Notifications

This chapter contains the following sections:

About Notifications

Cisco Business Dashboard generates notifications when different events occur in the network including Connectwise or Webex teams integration notifications. A notification may generate an email or a pop-up alert that appears in the lower right corner of the browser, and all notifications are logged for later review.

Notifications can also be acknowledged when they are no longer of interest. Those notifications will be hidden from the Notification Center by default.

Supported Notifications

The following table lists the notifications supported by Cisco Business Dashboard



Table 1. Supported Notifications

Event

Level

Description

Clears Automatically?

Device Notifications for Access Points, Routers, IP Phones and Switches

Reachability/Device Discovered

Information

A new device is detected on the network.

Yes, 5 minutes after the device is discovered.

Reachability/Device Unreachable

Warning

A device is known through a discovery protocol, but is not reachable using IP.

Yes, when the device is reachable through IP again.

Reachability/Device Offline

Alert

A device is no longer detectable on the network

Yes, when the device is rediscovered.

Credential Required/SNMP

Warning

The Probe is unable to access the device due to an authentication error.

Yes, when the Probe authenticates.

Credential Required/User ID

Warning

The Probe is unable to access the device due to an authentication error.

Yes, when the Probe authenticates.

Credential Required/Password Expired

Warning

The password has expired for the admin user on the device.

Yes, when the password on the device has been reset.

Configuration Mismatch

Alert

The current device configuration does not match the configuration specified in Cisco Business Dashboard configuration profiles and device settings.

Yes, when the configuration mismatch is resolved.

Device Service/SNMP

Warning

SNMP is disabled on the device.

Yes, when SNMP is enabled.

Device Service/Web service

Warning

The web service is disabled on the device.

Yes, when web service API is enabled

Health

Warning/Alert

The device health level changes to warning or alert.

Yes, when the device health returns to normal.

Cisco Support Notifications

Firmware

Information

A later version of firmware is available on cisco.com

Yes, when the device is updated to the latest version.

End of Life

Warning/Alert

An End of Life bulletin is found for the device or an End of Life milestone has been reached.

No

Maintenance Expiry

Warning/Alert

The device is out of warranty and/or does not have a currently active maintenance contract.

Yes, if a new maintenance contract is taken out.

Device Health Notifications

CPU

Warning/Alert

Device CPU usage exceeds maximum thresholds.

Yes, when the CPU usage returns to a normal level.

Uptime

Warning/Alert

Device uptime is below minimum thresholds.

Yes, when the device uptime exceeds minimum levels.

Connected Clients

Warning/Alert

The number of connected clients exceeds maximum thresholds.

Yes, when the number of connected clients returns to an acceptable level.

Viewing and Filtering Current Device Notifications

To view currently active notifications for a single device or all devices, follow the steps below.

  1. In the Home window, click Notification Center icon on the top right corner of the global tool bar. The number badge on the icon specifies the total number of unacknowledged notifications outstanding, and the color of the badge indicates the highest severity level currently outstanding.

    Any notifications currently outstanding are listed below the icons in the Notification Center. The number on the severity icon provides a total of the number of notifications in each of the following categories:

    Icon

    Description

    Information (green circle icon)

    Warning (orange triangle icon)

    Alert (red inverted triangle icon)

  2. In the Notification Center, you can perform the following actions:

    • Acknowledge a notification—Check the check box against the notification to acknowledge it. You can acknowledge all notifications in the display by checking the ACK All checkbox.

    • Filter the displayed notifications—See step 3 for instructions.

  3. The Filter box limits the notifications displayed in the table. By default, notifications of all types and all severity levels will be displayed. To change an existing filter, double click on that filter to change the setting. To add a new filter, click on the Add Filter label and select a filter from the drop-down list. The table below lists all the filters that are available.

    Filter

    Description

    Notification Type

    The type of notification to be displayed. For example, to display notifications for devices that are offline, choose Device Offline from the drop-down list.

    Severity

    The severity level of the notifications to be displayed including:

    • Info

    • Warning

    • Alert

    You can include higher severity levels by selecting the Higher checkbox.

    Include Ack

    Include notifications that have been acknowledged.

    Network

    Displays notifications for the specified network(s). Start typing in the filter and matching networks will be listed in a drop-down. Click to select the desired network.

    You can include multiple networks in the filter.

    Device

    Displays notifications for the specified device(s). Start typing in the filter and matching devices will be listed in a drop-down. Click to select the desired device.

    You can include multiple devices in the filter.

    Show Discovery

    Controls whether to include notifications for devices that have been blocked by discovery filtering.


    Note


    Notifications for individual devices can be seen in the Basic Info and the Detailed Info panels for the device.


To control how you receive notifications, change the notification settings at the organization or system level. For more information, see Organizations or Managing Notification Defaults.

Viewing and Filtering Historical Device Notifications

The occurrence or change in state of any notification is recorded as an event on the Dashboard, and may be viewed through the Event Log. A subset of the event log can be viewed through the following panels:

The Basic Info panel or the Device Detail panel displays individual devices.

The Basic Info Panel shows only the last 24 hours worth of events.

The Device Detail panel shows all historical data for the device that is available.


Note


The Device Detail panel can be filtered to help isolate those events you are interested in. See Event Log for more information on viewing and filtering historical events.