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Radio rf quality index – Brocade Mobility Access Point System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) User Manual

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Dashboard - Health tab - Device Details field

The Device Details field displays the name assigned to the selected access point, factory encoded
MAC address, primary IP address, model type, RF Domain, software version, uptime, CPU and RAM
information and system clock. Use this data to determine whether a software upgrade is
warranted, or if the system clock needs adjustment.

Periodically select Refresh (at the bottom of the screen) to update the data displayed.

Radio RF Quality Index

Dashboard Conventions

The Radio RF Quality Index displays a RF quality table for the access point’s single default RF
Domain. It is a percentage of the overall effectiveness of the RF environment. It is a function of the
data rate in both directions, the retry rate and the error rate.

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Dashboard - Health tab - Radio RF Quality Index field

RF Quality displays as the average quality index for the single RF Domain utilized by the access
point. The table lists the bottom five (5) RF quality values for the RF Domain.

The quality is measured as:

0-20 – Very poor quality

20-40 – Poor quality

40-60 – Average quality

60-100 – Good quality