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settings can be set to have no expiration date., records and rogue discovery events.

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7. Locate the Historical Data Retention section and specify the number of days you wish to keep client session records and rogue discovery events. Table 15 describes the settings and default values of this section. Many settings can be set to have no expiration date. Table 15 AMP Setup > General > Historical Data Retention Fields and Default Values Setting Default Description Inactive Client and 60 VPN User Data (0-1500 days, zero disables) Client Association and 14 VPN Session History (2-550 days) Tag History 14 (2-550 days) Rogue AP Discovery 14 Events (2-550 days) Reports 60 (2-550 days) Automatically 14 Acknowledge Alerts (0-550 days, zero disables) Acknowledged Alerts 60 (2-550 days) Radius/ARM/IDS 14 Events (0-550 days, zero disables) Archive device configs No even if they only have rogue classifications (1-100) Guest Users 30 (0-550 days, zero disables) Inactive SSIDs 425 (0-550 days, zero disables) Inactive Interfaces (0- 425 550 days, zero disables) Interface Status 425 History (0-550 days, zero disables) Interfering Devices (0- 14 550 days, zero disables) Device Events (Syslog, 2 Traps) Defines the number of days AirWave stores basic information about inactive clients and VPN users. A shorter setting of 60 days is recommended for customers with high user turnover such as hotels. The longer you store inactive user data, the more hard disk space you require. Defines the number of days AirWave stores client and VPN session records. The longer you store client session records, the more hard disk space you require. Sets the number of days AirWave retains location history for Wi-Fi tags. Defines the number of days AirWave stores Rogue Discovery Events. The longer you store discovery event records, the more hard disk space you require. Defines the number of days AirWave stores Reports. Large numbers of reports, over 1000, can cause the Reports > Generated page to be slow to respond. Defines automatically acknowledged alerts as the number of days AirWave retains alerts that have been automatically acknowledged. Setting this value to 0 disables this function, and alerts will never expire or be deleted from the database. Defines the number of days AirWave retains information about acknowledged alerts. Large numbers of Alerts, over 2000, can cause the System > Alerts page to be slow to respond. Defines the number of days AirWave retains information about RADIUS, ARM, and IDS events. Setting this value to 0 disables this function, and the information will never expire or be deleted from the database. Sets whether to archive device configurations even if the device only has rogue classifications. Sets the number of days that AirWave is to support any guest user. A value of 0 disables this function, and guest users will never expire or be deleted from the AirWave database. Sets the number of days AirWave retains historical information after AirWave last saw a client on a specific SSID. Setting this value to 0 disables this function, and inactive SSIDs will never expire or be deleted from the database. Sets the number of days AirWave retains inactive interface information after the interface has been removed or deleted from the device. Setting this value to 0 disables this function, and inactive interface information will never expire or be deleted from the database. Sets the number of days AirWave retains historical information on interface status. Setting this value to 0 disables this function. Sets the number of days AirWave retains historical information on interfering devices. Setting this value to 0 disables this function. Sets the number of days AirWave retains historical information on device events such as syslog entries and SNMP traps. Setting this value to 0 disables this function. Refer to "Viewing Device Events in System > Syslog & Traps" on page 185. 40 | Configuring AMP Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.4 | User Guide

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Configuring AMP
Dell PowerConnect W-AirWave 7.4
| User Guide
7.
Locate the Historical Data Retention section and specify the number of days you wish to keep client session
records and rogue discovery events.
Table 15
describes the settings and default values of this section. Many
settings can be set to have no expiration date.
Table 15
AMP Setup > General > Historical Data Retention Fields and Default Values
Setting
Default
Description
Inactive Client and
VPN User Data
(0-1500 days, zero
disables)
60
Defines the number of days AirWave stores basic information about inactive clients and
VPN users. A shorter setting of 60 days is recommended for customers with high user
turnover such as hotels. The longer you store inactive user data, the more hard disk space
you require.
Client Association and
VPN Session History
(2-550 days)
14
Defines the number of days AirWave stores client and VPN session records. The longer
you store client session records, the more hard disk space you require.
Tag History
(2-550 days)
14
Sets the number of days AirWave retains location history for Wi-Fi tags.
Rogue AP Discovery
Events
(2-550 days)
14
Defines the number of days AirWave stores Rogue Discovery Events. The longer you store
discovery event records, the more hard disk space you require.
Reports
(2-550 days)
60
Defines the number of days AirWave stores Reports. Large numbers of reports, over 1000,
can cause the Reports > Generated page to be slow to respond.
Automatically
Acknowledge Alerts
(0-550 days, zero
disables)
14
Defines automatically acknowledged alerts as the number of days AirWave retains alerts
that have been automatically acknowledged. Setting this value to 0 disables this function,
and alerts will never expire or be deleted from the database.
Acknowledged Alerts
(2-550 days)
60
Defines the number of days AirWave retains information about acknowledged alerts.
Large numbers of Alerts, over 2000, can cause the System > Alerts page to be slow to
respond.
Radius/ARM/IDS
Events
(0-550 days, zero
disables)
14
Defines the number of days AirWave retains information about RADIUS, ARM, and IDS
events. Setting this value to 0 disables this function, and the information will never expire
or be deleted from the database.
Archive device configs
even if they only have
rogue classifications
(1-100)
No
Sets whether to archive device configurations even if the device only has rogue
classifications.
Guest Users
(0-550 days, zero
disables)
30
Sets the number of days that AirWave is to support any guest user. A value of 0 disables
this function, and guest users will never expire or be deleted from the AirWave database.
Inactive SSIDs
(0-550 days, zero
disables)
425
Sets the number of days AirWave retains historical information after AirWave last saw a
client on a specific SSID. Setting this value to 0 disables this function, and inactive SSIDs
will never expire or be deleted from the database.
Inactive Interfaces (0-
550 days, zero
disables)
425
Sets the number of days AirWave retains inactive interface information after the interface
has been removed or deleted from the device. Setting this value to 0 disables this function,
and inactive interface information will never expire or be deleted from the database.
Interface Status
History
(0-550 days, zero
disables)
425
Sets the number of days AirWave retains historical information on interface status.
Setting this value to 0 disables this function.
Interfering Devices (0-
550 days, zero
disables)
14
Sets the number of days AirWave retains historical information on interfering devices.
Setting this value to 0 disables this function.
Device Events (Syslog,
Traps)
2
Sets the number of days AirWave retains historical information on device events such as
syslog entries and SNMP traps. Setting this value to 0 disables this function. Refer to
“Viewing Device Events in System > Syslog & Traps” on page 185
.