Wired Clients
A wired client is defined as a client connected to an Instant On device that supports Ethernet switching. Wired clients are categorized based on the following scenarios:
Figure 1 Wired Client Scenarios
- Instant On device connected to the Instant On switching device will not be shown as a wired client. The
- Scenario 2: The server will be shown as an edge wired client.
VMs running on the server might report additional MAC addresses to the same Ethernet port. In such cases, each of the MAC addresses will be displayed as a wired client.
- The edge device will be shown as an edge wired client.
- Scenario 4: The third-party infrastructure device will be shown as an infrastructure wired client.
- The wired device connected to the third-party infrastructure device will not be shown as a wired client.
- The infrastructure device will be shown as an edge wired client.
- Scenario 7: The wired device will be shown as a wired client.
Wired Client Details
The
page provides additional information about clients in your network.To view the
page for a specific client, follow these steps:- Click the
) tile on the Instant On home page. The page is displayed.
( - Click the (
) icon beside the client name from the list. The page for the selected client is displayed.
Parameter |
Description |
---|---|
Client name |
Denotes the name of the wired client. The client name can be edited and updated to a custom name of your choice. The length of the client name can be between 1 to 32 characters. Blank spaces and special characters are accepted as a valid characters in the client name. |
Type |
Denotes the type of the wired client. The client can either be an infrastructure client or a voice client. |
IP Address |
IP address of the client. |
MAC Address |
Denotes the MAC address of the wired client. |
Network |
The network to which the client is connected. Clicking on the network name will take you to the Network Details page. |
Duration |
Displays the duration for which the client is connected to the network. |
Device |
The network device to which the client is connected. Clicking on the device name will take you to the Device Details page. |
Port |
Denotes the switch port through which the wired client is connected to the network. |
Connection Health |
Denotes the health status of the wired client. |
Status |
Represents the ratio of the number or error packets on all the packets.
|
Duplex Mode |
Denotes if the wired client is connected in a full duplex or half duplex mode. |
Downloading |
Shows the download throughput within the last 30 seconds, in bytes per second. |
Uploading |
Shows the upload throughput within the last 30 seconds, in bytes per second. |
Transferred |
Shows the total amount of data transferred during the client session, in bytes. |
PoE Power Cycle
Instant On provides the ability to remotely power cycle wired clients. This option is available only for clients that are either connected to a PoE port on an Instant On router or a switch. The following procedure is used to power cycle the port of the wired client:
- Click the
) tile on the Instant On home page. The page is displayed.
( - In the
) button is displayed at the end of the row.
list, hover the cursor over the wired client. A power cycle ( - Click the (
) button to power cycle the wired client. The port will then be sequentially powered off and then be powered on. The Duration column displays a message that the client is being power cycled.
The PoE supplier should be an Instant On device.
Watchlisted Clients
The client watchlist feature allows you to monitor the status of the wired or wireless clients connected to the Instant On devices. After the client is added to the watchlist (), an alert is triggered when the watched client goes offline and is cleared if the client comes back online or removed from the watchlist.
You can add a maximum of 128 wired or wireless clients to the watchlist.
The following procedure describes how to add a client to the watchlist:
- Click on the
) tile in the Instant On homepage of the web application. The Clients page is displayed.
( - Click the Connected clients tab to view the list of connected clients.
- Hover the cursor over a wired or wireless client. A watchlist icon (
) is displayed at the end of the row.
- Click watchlist (
). The client is added to the (
) list.
The following procedure describes how to remove a client from the watchlist:
- Click on the
) tile in the Instant On homepage of the web application. The Clients page is displayed.
( - Click the Watchlisted clients (
) tab to view the list of clients added to the watchlist.
- Hover the cursor over a wired or wireless client. An Unwatchlist icon is displayed at the end of the row.
- Click Unwatchlist (
). The client is removed from the list.