Configure Smart RF Scanning Configuration

About this task

Set Smart RF policy smart monitoring and OCS monitoring using the Smart RF scanning configuration settings.

Note

The monitoring and scanning parameters in the Scanning Configuration screen are activated only when Custom is selected as the Sensitivity setting from the Basic dashboard.

Procedure

Select Policies > Smart RF.
A set of existing Smart RF policy list opens.
Select a Smart RF policy from the list.
Select Scanning Configuration.
Select or clear Smart Monitoring Enable.
The feature is selected by default. When it is selected, detector radios monitor their coverage areas for potential failed peers or coverage area holes requiring transmission adjustments for coverage compensation.

Select Add and set OCS Monitoring Awareness Settings for the Smart RF policy.


Threshold	Select Threshold and specify a threshold from 10 to 10,000. When the threshold is reached, awareness settings are overridden with the values specified in the table
Index	Select an Index value from 1 to 3 for awareness overrides. The overrides are run based on index, with the lowest index being run first
Band	Use the drop-down list box to select a day of the week to apply the override. Selecting All will apply the policy every day. Selecting individual days of the week will apply the policy only on the selected days
Start Time	Set the starting time of day when the overrides will be activated. Use the spinner controls to select the hour and minute, in 24 hour time format
End Time	Set the ending time of day when the overrides will be deactivated. Use the spinner controls to select the hour and minute, in 24 hour time format

Set the following Scanning Configuration for 5.0 GHz and 2.4 GHz radio bands:


Duration	Set a channel scan duration (from 20 to 150 milliseconds) that access point radios use to monitor devices within the network and, if necessary, perform self healing, and neighbor recovery to compensate for coverage area losses within an RF Domain. The default setting is 50 milliseconds for both 5.0 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands
Frequency	Use the spinner contol to set a scan frequency between 1 to 120 seconds. The default setting is 6 seconds for both 5.0 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands
Extended Scan Frequency	Use the spinner control to set an extended scan frequency between 0 to 50. This is the frequency in which radios scan channels on other than their peer radios. The default setting is 5 for both 5.0 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands
Sample Count	Use the spinner control to set a sample scan count value between 1 to 15. This is the number of RF readings a radio gathers before it sends the data to the Smart RF manager. The default setting is 5 for both 5.0 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands
Client Aware Scanning	Select Client Aware Scanning to set client awareness count between 1 to 255 during off channel scans for either 5.0 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands
Power Save Aware Scanning	Select Dynamic, Strict, or Disable to define how power save scanning is set for Smart RF. Strict turns off smart monitoring as long as a power save capable client is associated to a radio. Dynamic turns off smart monitoring as long as there is data buffered for a power save client at the radio. The default setting is Dynamic for both 5.0 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands
Voice Aware Scanning	Select Dynamic, Strict, or Disable to define how voice aware recognition is set for Smart RF. Strict turns off smart monitoring as long as a power save capable client is associated to a radio. Dynamic turns off smart monitoring as long as there is data buffered for a voice client at the radio. The default setting is Dynamic for both 5.0 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands
Transmit Load Aware Scanning	Select Transmit Load Aware Scanning to set a transmit load percentage from 1 to 100 serving as a threshold before scanning is avoided for an access point‘s 5.0 GHz and 2.4 GHz radio

Select Save to update scanning configuration for this Smart RF policy.