Browse

The Locator Browse Screen enables you to search in the "opposite direction" of the Locator screen. Instead of entering an end station's address to locate the switch and slot/port to which the end station is connected, the Browse screen enables you to search for and list all end stations connected to devices. The end stations are located by searching the Historical database. Locator cannot perform live searches from the Browse screen.

To browse for an AOS Device(s), click on Devices ADD button and select a device(s). You can select up to 512 AOS Devices at a time. To browse for APs, click on the AP Groups ADD button. When you click ADD, the results will appear in the Netforward Results Table at the bottom of the screen. To browse for different devices/AP Groups, click on the applicable EDIT button.

Note: Locator does not periodically poll clients connected to APs. When browsing for clients connected to APs, you must perform a manual poll by clicking on the link following the prompt at the top of the Netforward Results Table: "Not finding what you were looking for in the results? Click here". OmniVista will poll APs and display the most recent results in the table.

Browse Results

The browse results are displayed in the Netforward Results Table. The Netforward Results Table fields are defined below. The table display will vary depending on the view option you choose - Location (default), Classification, Data Center, Layer 3, or Template, which is used to create custom views. If a ClearPass Server is configured and connected, a BYOD button will appear to enable you to view information on the ClearPass Server.

Note: You can use the "Freeze the first __ columns" feature to lock columns when you scroll right to view information. Enter the number of colums you want to freeze, and those columns will remain visible as you scroll right.

You can also perform certain actions on specific devices/ports in the Netforward Results Table. Select a row in the table and click on the Action button at the top of the table and select one of the following options:

Location

Classification

Data Center

Layer 3

Template

You can create an additional two (2) custom views by clicking on the Custom Template button, entering a Template Name, selecting the fields you want to display and clicking OK. (You can change the order of the fields when you are creating the template by dragging a field up or down in the list before clicking OK.) The name of the new view will then be displayed in a button at the top of the Netforward Results Table, and can be used to view the selected fields. You can configure up to 2 new views. Creating an additional view will replace one of the previous views. Custom templates are associated with the current logged in user, so every user can have different custom templates. The available fields are defined below.

The fields below are only populated by devices authenticated through UPAM. Otherwise, the fields will be blank.

BYOD

Available only if ClearPass Policy Manager (CPPM) is defined in the BYOD application and connectivity can be established