Operation Manual

MP Access Point Commands

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● set band-preference on page 12-257

● set ap radio load-balancing on page 12-251

● show load-balancing group on page 12-353

set load-balancing strictness

Controls the degree to which MSS balances the client load among MPs when performing RF load

balancing.

Syntax

set load-balancing strictness {low | med | high | max}

Defaults

Low.

Access

Enabled.

History

Introduced in MSS Version 6.0.

Usage

When performing RF load balancing, MSS may attempt to steer clients to less-busy radios

in a load-balancing group. To do this, MSS makes MP radios with heavy client loads less visible to

new clients, causing them to associate with MP radios that have a lighter load.

Use this command to specify how strictly MSS attempts to keep the client load balanced across the

MP radios in the load-balancing group. When low strictness is specified (the default), MSS makes

heavily loaded MP radios less visible in order to steer clients to less-busy MP radios, but ensures

that even if all the MP radios in the group are heavily loaded, clients are not denied service.

At the other end of the spectrum, when max strictness is specified, if an MP radio has reached the

maximum client load, MSS makes the MP invisible to new clients, and new clients attempt to

connect to other MP radios. In the event that all the MP radios in the group have reached the

maximum client load, then no new clients can to connect to the network.

Examples

The following command sets the RF load balancing strictness to the maximum setting:

MX# set load-balancing strictness max

Success: strictness set to "MAX"