Performance Reports
Security Reports

Reports

The Cisco NCS reporting is necessary to monitor the system and network health as well as troubleshoot problems. A number of reports can be generated to run on an immediate and scheduled basis. Each report type has a number of user-defined criteria to aid in the defining of the reports. The reports are formatted as a summary, tabular, or combined (tabular and graphical) layout. Once defined, the reports can be saved for future diagnostic use or scheduled to run and report on a regular basis.

Reports are saved in either CSV or PDF format and are either saved to a file on the NCS for later download or e-mailed to a specific e-mail address.

The reporting types include the following:

•Current, which provides a snap shot of the data that is not dependent upon time.

•Historical, which retrieves data from the device periodically and stores it in the NCS database

•Trend, which generates a report using aggregated data. Data can be periodically collected based from devices on user-defined intervals, and a schedule can be established for report generation.

With the NCS, you also have the ability to export any report that you can view, sort reports into logical groups, and archive for long-term storage.

Note As of the NCS 1.x, the size limitations for reports is removed. So, you can view a report of any size with any number of graphs using HTML or saved as CSV/PDF files.

The Reports menu provides access to all the NCS reports as well as currently saved and scheduled reports.

•Report Launch Pad—The hub for all the NCS reports. From this page, you can access specific types of reports and create new reports. See the "Report Launch Pad" section for more information.

•Scheduled Run Results—Allows you to access and manage all currently scheduled runs in the NCS. In addition, allows you to access and manage on-demand export as well as e-mailed reports. See the "Managing Scheduled Run Results" section for more information.

•Saved Report Templates—Allows you to access and manage all currently saved report templates in the NCS. See the "Managing Saved Report Templates" section for more information.

Report Launch Pad

The report launch pad provides access to all the NCS reports from a single page. From this page, you can view current reports, open specific types of reports, create and save new reports, and manage scheduled runs (see Figure 14-1).

Tip Hover your mouse cursor over the tool tip next to the report type to view more report details.

Figure 14-1 Report Launch Pad

This section contains the following topics:

•Mapping Reports in the WCS with Reports in the NCS

•Creating and Running a New Report

•Managing Current Reports

•Managing Scheduled Run Results

•Managing Saved Report Templates

Mapping Reports in the WCS with Reports in the NCS

Table 14-1 provides the mapping between the reports in WCS and reports in the NCS. Additionally, the new reports that were added to the NCS are also specified.

Table 14-1 Mapping Reports in WCS with Reports in the NCS
Reports	In WCS	In NCS
Autonomous AP	-	-
Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization	No	Yes
Autonomous AP Summary	No	Yes
Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel	No	Yes
Autonomous AP Uptime	No	Yes
Autonomous AP Utilization	No	Yes
Busiest Autonomous APs	No	Yes
CleanAir	-	-
Air Quality vs Time	Yes	Yes
Security Risk Interferers	Yes	Yes
Worst Air Quality APs	Yes	Yes
Worst Interferers	Yes	Yes
Client	-	-
Busiest Clients	Yes	Yes
Client Count	Yes	Yes
Client Sessions	Yes	Yes
Client Summary	Yes	Yes
Client Traffic	Yes	Yes
Client Traffic Stream Metrics	Yes	Yes
Posture Status Count	No	Yes
Throughput	Yes	Yes
Unique Clients	Yes	Yes
CCX Client Statistics	Yes	Yes
Compliance	-	-
Configuration Audit	Yes	Yes
PCI DSS Detailed	Yes	Yes
PCI DSS Summary	Yes	Yes
ContextAware	-	-
Client Location History	Yes	Yes
Client Location Tracking	Yes	Yes
Guest Location Tracking	Yes	Yes
Location Notifications	Yes	Yes
Rogue AP Location Tracking	Yes	Yes
Rogue Client Location Tracking	Yes	Yes
Tag Location History	Yes	Yes
Tag Location Tracking	Yes	Yes
Device	-	-
AP Image Pre-download	Yes	Yes
AP Profile Status	Yes	Yes
AP Summary	Yes	Yes
Busiest APs	Yes	Yes
CPU Utilization	Yes	Yes
Detailed Switch Inventory	No	Yes
Identity Capability	No	Yes
Inventory	No	Yes
Memory Utilization	Yes	Yes
Non-Primary Controller APs	No	Yes
Switch Interface Utilization	No	Yes
Up Time	Yes	Yes
Utilization	Yes	Yes
Guest	-	-
Guest Accounts Status	Yes	Yes
Guest Association	Yes	Yes
Guest Count	Yes	Yes
Guest User Sessions	Yes	Yes
NCS Guest Operations	Yes	Yes
MSAP	--	--
Mobile MAC Statistics	No	Yes
Service URI Statistics	No	Yes
Identity Services Engine	--	--
Posture Detail Assessment	No	Yes
Endpoint Profiler Summary	No	Yes
Top N Endpoint MAC Authentications	No	Yes
Endpoint MAC Authentication Summary	No	Yes
User Authentication Summary	No	Yes
Top N User Authentications	No	Yes
Radius Accounting	No	Yes
Radius Authentication	No	Yes
Mesh	-	-
Alternate Parent	Yes	Yes
Link Stats	Yes	Yes
Nodes	Yes	Yes
Packet Stats	Yes	Yes
Stranded APs	Yes	Yes
Worst Node Hops	Yes	Yes
Network Summary	Yes	Yes
802.11n Summary	Yes	Yes
Executive Summary	Yes	Yes
Preferred Calls Report	Yes	Yes From the NCS 1.1 onwards.
Performance	-	-
802.11 Counters	Yes	Yes
Coverage Hole	Yes	Yes
Network Utilization	Yes	Yes
Traffic Stream Metrics	Yes	Yes
Tx Power and Channel	Yes	Yes
VoIP Calls Graph	Yes	Yes
VoIP Calls Table	Yes	Yes
Voice Statistics	Yes	Yes
Security	-	-
Adaptive wIPS Alarm	Yes	Yes
Adaptive wIPS Alarm Summary	Yes	Yes
Adaptive wIPS Top 10 AP	Yes	Yes
Adhoc Rogue Count Summary	Yes	Yes
Adhoc Rogues	Yes	Yes
New Rogue AP Count Summary	Yes	Yes
New Rogue APs	Yes	Yes
Rogue AP Count Summary	Yes	Yes
Rogue APs	Yes	Yes
Security Alarm Trending Summary	Yes	Yes

