Device Search Terms

The search bar helps you to search all devices monitored by HPE Aruba Networking Central. The search enables you to navigate to the monitoring, configuration, and troubleshooting pages of the devices in the Network Operation app.

The sample search terms in this page help you with the list of terms for troubleshooting the devices issues in the HPE Aruba Networking Central app.

Using the search bar you can perform the following tasks:

Hover over a device search card to view more details and links to the monitoring, configuration, and troubleshooting pages.
Click the device name to open the corresponding Device Details page.
Click View to open the corresponding page in HPE Aruba Networking Central. For example, clicking the View button corresponding to Alerts & Events Overview opens the Alerts & Events page.
Click Read to navigate to the documentation page in the HPE Aruba Networking Central Help Center relevant to the search terms.

Search Cards for Devices

The search results in HPE Aruba Networking Central displays certain cards with monitoring information and links to the configuration and troubleshooting pages for the device. You can click the links to navigate to that particular page of the device in the HPE Aruba Networking Central app.

You can see the search cards when you search with the device name, IP address, MAC Media Access Control. A MAC address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on a network. address, group, site, or label name. Following are the examples for APs, switches, and gateways.

Following is an example of the search card that appears when you search with an Access Point name:

Figure 1 Search Card for the Access Point Name Search

Card_AP

Options available on the AP name search card:

Configure—Opens the AP Configuration page.
Network Check—Opens the Network Check page.
Locate—Locates the AP in the network.
Events—Opens the Alerts & Events page for the AP.
Clients—Opens the Clients page for the AP.
Configure Group—Opens the Access Points page to configure a group for the AP.
Insights—Opens the AI Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. AI reduces trouble tickets by identifying the network entity that is facing problems through event correlation and root cause analysis. Insights page for the AP.

Following is an example of the search card that appears when you search with a Switch name:

Figure 2 Search Card for the Switch Name Search

Card_Switch

Options available on the switch name search card:

Configure—Opens the Switch Configuration page.
Network Check—Opens the Network Check page for the switch.
Console—Opens the Switch Details page.
Events—Opens the Alerts & Events page for the switch.
Clients—Opens the Clients page for the AP.
Configure Group—Opens the Switches page to configure a group for the switch.
Insights—Opens the AI Insights page for the switch.

The following is an example of the search card that appears when you search with a gateway name:

Figure 3 Search Card for the Gateway Name Search

Card_Gateway

Options available on the gateway name search card:

Configure Group—Opens the Gateways page to configure a group for the gateway.
Network Check—Opens the Network Check page for the gateway.
Console—Opens the Gateway Summary page for the gateway.
Events—Opens the Alerts & Events page for the gateway.
Clients—Opens the Clients page for the gateway.
Session—Opens the Sessions page for the gateway.

The following is an example of the search card that appears when you search with a device serial:

Figure 4 Search Card for the Device Serial Search

The following is an example of the search card that appears when you search with a device IP address:

Figure 5 Search Card for the Device IP Address Search

The following is an example of the search card that appears when you search with a device MAC address:

Figure 6 Search Card for the Device MAC Address Search

The following is an example of the search card that appears when you search with a device group name:

Figure 7 Search Card for the Device Group Name Search

The following is an example of the search card that appears when you search with a device label:

Figure 8 Search Card for the Label Search

Sample Device Search Terms

The following table lists the sample search terms for AP, switch, and gateway.

Table 1: Sample Device Search Terms
Typical Queries	Search Terms	Result
Access Point
View AP(s) facing issues in the network	AP issues AP anomalies problem APs	Returns a list of the AP(s) that are offline, AP radios changing channels more frequently, AP(s) experiencing higher than normal channel utilization, AP(s) experiencing frequent transmit power changes, and AP(s) that missed sending telemetry data, and so on.
View AP(s) in a site	Enter list aps in site or show aps in site followed by the site name. Example—list aps in site California	Returns a list of the AP(s) in the site.
View a list of online AP(s)	online aps	Returns a list of the AP(s) that are online.
View AP(s) belonging to a group	Enter list aps in group followed by group name. Example—list aps in groupdefault	Returns a list of the AP(s) that are belonging to the group.
View AP(s) tagged with a particular label	Enter list aps in label followed by the label name. Example—list aps in labellobby	Returns a list of the AP(s) that are tagged with the label.
View AP(s) by model number	Enter show ap model followed by the model number. Example—show ap model ap-505	Returns a list of the AP(s) whose model number matches the search term.
Search by AP name	Enter the name of the AP. Example—printer-room	Returns the AP whose name matches the search term.
Search by AP MAC address	Enter ap followed by the MAC address. Example—ap 94:b4:0f:d9:ba:cc	Returns the AP whose MAC address matches the search term.
Search by AP serial number	Enter ap serial followed by the serial number. Example—ap serialCNJJKPN1G5	Returns the AP whose serial number matches the search term.
Switch
View switch(es) facing issues in the network	switch issues switch anomalies problem switches	Returns a list of switch(es) that are offline, switch(es) experiencing high CPU Central Processing Unit. A CPU is an electronic circuitry in a computer for processing instructions. and memory utilization, switch(es) facing PoE Power over Ethernet. PoE is a technology for wired Ethernet LANs to carry electric power required for the device in the data cables. The IEEE 802.3af PoE standard provides up to 15.4 W of power on each port. issues, and so on.
View switch(es) in a site	Enter list switches in site or show switches in site followed by the site name. Example—list switches in site California	Returns a list of switch(es) in the site.
View a list of online switch(es)	online switches	Returns a list of switch(es) that are online.
View switch(es) belonging to a group	Enter list switches in group followed by group name. Example—list switches in groupdefault	Returns a list of switch(es) belonging to the group.
View switch(es) tagged with a label	Enter list switches in label followed by the label name. Example—list switches in labelstore	Returns a list of switch(es) that are tagged with the label.
Search by switch name	Enter the name of the switch. Example—store-switch	Returns the switch whose name matches the search term.
Search by switch MAC address	Enter switches followed by the MAC address. Example—switch f8:60:f0:b6:22:00	Returns the switch whose MAC address matches the search term.
Search by switch serial number	Enter switch serial followed by the serial number. Example—switch serialCN90HKX045	Returns the switch whose serial number matches the search term.
Gateway
View gateway(s) facing issues in the network	gateway issues gateway anomalies problem gateways	Returns a list of gateway(s) that are down, gateway(s) experiencing high CPU and memory utilization, gateway tunnel(s) that are down, and so on.
View gateway(s) in a site	Enter list gateways in site or show gateways in site followed by the site name. Example—list gateways in site California	Returns a list of gateway(s) in the site.
Configure gateway(s) in a particular group	Enter configure gateways in group followed by the site name. Example—configure gateways in groupdefault	Returns a link to the gateway configuration page.
View a list of online gateway(s)	online gateways	Returns a list of gateway(s) that are online.
View gateway(s) belonging to a group	Enter list gateways in group followed by group name. Example—list gateways in groupdefault	Returns a list of gateway(s) belonging to the group.
View gateway(s) tagged with a label	Enter list gateways in label followed by the label name. Example—list gateways in labellobby	Returns a list of gateway(s) that are tagged with the label.
Search by gateway name	Enter the name of the gateway. Example—branch	Returns the gateway whose name matches the search term.
Search by gateway MAC address	Enter gateway followed by the MAC address. Example—gateway 00:0b:86:f9:0d:d2	Returns the gateway whose MAC address matches the search term.
Search by gateway serial number	Enter gateway serial followed by the serial number. Example—gateway serialCZ0003248	Returns the gateway whose serial number matches the search term.