Summary Tab in Access Point Dashboard

In the access point (AP) dashboard, the Summary tab displays the device details, network information, radio details including the topology of clients connected to each radio, and the health status of the AP in the network.

The AP Details page is available for Foundation and Advanced licenses for APs.

The Summary tab displays the following sections:

Device

The Device section displays the following details:

AP Model—The AP hardware model.
Country Code—Country code in which the AP operates.
MAC—MAC Media Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network. address of the AP.
Serial Number—Serial number of the AP.
Uptime—Time from when the AP is operational.
The Uptime does not reflect the time from when the AP is connected to HPE Aruba Networking Central.
Last Seen—The time when the AP was last online.
Last Reboot Reason—The reason for the latest rebooting of AP.
Firmware Version—The firmware version running on the AP. If the device is running an older firmware version, this field prompts the user to upgrade to the latest firmware version along with the link to the Maintenance > Firmware page.
Configuration Status—Displays the configuration status and the timestamp of the last device configuration changes.
Band Selection—Displays the operating band Band refers to a specified range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. of the AP. The supported bands are Dual Band, Dual 5 GHz, Tri-Radio, or Tri Band.
Flexible Dual Band Caveats: In HPE Aruba Networking Central 2.5.6 release, if the AP-615 is configured for flexible dual radio band mode, the Band Selection UI field on the Device card displays an incorrect value.
Power Draw—The power utilized by the device in watts (W) or kilowatts (kW). For more information on the list of APs that support power draw, see Supported Instant APs.
Power Negotiation—The power in watts (W) negotiated on the ethernet port of the device in a wired network.
Recommended Power—The recommended power in watts (W) negotiated on the ethernet port of the device in a wired network.
Group—The group to which the AP belongs. Click the group name to go to the Overview > Summary page for that group.
When an AP belongs to an unprovisioned group, the hyperlink to the unprovisioned group is disabled.
Labels—The labels associated with the AP. You can also add a new label to the AP by clicking the edit icon. To view all the labels associated with a device, hover your mouse over the Labels column.
Name—The IP address of the AP.
Site—The site to which the AP belongs. Click the site name to go to the Overview > Site Health page for that site.
LEDs on ACCESS POINT—Click Blink LED Light Emitting Diode. LED is a semiconductor light source that emits light when an electric current passes through it. to enable the blinking of LEDs on the AP to identify the location. The default blinking time is set to 5 minutes and it stops automatically after 5 minutes. To stop the blinking of the AP, click Stop Blinking.
Note—When you click the edit icon, a text-box is displayed. It allows you to add information that can be used as reference. For example, AP location, and upgrade information.

Network

The Network section displays information of the network and interfaces to which the AP is connected. Along with the network profile name, the following fields are displayed in the Network section:

ETH0—Displays the status of the ETH0 network.
Speed (Mbps)/Duplex—The speed of the network measured in Mbps. This field also indicates whether the network has a full-duplex or half-duplex communication.
VLAN—The number of VLAN Virtual Local Area Network. In computer networking, a single Layer 2 network may be partitioned to create multiple distinct broadcast domains, which are mutually isolated so that packets can only pass between them through one or more routers; such a domain is referred to as a Virtual Local Area Network, Virtual LAN, or VLAN. connections associated with the network.
- LLDP Details—Click the LLDP Details link to view the ETH0 LLDP Link Layer Discovery Protocol. LLDP is a vendor-neutral link layer protocol in the Internet Protocol suite used by network devices for advertising their identity, capabilities, and neighbors on an IEEE 802 local area network, which is principally a wired Ethernet. details. The pop-up window displays the Neighbor Name, Neighbor MAC, Neighbor Port, and Neighbor VLAN details.
ETH1—Displays the status of the ETH1 network.
Speed (Mbps)/Duplex—The speed of the network measured in Mbps. This field also indicates whether the network has a full-duplex or half-duplex communication.
VLAN—The number of VLAN connections associated with the network.
- LLDP Details—Click the LLDP Details link to view the ETH1 LLDP details. The pop-up window displays the Neighbor Name, Neighbor MAC, Neighbor Port, and Neighbor VLAN details.
Current Uplink—The current uplink connection on the AP.
Uplink Connected To—The switch name to which the AP is connected. Click this link to view the switch details page, if the switch is managed by HPE Aruba Networking Central. For more information, see Summary Tab in Switch Dashboard.
- Port—The port number of the switch to which the AP is connected.
IP Address—IP address of the AP.
Public IP Address—IP address logged by servers when the AP device is connected through internet connection.
DNS Name Servers—The server that has a directory of domain names and their associated IP addresses.
Default Gateway—A 32 bit value that is used to uniquely identify the device on a public network.
NTP Server—Displays information about the NTP Network Time Protocol. NTP is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computers over a network. Server.

