Cisco Wireless Control System Configuration Guide, Release 7.0

Cisco WCS 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 WCS 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 from the last polling cycle without continuously polling

•Historical, which retrieves data from the device periodically and stores it in the WCS 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 WCS, 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 The number of rows visible in a report depends on the size of the html file, the number of database records, the size of the exported page, the size of the scheduled report, and the WCS server memory size. If you want the report to print as it appears on the page display, you must choose landscape mode. The detailed limitations are as follows:

Maximum number of graphs for a single report—500
Maximum size of an HTTP report (displayed in the Results parameter)—65 Mbs
Maximum number of records for a non-scheduled report—100,000 records
Maximum number of records for a scheduled report—Up to 200,000 records (when physical memory is greater than 1 GB)

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

•Report Launch Pad—The hub for all WCS 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 WCS. See the "Managing Scheduled Run Results" section for more information.

•Saved Reports—Allows you to access and manage all currently saved reports in WCS. See the "Managing Saved Reports" section for more information.

Note See the "Specific WCS Reports" section for additional information for each report type.

Report Launch Pad

The report launch pad provides access to all WCS 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 17-1).

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

Figure 17-1 Report Launch Pad

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 17-2).

Figure 17-2 Report Launch Pad

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 reports for that report type.

Step 3 Click New to the right of the report. The Report Details page appears (see Figure 17-3).

Figure 17-3 Report Details Page

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

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

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

•Report By—Select the appropriate Report By category from the drop-down list.

•Report Criteria—The parameter 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.

•Protocol—Select 802.11a/n, 802.11b/g/n, or both.

•Report Period

–Last—Select the Last radio button and 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. Select the hours and minutes from the drop-down lists.

Note The supported number of records for a report query is 1,00,000. If a report query retrieves more than 1,00,000 records, an error message is displayed to generate the report for a short reporting period so that the query retrieves less than 1,00,000 records.

•Show—Enter the number of records that you want displayed on each page.

Note 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).

•Destination—Select your destination type (File or Email). Enter the applicable file location or the email address.

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

/wcs-ftp/reports/Inventory/<ReportTitleName>_<yyyymmdd>_<HHMMSS>.csv
/wcs-ftp/reports/Inventory/<ReportTitleName>_<yyyymmdd>_<HHMMSS>.pdf

Note To set the mail server setup for emails, choose Administration > Settings, then click Mail Server in the sidebar menu to open the Mail Server Configuration page. Enter the SMTP and other required information.

•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. Select the time from the hours and minutes drop-down lists. The report will begin running on this data and at this time.

•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 17-1 specifies which reports are customizable, which have multiple sub-reports, and which report views are available. In future releases, all reports will be customizable.

Table 17-1 Report Customization
Report	Customizable	Multiple Sub-Reports?	Report Views	Report View Customizable?
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	Yes	No	Graphical	No
Client Session	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Client Summary	Yes	Yes	Various	Yes
Client Traffic Stream Metrics	Yes	No	Tabular¹	No
Throughput	No	No	Tabular	No
Unique Clients	Yes	No	Tabular	No
v5 Client Statistics	No	No	Tabular	No
Configuration Audit	Yes	No	Tabular	No
PCI	Yes	No	Tabular	No
AP Profile Status	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Device Summary	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Busiest APs	Yes	No	Tabular	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
WCS Guest Operations	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Alternate Parent	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Link Stats - Link Stats	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Link Stats - Node Hops	Yes	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
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 Top 10 APs	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Adhoc Rogue Events	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Adhoc Rogues	Yes	No	Tabular	No
New Rogue APs	Yes	No	Tabular	No
New Rogue AP Count	No	No	Graphical	No
Rogue AP Events	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Rogue APs	Yes	No	Tabular	No
Security Summary	Yes	No	Tabular	No

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

²Combined inventory (similar to other inventory reports: APs/Controllers/MSEs) consists of multiple sub-reports. 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 17-4).

Figure 17-4 Customize Report View Page

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

b. From the Report View drop-down list, specify if the report will appear 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 panels (Available data fields and Data fields to include).

Note Column headings in blue are mandatory in the current subreport. They cannot be removed from the Selected Columns area.

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 select each data field for sorting.

–For each sorted data field, select 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.

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 from 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 will automatically run at the scheduled time.

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

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

•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.

To access current or saved reports from the Report Launch Pad, 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 17-5).

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

Figure 17-5 Current Reports Page

Managing Scheduled Run Results

To view all currently scheduled runs in WCS, choose Report > Scheduled Run Results (see Figure 17-6).

