Brocade Mobility RFS Controller System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) User Manual

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5. Select the Refresh button to (as needed) to update the contents of the Smart RF screen and

the attributes of the devices within the selected RF Domain.

6. Select the Interactive Calibration button to initiate a Smart RF calibration using the Access

Points within the selected RF Domain. The results of the calibration display within the Smart RF
screen. Of particular interest are the channel and power adjustments made by the Smart RF
module. Expand the screen to display the Event Monitor to track the progress of the Interactive
Calibration.

7. Select the Calibration Result Actions button to launch a sub screen used to determine the

actions taken based on the results of the Interactive Calibration.

The results of an Interactive

calibration are not applied to radios directly, the administrator has the choice to select one of
following options:

FIGURE 28

Save Calibration Result screen

8. Select the Start Calibration option to initiate a calibration. New channel and power values are

applied to radios, they are not written to the running-configuration.

These values are dynamic and may keep changing during the course of the run-time
monitoring and calibration the Smart RF module keeps performing to continually maintain
good coverage. Unlike an Interactive Calibration, the Smart RF screen is not populated with the
changes needed on Access Point radios to remedy a detected coverage hole. Expand the
screen to display the Event Monitor to track the progress of the calibration.

9. The calibration process can be stopped by selecting the Stop Calibration button.

Power

This column displays the transmit power level for the listed Access Point MAC address after an
Interactive Calibration resulted in an adjustment. This is the new power level defined by Smart
RF to compensate for a coverage hole.

Smart Sensor

Defines whether a listed Access Point is smart sensor on behalf of the other Access Point
radios comprising the RF Domain.

State

Displays the current state of the Smart RF managed Access Point radio. Possible states
include: Normal, Offline and Sensor.

Type

Displays the radio type (802.11an, 802.11bgn etc.) of each listed Access Point radio within
the selected RF Domain.

Replace

Overwrites the current channel and power values with new channel power values the Interactive
Calibration has calculated.

Write

Writes the new channel and power values to the radios under their respective device
configurations.

Discard

Discards the results of the Interactive Calibration without applying them to their respective devices.

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