Brocade Mobility Access Point System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) - Manual (Page 382)

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FIGURE 207 Device Overrides - Add Mesh Point screen
Refer to the following to configure Mesh Point general parameters:
Mesh Connex Policy Provide a name for the Mesh Connex Policy. Use the Create icon to create a new Mesh Connex
Policy. To edit an existing policy, select it from the drop-down and click the Edit icon. For more
information on creating or editing a Mesh Connex Policy, see MeshConnex Policy on page 6-475
Is Root From the drop-down menu, select the root behavior of this access point. Select True to indicate this
access point is a root node for this mesh network. Select False to indicate this access point is not a
root node for this mesh network.
A Root Mesh Point is defined as a Mesh Point that is connected to the WAN and provides a wired
backhaul to the network.
Root Selection Method Use the drop-down menu to determine whether this mesh point is the root or non-root mesh point.
Select either None (the default setting) or auto-mint.
Set as Root Select this option to set the mesh point as the cost root for mesh point root selection. This setting is
disabled by default
Monitor Critical Resources Select this option to enable critical resource monitoring for this mesh point.
Monitor Primary Port Link Select to enable monitoring of primary port link is enabled for this mesh connex policy. If the
primary port link is not present and if the device is a mesh root, it is automatically changed to a
non-root device. When the primary port link becomes available again, the non-root device is
changed back to a root device.
Wired Peer Exclude Select this option to exclude wired peers when creating mesh links