User Guide: Vista Manager AWC Plug-in version 3.13.1

# System Setting

System Info
System Settings
Permission Setting (AMF Security WebAPI)
System Management

The System Setting page lets you see the AWC Plug-in version, factory-reset the plug-in, and configure system settings.

> Note

> > This page is only accessible by Administrator accounts.

## System Info

Table 1: System Information
Item Name | Description
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Version Information | Shows the AWC Plug-in's version information.
License Information | Wireless AP: Shows the number of APs allowed by the wireless LAN controller license and the number of APs which are being managed by the AWC Plug-in. License count: Shows the number of APs which are allowed to be managed by the installed wireless LAN controller license. Registered/Configured APs: Shows the number of APs which have been added to the AWC Plug-in's management database. Licensed APs: Shows the number of APs which are being managed by the AWC Plug-in. Channel Blanket: Shows the number of APs allowed by the channel blanket license and the number of APs which are operating in the AWC Plug-in's channel blankets. License count: Shows the number of APs which are allowed to be managed by the installed channel blanket license. Registered/Configured APs: Shows the number of APs which have been added to the AWC Plug-in's channel blankets. Licensed APs: Shows the number of APs which are operating in the AWC Plug-in's channel blankets. Smart Connect: Shows the number of APs allowed by the Smart Connect license and the number of APs which are operating in the AWC Plug-in's Smart Connect networks. License count: Shows the number of APs which are allowed to be managed by the installed Smart Connect license. Registered/Configured APs: Shows the number of APs which have been added to the AWC Plug-in's Smart Connect networks. Licensed APs: Shows the number of APs which are operating in the AWC Plug-in's Smart Connect feature. Note When updating licenses related to AWC Plug-ins, the number of manageable units for both the pre- and post-renewal licenses may be posted in duplicate. After the grace period of the license before renewal is over, it will be displayed correctly.

