Summary Tab in Switch Dashboard

In the switch dashboard, the Summary tab displays the switch device details, network details, ports, hardware, uplink graph, usage graph, and details about the stack members.

The Summary tab displays the following sections:

• Switch
• Network
• Ports
• Hardware
• Uplink
• Usage
• Stack Members
• Actions

To navigate to the Summary tab in the Switch dashboard, complete the following steps:

1. In the Aruba Central app, set the filter to one of the options under Groups, Labels, or Sites. For all devices, set the filter to Global. Ensure that the filter selected contains at least one active switch.

   The dashboard context for the selected filter is displayed.

2. Under Manage, click Devices > Switches.

   A list of switches is displayed in the List view.

3. Click a switch listed under Device Name.

   The dashboard context for the specific switch is displayed.

4. Under Manage, click Overview > Summary .

   The Summary tab is displayed.

5. To exit the Switch dashboard, click the back arrow on the filter.

   You can change the time range for the Summary tab by clicking the time range filter and selecting one of the available options: 3 hours, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, or 3 months.

Switch

The Switch section displays the following details:

• Model—Hardware model of the switch.
• J-Number—Part number of the switch. This field is displayed only for standalone switches that are not part of switch stacks.
• Location—Current location of the switch.
• Contact—E-mail address of the contact person.
• Conductor—Serial number of the conductor switch in a switch stack. This field is displayed only for switch stacks.
• Serial—Serial number of the switch. This field is displayed only for standalone switches that are not part of switch stacks.
• MAC Address—MAC address of the switch. This field is displayed only for standalone switches that are not part of switch stacks.
• Uptime—Time duration for which the switches are operational.
• Last Reboot—Timestamp of when the switch was last rebooted.
• Configuration—Configuration status of the switch.
• Last Sync—Timestamp when the configuration was last synched between the peer switches in the stack.
• Last Stats Received—Timestamp of when the last statistics were received.
• Firmware Version—Firmware version of the switch. If an updated version is available, the version number is displayed and you can click the link to navigate to the firmware management page and upgrade the firmware.
  • Update Available—Displays whether a new firmware version is available.
• Group—Name of the group to which the switch belongs. Click the group name to view the dashboard context for the group.
• Site—Name of the site to which the switch belongs. Click the site name to view the dashboard context for the site.
• Label(s)—Name of the label to which the switch belongs.
• NAE Status—Consolidated status of the NAE agents running on the AOS-CX switch.

Figure 1  Switch Overview

Network

The Network section displays the following details:

• IP Address—IP address of the switch. For AOS-CX switches, a value is displayed only if the IP address is configured for the management interface of the switch. If IP address is obtained from the DHCP server, this field will appear blank for AOS-CX switches.
• Default VLAN—Default VLAN ID of the switch.
• Management VLAN—Management VLAN ID of the switch. This field is displayed only for AOS-S switches.
• Stack/Standalone— Indicates whether the switch is part of a stack or if it is a standalone switch.
• Stack ID—Stack ID used to identify the stack. This field is displayed only for switch stacks.
• Stack Members—Total number of members in the stack. This field is displayed only for switch stacks.
• Stack Topology—Topology of the stack.

Figure 2  Network Details

Ports

The Ports section displays the following details:

• Status—Number of ports in Up and Down state, and number of alerts.
• Power Over Ethernet (PoE)—Number of PoE ports enabled and disabled, and number of alerts.

Figure 3  Port Summary

Hardware

The Hardware section displays the following details:

• Power Supply—Total number of power supplies and number of power supplies in Up state.
• Fans—Total number of fans and the number of fans in the Up and Down states.
• CPU—CPU utilization status.
• Memory—Memory utilization status.
• Temperature—Temperature status. Hover your mouse over the status to view the temperature data.

Figure 4  Hardware Details

Uplink

The Uplink section displays the uplink rate (bps) trend chart for the duration specified in the time range filter. Hover the mouse over the trend chart to view the uplink rate at a particular time.

Figure 5  Uplink Trend Chart

Usage

The Usage section displays the trend chart for client data traffic detected on the switch. Hover your mouse over the trend chart to view data transmitted and received at a particular time.

The following video illustrates how use switch graphs.

Stack Members

The Stack Members table displays the following details:

• Name—Name of the switch stack member.
• Member ID—Identification number of the member.
• Model—The hardware model of the switch.
• MAC Address— The MAC address of the stack member.
• Serial— The serial number of the switch.
• Role —The role of a stack member.
• Status—The status of the switch stack member.
• Priority—Priority of the member. This column is not displayed for AOS-CX switches.

Figure 6  Stack Members Table

Actions

The Actions drop-down lists the following options available for remote administration of the switch:

Figure 7  Actions Menu

• Reboot—Reboots the switch. See Rebooting Switches.
• Tech Support—Allows the administrators to generate a tech support dump for troubleshooting the device. See Troubleshooting Aruba Switches.
• Console—Opens the remote console for a CLI session through SSH. Ensure that you allow SSH over port 443. The default user ID is admin, but you can edit and customize the user ID. This custom user ID must be mapped to the device. See Remote Console Session.
• VSF Switchover—Triggers the standby conductor switch to take over the conductor role. This option is applicable only for AOS-CX switch stacks. See Switching Over the Conductor Role.