Non Upgradable Reports from the WCS to the NCS

The following reports cannot be upgraded to the NCS 1.0 and later:

•Adhoc Rogue Count Summary

•Adhoc Rogues

•Client Count

•Client Summary

•Client Throughput

•New Rogue AP Count Summary

•New Rogue APs

•Rogue AP Count Summary

•Rogue APs

•Security Alarm Trending Summary

Note You cannot upgrade the Guest User Sessions reports to the NCS Release 1.1.

Creating and Running a New Report

To create and run a new report, follow these steps:

Step 1 Choose Reports > Report Launch Pad.

The reports are listed by category in the main section of the page and on the left sidebar menu (see Figure 14-1).

Step 2 Find the appropriate report in the main section of the Report Launch Pad.

Note Click the report name from the Report Launch Pad or use the navigation on the left side of the Report Launch Pad page to view any currently saved report templates for that report type.

Step 3 Click New to the right of the report. The Report Details page appears (see Figure 14-2).

Figure 14-2 Report Details Page

Step 4 In the Report Details page, enter the following Settings parameters:

Note Certain parameters might or might not appear depending on the report type.

•Create reports in current and each sub Virtual Domains—Select this check box if you want to create reports not only in current virtual domain but also for each sub virtual domains. Click the View applied Virtual Domains link to view details about the virtual domains such as the name of the virtual domain, e-mail address and the time zone.

Note If this check box is enabled and the report is not scheduled, the report template is created and saved in all the subdomains but the report is not run. But if the Create reports in current and sub Virtual Domains check box is checked, and the report is scheduled, then the report is scheduled in all the subdomains and is run at the scheduled time.

Note If this check box is enabled, you can only save the report and therefore all other options such as run, run and save, save and export, save and e-mail are not visible in the report details page. This means that the reports can only be created and scheduled to run in sub domains.

Note There should be sufficient time interval (at least 30 minutes) between the report creation and report execution as the report creation time varies between different systems.

•Report Title—If you plan to use this as a saved report template, enter a report name.

Note This report title is suffixed with _VirtualDomainName if you select the Create reports in current and each sub Virtual Domains check box. The VirtualDomainName is the name of the virtual domain for which the report has been generated.

•Report By—Choose the appropriate Report By category from the drop-down list. The categories differ for each report. See specific report sections for Report By categories for each report.

•Report Criteria—The field allows you to sort your results depending on the previous Report By selection made. Click Edit to open the Filter Criteria page.

