Controller Health
To assess the controller or service platform‘s network health:
- Expand the System node to
display RF domains.
- Select and expand an RF domain to expose its member controllers
or service platforms.
- Select a controller or service platform. The
Health tab displays by default.
Refer to the
Device Details table
for information about the selected controller or service platform The following
information is displayed:
- Hostname - Lists the administrator assigned name of the
controller or service platform.
- Device
MAC - Lists the factory encoded MAC address of the controller or
service platform.
- Type - Indicates the type of controller or service platform. An
icon representing the RFS controller or NX service platform device type is
displayed along with the model number.
- RF Domain
Name - Lists the RF domain to which the controller or service
platform belongs. The RF Domain displays as a link that‘s selectable to display
RF Domain data in greater detail.
- Model
Number - Lists the model number and hardware SKU information of
the selected controller or service platform to refine its intended deployment
region.
- Version - Lists the firmware version currently running on the
controller or service platform. Compare this version against the version
currently on the support site to ensure the controller or service platform has
the latest feature set available.
- Uptime - Displays the duration the controller or service
platform has been running since it was last restarted.
- CPU - Displays the CPU installed on this controller or service
platform.
- RAM
- Displays the amount of RAM available for use in this system.
- System
Clock - Displays the current time set on the controller or
service platform.
The Adopted
Devices Health (w/ cluster members) displays a graph of access
points in the system with the available access points in green and unavailable
access points in red.
Radio RF Quality Index
provides a table of RF quality on a per radio basis. It is a measure of the
overall effectiveness of the RF environment displayed in percentage. It is a
function of the connect rate in both directions, the retry rate and the error
rate. The screen displays the average quality index within the access point single
radio. The table lists the bottom five (5) of the RF quality values by access
point radio. The quality is measured as:
- 0-20 - Very poor quality
- 20-40 - Poor quality
- 40-60 - Average quality
- 60-100 - Good quality
- Select a Radio
Id to view statistics in greater detail. The Radio Utilization table displays
how efficiently the RF medium is used. Radio utilization is defined as the percentage
of current throughput relative to the maximum possible throughput for the radio.
The Radio
Utilization table displays the access point radios in terms of the
number of associated wireless clients and the percentage of utilization. It also
displays a table of packets types transmitted and received.
The Client RF
Quality Index displays a table of RF quality on a per client basis.
It is a measure of the overall effectiveness of the RF environment displayed in
percentage. It is a function of the connect rate in both directions, the retry
rate and the error rate. This area of the screen displays the average quality
index for a client. The table lists the bottom five (5) of the RF quality values
by a client. Quality is measured as:
- 0-20 - Very poor quality
- 20-40 - Poor quality
- 40-60 - Average quality
- 60-100 - Good quality
- Select a client MAC to view all the statistics for the selected client in greater
detail.