eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by RZDApUpTimeTest

In most wireless network environments, it is essential to monitor the uptime of critical components such as the Access Points (APs) in the infrastructure. By tracking the uptime of the access point, administrators can determine what percentage of time the access point has been up. Comparing this value with service level targets, administrators can determine the most trouble-prone areas of the infrastructure.

In some environments, administrators may schedule periodic reboots of the access point. By knowing that the access point has been up for an unusually long time, an administrator may come to know that the scheduled reboot task is not working.

This test included in the eG agent monitors the uptime of the access point.

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every Access Point (AP) that is connected to the target Ruckus ZoneDirector being monitored.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Reboot Indicates whether this access point has been rebooted or not. Percent If this measure shows 1, it means that the AP was rebooted during the last measurement period. By checking the time periods when this metric changes from 0 to 1, an administrator can determine the times when this AP was rebooted. 
Uptime Indicates the time period that this access point has been up since the last time this test ran. Secs If the AP has not been rebooted during the last measurement period and the agent has been running continuously, this value will be equal to the measurement period. If the AP was rebooted during the last measurement period, this value will be less than the measurement period of the test. For example, if the measurement period is 300 secs, and if the AP was rebooted 120 secs back, this metric will report a value of 120 seconds.  The accuracy of this metric is dependent on the measurement period – the smaller the measurement period, greater the accuracy.
Total_uptime Indicates the total time that this access point has been up since its last reboot.   This measure displays the number of years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds since the last reboot. Administrators may wish to be alerted if a AP has been running without a reboot for a very long period. Setting a threshold for this metric allows administrators to determine such conditions.