Dell 6.2 manual Converting APs to Hybrid APs, Converting an Individual AP to a Spectrum Monitor

Converting APs to Hybrid APs

You can convert a group of regular APs into a hybrid APs by selecting the spectrum monitoring option in the AP group’s 802.11a and 802.11g radio profiles. Once you have enabled the spectrum monitoring option, all APs in the group that support the spectrum monitoring feature start to function as hybrid APs. If any AP in the group does not support the spectrum monitoring feature, that AP continues to function as a standard AP, rather than a hybrid AP.

NOTE: The spectrum monitoring option in the 802.11a and 802.11g radio profiles only affects APs in ap-mode. Devices in am-mode (Air Monitors) or sm-mode (Spectrum Monitors) are not affected by enabling or disabling this option.

If you want to convert a individual AP (and not an entire AP group) to a hybrid AP, you must create a new 802.11a or 802.11g radio profile, enable the spectrum monitoring option, then reassign that AP to the new profile. For additional information see "Working with Mesh High Throughput SSID Profiles " on page 455 for details on how to create a new 802.11a/g radio profile, then assign an individual AP to that profile.

NOTE: If the spectrum local-override profile on the controller that terminates the AP contains an entry for a hybrid AP radio, that entry overrides the mode selection in the 802.11a or 802.11g radio profile, and the AP operates as a spectrum monitor, not as a hybrid AP. You must remove any spectrum local override for an AP to allow the device to operate as a hybrid AP. For further details on editing a spectrum local override, see "Converting an Individual AP to a Spectrum Monitor" on page 575.

In the WebUI

Follow the procedure below to convert a group of APs to hybrid mode via the WebUI.

1.Navigate to the Configuration > Wireless > AP Configuration window. Select the AP Group tab.

2.Click the Edit button by the name of the AP group you want to convert to hybrid APs.

3.Under the Profiles list, expand the RF Management menu.

4.To enable a spectrum monitor on the 802.11a radio band, select the 802.11a radio profile menu. -or-

To enable a spectrum monitor on the 802.11g radio band, select the 802.11g radio profile menu.

5.The Profile Details pane appears. Select the Spectrum Monitor checkbox.

6.Click Apply to save your settings.

In the CLI

To convert a group of APs via the command-line interface, access the CLI in config mode and issue the following commands, where <profile>is the name of the 802.11a or 802.11g radio profile used by the group of APs you want to convert to hybrid APs.

rf dot11a-radio-profile <profile> spectrum-monitoring rf dot11g-radio-profile <profile> spectrum-monitoring

Converting an Individual AP to a Spectrum Monitor

There are two ways to change a radio on an individual AP or AM into a spectrum monitor. You can assign that AP to a different 802.11a and 802.11g radio profile that is already set to spectrum mode, or you can temporarily change the AP into a spectrum monitor using a local spectrum override profile. When you use a local spectrum override profile to override an AP’s mode setting, that AP begins to operate as a spectrum monitor, but remains associated with its previous 802.11a and 802.11g radio profiles. If you change any parameter (other than the overridden mode parameter) in the spectrum monitor’s 802.11a or 802.11 radio profiles, the spectrum monitor immediately updates with the change. When you remove the local spectrum override, the spectrum monitor reverts back to its previous mode, and remains assigned to the same 802.11a and 802.11 radio profiles as before.

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