Note Click Select to confirm your filter criteria or Close to return to the previous page.

•Connection Protocol—Choose either of these protocols All Clients, All Wired (802.3), All Wireless (802.11), 802.11a/n, 802.11b/g/n, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n (5 GHz), or 802.11n (2.4 GHz).

•SSID—All SSIDs is the default value.

•Report Period

–Last—Select the Last radio button and choose the period of time from the drop-down list.

–From—Select the From radio button and enter the From and To dates and times. You can type a date in the text box or click the calendar icon to choose a date. Choose the hours and minutes from the drop-down lists.

•Show—Enter the number of records that you want displayed in the report.

Note Enter a number between 5 and 1000, or leave the text box blank to display all records.

Step 5 If you plan to run this report at a later time or as a recurring report, enter the Schedule parameters. The Schedule parameters allow you to control when and how often the report runs.

•Enable Schedule—Select the check box to run the report on the set schedule.

•Export Format—Choose your format for exported files (CSV or PDF).

Note The default file locations for CSV and PDF files are as follows:

/ncs-ftp/reports/Inventory/ReportTitleName_yyyymmdd_HHMMSS.csv
/ncs-ftp/reports/Inventory/ReportTitleName_yyyymmdd_HHMMSS.pdf

•Destination—Choose your destination type (File or Email). Enter the applicable file location or the e-mail address.

If you selected Create reports in current and each sub Virtual Domains check box then the Email to default Contact in each Virtual Domain radio button appears instead of the Email radio button. You can click the View Contacts link to view the e-mail IDs for the various virtual domains.

Note To set the mail server setup for e-mails, choose Administration > Settings, then choose Mail Server from the left sidebar menu to open the Mail Server Configuration page. Enter the SMTP and other required information.

Note If an e-mail address is not specified for a subVirtual Domain then the e-mail address of the current Virtual Domain is used if it is specified for the current Virtual Domain.

•Start Date/Time—Enter a date in the provided text box or click the calendar icon to open a calendar from which you can choose a date. Choose the time from the hours and minutes drop-down lists. The report begins to run on this data and at this time.

Note The time referred here is the NCS server time and not the local time of the browser.

Note If you selected Create reports in current and each sub Virtual Domains check box then the Use Virtual Domain time zone check box appears. Select this check box if you want to use the time zone of the virtual domain as the time zone. Click the View time zones link to view the timezones of the various virtual domains.

•Recurrence—Enter the frequency of this report.

–No Recurrence—The report runs only once (at the time indicated for the Start Date/Time).

–Hourly—The report runs on the interval indicated by the number of hours you enter in the Entry text box.

–Daily—The report runs on the interval indicated by the number of days you enter in the Every text box.

–Weekly—The report runs on the interval indicated by the number of weeks you enter in the Every text box and on the days specified by the selected check boxes.

The Create Custom Report page allows you to customize the report results. Table 14-2 specifies which reports are customizable, which have multiple subreports, and which report views are available. In future releases, all reports will be customizable.

