Using the Mesh Dashboard

AirWave provides a dashboard view of your mesh topology on the Home > Mesh page. The Cluster dropdown menu allows you to select an available mesh cluster that has devices with mesh portal and mesh point topology.

AirWave displays counters at the top of the page for Mesh Portals, Mesh Points and Mesh Links for a mesh cluster that you select from the Cluster drop-down menu at the top of the page.

The charts use color to display separate statistics for AP uplinks, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1  Mesh Dashboard

From the dashboard, you can view the following charts:

  • Mesh Goodput. Shows the average load of traffic flow in and out to an uplink port by source, max, or average.
  • Mesh Throughput. Shows the average rate at which traffic flows in and out to an uplink port by source, max, or average.
  • Mesh SNR.

You can apply filters to your charts, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2  Results Showing Filters

Mesh Topology List

Figure 3  Mesh Topology List Fields and Descriptions

Figure 3 describes the Mesh Topology List fields. This table displays all columns by default. Click at the end of the table to select the fields you want.

Table 1: Mesh Topology List Fields and Descriptions

Field

Description

AP Name

Displays the name of the mesh AP.
Device Address

Displays the MAC address of the mesh AP.
Mesh Mode

Displays whether the AP is configured as a mesh portal or mesh point.

Mesh Cluster

Name of the mesh cluster.

Mesh Portal

The gateway between the wireless mesh network and the enterprise wired LAN. You configure an Aruba AP to perform the mesh portal role, which uses its wired interface to establish a link to the wired LAN.

Mesh Parent

Displays the MAC address of the parent node for the mesh point.

Mesh Channel

Displays the channel used by the mesh cluster.

Local Radio

Radio used by local mesh points.

Remote Radio

Radio used by remote mesh portals.

SNR

Displays the mesh signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).

TX Rate

Displays the transmit data rate on the mesh network.

RX Rate

Displays the receive data rate on the mesh network.

TX Throughput

Displays the transmit throughput on the mesh network.

RX Throughput

Displays the receive throughput on the mesh network.