Brocade Mobility RFS Controller System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) - Manual (Page 788)

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The Neighbors tab displays the following:
Mesh Point Name Displays the name of each configured mesh point in the RF Domain.
Destination Addr The destination is the endpoint of mesh path. It may be a MAC address or a mesh point ID.
Neighbor MP ID The MAC Address that the device uses to define the mesh point in the device that the neighbor is a
part of. It is used to distinguish the device that is the neighbor.
Neighbor IFID The MAC Address used by the interface on the neighbor device to communicate with this device.
This may define a particular radio or Ethernet port that communicates with this device over the
mesh.
Root MP ID The mesh point ID of the neighbor's root mesh point.
Is Root A root mesh point is defined as a mesh point that is connected to the WAN and provides a wired
backhaul to the network. Yes if the mesh point that is the neighbor is a root mesh point or No if the
mesh point that is the neighbor is not a root mesh point.
Mobility Displays whether the mesh point is a mobile or static node. Displays True when the device is mobile
and False when the device is not mobile.
Radio Interface This indicates the interface that is used by the device to communicate with this neighbor. The
values are 2.4 and 5.8, indicating the frequency of the radio that is used to communicate with the
neighbor.
Mesh Root Hops The number of devices between the neighbor and its root mesh point. If the neighbor is a root mesh
point, this value will be 0. If the neighbor is not a root mesh point but it has a neighbor that is a root
mesh point, this value will be 1. Each mesh point between the neighbor and its root mesh point is
counted as 1 hop.
Resourced Displays whether the mesh point has been resourced or not. The Mesh Connex neighbor table can
contain more neighbors than the AP supports. If the neighbor is resourced, it will take away a one of
the resources for a wireless client device to be used for meshing. Displays True when the device is
resourced and False when the device is not.
Link Quality An abstract value depicting the quality of the mesh link between the device and the neighbor. The
range is from 0 (weakest) to 100 (strongest).
Link Metric This value shows the computed path metric from the device to the neighbor mesh point using this
interface. The lower the number the better the possibility that the neighbor will be chosen as the
path to the root mesh point.
Root Metric The computed path metric between the neighbor and their root mesh point.
Rank The rank is the level of importance and is used for automatic resource management.
8 – The current next hop to the recommended root.
7 – Any secondary next hop to the recommended root to has a good potential route metric.
6 – A next hop to an alternate root node.
5 – A downstream node currently hopping through to get to the root.
4 – A downstream node that could hop through to get to the root, but is currently not hopping
through any node (look at authentication, as this might be an issue).
3 – A downstream node that is currently hopping through a different node to get to the root, but
could potentially have a better route metric if it hopped through this node.
2 – Reserved for active peer to peer routes and is not currently used.
1 - A neighbor bound to the same recommended root but does not have a potential route metric as
good as the neighbors ranked 8 and 7.
0 – A neighbor bound to a different root node.
-1 – Not a member of the mesh as it has a different mesh ID.
All client devices hold a rank of 3 and can replace any mesh devices lower than that rank.
Age Displays the number of miliseconds since the mesh point last heard from this neighbor.