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

Figure 17-6 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.

Select one of the following links for additional information on scheduled run results:

•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 17-7):

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

•Report Type—Select the appropriate report type from the drop-down list or select 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 17-7 Sorting Scheduled Run Results

Viewing or Editing Scheduled Run Details

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

Step 1 Select 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 will automatically run 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.

Managing Saved Reports

In the Saved Reports page, you can create and manage saved reports (see Figure 17-8). To open this page in WCS, choose Reports > Saved Reports.

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

Figure 17-8 Saved Reports Page

The Saved Reports 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.

•Next Schedule On—Indicates the date and time of the next scheduled run for this report.

•Last Run—Indicates the date and time of the most recent scheduled run for this report.

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

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

Select one of the following links for additional information on saved reports:

•Sorting Saved Reports

•Viewing or Editing Saved Report Details

•Running a Saved Report

Sorting Saved Reports

You can use the Show drop-down lists to sort the Saved Reports list by category, type, and scheduled status (see Figure 17-9).

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

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

•Scheduled—Select All, Enabled, Disabled, or Expired to sort the Saved Reports list by scheduled status.

Figure 17-9 Sorting Saved Reports

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

Viewing or Editing Saved Report Details

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

Step 1 Select Report > Saved Reports.

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.

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 will automatically run at the scheduled time.

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

•Run Now—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.

Running a Saved Report

In the Reports > Saved Reports page, click Run Now for the appropriate report.

Specific WCS Reports

•CleanAir Reports

–Air Quality vs Time

–Security Risk Interferers

–Worst Air Quality APs

–Client Traffic Stream Metrics

–Unique Clients

–V5 Client Statistics

•Compliance Reports

–Configuration Audit

–Payment Card Industry (PCI)

•Device Reports

–AP Profile Status

–Busiest APs

–AP Summary

–Inventory Reports

–Uptime

–Utilization

•Guest Reports

–Guest Accounts Status

–Guest Association

–Guest Count

–Guest User Sessions

–WCS Guest Operations

•Mesh Reports

–Alternate Parent

–Link Stats

–Nodes

–Traffic Stream Metrics

–Tx Power and Channel

–Adaptive wIPS Alarms

–Adaptive wIPS Top 10 Access Points

–Adhoc Rogue Events

–Adhoc Rogues

–New Rogue Access Points

–New Rogue Access Point Count

–Rogue Access Points Events

–Rogue Access Points

–Security Summary

CleanAir Reports

Click New for CleanAir report type to create a new report. See "Creating and Running a New Report" for more information.

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

The following are available CleanAir reports:

•Air Quality vs Time

•Security Risk Interferers

•Worst Air Quality APs

•Worst Interferers

Air Quality vs Time

This report displays the air quality index distributions over a period of time for access points on your wireless networks.

Click Air Quality vs Time from the Report Launch Pad to open the Air Quality vs Time page. From this page, you can enable, disable, delete, or run currently saved reports. See "Managing Current Reports" for more information.

To create a new report, click New from the Report Launch Pad or from the Air Quality vs Time page. See "Configuring a AirQuality vs Time Report" and "Air Quality vs Time Report Results" for more information.

Configuring a AirQuality vs Time Report

Settings

The following settings can be configured for a Air Quality vs Time report:

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

•Report By

–AP By Controller—Choose All Controllers > All Access Points or click Edit to select specific access points.

–AP By Floor Area—Choose System Campus > All Access Points or click Edit to select specific access points.

–AP by Outdoor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas > All Access Points or click Edit to select 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.

–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. Select the hours and minutes from the drop-down lists.

•Show—Enter the number of records you want displayed in each page.

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 "Creating and Running a New Report" for more information on scheduling a report.

Create a Custom Report

The Create Custom Report page allows you to customize the report results. See "Creating and Running a New Report" 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 will automatically run at the scheduled time.

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

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

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

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

Air Quality vs Time Report Results

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

The following are potential results for a Air Quality vs Time report, depending on how the report is customized:

•AP Name

•Basic Radio MAC

•Radio Type

•Time

•AQ Minimum Index

•AQ Average Index

Security Risk Interferers

This report displays the security risk interferers on your wireless network.

Click Security Risk Interferers from the Report Launch Pad to open the Security Risks Interferers page. From this page, you can enable, disable, delete, or run currently saved reports. See "Managing Current Reports" for more information.