Table 14-2 Report Customization
Report	Customizable?	Multiple SubReports?	Report Views	Data Field Sorting?
Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization	No	No	Graphical	No
Autonomous AP Summary	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel	No	Yes	Graphical	No
Autonomous AP Uptime	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Autonomous AP Utilization	No	No	Graphical	No
Busiest Autonomous APs	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Air Quality vs Time	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Security Risk Interferers	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Worst Air Quality APs	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Worst Interferers	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Busiest Clients	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Client Count	No	No	Graphical	No
Client Session	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Client Summary	Yes	Yes	Various	Yes
Client Traffic	No	No	Graphical	No
Client Traffic Stream Metrics	Yes	No	Tabular¹	No
Posture Status Count	No	No	Graphical	No
Throughput	No	No	Tabular	No
Unique Clients	Yes	No	Tabular	No
CCX Client Statistics	No	No	Tabular	No
Configuration Audit	Yes	No	Tabular	No
PCI DSS Detailed	Yes	No	Tabular	No
PCI DSS Summary	No	No	Graphical	No
Client Location History	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Client Location Tracking	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Guest Location Tracking	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Location Notifications	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Rogue AP Location Tracking	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Rogue Client Location Tracking	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Tag Location History	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Tag Location Tracking	Yes	No	Tabular	No
AP Image Pre-download
AP Profile Status	Yes	No	Tabular	No
AP Summary
Device Summary	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Busiest APs	Yes	No	Tabular	No
CPU Utilization	No	No	Graphical	No
Detailed Switch Inventory	Yes	Yes	Tabular	No
Identity Capability	No	No	Various	No
Inventory - Combined Inventory	Yes	Yes	Various²	Yes
Inventory - APs	Yes	Yes	Various	Yes
Inventory - Controllers	Yes	Yes	Various	Yes
Inventory - MSEs	Yes	Yes	Various	Yes
Up Time	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Utilization - Controllers	No	No	Graphical	No
Utilization - MSEs	No	No	Graphical	No
Utilization - Radios	No	No	Graphical	No
Guest Account Status	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Guest Association	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Guest Count	No	No	Tabular	No
Guest User Sessions	Yes	No	Tabular	No
NCS Guest Operations	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Mobile MAC Statistics	No	Yes	Tabular	No
Service URI Statistics	No	Yes	Tabular	No
Alternate Parent	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Link Stats - Link Stats	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Link Stats - Node Hops	No	No	Graphical	No
Nodes	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Packet Stats - Packet Stats	No	No	Graphical	No
Packet Stats - Packet Error Stats	No	No	Graphical	No
Packet Stats - Packet Queue Stats	No	No	Graphical	No
Stranded APs	No	No	Tabular	No
Worst Node Hops - Worst Node Hop	Yes	Yes	Various	No
Worst Node Hops - Worst SNR Link	Yes	Yes	Various	No
802.11n Summary	No	Yes	Graphical	No
Executive Summary	No	Yes	Various	No
Preferred Calls	No	No	Graphical	No
802.11 Counters	Yes	No	Both	Yes
Coverage Holes	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Network Utilization	Yes	Yes	Both	Yes
Traffic Stream Metrics	Yes	Yes	Both	Yes
Tx Power and Channel	No	No	Graphical	No
VoIP Calls Graph	No	No	Graphical	No
VoIP Calls Table	No	No	Tabular	No
Voice Statistics	No	No	Graphical	No
Adaptive wIPS Alarm	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Adaptive wIPS Alarm Summary	Yes	No	Both	No
Adaptive wIPS Top 10 APs	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Adhoc Rogue Count Summary	No	No	Both	No
Adhoc Rogues	Yes	No	Tabular	No
New Rogue AP Count Summary	No	No	Both	No
New Rogue APs	No	No	Graphical	No
Rogue AP Count Summary	No	No	Both	No
Rogue APs	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Security Alarm Trending Summary	No	No	Graphical	No

¹Subreport Client Summary view is tabular only. The rest of the subreports such as Client Summary by Protocol have both report views and are customizable to show either tabular, graphical, or both.

²Combined inventory report now contains APs/Controllers/MSEs/Autonomous APs/Switches. Reports that are by model or version have both views. These views are customizable with setting such as Count of Controllers by Model. Other reports, such as Controller Inventory, are tabular only.

Step 6 Click Customize to open a separate Create Custom Report page (see Figure 14-3).

Figure 14-3 Create Custom Report

a. From the Custom Report Name drop-down list, choose the report you intend to customize. The Available and Selected column heading selections might change depending on the report selected.

b. From the Report View drop-down list, specify if the report appears in tabular, graphical, or combined form (both). This option is not available on every report.

c. Use the Add > and < Remove buttons to move highlighted column headings between the two panes (Available data fields and Data fields to include).

Note Fields that appear in blue font in the Data fields to include list are mandatory fields for this subreport.

d. Use the Change Order buttons (Move Up or Move Down) to determine the order of the columns in the results table. The higher the column heading appears in the Selected Columns list, the farther left it appears in the results table.

e. In the Data field Sorting section, indicate your sorting preference (Ascending or Descending). Determine how the report data is sorted.

–You can select four data fields for which you can specify sorting order. Use the Sort by and Then by drop-down lists to choose each data field for sorting.

–For each sorted data field, choose whether you want it sorted in Ascending or Descending order.

Note Only reports in table form (rather than graphs or combined) can be sorted. Only fields that can be sorted appear in the Data field sorting drop-down lists.

Note The Sortable fields displayed in the Create Custom Report page list all sortable fields irrespective of the data fields that are in the Data fields to include pane. The report is sorted based on the data field selected even if that column is not displayed in the report.

f. Click Apply to confirm the changes, Reset to return columns to the default, or Cancel to close this page with no changes made.

Note The changes made in the Create Custom Report page are not saved until you click Save on the Report Details page.

