Reference Guide

Dell PowerConnect W-Series ArubaOS 6.1 CLI | Reference Guide show ap config | 617
Mode Shows the operating modes for the AP.
 ap-mode: Device provides transparent, secure, high-speed data communications
between wireless network devices and the wired LAN.
 am-mode: Device behaves as an air monitor to collect statistics, monitor traffic,
detect intrusions, enforce security policies, balance traffic load, self-heal coverage
gaps, etc.
 spectrum-mode: Device behaves as a spectrum monitor, sending spectrum analysis
data to the controller. Spectrum monitors do not serve clients.
High throughput enable
(radio)
Shows if high-throughput (802.11n) features on the 2.4 GHz frequency band are enabled
or disabled.
Channel Shows the channel number for the AP’s 802.11a/802.11n physical layer.
Beacon Period Shows the time, in milliseconds, between successive beacon transmissions. The beacon
advertises the AP’s presence, identity, and radio characteristics to wireless clients.
Beacon Regulate Enabling this setting introduces randomness in the beacon generation so that multiple
APs on the same channel do not send beacons at the same time, which causes collisions
over the air.
Transmit EIRP Shows the current transmission power level.
Advertise 802.11d and
802.11h Capabilities
This column reports whether or not the AP will advertise its 802.11d (Country Information)
and 802.11h (TPC or Transmit Power Control) capabilities
TPC Power The transmit power advertised in the TPC IE of beacons and probe responses. Range: 0-
51 dBm
Spectrum Load Balancing The Spectrum Load Balancing feature helps optimize network resources by balancing
clients across channels, regardless of whether the AP or the controller is responding to
the wireless clients' probe requests.
If enabled, the controller compares whether or not an AP has more clients than its
neighboring APs on other channels. If an AP’s client load is at or over a predetermined
threshold as compared to its immediate neighbors, or if a neighboring Dell AP on another
channel does not have any clients, load balancing is enabled on that AP. This feature is
disabled by default.
Spectrum Load Balancing
mode
Spectrum Load Balancing Mode allows control over how to balance clients. Slect one of
the following options
 channel: Channel-based load-balancing balances clients across channels. This is
the default load-balancing mode
 radio: Radio-based load-balancing balances clients across APs
Spectrum load balancing
update interval
This value determines how often spectrum load balancing calculations are made (in
seconds). The default value is 30 seconds.
Advertised regulatory max
EIRP
A cap for an radio’s maximum equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP). Even if the
regulatory approved maximum for a given channel is higher than this EIRP cap, the AP
radio using this profile will advertise onlythis capped maximum EIRP in its radio beacons.
Spectrum load balancing
domain
Define a spectrum load balancing domain to manually create RF neighborhoods.
This option creates RF neighborhood information for networks that have disabled
Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) scanning and channel assignment.
 If spectrum load balancing is enabled in a 802.11a radio profile but the spectrum load
balancing domain is not defined, ArubaOS uses the ARM feature to calculate RF
neighborhoods.
 If spectrum load balancing is enabled in a 802.11a radio profile and a spectrum load
balancing domain is also defined, AP radios belonging to the same spectrum load
balancing domain are considered part of the same RF neighborhood for load
balancing, and will not recognize RF neighborhoods defined by the ARM feature.
Parameter Description