Radios

The Radios section displays the following information related to Radio 2.4 GHz, Radio 5 GHz, Radio 5 GHz Secondary, and Radio 6 GHz:

Mode—The type of mode for the radios. For example, Client Access, Monitor, and Spectrum.
Status—Displays the operational status of the radios connected to the AP. The status is as follows:
- Up—Indicates that the radio is online.
- Down—Indicates that the radio is offline.
- Down - Thermal shutdown—Indicates that the radio is offline as the AP is operating under thermal management. For more information, see Access Points in Thermal Management Mode.
Radio MAC Address—The MAC address of the radios connected to the AP.
Channel—The channels assigned to the radios.
Power—The transmit power of the radios.
Type—The type of wireless LAN Local Area Network. A LAN is a network of connected devices within a distinct geographic area such as an office or a commercial establishment and share a common communications line or wireless link to a server. used for the radios.
Clients—The number of clients connected to the AP.
Wireless Networks—The number of SSIDs Service Set Identifier. SSID is a name given to a WLAN and is used by the client to access a WLAN network. configured in the network.
Antenna—The type of antennae. For example, internal and external.
Spatial Stream—Displays the number of spatial streams. By default, the spatial stream value for Radio 5 GHz is 8x8. When tri-radio mode is enabled, the spatial stream values for Radio 5 GHz and Radio 5 GHz (Secondary) is 4x4.
Flexible Dual Band Caveats: In HPE Aruba Networking Central 2.5.6 release, if the AP-615 is configured for flexible dual radio band mode, the Type and Spatial Stream UI fields on the Radios card display no value.

When the AP radios are set to spectrum scan mode, the Channel and Power values are empty.
The tri-radio feature is available only for AP-555. In the Radios section, the Radio 5 GHz (Secondary) data is available only if the tri-radio mode is enabled. For more information, see Access Points in Tri-Radio Mode.
The 6 GHz Gigahertz. radio band is only supported for devices with 6 GHz capability.

Data Path

The Data Path section displays the topology of the clients connected to each of the radios of the AP, which in turn is connected to switches or gateways through VLAN. When you hover over the upstream device in the data path topology, a pop-up displays the Name, Serial Number, and Port details of the upstream devices.

PORT shows the number of ports available in the AP that also includes USB Universal Serial Bus. USB is a connection standard that offers a common interface for communication between the external devices and a computer. USB is the most common port used in the client devices. ports. CLIENTS connected to the PORT in the data path shows the number of wired clients connected to the port.

If an AP forms a tunnel, you can see the VPNC in the data path. When you hover over VPNC, a pop-up displays the Name and MAC address of the VPNC in the data path. When you click on VPNC the VPNC details page is displayed.

VPNC in the data path is displayed only for APs with firmware version ArubaOS 10.3.0.0 or later and ArubaOS 8.9.0.0 or later.

Figure 1 Data Path

The tri-radio feature is available only for AP-555. In the Data Path section, the 5 GHz (Secondary) data is available only if the tri-radio mode is enabled. For more information, see Access Points in Tri-Radio Mode.
In the Data Path section, the 6 GHz radio band is only supported for devices with 6 GHz capability.

Uplink Summary

For Microbranch APs, WAN Wide Area Network. WAN is a telecommunications network or computer network that extends over a large geographical distance. Summary is displayed instead of Uplink Summary.

The Uplink Summary section displays the following details with the corresponding chart:

The Uplink Summary section is available only for the HPE Aruba Networking Central Advanced licenses.

Uplink Availability—Provides an overall graphical representation of the uplink availability for the AP based on reachability.