Step 7 When all report parameters have been set, choose one of the following:

•Save—Click to save this report setup without immediately running the report. The report runs automatically at the scheduled time.

•Save and Run—Click to save this report setup and to immediately run the report.

•Run—Click to run the report without saving the report setup.

•Save and Export—Click to save the report and export the results to either CSV or PDF format.

•Save and Email—Click to save the report and e-mail the results.

•Cancel—Click to return to the previous page without running nor saving this report.

Managing Current Reports

If a report has been saved for a specific report type, you can access the current reports from the Report Launch Pad.

Note You cannot change or update the generated reports together for all sub domains. You can open the generated reports individually through respective subdomains to change the reports. If all reports need to be updated, then delete all the reports created on subdomains and then regenerate the virtual domain reports using the add new report workflow with the changes.

To access current or saved report templates from the Report Launch Pad or Saved Report Template, follow these steps:

Step 1 Choose Reports > Report Launch Pad.

Step 2 Choose the specific report from the left sidebar menu or from the main section of the Report Launch Pad. The page displays a list of current reports for this report type (see Figure 14-4).

Note To view a list of saved report templates, choose Reports > Saved Report Templates. See the "Managing Saved Report Templates" section for more information.

Figure 14-4 Current Reports Page

Managing Scheduled Run Results

To view all currently scheduled runs in the NCS, choose Report > Scheduled Run Results (see Figure 14-5).

Note The scheduled report tasks are not visible outside the Virtual Domain they run in. The results of the scheduled report tasks are visible from the Scheduled Run Results page of respective domains.

Note The list of scheduled runs can be sorted by report category, report type, and time frame.

Figure 14-5 Scheduled Run Results Page

The Scheduled Run Results page displays the following information:

•Report Title—Identifies the user-assigned report name.

Note Click the report title to view the details for this report.

•Report Type—Identifies the specific report type.

•Status—Indicates whether or not the report ran successfully.

•Message—Indicates whether or not this report was saved and the file name for this report (if saved).

•Run Date/Time—Indicates the date and time that the report is scheduled to run.

•History—Click the History icon to view all scheduled runs and their details for this report.

•Download—Click the Download icon to open or save a .csv/.pdf file of the report results.

For more information about scheduled run results, see the following:

•Sorting Scheduled Run Results

•Viewing or Editing Scheduled Run Details

Sorting Scheduled Run Results

You can use the Show drop-down lists to sort the Scheduled Run Results by category, type, and time frame (see Figure 14-6):

•Report Category—Choose the appropriate report category from the drop-down list or choose All.

•Report Type—Choose the appropriate report type from the drop-down list or choose All. The report Type selections change depending on the selected report category.

•From/To—Type the report start (From) and end (To) dates in the text boxes or click the calendar icons to select the start and end dates.

Click Go to sort this list. Only reports that match your criteria appear.

Figure 14-6 Sorting Scheduled Run Results

Viewing or Editing Scheduled Run Details

To view or edit a saved report template, follow these steps:

Step 1 Choose Report > Scheduled Run Results.

Step 2 Click the Report Title link for the appropriate report to open the Report Details page.

Step 3 From this page, you can view or edit the details for the scheduled run.

Step 4 When all scheduled run parameters have been edited (if necessary), select from the following:

•Save—Click to save this schedule run without immediately running the report. The report runs automatically at the scheduled time.

•Save and Run—Click to save this scheduled run and to immediately run the report.

•Cancel—Click to return to the previous page without running nor saving this report.

•Delete—Click to delete the current saved report template.

Managing Saved Report Templates

In the Saved Report Templates page, you can create and manage saved report templates (see Figure 14-7). To open this page in the NCS, choose Reports > Saved Report Templates.

Note The list of saved report templates can be sorted by report category, report type, and scheduled status (enabled, disabled, or expired).

Figure 14-7 Saved Report Templates Page

The Saved Report Templates page displays the following information:

•Report Title—Identifies the user-assigned report name.

Note Click the report title to view the details for this report.

•Report Type—Identifies the specific report type.

•Scheduled—Indicates whether this report is enabled or disabled.

•Run—Click the Run icon to immediately run the current report.

This section contains the following topics:

•Filtering Saved Report Templates

•Viewing or Editing Saved Report Template Details

•Running a Saved Report Template

Filtering Saved Report Templates

You can use the Show drop-down lists to filter the Saved Report Templates list by category, type, and scheduled status (see Figure 14-8).

•Report Category—Choose the appropriate report category from the drop-down list or choose All.

