804| RF Plan DellPowerConnect W- Series ArubaOS 6.2 | UserGuide
Controls on this page allow you to select the following functions, which are described in more detail in this secti on:

RadioButton Description

DesignModel Usethese radio buttons to specifya design m odel to usei n thepl acement ofAMs. See "Design
Models"on page 804.
MonitorR ates Usethis drop-down menu to specify the desired monitor rate for the AMs. See "Monitor Rates"on
page804.
AMs Usethis field to manually specify the number of AMs to deploy (Custom Model only).

Table37 6:

AMModeling Radio Buttons

Design Models

Two radio buttons on the page allow you to specify the model used to determinet henumber and type of APs.

RadioButton Description

Coverage Usethis option to let RF Plan automatically determine the number of AMs based on desired
monitor ratesand the configuration of the building.
Desiredrate is selectable from 1 to 54 Mbps in the Coverage model.
Custom Usethis option to specify a fixed number of AMs. When the AMP lan portion of RF Plan is
executed,RF Pl an distributes the AMsevenl y.

Table37 7:

DesignModel Radio Buttons
NOTE:The m onitor ratesyou select for the AMs should be less thanthe data rates you selected for the APs. Ifyou set the rate for the
AMsat a value equal to that specified for the corresponding PHY typeAP, RF Plan allocates one AM per AP. If you specifya moni tor
rategreater than the data rate, RF Plan allocates more than one AM per AP.

Monitor Rates

Use the drop down menusto s electt hedesired monitor rates for the 2.4 Ghz (802.11 b/g)and 5 GHz (802.11 a)
frequencybands. The available monitor rates that displayi ndrop-down lists will vary: these rates are dependenton
the radio types electedon AP modeling page and theyw illalso be adjusted to accommodate for 20 MHz vs.4 0 MHz
channelspacing when 802 .11n (HT) support is enabled.
NOTE:Thi s option is available only when thecoverage design model is selected.
Planning Floo rs Page
The PlanningFloors page enables you to see the footprint of your floors.