IW Monitor Management

IW MONITOR management

IW MONITOR is a standalone on-premise monitoring application that enables comprehensive network visibility and management.

  • Dashboard monitoring and topology visualization

  • Real-time performance monitoring and telemetry data processing

  • Network events logging for authentication and configuration changes

IW MONITOR capabilities and features

The on-premises IW MONITOR supports these primary capabilities:

  • Dashboard to MONITOR network status

  • Topology view of the network

  • Real time and history charts for wireless Key Performance Indicators (KPIS)

  • Real time performance monitoring

  • Process the telemetry data sent by IW devices

  • Network events logging

UIW Release 17.12.1 provides this support for IW MONITOR dashboard:

  • Attach and detach functions.

  • Telemetry protocol support.

  • CLI and GUI management.

The following table outlines the IW MONITOR features supported from UIW release 17.12.1 onwards.

Table 1. IW MONITOR features support

Feature

Description

IW MONITOR log for RADIUS

RADIUS authentication attempts by mobile units are logged to IW MONITOR

IW MONITOR log CLI SSH access

SSH connections attempts are logged to IW MONITOR

IW MONITOR log GUI access

GUI logins are logged to IW MONITOR

IW MONITOR log ethernet link change

Physical link changes of LAN ports are buffered and logged to IW MONITOR

IW MONITOR log configuration change

Changes applied to the unit configuration through CLI or GUI are logged to MONITOR

Configure IW MONITOR management using CLI

Configure IW MONITOR management to enable network monitoring capabilities including dashboard monitoring, topology view, real-time performance monitoring, telemetry data processing, and network events logging.

IW MONITOR does not require any configuration, and access points are added to the IW MONITOR. Use the CLI to detach the device from the IW MONITOR server and troubleshoot the connection.

Procedure

Step 1

Use the configure monitor detach command to detach the device from the IW MONITOR server.

Example:

Device# configure monitor detach

Step 2

Use the show monitor command to verify the IW MONITOR management status.

Example:


Device# show monitor
IW MONITOR: enabled
Status: Connected

Configure IW MONITOR management using GUI

Enables IW MONITOR management to provide network monitoring capabilities.

The UIW Release 17.12.1 introduces support for IW MONITOR, a standalone on-premise monitoring application supporting network monitoring features.

Procedure

Step 1

Enable the IW MONITOR option in the Cisco URWB IW9165E or IW9167E Configurator window.

Step 2

Verify that the IW-MONITOR connection info appears.