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To view the settings of a specific high-throughput profile:
show ap mesh-ht-ssid-profile <profile-name>
Deleting a Profile
If no AP or AP group is using a mesh high-throughput SSID profile, you can delete that profile using the no
parameter:
no ap mesh-ht-ssid-profile <profile-name>
Mesh Cluster Profiles
The mesh cluster configuration gets pushed from the controller to the mesh portal and the other mesh points,
which allows them to inherit the characteristics of the mesh cluster of which they are a member. Mesh nodes are
grouped according to a mesh cluster profile that contains the MSSID, authentication methods, security
credentials, and cluster priority. Cluster profiles, including the “default” profile, are not applied until you
provision your APs for mesh.
Since the mesh cluster profile provides the framework of the mesh network, you must define and configure the
mesh cluster profile before configuring an AP to operate as a mesh node. You can use either the “default” cluster
profile or create your own. If you find it necessary to define more than one mesh cluster profile, you must assign
priorities to each profile to allow the Mesh AP group to identify the primary and backup mesh cluster profile(s).
The primary mesh cluster profile and each backup mesh cluster profile must be configured to use the same RF
channel. The APs may not provision correctly if they are assigned to a backup mesh cluster profile with a different
RF channel than the primary mesh cluster profile.
If the mesh cluster profile is unavailable, the mesh node can revert to the recovery profile to bring-up the mesh
network until the cluster profile is available. You can also exclude one or more mesh cluster profiles from an
individual AP—this prevents a mesh cluster profile defined at the AP group level from being applied to a specific
AP.
Do not delete or modify mesh cluster profiles once you use them to provision mesh nodes. You can recover the
mesh point if the original cluster profile is still available. Dell recommends creating a new mesh cluster profile if
needed. If you modify any mesh cluster setting, you must reprovision your AP for the changes to take effect (this
also causes the AP to automatically reboot). See “Provisioning Mesh Nodes” on page 222 for more information.
Deployments with Multiple Mesh Cluster Profiles
If you configure multiple cluster profiles with different cluster priorities, you manually override the link metric
algorithm because the priority takes precedence over the path cost. In this scenario, the mesh portal uses the
profile with the highest priority to bring-up the mesh network. The mesh portal stores and advertises that one
profile to neighboring mesh nodes to build the mesh network. This profile is known as the “primary” cluster
profile. Mesh points, in contrast, go through the list of configured mesh cluster profiles in order of priority to find
the profile being advertised by the mesh portal. Once the primary profile has been identified, the other profiles
are considered “backup” cluster profiles. Use this deployment if you want to enforce a particular mesh topology
rather than allowing the link metric algorithm to determine the topology.
For this scenario, do the following:
z Configure multiple mesh cluster profiles with different priorities. The primary cluster profile has a lower
priority number, which gives it a higher priority.
z Configure the mesh radio profile.
z Create an AP group for 802.11a radios and 802.11g radios
z Configure the 802.11a or 802.11g RF management profiles for each AP group.
z If your deployment includes high-throughput APs, configure the mesh high-throughput SSID profile. The
mesh radio profile will use the default high-throughput SSID profile unless you specifically configure the
mesh radio profile to use a different high-throughput SSID profile