•Report Type—Choose the appropriate report type from the drop-down list or choose All. The Report Type selections change depending on the selected report category.

•Scheduled—Choose All, Enabled, Disabled, or Expired to filter the Saved Report Templates list by scheduled status.

Figure 14-8 Filtering Saved Report Templates

Click Go to filter this list. Only reports that match your criteria appear.

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Viewing or Editing Saved Report Template Details

To view or edit a saved report template, follow these steps:

Step 1 Choose Report > Saved Report Templates.

Step 2 Click the Report Title link for the appropriate report to open the Report Details page.

Step 3 From this page, you can view or edit the details for the saved report template.

Step 4 When all report parameters have been edited, choose one of the following:

•Save—Click to save this report setup without immediately running the report. The report runs automatically at the scheduled time.

•Save and Run—Click to save this report setup and to immediately run the report.

•Run—Click to run the report without saving the report setup.

•Cancel—Click to return to the previous page without running nor saving this report.

•Delete—Click to delete the current saved report template.

Running a Saved Report Template

In the Reports > Saved Report Templates page, click Run for the appropriate report. This section describes the reports specific to the NCS and contains the following topics:

•Autonomous AP Reports

–Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization

–Autonomous AP Summary

–Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel

–Autonomous AP Uptime

–Autonomous AP Utilization

–Busiest Autonomous APs

•CleanAir Reports

–Air Quality vs Time

–Security Risk Interferers

–Worst Air Quality APs

–Worst Interferers

•Client Reports

–Busiest Clients

–CCX Client Statistics

–Client Traffic Stream Metrics

–Posture Status Count

–Throughput

•ContextAware Reports

–Client Location History

–Client Location Tracking

–Guest Location Tracking

–Location Notifications

–Rogue AP Location Tracking

–Rogue Client Location Tracking

–Tag Location History

–Tag Location Tracking

•Device Reports

–AP Image Predownload

–AP Profile Status

–AP Summary

–Busiest APs

–CPU Utilization

–Detailed Switch Inventory

–Identity Capability

–Inventory

–Memory Utilization

–Non-Primary Controller APs

–Switch Interface Utilization

–Uptime

–Utilization

•Guest Reports

–Guest Accounts Status

–Guest Association

–Guest Count

–Guest User Sessions

–NCS Guest Operations

•MSAP Reports

–Mobile MAC Statistics

–Service URI Statistics

•Identity Services Engine Reports

•Mesh Reports

–Alternate Parent

–Link Stats

–Nodes

–Packet Stats

–Packet Error Statistics

–Packet Queue Statistics

–Traffic Stream Metrics

–Tx Power and Channel

–Adaptive wIPS Alarm Summary

–Adaptive wIPS Top 10 AP

–Adhoc Rogue Count Summary

–Adhoc Rogues

–New Rogue AP Count Summary

–New Rogue APs

–Rogue AP Count Summary

–Rogue Access Point Events

–Rogue APs

–Security Alarm Trending Summary

Autonomous AP Reports

This section lists and describes the various Autonomous AP reports that you can generate in the NCS. Click New next to the Autonomous AP report category to create a new report. See the "Creating and Running a New Report" section for more information.

Click a report type to view currently saved report templates. From this page, you can enable, disable, delete, or run currently saved report templates. See the "Managing Current Reports" section for more information.

This section describes the Autonomous AP reports and contains the following topics:

•Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization

•Autonomous AP Summary

•Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel

•Autonomous AP Uptime

•Autonomous AP Utilization

•Busiest Autonomous APs

Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization

This report displays the memory and CPU utilization trends of Autonomous access points based on the filtering criteria specified during report generation. It could help in identifying unexpected behavior or issues with network performance.

This section contains the following topics:

•Configuring an Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization Report

•Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization Report Results

Configuring an Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization Report

This section describes how to configure an Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization report.

Settings

The following settings can be configured for a Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization report:

•Report Title—If you plan to use this as a saved report template, type an appropriate name.

•Report By

–Autonomous AP IP Address—Choose from the Report Criteria list or click Edit to choose specific access points.

–Autonomous AP Host Name—Choose from the Report Criteria list or click Edit to choose specific access points.

•Reporting Period—You can configure the reporting period in two ways:

–Last—Select the first radio button to generate reports for a period of time from the drop-down list.

–From—Click From and enter the From and To dates and times. You can type a date in the text box or click the calendar icon to choose a date. Choose the hours and minutes from the drop-down lists.