## System Settings

Table 2: System Setting
Item Name | Description
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Database Setting
"Save" button | Save and apply configuration changes to the database.
Maximum Memory Usage | Specify the maximum amount of system memory that can be used for the AWC Plug-in database. If you want more managed APs, more IDS history, or more client history, you need to allocate more memory to the database. Refer to the Vista Manager EX Datasheet for system requirement details. Note If initialization is performed while the maximum memory usage is being changed, the AWC plug-in must be restarted.
Data Retention Period Setting
"Save" button | Save and apply configuration changes to the Data Retention Period Setting in the operation.
Associated Client History | Specify a retention period for associated client histories that are displayed on the Wireless Monitoring > Floor Map screen. Don't Save: The AWC Plug-in does not retain associated client history. Clients are not shown on the Floor Map's client history screen. Set Retention Period: The AWC Plug-in retains associated client histories within the specifed period. The range for the retention period can be from 1 to 31 days. Note When you change this setting, the associated client history is initialized. Note The Data Retention Period Setting can be set up to 31 days on the screen, but the operation with the period up to 14 days is supported. Note When you use Wireless Client History with the following wireless APs, please set the log severity of the wireless AP to "information(6)" or "debug(7)". If the log severity is set to higher (lesser value) than "notice(5)", this feature will not work. The default value of the log severity of these wireless APs is "information(6)". If the wireless APs are not configured for logging, this function can still operate. Affected AP models: TQ1402, TQm1402, TQ5403, TQ5403e, TQm5403, TQ6403 GEN2, TQm6403 GEN2, TQ6602, TQ6602 GEN2, TQm6602 GEN2, TQ6702 GEN2, TQm6702 GEN2, TQ7403 The log severity can be set in the severity of the Syslog client in the AP profile. If you want to use the Wireless Client History View with the log function of the Syslog Client disabled, please change "Syslog Client" to "Enable" and "Severity" to "6 : informational" in the AP profile (the Syslog server IP address/host name can be a fictitious address). Apply this AP profile to the AP, and then set "Syslog Client" to "Disable" in the AP profile and apply it again.
Location Estimation History | Specify a retention period for location estimation histories of wireless clients and APs that are displayed on the Wireless Monitoring > Floor Map screen. Don't Save: The AWC Plug-in does not retain estimated location information. Clients are not shown on the Floor Map's associated location estimation history screen. Device counter in the Floor Map Associated Client View also will not count the number of clients of which the locations are estimated. Set Retention Period: The AWC Plug-in retains location estimation histories within the specifed period. The range for the retention period can be from 1 to 31 days. Note If this setting is changed from "Don't save" to "Set Retention Period" or vice versa, the Config Status of the APs belonging to the channel blanket will be "Changed". Please apply the configuration to the AP from either the Wireless Monitoring > Floor Map Details [Wireless Status View], Wireless Configuration > CB Profile", or Wireless Configuration > AP Settings screen after changing the setting. Note When you change this setting, the Location Estimation History information will be initialized. Note The Data Retention Period Setting can be set up to 31 days on the screen, but the operation with the period up to 14 days is supported. Note Location Estimation is available on this version of the AWC Plug-in combined with TQ6602 GEN2/TQ6702 GEN2 firmware version 8.0.3-0.x or later, or TQ5403/TQ5403e firmware version 6.0.1-1.x or later. Note When this feature is enabled, the maximum number of wireless APs that can have CB Profiles applied is 500 over the entire system.
IDS Report History | Specify a retention period for IDS reports that are displayed on the Wireless Monitoring > IDS/IPS Report page. Save only latest: The AWC Plug-in only retains neighbor AP information that has been detected within the last day. Rogue APs are not shown in the Floor Map's Rogue AP View. Set Retention Period: The AWC Plug-in retains neighbor AP information that has been detected during the specifed period. The range for the retention period can be from 1 to 31 days. Note When you change this setting, the IDS report information is initialized. Note The Data Retention Period Setting can be set up to 31 days on the screen, but the operation with the period up to 14 days is supported.
Network Map Setting
"Save" button | Save and apply configuration changes to the network map.
Wireless Device Topology Data Update-Interval | Specify the refresh interval for APs and wireless clients that are displayed on the Vista Manager EX "Network Map" screen. Don't Update: The AWC Plug-in does not refresh wireless device information automatically. Set Update Interval: The AWC Plug-in refreshes wireless device information automatically. The range for refresh interval can be from 1 to 9999 minutes. The update interval for links between AWC-SC APs on the Network Map also depends on this setting. It is set to 1 minute by default.
Remote Monitor Setting
"Save" button | Save and apply configuration changes to the Remote Monitor in the operation.
Polling Interval | Set the polling interval of the wireless LAN controller specified on the Remote Monitor screen, with a value from 5 to 30 (minutes). The default is 5 (minutes).
Log Retention Period | Set the number of days to keep the logs retrieved from the wireless LAN controller specified on the Remote Monitor screen, using a value from 1 to 366. The default is 366 (days).
Log Viewable Period | Set the number of log days to be displayed on the Remote Monitor screen, using a value between 1 and 90 (days). The default is 30 (days).
VAS History Mode Setting
"Save" button | Save and apply configuration changes to the VAS History Mode Setting in the operation.
Floor Map History Setting | If Vista Appliance Storage (VAS) is configured, set the retention period of the AP status history to be recorded in VAS. Don't Save: The AWC Plug-in does not save the AP status to the VAS. Floor Map History Mode will not show the AP status. Set Retention Period: The AWC Plug-in saves the AP status to the VAS. The range for the retention period can be from 1 to 1095 days.
Associated Client History | If VAS is configured, set the duration of the history of wireless client association and location information to be recorded in VAS. Don't Save: The AWC Plug-in does not save the wireless client status to the VAS. Floor Map History Mode will not show the wireless client status. Set Retention Period: The AWC Plug-in saves the wireless client status to the VAS. The range for the retention period can be from 1 to 1095 days.
Floor Map History Mode opens | Configure how the Wireless Monitoring > Floor Map History Mode screen is displayed in the web browser. New Tab: The History Mode screen opens in a new tab of the Web browser. The Vista Manager EX main menu and management fields are not displayed in the History Mode screen. New Window: The History Mode screen opens in a new window of the Web browser. The Vista Manager EX main menu and management fields are not displayed in the History Mode screen. Same Window: The Vista Manager EX main menu and management fields will be displayed in the History Mode screen.
Permission Setting
AMF Security WebAPI | Displays the sending IP address of the Web API used by our AMF-Security Controller AT-SecureEnterpriseSDN Controller (AT-SESC) and AMF Security mini. If multiple IP addresses are registered, they will be displayed separated by a slash (/). "Edit" button: Displays Permission Setting (AMF Security WebAPI) dialog box.
Log Setting
"Save" button | Save and apply configuration changes to the Log Setting in the operation.
Maximum Number of Logs | Specifies the maximum number of Logs related to AWC Plug-in, from 10000 to 5000000. If the number of logs recorded in the AWC plug-in database exceeds the value set in this item, the oldest logs are deleted first to keep the number within the value. The default is 500000.
Retention Period | You can specify how long the AWC Plug-in logs are stored in the database. Don't Set No log storage period is set. If the number of logs is within the "Maximum Number of Logs" parameter, they will remain stored in the database regardless of the number of days elapsed since they were recorded. Set Retention Period: Specify the log storage period with a value in the range 1-31 (unit: days). Logs whose number of days elapsed since recording exceeds the specification in this item are deleted. Note that logs that exceed the maximum number of logs, even within the retention period, will be deleted from the oldest logs. The default is "Don't Set". In addition, if "Set Retention Period" is selected, the default retention period is 7 (days).

