Viewing Devices in the List View

In the list view, you can get insights about the overall status of all the network devices at a site. You can filter the list of devices based on their type and status. You can also customize the columns that are displayed in the list view.

To view devices within a site, complete the following steps:

  1. In the HPE Aruba Networking Central landing page, select a site from the Sites menu.

    Alternatively, click the expand icon on the Sites menu to search for a site from the list.

    The site dashboard is displayed with the network and connectivity information for the site.

  2. In the site context, click Network.

    The List view is displayed on the site dashboard.

    Figure 1: Devices List View

Note:

When an offline device or set of offline devices are moved between sites, these devices will not be reflected in the new site until the devices are back online.

The following table describes the columns in the list view.

Table 1: Device Details

Column

Description

Name

Displays the device health icon, device name, and device status. The following device health icons are displayed:

  • —The device is in good health.

  • —The device is in fair health based on the device metrics. For example, an AP is in fair health when one or more radio metrics of the AP such as the channel utilization, noise floor, and channel quality are fair.

  • —The device is either offline or in poor health based on the device metrics. For example, an AP is in poor health when it is either offline, or when one or more AP metrics such as the CPU, memory, radio channel utilization, radio noise floor, and radio channel quality is poor.

Type

Displays the device icon, device type, virtual controller name (when applicable), and device topology.

MAC Address

Displays the MAC address of the device.

IP Address

Displays the IP address of the device.

Model

Displays the device model name.

Serial Number

Displays the device serial number.
Connected To

Displays the neighbor information (Device Name and Port Name) of APs.

Note: If the target AP is connected to another AP, the field displays the Device Name and Port MAC address of the neighbor AP.

Uptime

Displays the time duration since the device was last turned on (the time since the device has not restarted). It shows the time in weeks, days, hours, or minutes depending on the uptime value such as 3w 4d, 3d 5h, 1h 45m, and other values. This field is not displayed for the offline devices.

Firmware Version

Displays the firmware version installed on the device.

Configuration Status

Displays the configuration status of the device (synchronized or unsynchronized).

Last Seen

Displays the date and time when a device was last online. This field is displayed for offline devices only.

Device Function

Displays the persona assigned to the device collection or group device in Classic Central.

Location

Displays the building name and floor of the device.

Notes

Displays the latest note (if any) added to a device. For more information on adding a note to a device, see Device Notes.
Overlay Function Displays the overlay function on devices whose persona is EDGE, BORDER, or ROUTE_REFELCTOR.
Clients Displays the count of clients connected to the device.
Note:

The Firmware Version, Configuration Status, Last Seen, Device Function, Location, Notes, and Cluster Name columns are not visible by default and need to be enabled using the customize columns option. For more information, see Table Utilities.

Discrepancy in offline device count:

If the devices are offline when New Central is allowlisted for the customer, or HPE Aruba Networking Central is enabled in that cluster, then the offline devices will not reflect in the New Central UI.

Offline devices in the site movement scenario: If devices are offline in Central, and are moved to a new site, then they will not appear under the new site in New Central until they come online.

The above scenarios are applicable for all device types, including APs, gateways, and switches (AOS-CX and AOS-S).

When AOS-S switches are archived on the HPE GreenLake Inventory page, the devices are deleted from the Devices list view.

Hovering over a table row in the Devices list view displays other UI elements, described in the following table.

Table 2: UI Elements in the Devices List View

UI Element

Icon

Description
Troubleshooter icon Starts a troubleshooting session for the device. For more information, see Troubleshooting Tools.
Ellipsis icon Displays the following options:
Reboot—reboots the device.
Locate Device—blinks the LEDs on the device for five minutes.
Note:

The ellipsis icon is displayed only when the related device is online.