Brocade Mobility Access Point System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) - Manual (Page 380)

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Select Heartbeat from the Management menu.
FIGURE 205 Device Overrides - Management Heartbeat screen
Select the Service Watchdog option to implement heartbeat messages to ensure other associated
devices are up and running and capable of effectively interoperating. The Service Watchdog is
enabled by default.
Select OK to save the changes and overrides made to the profile maintenance Heartbeat tab.
Select Reset to revert to the last saved configuration.
Overriding Mesh Point Configuration
Device Overrides
The access point can be configured to be a part of a meshed network. A mesh network is one
where each node in the network is be able to communicate with other nodes in the network and
where the node can maintain more than one path to its peers. Mesh network provides robust,
reliable and redundant connectivity to all the members of the network. When one of the participant
node in a mesh network becomes unavailable, the other nodes in the network are still able to
communicate with each other either directly or through intermediate nodes.
Mesh Point is the name given to a device that is a part of a meshed network.
Use the Mesh Point screen to configure or override the parameters that set how this device
behaves as a part of the mesh network.
To override Mesh Point configuration:
Select Devices from the Configuration menu.
Select Device Overrides to expand its menu items