Note Leave the text box blank to display all records.

Schedule

If you plan to run this report at a later time or as a recurring report, enter the scheduling parameters. See the "Creating and Running a New Report" section for more information on scheduling a report.

Command Buttons

Once all report parameters have been set, select from the following:

•Save—Click to save this report setup without immediately running the report. The report runs automatically at the scheduled time.

•Save and Run—Click to save this report setup and to immediately run the report.

•Run—Click to run the report without saving the report setup.

•Save and Export—Click to save the report and export to either CSV or PDF format.

•Save and Email—Click to save the report and e-mail the results.

•Cancel—Click to return to the previous page without running nor saving this report.

Note See the "Creating and Running a New Report" section for additional information on running or scheduling a report.

Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization Report Results

Figure 14-9 shows the results for an Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization report.

Figure 14-9 Autonomous AP Memory and CPU Utilization Report

Autonomous AP Summary

This report displays the Autonomous AP summary.

This section contains the following topics:

•Configuring the Autonomous AP Summary Report

•Autonomous AP Summary Report Results

Configuring the Autonomous AP Summary Report

This section describes how to configure an Autonomous AP Summary report.

Settings

The following settings can be configured for a Autonomous AP Summary report:

•Report Title—If you plan to use this as a saved report template, type an appropriate name.

•Report By

–Autonomous AP IP Address—Choose from the Report Criteria list or click Edit to choose specific access points.

–Autonomous AP Host Name—Choose from the Report Criteria list or click Edit to choose specific access points.

–Floor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Buildings > All Floors or click Edit to choose specific locations.

–Outdoor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas or click Edit to choose specific locations.

Note Leave the text box blank to display all records.

Schedule

Creating a Custom Report

The Create Custom Report page allows you to customize the report results. See the "Creating and Running a New Report" section for more information on customizing report results.

Command Buttons

Once all report parameters have been set, select from the following:

•Save—Click to save this report setup without immediately running the report. The report runs automatically at the scheduled time.

•Save and Run—Click to save this report setup and to immediately run the report.

•Run—Click to run the report without saving the report setup.

•Save and Export—Click to save the report and export the results to either CSV or PDF format.

•Save and Email—Click to save the report and e-mail the results.

•Cancel—Click to return to the previous page without running nor saving this report.

Note See the "Creating and Running a New Report" section for additional information on running or scheduling a report.

Autonomous AP Summary Report Results

Note Use the Create Custom Report page to customize the displayed results. See the "Creating and Running a New Report" section for more information on customizing report results.

The following are potential results for an Autonomous AP Summary report, depending on how the report is customized:

•AP Name

•Ethernet MAC Address

•AP IP Address

•Model

•Map Location

Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel

This report displays the channel plan assignment and transmits power level trends of devices based on the filtering criteria used when the report was generated. It can help identify unexpected behavior or issues with network performance.

This section contains the following topics:

•Configuring an Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel Report

•Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel Report Results

Configuring an Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel Report

This section describes how to configure an Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel report.

Settings

The following settings can be configured for an Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel report:

•Report Title—If you plan to use this as a saved report template, type an appropriate name.

•Report By

–Autonomous AP IP Address—Choose from the Report Criteria list or click Edit to choose specific access points.

–Autonomous AP Host Name—Choose from the Report Criteria list or click Edit to choose specific access points.

–Autonomous AP By Floor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Buildings > All Floors or click Edit to choose specific locations.

–Autonomous AP By Outdoor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas or click Edit to choose specific locations.

•Protocol—Select the radio type by selecting the check box specific to a radio frequency.

•Reporting Period—You can configure the reporting period in two ways:

–Last—Select the first radio button to generate reports for a period of time from the drop-down list.

–From—Click From and enter the From and To dates and times. You can type a date in the text box or click the calendar icon to choose a date. choose the hours and minutes from the drop-down lists.

•Show—Enter the number of records that you want displayed in the report.

Note Enter a number between 5 and 1000, or leave the text box blank to display all records.

Schedule

Command Buttons

Once all report parameters have been set, select from the following:

•Save—Click to save this report setup without immediately running the report. The report runs automatically at the scheduled time.

•Save and Run—Click to save this report setup and to immediately run the report.

•Run—Click to run the report without saving the report setup.

•Save and Export—Click to save the report and export the results to either CSV or PDF format.

•Save and Email—Click to save the report and e-mail the results.

•Cancel—Click to return to the previous page without running nor saving this report.

