Specifications

4-124 ap Commands
4.6 load-groups
Usetheload‐groupsreferstotheload‐groupscontext,whichcontainscommandstoconfigure
WirelessAPloadbalancinggroups.The
load‐groupscommandisaccessiblefromtheapcontextof
theCLI.
Thefollowingcommandsareavailableintheap
:load‐groupscontext:
• create
• delete
• <named‐load‐group>—See<named‐load‐group>forcommandsintheap:load‐
groups:<named‐load‐group>context.
• show
• maintenance
4.6.1 create
Usethecreatecommandtocreatealoadgroupwithaspecifiedtype.Aftercreatingaloadgroup,
youmustassignaradioandaWLANtotheloadgroup.Seeassign‐radioandassign‐wlan.
The
createcommandisaccessiblefromtheap:load‐groupscontextoftheCLI.
Syntax
create <load group name> [radio | client]
Parameters
Usage
Aradiotypeloadgroupcanperformbandpreferencesteeringandloadcontrol.Bandpreference
steeringisamechanismtomove11a‐capableclientstothe11aradioontheAP,relieving
congestiononthe11gradio.Nobalancingisdonebetweenthe11aand11gradios.Loadcontrol
allowsyou
toconfigurethemaximumnumberofclients allowedperradio ontheAP.Loadcontrol
isdisabledbydefault.Aradioloadgroupexecutesbandpreferencesteeringand/orloadcontrol
acrosstheradiosoneachAPinthegroup.EachAPbalancesinisolationfromtheotherAPs,but
all
APsinthegrouphavethe sameconfigurationrelatedtobandpreferenceandloadcontrol.
AclienttypeofloadgroupperformsloadbalancingbasedonthenumberofclientsacrossallAPs
inthegroupandonlyfortheWLANsassignedtothegroup.Thisisdifferentfromloadcontrol
in
theradiotypegroup—loadcontrolAPsmakedecisionsinisolationfromeachother
Thenumberofloadgroupsyoucancreateisdependentonthecontrolleryouareconfiguring.
<loadgroupname>Thenameoftheloadgroup.Loadgroupnamescanbeupto32
characterslong.
radio Specifiesthatthisloadgroupwillperformbandpreference
steeringandloadcontrol.
client Specifiesthatthisloadgroupwillperformclientloadbalancing
betweenradios.Defaultisclientbalancing