### Permission Setting (AMF Security WebAPI)

When the AMF Security server (AMF-Sec or AMF Security mini) receives a threat event, it queries the AWC plug-in for the MAC address from the IP address of the threat device via WebAPI.
Register the IP address of the AMF Security server that you want to allow access to, in order to respond only to inquiries from legitimate AMF Security servers.
AMF Security Server IP addresses can be registered up to 1,024 entries.

Table 3: Permission Setting (AMF Security WebAPI) dialog box
Header
Permitted IP Address | Enter the IP address of the AMF Security server to grant access to.
"Add" button | Add the IP address to the list.
"Clear" button | Clear the Permitted IP address field.
IP Address list
X IP Address | Shows the number of IP address entries registered to the list.
Search IP address | Search for a particular IP address. Enter a partial string to match. The list shows entries with that string in the "IP Address" field. To remove the filter, delete the string from the Search field and press Enter.
IP Address | Displays registered IP address of the AMF Security server (AMF-Sec or AMF Security mini).
Delete (trashbin icon) | Deletes the entry of AMF Security server IP Address.
Footer
"Save" button | Save changes of the permission setting and close the dialog box.
"Exit" button | Discard changes of the permission setting and close the dialog box.

## System Management

Table 4: System Maintenance
Item Name | Description
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Backup
"Backup" button | Saves the current settings as a backup file to an external file.
Include Log Data | If checked, the backup file will be output with the log data included. By default, this option is not checked.
Restore
"Restore" button | Restores the settings from a backup file saved as an external file.
Restore System Setting | If checked, system settings are restored from a backup file, together with management information such as APs and floor maps. By default, this option is not checked. System Configuration includes the following: Database Setting Maximum Memory Usage Data Retention Period Setting Associated Client History Client Location Estimation History IDS Report History Network Map Setting Wireless Device Topology Data Update-Interval Log Setting Maximum Number of Logs Retention Period Pointing the words "Restore System Setting" shows the items included in the above system settings in the pop-up balloon.
Initialize
"Initialize" button | Initialize the AWC Plug-in's data, such as its configuration and various histories.

For detailed procedures to backup, restore, or factory-reset the AWC Plug-in system, refer to Operation Reference > Plug-in System Data Management > Backup and Restore AWC Plug-in System or Operation Reference > Plug-in System Data Management > Initialize AWC Plug-in System.

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