Note See the "Creating and Running a New Report" section for additional information on running or scheduling a report.

Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel Report Results

The following information is displayed for an Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel report (see Figure 14-10):

•Transmit power level for each access point during the specified period of time.

•Channel number for each access point during the specified period of time.

Figure 14-10 Autonomous AP Tx Power and Channel Report

Autonomous AP Uptime

This report displays the Autonomous AP uptime.

This section contains the following topics:

•Configuring Autonomous AP Uptime Report

•Autonomous AP Uptime Report Results

Configuring Autonomous AP Uptime Report

This section describes how to configure an Autonomous AP Uptime report.

Settings

The following settings can be configured for an Autonomous AP Uptime report:

•Report Title—If you plan to use this as a saved report template, type an appropriate name.

•Report By

–Autonomous AP IP Address—Choose from the Report Criteria list or click Edit to choose specific access points.

–Autonomous AP Host Name—Choose from the Report Criteria list or click Edit to choose specific access points.

–Autonomous AP By Floor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Buildings > All Floors or click Edit to choose specific locations.

–Autonomous AP By Outdoor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas or click Edit to choose specific locations.

•Show—Enter the number of records that you want displayed in the report.

Note Enter a number between 5 and 1000, or leave the text box blank to display all records.

Schedule

Create a Custom Report

The Create Custom Report page allows you to customize the report results. See the "Creating and Running a New Report" section for more information on customizing report results.

Command Buttons

Once all report parameters have been set, select from the following:

•Save—Click to save this report setup without immediately running the report. The report runs automatically at the scheduled time.

•Save and Run—Click to save this report setup and to immediately run the report.

•Run—Click to run the report without saving the report setup.

•Save and Export—Click to save the report and export the results to either CSV or PDF format.

•Save and Email—Click to save the report and e-mail the results.

•Cancel—Click to return to the previous page without running nor saving this report.

Note See the "Creating and Running a New Report" section for additional information on running or scheduling a report.

Autonomous AP Uptime Report Results

Note Use the Create Custom Report page to customize the displayed results. See the "Creating and Running a New Report" section for more information on customizing report results.

The following are potential results for an Autonomous AP Uptime report, depending on how the report is customized:

•AP Name

•IP Address

•Map Location

•AP Up Time

Autonomous AP Utilization

This report displays the utilization trends of Autonomous AP radios based on the filtering criteria used when the report was generated. It can help identify current network performance and capacity planning for future scalability needs.

This section contains the following topics:

•Configuring an Autonomous AP Utilization Report

•Autonomous AP Utilization Report Results

Configuring an Autonomous AP Utilization Report

This section describes how to configure an Autonomous AP Utilization report.

Settings

The following settings can be configured for a Autonomous AP Utilization report:

•Report Title—If you plan to use this as a saved report template, type an appropriate name.

•Report By

–Autonomous AP IP Address—Choose from the list or click Edit to choose specific access points.

–Autonomous AP Host Name—Choose System Campus > All Access Points or click Edit to choose specific access points.

–Autonomous AP Floor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas > All Access Points or click Edit to choose specific locations or access points.

–Autonomous AP Outdoor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas > All Access Points or click Edit to choose specific locations or access points.

•Protocol—Select the radio type by selecting the check box specific to a radio frequency.

•Reporting Period—You can configure the reporting period in two ways:

–Last—Select the first radio button to generate reports for a period of time from the drop-down list.

Note Leave the text box blank to display all records.

Schedule

Command Buttons

Once all report parameters have been set, select from the following:

•Save—Click to save this report setup without immediately running the report. The report runs automatically at the scheduled time.

•Save and Run—Click to save this report setup and to immediately run the report.

•Run—Click to run the report without saving the report setup.

•Save and Export—Click to save the report and export the results to either CSV or PDF format.

•Save and Email—Click to save the report and e-mail the results.

•Cancel—Click to return to the previous page without running nor saving this report.

Note See the "Creating and Running a New Report" section for additional information on running or scheduling a report.

Autonomous AP Utilization Report Results

Figure 14-11 shows the results for an Autonomous AP Utilization report.

Figure 14-11 Autonomous AP Utilization Report

Busiest Autonomous APs

This report displays the Autonomous APs with the highest total usage (the sum of transmitting, receiving, and channel usage) on your wireless network.

Configuring a Busiest Autonomous APs Report

This section describes how to configure a Busiest Autonomous APs report.

Settings

The following settings can be configured for a Busiest Autonomous APs report: