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

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60-100 - Good quality
Select a Radio Id to view all the statistics for the selected radio in detail.

The Client Quality table displays RF quality for the worst five performing clients.It is a function
of the transmit retry rate in both directions and the error rate. This area of the screen displays
the average quality index across all the defined RF Domain on the wireless controller. The
quality is measured as:

0-20 - Very poor quality

20-40 - Poor quality

40-60 - Average quality

60-100 - Good quality
Select a client to view its statistics in greater detail.

WLAN Utilization displays how efficiently the WLANs are used. Traffic utilization is defined as
the percentage of current throughput relative to the maximum possible throughput for the
WLAN. The total number of WLANs is displayed above the table. The table displays a list of the
top five WLANs in terms of overall traffic utilization. It displays the utilization level names,
WLAN name and SSIDs for each of the top five WLANs.

Radio Traffic Utilization displays how efficiently the RF medium is used. Traffic utilization is
defined as the percentage of current throughput relative to the maximum possible throughput
for the RF Domain. The Traffic Index area displays an overall quality level for radio traffic and
the Max User Rate displays the maximum data rate of associated radios. The table displays a
list of the top five radios in terms of overall traffic utilization quality. It displays the radio
names, MAC Addresses and radio types for each of the top five radios.

Client Traffic Utilization displays how efficiently the RF medium is utilized for connected clients.
Traffic utilization is defined as the percentage of current throughput relative to the maximum
possible throughput for the clients in the RF Domain. The table displays a list of the top five
performing clients in respect to overall traffic utilization. It displays the client names, MAC
Addresses and vendor for each of the top five clients.

The Wireless Security field displays the overall threat index for the system. This index is based
on the number of Rogue/Unsanctioned APs and Wireless Intrusion Protection System (WIPS)
events. The index is in the range 0 to 5 where 0 indicates that there are no detected threats.
An index of 5 indicates that a large number of intrusion detection events or
rogue/unsanctioned APs detected.

Traffic Statistics include transmit and receive values for Total Bytes, Total Packets, User Data
Rate,
Broadcast/Multicast Packets, Management Packets, Tx Dropped Packets and Rx Errors.

RF Domain Inventory

Refer to the following RF Domain inventory data collected by member controllers, service platforms
or Access Points:

To review the RF Domain inventory:

1. Select Dashboard.

2. Select Summary if its not already selected by default.

3. Expand the System node to display RF Domains.

4. Select a RF Domain.