To create a new report, click New from the Report Launch Pad or from the Security Risk Interferers page. See "Configuring a Security Risk Interferers Report" and "Security Risks Interferers Report Results" for more information.

Configuring a Security Risk Interferers Report

Settings

The following settings can be configured for a Security Risks Interferers report:

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

•Report By

–AP By Controller—Choose All Campuses>All Buildings > All Floors > All Access Points or click Edit to select specific access points.

–AP By Floor Area—Choose All Campuses>All Buildings > All Floors > All Access Points or click Edit to select specific access points.

–AP by Outdoor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas > All Access Points or click Edit to select specific locations or access devices.

•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.

•Show—Enter the number of records you want displayed on each page.

Note Leave the text box blank to display all records.

Note The information in this report will be available only if you set a security alarm on the interferer.

Schedule

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

Create a Custom Report

The Create Custom Report page allows you to customize the report results. See "Creating and Running a New Report" 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 will automatically run at the scheduled time.

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

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

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

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

Security Risks Interferers Report Results

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

The following are potential results for a Security Risks Interferers report, depending on how the report is customized:

•Interferer Type

•Affected Channels

•Discovered

•Last Updated

•Detected AP Name

•Affected Band

Worst Air Quality APs

This report displays the access points with the lowest air quality index.

Click Worst Air Quality APs from the Report Launch Pad to open the Worst Air Quality APs page. From this page, you can enable, disable, delete, or run currently saved reports. See "Managing Current Reports" for more information.

To create a new report, click New from the Report Launch Pad or from the Worst Air Quality APs page. See "Configuring a Worst Air Quality APs Report" and "Worst Air Quality APs Report Results" for more information.

Configuring a Worst Air Quality APs Report

Settings

The following settings can be configured for a Worst Air Quality APs report:

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

•Report By

–AP By Controller—Choose All Campuses>All Buildings > All Floors > All Access Points or click Edit to select specific access points.

–AP By Floor Area—Choose All Campuses>All Buildings > All Floors > All Access Points or click Edit to select specific access points.

–AP by Outdoor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas > All Access Points or click Edit to select specific locations or access devices.

•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.

•Show—Enter the number of records you want displayed on each page.

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 "Creating and Running a New Report" for more information on scheduling a report.

Create a Custom Report

The Create Custom Report page allows you to customize the report results. See "Creating and Running a New Report" 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 will automatically run at the scheduled time.

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

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

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

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

Worst Air Quality APs Report Results

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

The following are potential results for a Worst Air Quality APs report, depending on how the report is customized:

•AP Name

•Radio Type

•Worst Air Quality Value

•Channel Number

•Most Recent Reported Time

•Interferer Count

Worst Interferers

This report displays the worst interferers on your wireless network.

Click Worst Interferers from the Report Launch Pad to open the Worst Air Quality APs page. From this page, you can enable, disable, delete, or run currently saved reports. See "Managing Current Reports" for more information.

To create a new report, click New from the Report Launch Pad or from the Worst Interferers page.

Configuring a Worst Interferers Report

Settings

The following settings can be configured for a Worst Interferers report:

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

•Report By

–Cluster Center AP

–Floor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Buildings > All Floors > All Access Points from the report criteria area or click Edit to select specific locations.

–Outdoor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Outdoor Area from the report criteria area or click Edit to select 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.

•Show—Enter the number of records you want displayed on each page.

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 "Creating and Running a New Report" for more information on scheduling a report.

Create a Custom Report

The Create Custom Report page allows you to customize the report results. See "Creating and Running a New Report" 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 will automatically run at the scheduled time.

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

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

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

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

Worst Interferers Report Results

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

The following are potential results for a Worst Interferers report, depending on how the report is customized:

•Device Type

•Severity

•Worst Severity Time

•Duty Cycle (%)

•Affected Channels

•Cluster Center APs

•Map Location

•Discovered

Note Severity value N/A means that the severity value for this device is not available. A value of 1 means that the severity is minimal and a value of 100 means very severe.

Note Interferers with unknown location are not listed if the Report By criteria is Floor Area or Outdoor Area.

Client Reports

The report structure has changed in Release 6.0 or later:

•The Client Association and Detailed Client Report are replaced by the Client Session report.

•Any saved Detailed Client reports are migrated to the Client Session report.

•Client Association Data from 5.1 or earlier is not migrated.

Note After migration to 6.0 or later, you cannot see previous Client Association information that was presented in the Client Association Report.

•The Client Count report that was under 802.11 Scaling in release 5.2 is now consolidated into one Client Count report.

