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Dell PowerConnect ArubaOS 6.0 Command Line Interface | Reference Guide wlan virtual-ap | 1220
Usage Guidelines
Wireless LAN profiles configure WLANs in the form of virtual AP profiles. A virtual AP profile contains an SSID
profile which defines the WLAN and an AAA profile which defines the authentication for the WLAN. You can
configure and apply multiple instances of virtual AP profiles to an AP group or to an individual AP.
rap-operation
Configures when the virtual AP operates on a remote AP:
always—Permanently enables the virtual AP.
backup—Enables the virtual AP if the remote AP cannot
connect to the controller.
persistent—Permanently enables the virtual AP after the
remote AP initially connects to the controller.
standard—Enables the virtual AP when the remote AP
connects to the controller.
Use always and backup for bridge SSIDs.
Use persistent and standard for 802.1x, tunneled, and split-
tunneled SSIDs.
always/
backup/
persistent/
standard
standard
ssid-profile
Name of the SSID profile that applies to this virtual AP. — “default”
steering-mode Band steering supports three different band steering
modes.
z Force-5GHz: When the AP is configured in force-5GHz
band steering mode, the AP will try to force 5Ghz-
capable APs to use that radio band.
z Prefer-5GHz (Default): If you configure the AP to use
prefer-5GHz band steering mode, the AP will try to steer
the client to 5G band (if the client is 5G capable) but will
let the client connect on the 2.4G band if the client
persists in 2.4G association attempts.
z Balance-bands: In this band steering mode, the AP tries
to balance the clients across the two radios in order to
best utilize the available 2.4G bandwidth. This feature
takes into account the fact that the 5Ghz band has more
channels than the 2.4 Ghz band, and that the 5Ghz
channels operate in 40MHz while the 2.5Ghz band
operates in 20MHz.
NOTE: Steering modes do not take effect until the band
steering feature has been enabled. The band steering
feature in ArubaOS versions 3.3.2-5.0 does not support
multiple band-steering modes. The band-steering feature in
these versions of ArubaOS functions the same way as the
default prefer-5GHz steering mode available in ArubaOS 6.0
and later.
Force-5GHz
prefer-5ghz
balance-bands
prefer-5ghz
strict-compli
ance
If enabled, the AP denies client association requests if the
AP and client station have no common rates defined. Some
legacy client stations which are not fully 802.11-compliant
may not include their configured rates in their association
requests. Such non-compliant stations may have difficulty
associating with APs unless strict compliance is disabled.
—disabled
vap-enable
Enable or disable the virtual AP. — enabled
vlan
The VLAN(s) into which users are placed in order to obtain
an IP address. Enter VLANs as a comma-separated list of
existing VLAN IDs or VLAN names. A mixture of names and
numeric IDs are not allowed.
1
vlan-mobility
Enable or disable VLAN (Layer-2) mobility. — disabled
wmm-traffic-
management-profile
Specify the WMM Traffic Management Profile to be
associated with this Virtual AP Profile.
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Parameter Description Range Default