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Chapter 8: Channel Management
Configuring And Viewing Channel Management Settings
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8.3 Configuring And Viewing Channel Management
Settings
The Channel Management page shows previous, current, and planned channel
assignments for clustered access points. By default, automatic channel assignment is
disabled. You can start channel management to optimize channel usage across the
cluster on a scheduled interval.
From this page, you can view channel assignments for all APs in the cluster,
stop/start automatic channel management, and manually “update” the current
channel map (APs to channels). On a manual update, the Channel Manager will
assess channel usage and, if necessary, re-assign APs to new channels to reduce
interference based on the current Advanced Settings.
By using the Advanced settings you can modify the interference reduction potential
that triggers channel re-assignment, change the schedule for automatic updates, and
re-configure the channel set used for assignments.
The following sections describe how to configure and use channel management on
your network:
• “Stopping/Starting Automatic Channel Assignment” on page 76.
• “Viewing Current Channel Assignments And Setting Locks” on page 77.
• “Update Current Channel Settings (Manual)” on page 77.
• “Viewing Last Proposed Set Of Changes” on page 78.
• “Configuring Advanced Settings (Customizing And Scheduling Channel
Plans)” on page 78.
• “Update Advanced Settings” on page 80.
8.3.1 Stopping/Starting Automatic Channel Assignment
By default, automatic channel assignment is disabled (off).
• Click Start to resume automatic channel assignment. When automatic
channel assignment is enabled, the Channel Manager periodically maps
radio channels used by clustered access points and, if necessary, re-assigns
channels on clustered APs to reduce interference (with cluster members or
other APs outside the cluster).