Reference Guide

Dell PowerConnect ArubaOS 5.0 Command Line Interface | Reference Guide rf dot11a-radio-profile | 453
mode One of the operating modes for the AP. ap-mode | am-
mode | sensor-
mode
ap-mode
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.
apm-mode AP monitor mode.
sensor-mode Device operates as an RFprotect managed sensor.
Changing the mode of a radio from ap-mode or am-mode
to sensor-mode or from sensor-mode to ap-mode or am-
mode causes the AP to reboot.
For a dual-radio AP, setting one radio in sensor-mode
causes both radios to behave as sensors.
no Negates any configured parameter. — —
radio-enable Enables or disables radio configuration. — enabled
spectrum-load-bal-
domain
Define a spectrum load balancing domain to manually
create RF neighborhoods.
Use this option to create RF neighborhood information for
networks that have disabled Adaptive Radio
Management (ARM) scanning and channel assignment.
z 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.
z 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 will be considered
part of the same RF neighborhood for load balancing,
and will not recognize RF neighborhoods defined by
the ARM feature.
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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 Aruba AP on another
channel does not have any clients, load balancing will be
enabled on that AP. This feature is disabled by default.
NOTE: The spectrum load balancing feature available in
ArubaOS 3.4.x and later releases completely replaces the
AP load balancing feature available in earlier versions of
ArubaOS. When you upgrade to ArubaOS 3.4.x or later,
you must manually configure the spectrum load
balancing settings, as the AP load balancing feature can
no longer be used, and any previous AP load balancing
settings will not be preserved.
—disabled
Parameter Description Range Default