Uplink Availability is available only for APs with firmware version ArubaOS 10.3.0.0 or later and only if the health check is configured on APs.
HPE Aruba Networking Central 2.5.4 supports only a single AP uplink scenario in Uplink Summary. If multiple uplink ports are up on HPE Aruba Networking Central, the Uplink Summary displays the Uplink Availability as more than 100%.

VPN Virtual Private Network. VPN enables secure access to a corporate network when located remotely. It enables a computer to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if it were directly connected to the private network, while benefiting from the functionality, security, and management policies of the private network. This is done by establishing a virtual point-to-point connection through the use of dedicated connections, encryption, or a combination of the two. Availability—Provides an overall graphical representation of the VPN availability for the AP based on reachability. If more than one tunnel and each of them are configured with endpoints to probe, the chart should show based on probe server IP.

For APs with firmware version ArubaOS 8.9.0.0 or later, VPN Availability is available only for non-default profile with probe-ip configured.

Table 1: Legend Details-WAN and VPN Availability
Legend	Description
	The overall WAN or VPN availability is <50%, the chart appears in red color.
	The overall WAN or VPN availability is >50%, the chart appears in yellow color.
	The overall WAN or VPN availability is 100%, the chart appears in green color.
	The device is not connected with HPE Aruba Networking Central (the device reachability data for WAN or VPN is not available in HPE Aruba Networking Central), the chart appears in gray color.
	The device is connected with HPE Aruba Networking Central but the device reachability data for WAN or VPN is not available in HPE Aruba Networking Central, the chart appears in white color.

Usage—Provides a snapshot of the WAN usage and is available for All Traffic, Internet, and VPN specific information. You can see the incoming and outgoing traffic for the AP with time plotted on the x-axis. Hover over the chart to see the incoming and outgoing traffic for a particular time frame.
- Click Received or Sent at the bottom of the chart to view or hide the usage chart for received or sent data.
- Click the following icons to see the chart in logarithmic scale or linear scale.
  - Logarithmic Scale—Click this icon to view chart in logarithmic scale.
  - Linear Scale—Click this icon to view chart in linear scale.

Throughput—Provides a graphical representation of the WAN throughput for an AP. The graph displays the WAN transmit and receive performance in bps.
- Click Received or Sent at the bottom of the chart to view or hide the throughput chart for received or sent data.
- Click the following icons to see the chart in logarithmic scale or linear scale.
  - Logarithmic Scale—Click this icon to view chart in logarithmic scale.
  - Linear Scale—Click this icon to view chart in linear scale.

Health Status

The Health Status trend graph indicates the health status of the device in the network for the time selected in the time range filter. When you hover over the graph, you can view information such as date and time, Health Status, Noise Floor, CPU, Memory, Channel Utilization (Radio 1), Channel Utilization (Radio 2), and Channel Utilization (Radio 3).

In the Health Status graph, the Poor Health Limit text indicates the poor health limit of the device in the network.

Figure 2 Health Status

In the Health Status graph, the Channel Utilization (Radio 3) data is available if the tri-radio mode is enabled or if 6 GHz radio is available. For more information, see Access Points in Tri-Radio Mode.
The tri-radio feature is available only for AP-555.
The 6 GHz radio band is only supported for devices with 6 GHz capability.

WLANS

The WLANS table provides a list of all the SSIDs configured for the AP.

Figure 3 WLANS

The WLANS table provides the following information:

Name—Displays the name of the SSID.
Type—Displays the type of the SSID.
VLANs—Displays the VLAN number.
Security—Displays the type of security.

Click to expand an SSID in the WLANS table. When you expand an SSID in the WLANS table, you can view the following information for 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 5 GHz (Secondary), and 6 GHz radios:

BSSID—Displays the MAC address of the radio.
Radio Type—Displays the type of radio.
Clients—Displays the number of connected clients.

Click to download the .csv file of the WLANS table.

In the .csv file of the WLANS table, the 5 GHz (Secondary) columns are available only if the tri-radio mode is enabled.
The tri-radio feature is available only for AP-555. In the WLANS table, the 5 GHz (Secondary) data is available only if the tri-radio mode is enabled. For more information, see Access Points in Tri-Radio Mode.
The 6 GHz radio band is only supported for devices with 6 GHz capability.

For more information, see Viewing the Summary Tab in Access Point Dashboard.