The following types of client reports are available:

•Client Traffic Stream Metrics

•Unique Clients

•V5 Client Statistics

Busiest Clients

This report displays the busiest and least busy clients on the wireless network by throughput, utilization, and other statistics. You can sort this report by location, by band, or by other parameters.

Note Busiest Clients reports do not include autonomous clients.

This report contains the following settings and scheduling parameters:

Settings

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

•Report by

–Controller—Choose All Controllers from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select specific devices.

–Floor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Buildings > All Floors from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select specific locations.

–Outdoor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select specific locations.

–AP by Floor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Buildings > All Floors > All APs from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select specific locations or devices.

–AP by Outdoor Area—Choose All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas > All APs from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select specific locations or devices.

–SSID—Choose All SSIDs from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select a specific or multiple SSIDs.

–AP by RAP Mesh Role—Choose All RAP APs from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select a specific RAP access point.

Note In the Report Criteria page, click Select to confirm your filter criteria or Close to return to the previous page.

•Protocol—Select All Clients, Wired Clients, or a specific radio type from the drop-down list.

•Reporting Period

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

Note The reporting period is based on the clients last seen time. The times are in the UTC time zone.

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.

Customize Report Form

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

Note Fixed columns appear in blue font and cannot be moved to Available Columns.

Available information for the Busiest Client report results includes:

•Client MAC Address—The MAC address of the client.

•Client IP Address—The IP address of the client.

•Username

•Protocol—802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n_5 GHz, or 802.11n_2.4 GHz

•Throughput (Mbps)—The average throughput (in Mbps) for the client.

•Utilization (%)—The average percentage of use for this client.

•On Controller—The controller on which the client is located.

•Bytes Sent—The number of bytes sent.

•Bytes Received—The number of bytes received.

•Packets Sent—The number of packets sent.

•Packets Received—The number of packets received.

Busiest Client Report Results

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

The following potential results occur, depending on how the report is customized. See Figure 17-10 for potential results for the Busiest Client report.

•Client MAC address, IP address, and username

•Protocol—802.11a/n or 802.11b/g/n

•Throughput—Either Mbps or kbps

Note If throughput is less than 0.1 kbps, you see <0.1 kbps.

•Utilization (%)

•On Controller—The controller on which the client is located.

•Bytes sent and received

Note If the value is greater than 1,000,000,000, a G is appended at the end of the value (such as 3.45 G). If the value is greater than 1,000,000 but less than 1,000,000,000, an M is appended at the end of the value (such as 456.8 M).

•Packets sent and received

Figure 17-10 Busiest Client Report Results

Client Count

This trending report displays the total number of active clients on your wireless network.

The Client Count report displays data on the numbers of clients that connected to the network through a specific device, in a specific geographical area, or through a specific or multiple SSIDs.

Note Client Count reports include clients connected to autonomous Cisco IOS access points.

This report contains the following settings and scheduling parameters:

Settings

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

•Report by

–Controller—Select All Controllers from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select specific devices.

–Floor Area—Select All Campuses > All Buildings > All Floors from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select specific locations.

–Outdoor Area—Select All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select specific locations.

–AP by Floor Area—Select All Campuses > All Buildings > All Floors > All APs from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select specific locations or devices.

–AP by Outdoor Area—Select All Campuses > All Outdoor Areas > All APs from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select specific locations or devices.

–SSID—Select All SSIDs from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select a specific or multiple SSIDs.

–AP by RAP Mesh Role—Select All RAP APs from the Report Criteria page or click Edit to select a specific RAP access point.

Note In the Report Criteria page, click Select to confirm your sort criteria or Close to return to the previous page.

•Protocol—Select All Clients or a specific radio type from the drop-down list.

Note Wired clients and clients associated to Cisco IOS access points are not included as part of this report.

•Reporting Period

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

Note The reporting period is based on the alarm last seen time. The times are in the UTC time zone.

Schedule

Customize Report Form

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

Note Fixed columns appear in blue font and cannot be moved to Available Columns.

Available information for Client Count report results includes:

•Controller IP—The IP address of the controller.

•Time—The time the client count occurred.

•Associated Client Count—The number of associated clients for the specified period of time.

•Authenticated Client Count—The number of authenticated clients for the specified period of time.

Client Count Report Results

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

The Client Count report displays the following graph for the results (Figure 17-11):

Figure 17-11 Client Count Report Results

Client Sessions

This report displays the clients on the network, client statistics, and the access points to which they are connected.

This report displays the following settings and scheduling parameters: