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1. Note There is no need to draw interior walls on a floor plan VisualRF will automatically calculate path loss in the interior of a building www airwave com 35 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide 3 5 Manually provision access points onto floor plan Figure 43 Provision APs e Click on the planning icon within Edit Tools pull down A new provisioning popup will appear e Select manufacturer i E pa AP planning dialo il A e Drag access points from provision window onto floor plan a e Configure antenna gain beam width and orientation optional e Repeat process until coverage planning is complete e Notice that manually provisioned access point show with a red question mark below the Figure 45 Unmatched APs e Click on the save icon floppy disk to save the floor plan www airwave com 36 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademar
2. Display transmit power in AP label AP icon size Users User Trigger preferences User icon size Overlays Specify how the overlays should be displayed Vector will display a smoother image and break down the overlay into 5 buckets Grid will display a higher granularity but will be broken up into square cells Heatmap Channel Data Rate Sensor Voice Navigation Campus and Building Trigger preferences Campus Building and Floor icon size Vector Grid Lines Enable checkbox Spacing of lines Color of lines Refresh B Refresh the floor plan to see changes Configure personal viewing preferences Edit Tools Set Orientation Delete Survey i Resize Floor Plan APS Delete APs ES Remove all access points on a floor plan Provision APs amp Provision APs onto a floor plan APs managed by AWMS Add Walls Add walls onto a floor plan Edit Lock Edit floor plans by locking of a floor plan by locking it Add regions onto a floor plan Region types include Planning IDF Add Regions Location Probability Location Testing and Informational Additionally there are a couple of other controls within QuickView In the bottom left corner of the window is the search box and legend pushup In the top right corner is the zoom control You can also zoom by using your mouse wheel as well or the and keys In the bottom right corner are breadcrumbs related to network campus
3. Figure 28 Location Timing Chart How often VisualRF asks How often AMP collects RF How often the Controller AMP for RF Statistics Statistics from Controller gathers RF Statistics from APs VisualRF gt Setup Group Basic gt a did AMP Client Location y SNMP o E wh a Service within Timer n Polling Periods _ Controller A e For legacy thick APs ensure on the Group gt Radio page that Rogue Scanning is enabled and the interval is accurate for AP type Figure 29 Group Rogue Scanning Configuration Rogue Scanning Enabled Disabled Rogue Scanning Interval 15 1440 min 15 e Thin AP ensure that the controllers are configured to gather RF information from the thin APs frequently o For Cisco LWAPP navigate to Groups gt Cisco WLC Config page o Navigate the tree control to Wireless section Figure 30 Airesoace RRM Configuration o For each PHY navigate to WLANs ae RRM gt General section o Review Monitoring levels le Interference 0 100 These should be configure to 7 saws A Noise 127 to 0 dBm maximum 300 and a oa a recommend 180 for better rpc Utiization 0 100 accuracy boan Data Rate 1 1000 Kbps 1000 General Monitoring Channels Country Channels co Cell lent Roaming Signal Measurement 60 3600 sec 300 Noise Measurement 60 3600 sec 300 DCA Parameters Load Measurement 60 3600 sec 300 FS 802 11h Coverage Measurement 60 3600 sec 30
4. Save and New to upload a new floor plan If floor plan does require cropping sizing or layer control then proceed through necessary steps 4 3 and higher www airwave com 18 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Step 4 2 Crop Floor Plan background image e Grab one of the cropping handles red circles and size accordingly to remove extra white space VisualRF will calculate an attenuation grid for the entire map including white space Reducing the white space on a floor plan will increase location accuracy and decrease the load an on the server A good rule of thumb would be about Y inch white space is possible on all sides Figure 15 Cropping within the Floor Plan creation wizard Height ft 398 22 Grid Cell Size ft 10x10 v Manually Measure Floor Used for sizing non CAD floorplans and overriding CAD sizing Assign to building lab Floor Number Floor Name Ceiling Height Ceiling Attenuation DOOR GLAZ ROOM TEXT ROOM TEXT OLD o A A A NEW NUMBERS A A A STAIR A WALL A WALL PARTH COL DEFPOINTS MECH SPACELABELS
5. zooms in or out of a floor plan or campus building view www airwave com 7 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Process Detailed in Document Setup and Tuning the VisualRF Service enabling the service and ensure the proper performance characteristics Configure QuickView Personal Preferences configure RF toggles Creating Campuses and Buildings each floor must be associated with a building and campus Importing a Floor Plan the Floor Plan Importation Wizard walks through several steps 1 Background image importation Image cropping Image sizing Assign image properties floor number name number of grid cell size and other floor plan information Note support for all versions of CAD dwg dxf and dwf files versions 1999 2010 Provisioning Existing Access Points onto Floor Plan drag and drop Increasing Accuracy AirWave only recommends drawing interior walls for planning purposes Drawing Walls only need to incorporate exterior walls because VisualRF will automatically calculate interior Path Loss Client Training for Stationary Devices used for desktop or other stationary
6. Description The VisualRF service dissects each floor plan into a grid consisting of cells specified in this setting The Core Thread service calculates the path loss for every radio to every cell on the floor plan By default the importation wizard allocates 2 500 grid cells to each site based on dimensions If you have a site that is 250 l l ft by 100 ft the Floor Plan importation wizard would calculate Grid Cell Size Dynamic the grid cell size at 10 feet 250 ft x 100 ft 25 000 ft 25 000 ft 2 500 ft 10 ft Note Decreasing the grid cell size will increase accuracy but it also increase CPU consumption by the floor caching threads and the location caching threads Check the System gt Performance page to ensure your server is functioning properly when you make a change to this setting Items to note e lf this is a CAD file then the Floor Plan creation wizard will automatically inherit height and width from the drawing e If this is anon CAD file then the height and width will be zero www airwave com 19 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide e CAD files are converted to a JPG with a resolut
7. lt walls gt lt wall Type 4 x1 135 94 wie 59 43 x2 135 04 y2 458 16 gt lt wall Eype 4 US UISS DAT YU U STASS 16 H2 AS 837 yas ADS 16 7 gt wall Eype 4 xa aso 83 yl 455 16 2 143 83 Y2 418106 gt mall type 4 xl S 439 83 y b AT8 TO 2 ABS IL y2Z 418 16 7 gt wall Eype 74 sia 465 71 FBt S ATE LOT ZE AS G I ya AOS GUS lt wa Ll Eype 4 Il IB6 61 PISTAS 607 x2 4236 601 LS MAD 16 7S wall Eype 4 KISTA Ge GI yie oI GT RISTA 294 v2 AO NS Swali Eype 4 z Iet Ag 94 g IEA Lo lt 2 486 01 VAAN Oo 22 gt lt wall type 4 W sI 4286 61 yeng 2A 22 201 ynos a2 lt waliks Eype 4 l 201 69 y T68 22 x2 201 69 y2 158 89 gt lt wa Ll Type 4 XT 201 69 ala 58 89 x2 L3S5 94 _2 LBS 890 gt wald EJpe 2 AUS UIS6 097 vyileV 40485 2S 440 138 EOS AOL BO gt wall Eype 2 1449 13 Yl 404 861 2 1459 50 Yy2 394 48W gt lt wall type 2 RIE QU yYlt S391 15 SSS SY YA SIDO wall type 2 zle 5g EST yt S90 906 KAEVA Os 75 Ya SIDE gt awe lil Eype 2 alen boy 1597 FPli S90 87 2S MA TL ie SUSO LS wal Eype a slaw Aye To USO AS AS AR PS OSA 7 gt wall Types T ISA TL Poe Yi STE AS MASSON STO Ta lt walls gt lt ELOQ gt lt floor name T 0068 number 22 building id 218 gt lt image filename T 0068_WLS_01 dwg gt lt ft LOOPS lt floor name Test JPG height 231 34 gt lt image filename Flwst IT_dwg jpg gt lt fl
8. Enable Multi floor Enables or disables calculating the impact APs on floors bleed through above and below the currently viewed floor in the Quick View www airwave com 9 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Setting Dett Deseo Dynamic attenuation will incorporate AP to AP readings as well as site survey information and dynamically recalculate the path loss of each radio to every grid cell on the floor plan increasing coverage and location accuracy Dynamic Attenuation This setting instructs the VisualRF engine to display all units Use Metric Units of measurements in Metric This is the amount of memory dedicate to the VisualRF service It is not dynamically allocated and all the memory is consumed upon starting the service Be sure to check the memory and swap utilization in the Systems gt Performance page before making any changes The exact amount of memory used per floor plan will vary heavily based on the size number of devices and number of grid cells on the floor plan Memory 25 floors or less 512 MB Allocation 50 to 75 floors 1 GB 75 to 100 floors 1 5 GB 100 to 200 floors 3GB 200 to 300 floor
9. The person in charge of planning the RF layout for the floor Installer The person in charge of installing RF equipment for the floor e Click the Save the Next button will change to Save button to save the file e You will be redirected to the VisualRF gt Floor Plans page Step 4 7 Layer Controller e Find the CAD Layers section e Unselect the layers which are not required Note There will be slight delay because each request makes a round trip to the server e Click the Save and Close button to begin provisioning APs or Save and New button for uploading another floor plan After clicking Save and Close you will be redirected back into QuickView where you can provision APs IDFs and wired infrastructure Figure 18 Image after Upload 571 Y rs TBC 506 2 hsi l a J 514 1814 A sajo 18 ea LITA Cal i TEHAL H i e a e Ye gt amp www airwave com 21 Confidential 8 Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Error Checking Review CAD Figure 19 CAD info e Navigate to the CAD Info section Name Value Review CAD version FUW Version 3 0
10. There are several options on the VisualRF gt Setup page which increase client location accuracy Note all of these items will increase the processing requirements for the location service and could negatively impact the overall performance of AMP e Grid Size decreasing the grid size will enable the location to place clients in a small grid which will increase accuracy You can right click on a floor plan within a building view and change this setting e Dynamic Attenuation enabling dynamic attenuation which is on by default instructs the location service to sample the current RF environment and to dynamically adjust Path Loss www airwave com 27 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Step 6 5 Configuring Infrastructure Ensure the hardware is configured to retrieve the RF information and that it will provide this information on a timely basis There are three unique timing mechanisms which impact location x accuracy how often the infrastructure collects and correlates RF statistics in their MIB how often the AMP queries those MIB entries and how often VisualRF service queries AMP for this RF information
11. VisualRF User Guide Location Probability Regions Location probability regions are optional regions that can be used to increase the accuracy of device location in VisualRF VisualRF calculates device locations based on probability VisualRF determines the probability of a device being located in every grid cell and places the device where the probability is the highest Probability regions will add or remove up to 20 chance from the device location probability They can be used to push users into regions where they are more likely to be located like conference rooms and cubical farms Or they can be used to pull users out of regions where they are less likely to be like parking lots and courtyards To Add a probability region e Click on the Edit Tools tab and click the Draw Regions icon e Outline the desired probability region Double click to end the outline process e Name the region select a Region Type of Location Probability and click Ok e Move the location probability slider to the desired level Very low will decrease the probability of a device being placed in that region by 20 Very high will increase the probability of a device being placed in that region by 20 e Optionally you can save the location region as the exterior walls 100 attenuation can be selected to force VisualRF to only place devices inside of the selected region No device will ever be placed outside of the probability region when 100 att
12. 26 PM 5 7 2007 10 02 AM This page has a fixed sorting filter of Campus gt Building gt Floor number Note This page will provide a snapshot of how the VisualRF service is performing Field Description How long in seconds it took the VisualRF service to calculate path loss for Location Calc Duration ihe ieoi pla Last Location Calc Time o and time that the VisualRF service calculated client locations for Met Locaion Cae Tine Next date and time when the VisualRF service will calculate client locations for the floor of APs The number of access points on the floor of Radios The number of radios associated with access points on the floor The number of wireless users associated with access points on the floor of Users Note Locating users is the biggest consumer of resources within the VisualRF service A floor with hundreds or thousands of clients will take minutes to calculate The number of rogue devices heard by access points on the floor This number reflects the filters configured on the VisualRF gt Setup This of Rogues means that while APs on the floor might hear more rogue devices they are being filtered because of weak signal or they haven t been heard recently or they are ad hoc File Size The floor plan background or image reported in KB The larger the file the longer it will take to render in the canvas Last Modified The date and time when the floor was last modified Image Link A link to download the
13. 311 lt pixel height gt lt image gt lt ap id 12615 name AP 4000M 1 gt lt x elle 9 7 lt x5 lt gt 1303857 Y gt lt total bandwidth gt 0 lt total bandwidth gt lt total clients gt 0 lt total clients gt lt status gt down lt status gt lt uptime gt 0 0 lt uptime gt lt radio index 1 phy g mac 00 20 A6 5A 63 66 beamwidth 0 0 gain 1 5 antenna orientation 0 0 mount Ceiling valid false gt lt discovering radio id 11276 index 1 dBm 85 J gt lt discovering radio id 11828 index 1 dBm 93 gt lt TAQLO gt lt ap gt lt site gt lt amp amp_site_inventory gt www airwave com 55 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Appendix H VisualRF Diagnostics The first place to check for performance issues is the VisualRF gt Floors page If any floor s location calculation duration exceeds the location caching timer value configured on VisualRF gt Setup page then VisualRF is not able to calculate locations for clients per your desired interval Basic Diagnostic Procedure 1 Review VisualRF log file see detail instructions below e Check for validation errors e Chec
14. 5 6 2008 7 33 AM 4 8 0 0 X E New Campus New Building Floor 9 0 132 x164 5 6 2008 7 32 AM 5 6 2008 7 34 AM 4 8 0 0 X F New Campus New Building Floor 10 0 132 x 164 5 6 2008 7 30 AM 5 6 2008 7 32 AM 4 8 0 0 T New Campus New Building Floor 11 0 132 x 164 5 6 2008 7 31 AM 5 6 2008 7 33 AM 4 8 0 0 g F New Campus New Building Floor 12 0 132 x 164 5 6 2008 7 31 AM 5 6 2008 7 33 AM 4 8 0 0 P Note you should see all replicate floors with matching number of access points e The Building view will reflect the new floors www airwave com 39 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Figure 51 Bill of Materials Selection 8 9 Print BOM report e Navigate back to the Network view e Right click on the Campus icon o Select options o Select output format e Select Bill of Materials e Edit BOM Options e Agenerating report popup will appear e Click the OK button e A BOM report will appear in a new window BOM Options Y Show Heatmap V Show Data Rate Figure 52 Bill of Materials Report V Show Sensor Coverage n gangs demo ai ym data reports eb90cc17 13aa 432d b561 d9277
15. Figure 61 File Explorer Window Choose file GO ad Computer OS C Temp BatchUpload v Search p f New Folder e A Name Date modified Type E Flwst IT_dwg 10 18 2007 4 39 PM JPEG Image T 0068_WLS_01 10 18 2007 4 39PM DWG File T 0607_WLS_02 10 18 2007 4 40PM DWG File E Recent Places visualrf_site_batch 10 18 2007 4 39 PM XML Document More Favorite Links E Documents 49 Recently Changed Folders v de Temp Li 3GP_Converter034 de airwave mibs di Aruba Jo BatchUpload cdccont_0900aecd d cdccont_0900aecd MF5550_MF5530Pr IM ma enfe z l File name 7 Select the zip file containing the upload instructions and click the Open button 8 The File Explorer Window will disappear you will return to the Batch Floor Upload Wizard Figure 62 Batch CAD Importation Wizard with upload Instruction File selected prev CJ E next O O O Config Walidate Upload Results Start New Batch CATemplBatchUploadivisualrf_site Select the XML config file and cick the Next button 9 Click Next button 10 The application will validate the following information e Well formed XML e All drawing files are accessible e All APs are present e All Building and Campuses are present 11 If there are any error none of the floor plans are created Post Processing Steps 1 Decrease the Location Caching Timer to previous value
16. Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Configuring QuickView Personal Preferences To configure your personal preference click on the Display pull down and click on the preferences icon e General select from preferences pull down o Enable auto Refresh toggle Refresh Interval in minutes Show scale toggle Hide neighbor lines ignored in location calculation High Quality Background Image you can disable to increase rendering speed Label transparency slider O O O e APs select from preferences pull down o BW select the kbps threshold for normal green high yellow and excessive red o of Users select the number of users threshold for normal green high yellow and excessive red o of Uptime for the last 24 hours for normal green and excessive red o Radio Status display red or green depending on the status of the radios within the AP o AP Status display red or green in relation to up down status of AP o Show Channel in Label toggle o Icon Size select the size of the AP icon display on the floor plan o Show Transmit Power in Label e Users select from preferences pull down o BW select the kbps threshold for normal green high yellow and excessive red o Signal Strength select the dBm client threshold for excellent green average yellow and poor red o Icon Size select the size of the client device icon display on the floor plan e Ov
17. and Provisioning VisualRF provides the capability to plan campuses buildings floors and access points prior to the actual access point deployment Workflow Overview Create a campus Create a building associated with your campus Create a floor for your building Draw exterior walls Manually provision access points onto floor plan Automatically provision access points onto floor plan Edit or tweaking auto planned regioins Replicate floor plan vertically Print BOM report Export campus Deploy production AMP and manage devices Import exported campus Match access points 8 1 Create campus as detailed above 8 2 Create building as detailed above 8 3 Create floor plan as detailed above Figure 42 Drawing Walls 8 4 Draw exterior walls e Add exterior walls by clicking on the newly imported floor in the Building view e To toggle off wall drawing tool click on the Wall icon in the Floor Edit Tools section e To move or resize the wall grab one of the end point handles black squares with green borders e To change the attenuation of a wall left click on the wall and select the appropriate building material e To delete a wall left click on the wall and select the Delete Wall option e Once all walls are provisioned on the floor plan click the Save button floppy disk at the bottom right of the Ap FR il page At a i Se o Network NeelCmpus New Building Ground
18. site id b45e7a49 23b5 4db0 891la 2e60bf 90d2c version 677 gt lt name gt Remax lt name gt lt uom gt ft lt uom gt lt width gt 314 45 lt width gt lt height gt 425 88 lt height gt lt property name site_owner value format gt lt property name name value Remax format gt lt property name installer value format gt lt property name planner value format gt lt image type background gt lt filename gt var airwave snapshot b45e7a49 23b5 4db0 891a 2e60bff90d2c 677 background jpg lt filename gt lt relative url gt snapshot b45e7a49 23b5 4db0 891a 2e60bff90d2c 677 background jpg lt relative url gt lt pixel width gt 1151 lt pixel width gt lt pixel height gt 1557 lt pixel height gt lt image gt lt image type thumbnail gt lt filename gt var airwave snapshot b45e7a49 23b5 4db0 89 la 2e60bff90d2c 677 thumb jpg lt filename gt lt relative url gt snapshot b45e7a49 23b5 4db0 891a 2e60bff90d2c 677 thumb jpg lt relative url gt lt pixel width gt 230 lt pixel width gt www alrwave com 54 Confidential 8 Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide lt pixel height gt
19. understand what is happening on your wireless network you need to know where your users and devices are located and you need to monitor the RF environment in those areas The VisualRF module puts this information at your fingertips through integrated mapping and location data VisualRF uses sophisticated RF fingerprinting to accurately display coverage patterns and calculate the location of every wireless device in range Moreover VisualRF does not require dedicated RF sensors or a costly additional location appliance all the necessary information is gathered from your existing wireless access points and controllers Features Floor plan upload wizard enables direct importation of JPEG GIF PNG PDF and CAD dwg and dwf files for floor plans Batch upload wizard enables batch uploads of multiple CAD files with corresponding walls and access points Accurate calculation of the location of all client devices laptops RFID Tags PDAs Phones using RF data from your existing APs and controllers Location accuracy increases with higher density providing more data points to triangulate the location of each device Further improvements in accuracy can be achieved with site surveys 3D navigation allows your Help Desk to view floor plans simply by clicking on the appropriate campus building or floor Tree view allows customer to navigate to a specific campus building or floor via a tree navigation Heatmaps depict the strength of RF
20. wireless devices Remote Client Surveys the ability to remotely survey the RF environment via any wireless client connected to the network Provides additional RF inputs for low coverage areas Fine Tuning Location Service grid cell size and deviation variation Ensure RF Data Frequency configuring AMP and the infrastructure to provide timely RF statistics AP placement for capacity versus location accuracy 7 Viewing Floor Plans and Utilizing QuickView User View AP View Floor Plan View Network gt Campus gt Build View Tree View 8 Pre deployment Provisioning and Planning Manually provision access points onto floor plan Automatically provision access points onto floor plan Replicate floor plan vertically Print BOM report Export campus Import exported campus Match access points www airwave com 8 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Setup and Tuning the VisualRF Engine The VisualRF gt Setup page configures advanced setting for the VisualRF service Please reconfigure these settings very carefully because these settings can impact your server s performance as well as your location a
21. 0 High Throughput P C y yi E D 802 11n Save and Apply Save Revert J _ Revertan 802 11b g n Network www airwave com 28 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Viewing Floor Plans and Utilizing QuickView QuickView has 4 distinct views or entry points client view access point view floor plan view and network campus and building view 7 1 User View view wireless user s RF environment from Client gt Detail page Select user of interest e Click on thumbnail note location in thumbnail should be accurate Figure 31 User gt Detail thumbnail Current Association Username ARUBANETWORKAagllllle AP Device AL27 Role employee Controller ethersphere Ims3 Signal Quality 38 Group ai ersphere mss Association Time 1 20 2011 4 25 PM Folder Top gt Sunnyvale HO Duration 14 mins Device Location Connection Mode 802 11n 5GHz Radio 802 11an h Bandwidth 6 kbps Channel Bandwidth HT40 1 Ld ligia SSID ethersphere wpa2 VLAN 650 LAN IP Address 10 6 50 125 LAN Hostname VPN IP Address VPN Hostname Auth Type WPA EAP PEAP Aut
22. 2 Review the VisualRF gt Floor Plans page to ensure server is keeping up Sample Upload Instruction XML File lt xml version 1 0 encoding ISO 8859 1 gt lt visualrf site_batch xmlns visualrf http www airwave com xmlns xsi http www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema instance version 1 origin lower left gt lt floor name T 0607 number 21 building id 218 gt lt image filename T 0607_WLS_02 dwg gt lt access points gt lt access pol t 1id 29648 x 177 51 y 293 15 gt lt access point 10d 29678 x 312 78 y 293 63 gt lt access point 10 29746 x 450 95 y 292 60 gt lt access point ad Z9741 x 384 51 ye 358 78 7 gt www airwave com 49 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide lt access poink 1id 29682 x 417 T2 yo 431 99 gt actess posrntk mad 2975 1 xa 243 33 y S56 51475 lt aCCess poInte d 29620 5130 TO y IDO A lt access point id 29734 wea 24434 y 224 19 gt lt access point 1d 29644 X 192 79 yA TINI lt aCcess point 2d 29 746 a 259 15 ye 4322 62 7 gt actess polnt a1d 29692 2 509 50 yore 5 45 lt access points gt
23. 3 Units of Measurement Source File fucpoc 3 dwg Raw width and height numbers File Type DWG Wersion 2004 Layout Model x www airwave com 22 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Provisioning Existing Access Points onto the Floor Plan e Select the floor plan by clicking on the floor number or name links in the list e Select the provision AP icon stacked APs in the Floor Edit Tools section A popup APs by Group selection list of devices will appear on the screen Figure 20 Provision APs onto Site 1322 Test Controller 3 Aruba HO 23 Cisco Gear Distribution Centers Ethersphere lms3 J HQ RemoteAP a NRF Routers Switches e Sunnyvale Lab testlab E Select navigation by Group of Folder e Expand the Group or Folder containing the access points which need to be provisioned on this floor plan Figure 21 APs by Group List e Left click and hold on an AP which has an AP icon next to it The red circle with a line through it means the AP has already been provision onto this or another floor plan e Drag the AP to the proper location on the floor
24. F is defined you will see a green IDF icon on your floor plan Double click that icon to navigate into the IDF e Add arack to the IDF by clicking on the plus icon to bring up the Manually Provision Rack Gear menu Select type Racks and drag the Standard 19 Rack onto the IDF Wired devices can now be added to the provisioned rack e To adda planned device select the appropriate type from the drop down and drag it into the rack at the appropriate location e To add a wired device that is currently TDF New Region Figure 58 Provision Wired Manually Provision Rack Gear XJ Type Racks being monitored by AMP right click on the rack and select Add Monitored Switch e Locate the device to be added in the Devices by Group List menu e Drag the device to the appropriate location in the rack Wired devices that are added to an IDF will be included in any BOM report covering that floor wWww alrwave com 43 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Appendix A VisualRF and Performance The first place to check for performance issues is the Vi
25. P of association Note All 2 4 GHz lines are blue and 5 GHz lines are green If both PHYs are apply to a line then it is yellow e Frequency amp PHY select the desired frequency and PHY o 2 4 GHZ lines are always blue 11b 11g ing o 5 GHz lines are always green ila ina e Options Buttons o Refresh Refresh client locations o Report Browser View location accuracy batches or generated BOM reports o Preferences Provides ability to configure user preferences overlay types grid lines alerts icon sizes User preferences are stored per browser They can vary between users and between browsers General Enable Auto Refresh Will refresh data in the quick view at the specified interval Show grid lines and size Will overlay grid lines at the specified location making it easier to judge distance Show scale Enable or disable the scale that is displayed in the bottom of the quick view O O O 2107 HOE 207 O POE OD APs www airwave com 5 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide AP Triggers preferences Display channel in AP label
26. VisualRF User Guide nirwave VisualRF and VisualRF Plan User Guide AWMS 7 2 www airwave com 1 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Aruba Mobility Management System Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFprotect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Table of Contents OEI relatado entendi 3 Basic QuickView NAVIA roo 4 Process Detailed in Document anna 8 Setup and Tuning the VisualRF Engine cccoccccoccccncnccnnncconononnnrcnnancnnnncnnanennn rra nrnnnnrnnnrrnnnennnns 9 Configuring QuickView Personal PreferenceS ooncconccocccococococenacconnconanenanenanonanrnnarenarenanenanenns 14 Creating Campuses and BuildinNgS ccocccconncconnniconnncncnnoncnnconancnnnnnnnnnnnnanrnnanrnnnrrnnnnrnnnnrnnannn 15 IMPOR ROO PO naa 18 Provisioning Existing Access Points onto the Floor Plan oocconcccnnoncconccooconoronccnaronarannonannns 23 mereasmg LOSA ap tele 5 e an 24 Viewing Floor Plans and Utilizing QuickVieW cooncconcconccococonoconaccnacconononaronanenanrnnnronarenanenans 29 Pre deployment Planning and Provisioning coocconccnononcconccnaconoconccnaronnrnancnarennrnanrnarennrnanenannn 35 Location FPropapiliy REGIONS rar RARA wane 42 O A A 42 Appendix A VisualRF
27. and PerformanCe ooonconccccconcconccnoconcconncnanonnrnnnnnaronarnnnnnnrnnnrnanenaranarnanes 44 Appendix B CAD IMPORTAN rra AAA AAA AAA 46 Appendix C AP Deployment Planning for Location Accuracy cccesceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeaes 47 Appendix D Batch Floor Plan Upload Wizard occoncconnconccococonocconcconoconanonanonanonnnronarenanennas 47 Appendix E MMS to AMP Floor Plan Conversion cccesseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeaeeeeaeeeeneeeaeeanes 51 Appendix F Import Floor Plans from an Aruba Controller oooccocccococococconcconoronaronanonnos 53 Appendix G VisualRF Location AP sisicccsisnsiisassiccasvocainnsiseasisnssicnsaseseanessuessaauanssuasseansonasvassonavsiais 54 Appendix H VisualRF DIAagnostiCS ooccoccoccconccnononcconcconconnconncnaronnrnnnnnarnnnrnanrnarnnnrnnnrnarnnarnanns 56 www airwave com 2 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Overview The VisualRF module is an add on to the AirWave Wireless Management Suite that provides a real time picture of the actual radio environment of your wireless network and the ability to plan the wireless coverage of new sites To
28. and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Appendix G VisualRF Location API VisualRF provides the following location APIs e Site Inventory https amp_host visualrf site xml site_ d o You can find the site_id from the Floor Plan List query defined on the XML API page o This interface provides floor details including access points walls regions surveys etc o The corresponding example XML and schema are attached in visualrf_site inventory e Device Location https amp_host visualrflocation xml mac o Provide the radio MAC of the client to locate o The corresponding site where the user was placed will be provided along with the dimensions o If aclient is heard on multiple floors it will only be placed on the floor that contains the AP it is associated with Sample Device Location Response lt visualrf device location version 1 xmlns visualrf Www airwave com gt lt device mac 00 13 02 C2 39 28 name Peter site_id 4f674301 4b47 4ac6 8417 4eba3f 7df 3a6 Site name AirWave gt lt site width gt 124 51 lt site width gt lt site height gt 161 14 lt site height gt lt x gt 02 50 lt 7x gt gt gt ls UE Y gt lt device gt lt visualre device location gt Sample Site Inventory Response lt amp amp_site_inventory version 1 xmins amp http www airwave com xmlns xsi http www w3 org 2001 XMLSchema instance gt lt
29. and building www airwave com 6 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Figure 2 Basic Navigation Show Overlays __ Floor Above V This Floor __ Floor Below Channel Utilization _ Current Maximum _JChannel _ Wired Range _ Jj Voice Jj Sensor Coverage V Hestmap Data Rate Network Sunnyvale 1344 Crossman HQ Floor f Transferring data from demo airwave com General Navigation Tips e Search Use the search box in the bottom left of the window to quickly find a wireless client AP or rogue device displayed on the floor plan Search will do substring matches on username MAC address and model Left Click right clicking on an object will display monitoring statistics about that object CTRL Left Click select multiple objects for deleting or simulating failure Left Click Hold enables panning on the floor plan or background image Right Click left clicking on an object will allow you to edit that object CTRL ALT Shift X M L displays the XML behind Flash output which is useful for debugging e Roll Mouse Wheel
30. and click on the Export button e A File Download window will appear e Click on the Save button and save the zipped file to your local hard drive for importation to another AMP Figure 55 File Download Window File Download aa Do you want to open or save this file F Name backup zip Type Compressed zipped Folder From demo airwave com V Always ask before opening this type of file gt While files from the Intemet can be useful some files can potentially g ham your computer If you do not trust the source do not open or save this file What s the risk www airwave com 41 r Campus amp Building Export Internet Explorer provided by Dell Walsh Figure 54 Export Object Selector QU https demo y Y 4 X Google File Edit View Favorites Tools Help de e Campus amp Building Exp Campus amp Building Export Please select the campuses buildings or floors to export M ty uk fT Cy My campus I Cd NorthEast E Cy New York HMC New Campus IC Canada I Cy San Mateo Internet Protected Mode Off Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved
31. and release the left mouse key 4 gt 1322 Test Controller e Once all APs are provisioned on the floor plan click the Save A icon floppy disk in the top right of the QuickView window are 1263 1372 1394 2103 2198 ap105 rfcage 6 Aruba HO Note The floor is submitted to one of the core threads to recalculate path loss and then to one of the location caching threads to recalculate client locations All changes may not be visible on a refresh until this process complete gt gt gt gt www airwave com 23 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Increasing Location Accuracy The Location Service will utilize all RF information available to increase location accuracy of clients tags and rogue devices Understanding your infrastructure s inherit capabilities is key to understand how much extra effort is required to ensuring location accuracy There are three key elements read from controllers or access points that increase location accuracy signal strength of a client as heard by the AP of association signal strength of a client as heard by APs other than the AP of association and signal str
32. ata Rate User Xmit Evaluate coverage based on xmit power of client o Channel Utilization Type Pull down Total Receive Transmit or Interference e Display o Sensors Toggle sensors on or off Note off by default on all views Regions Toggle regions on or off Note off by default on all views Surveys Toggle surveys on or off Note off by default on all views Walls Toggle walls on or off Note on by default on all views Users Toggle wireless users on or off Note on by default on all views Tags Toggle WiFi Tags on or off Note off by default on all views Labels Toggle labels on or off Note off by default on all views Rogues Toggle surveys on or off Note off by default on all views Relational Lines Sub menu expanded by clicking on the down arrow Wired Toggle lines between APs sensors and their IDF Mesh Toggle lines between Mesh portals and nodes Survey Toggle lines between client x y to APs by client during survey Rogue Toggle lines between rogue AP and radios which hear the AP User Neighbors Toggle lines between client and radios which hear the client excluding the radio of association AP Neighbors Toggle lines between APs which heard each other Tag Neighbors Toggle lines between WiFi Tags and radios which hear the Tags For Tags there is no radio of association User Association Toggle line between the wireless user and A
33. ays positive generally used to represent transmission dB Decibels difference ratio between two signal levels www airwave com 3 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide e dBm dB as compared to 1 mW Itis a logarithmic measurement integer which is typically used in place of mW to represent receive power level AMP normalizes all signals to dBm so it easy to evaluate performance between various vendors e RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator IEEE defines RSSI is a mechanism by which RF energy is to be measured by the circuitry on a wireless NIC 0 255 RSSI is not standard across vendors Each vendor determines their own RSSI scale values e AP to AP Signal Neighbor Some APs Controllers have the ability to report the signal strength of APs that they hear AMP utilizes these signal strength readings to dynamically attenuate floors plans thus making client locations and heat maps more accurate e Unassociated Client Information Some APs Controllers have the ability to report the signal strength clients they hear but are not associated with a radio on the AP AMP utilizes these signal strength readings t
34. cc052c9 html Windows Internet Explorer Eb x E rir iemo sinave comaata reponseto0ca17 13aa ta2atstt y 8 6 x File Edit View Favorites Tools Help we ode https demo sirwave com data reports eb90ccl p gt gt dh v Page y Oj Tools v E V Show Wired Range V Show Summary WV Include kit serial number notes Bill of Materials Report Oct 17 2008 Heatmaps ENN ss Data Rates 54mb f 48mb 36Mb ff 24mb ff 18mb JJ imb BOM Report for Building Borel of Campus San Mateo 1700 S El Camino Real Address Suite 500 San Mateo CA 94402 The Bill of Materials will open in a new Desired Data Rate Grid Cell Size Attenuation AA Se sea Es ra Environment MBps SIS Normal 0 Please wait a moment Placement 111 Ma 4 Internet Protected Mode Off www airwave com 40 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide 8 10 Export Campus e Navigate back to the Network view e Right click on the Campus icon Figure 53 Export Selection p e Select Export e An object selection window will appear e Select the objects to export
35. ccuracy Note Clicking on the save button will cause the VisualRF service to restart disrupting or delaying the usability for up to 5 minutes Figure 3 VisualRF Setup Page o Mall Attenuation Settings Enable VisualRF Engine New Wall Attenuation Enable Multi floor Bleed Through Material a AA O Mt Attenuation Color Chartreuse Concrete 15 Red Cubicle 4 Green Drywall 6 Yellow Glass 3 Blue reinforced concrete 25 Maroon shoji 3 Lavender waterfall 14 Turquoise Use Metric Units Memory Allocation Core Threads Location Caching Threads UI Threads Synchronization Timer 8 Wall Attenuations FELEEEE Allowed deviation for client placement Maximum Rogue APs per Floor Plan approx Legacy Laptop Min Max sec Legacy Laptop Number of Samples Laptop Min Max sec Laptop Number of Samples Phone Min Max sec Phone Number of Samples RFID Min Max sec RFID Number of Samples Scale Min Max sec Scale Number of Samples Printer Min Max sec Printer Number of Samples Rogue Min Max sec Rogue Number of Samples Default Min Max sec Default Number of Samples To enable the VisualRF service and tune memory and performance navigate to the Server Setting section on this page Description Enables or disables the VisualRF engine This setting must Enable VisualRF be enabled to use VisualRF If you do not have a license for Engine the VisualRF service this page will not appear
36. coverage in each location Color coded channel maps help you reduce interference and quickly identify or detect potential coverage holes Data rate view which depicts the highest possible data rate at every location on a floor plan Integrates with the AirWave Wireless Management Suite for onscreen display of alerts and error conditions i e an AP icon will display in red when a critical alert is active or when usage conditions exceed pre defined thresholds Location playback viewer which allows visual tracking of up to 24 hours of location history Dynamically recalculates path loss and device locations based on real time data from your wireless LAN for increased location accuracy Calibrates RF data from multiple vendors APs and across different product lines from the same vendor for accurate display even in multi vendor and multi architecture environments Full planning capabilities based on data rate or signal requirements Google Earth integration for depiction of outdoor coverage and device location Useful Terms VisualRF The service within AMP that calculates location calculates path loss and provides floor plan editing capabilities VisualRF Plan Makes the planning portions of VisualRF available in an offline software package that does not require a server QuickView Flash front end for VisualRF which displays information generated by the backend service mW 1 1000 of a Watt It is a linear measurement alw
37. ed then the Meters O 6 standard dictates defaulting to English and inches T Microinches 8 Find MODEL VIEW If the drawing contains multiple Mils_ 9 views the FUW will default to the Model view Determine Bounding Box FUW will encompass all lines and symbols on the drawing and create a bounding based on the UNITS or MEASUREMENT above iS yl ial Convert to JPG FUW will convert the bounding box area to a JPG file with a resolution of 4096 horizontal pixels at 100 quality LightYears 19 19 Start Web UI of FUW Step 1 This is the cropping step Note This and all subsequent steps are utilizing the MEASURE MEASURE converted JPG file The greater the floor plan dimensions Meaning Value the less clarity the background image will provide English Improper or undefined UNITS or MEASURE Text embedded into the Model view which EMP causes an inconsistent bounding box String Frame Large dimensions which cause grainy resolution upon zoom Legacy CAD versions prior to Release 15 or A FUW Importation Process Units Units Determine UNITS all modern CAD versions 2001 Meaning Value www alrwave com 46 Confidential 8 Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Net
38. en For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide o Desired data rate o Address optional ICI NT Building Name of the building located on an existing campus Pull down of all campuses configured on your AMP Longitude Latitude These fields are used to represent a building on Google Earth The normal distance between floors in the building This value can be overridden as each floor is created but this will be the default value for Distance between Floors every new floor added to the system This data element can be imported or exported to external planning tools like Ekahau It is not currently utilized by AWMS and VisualRF Enter the attenuation loss in decibels between floors This value can be overridden as each floor is created but this will be the default value for Attenuation between Floors every new floor added to the system This data element can be imported or exported to external planning tools like Ekahau It is not currently utilized by AWMS and VisualRF User Transmit Power This value is used when auto provisioning access points onto a floor plan l Data rate will determine the new access points when auto provisioning pere alada Greenfield deployment Suilding or Campus address e Click on the OK button to save You will see a new Building icon appear in the middle of the canvas e Drag the Building icon to the appropriate locatio
39. ength that an AP hears other APs Associated AP Dynamic Attenuation Client Signal Signal AMP provides four main methods to increase accuracy once your access points are deployed Location Probability Regions Probability regions will increase or decrease the chances of a device being located within the region Adding Exterior Walls increases location accuracy by reducing the statistical probability of placements outside the office confines Client Training for Stationary Devices ensure non mobile clients like desktops or scales will always remain in a defined static location Statically assigning non mobile devices reduces the CPU load on your server because the VisualRF service does not evaluate any signal metrics for this MAC address when associated with an AP on the floor plan Remote Client Surveys provides additional attenuation inputs for corners and low coverage areas without the burden of actually carrying a laptop to the physical location Step 6 1 Adding Exterior Walls Because VisualRF utilizes as much existing RF information generally only external walls are required for accurate client locations VisualRF s Dynamic Attenuation utilizes AP to AP information to calculate attenuation for interior areas negates then need to input interior walls If you devices support AP to AP information in the table above you should only input exterior walls Process e Click on the Wall icon Brick Wall in the Fl
40. enuation is selected 100 attenuation is only recommended for tall buildings where it is extremely unlikely that any user will be located outside of the building No heat map or attenuation grid will be calculated for devices outside of the 100 attenuation region Figure 56 Location Region New Region Set Location Probability Region Name Location Probability Location probability 1 very Low Normal ln x Save region as exterior walls Region Type o Informational l Location Testing Plannin Ml Ho IDE i 5 Ho Location Probability Concrete walls Cancel 10056 Attenuation www airwave com 42 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Adding an IDF To add an IDF to VisualRF e Click on the Edit Tools tab and click the Draw Regions icon e Outline the desired IDF region Double click to end the outline process e Name the region select a Region Type of IDF and click Ok Figure 57 IDF Region Region Name Region Type _ Informational Location Testing _ Planning IDF Location Probability Now that the ID
41. erlays select type of overlay o Grid non vector overlay o Vector provides much smoother overlay with mouse over capabilities e Navigation select from preferences pull down campus and buildings o of APs Up for the last 24 hours for normal green and excessive red o Icon Size for campus building and floors Note These preferences are stored in the database so they should be retained across browsers and machines www airwave com 14 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Creating Campuses and Buildings Floors are associated with a building and buildings are associated with a campus In order to create a new floor you must first create a campus and building 3 1 Create campus Navigate to VisualRF gt Floor Plans page Right Click on the background Select New Campus option When the Create New Campus window appears enter the following Campus information o Campus name o User Transmit Power used in auto placement of access points onto floors within this campus o Enter Desired Data Rate used in auto placement of access points onto floors within this campus Note Buildings and floors inheri
42. g Mis GHz v iia www airwave com 30 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide 7 2 AP View view an access point s RF environment from Device gt Detail page e Select device of interest e Click on thumbnail note location of AP in thumbnail should be accurate Figure 36 Device gt Detail thumbnail 4 M 3M 2M 4 1MA 0 Jam 4 12 35 14 35 16 35 14 35 16 35 Show All Maximum Average Show All lM Avg Users Radio 1 3 users 1 user Y Avg Users Radio 2 21 users 11 users a Y Avg Users on EnetO O users 0 users O m Avg Users on Eneti O users 0 users Maximum Average YU Avg In Radio 1 11 kbps 1 4 kbps B V Avg In Radio 2 853 6 kbps 112 kbps B Y Avg Out Radio 1 68 6 kbps 3 6 kbps O V Avg Out Radio 2 3 3 Mbps 431 kbps e A QuickView window will open below the thumbnail Figure 37 AP gt Detail QuickView r This view is focused on enabling quick resolution of AP issues and therefore disables many RF objects by default RF Objects e Users only users associated with radios within access point of focus are displayed e APs on
43. h Time 14 mins Cipher AES Forward Mode Tunnel Encrypted Last Placed 1 20 2011 4 38 PM Deauthenticate User e A QuickView window will open below the thumbnail Figure 32 User gt Detail QuickView Name ARUBANE TW MAC 00 24 D6 65 3A C2 Vendor Intel Cor 0 61 lina AL21 Monitor Diagnostic _ Show location probability otect VisualRF User Guide This view is focused on the wireless user enabling you quick resolution of a user s issues and therefore disables most RF objects by default RF Objects To further diagnose client issues QuickView provides several toggles Track Location History Users only the user in focus is displayed APs only the access point in which the focus client is associated with is displayed Radios the heatmap represents only the radio to which the client in focus is associated Rogues all rogues are off Client Rogue Surveys all surveys are off Walls all walls on displayed Figure 33 Timeframe Lines client to AP of association Labels all labels are disabled Left click on the client icon Select timeframe A location history player will appear at the bottom of the QuickView window Figure 34 Location History Player Check Signal Strength to Client Location Click on the Display pull down Adjust the dBm selector wheel to desired signal level Figure 35 dBm Selector Wheel W24GHz Milb W 11g V 11n
44. hread Async_logger Process Postmaster PostGreSQL Location Thread Core Thread UI Thread Async_logger httpd Web Server www airwave com 12 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Figure 6 System Performance Graphs System Information CPU Intel R Xeon R CPU E5310 1 60GHz 4 Cores 4096 KB cache 1595 988 MHz actual Memory Installed Physical RAM 7 93 GB Configured Swap Space 1 94 GB 11 00 11 20 11 40 Maximum Average Maximum Average O Systes 13 9 11 7 S OMax Load Average 2 277 1 4651 User 32 9 e 22 5 e M Avg Load Average 2 277 1 4585 O Idle 72 2 e 65 6 10 00 10 40 11 00 11 40 On the System gt Performance page you can quickly determine if the system is overloaded The system load should not average more than the number of cores There 4 additional graphs that contain VisualRF performance trending information e l O throughput by worker e O throughput by service e CPU utilization by worker e CPU utilization by service Figure 7 VisualRF Performance Graphs 11 00 11 20 G AMP Services Writes G AMP Services Reads E Databa
45. igure 63 MMS Export to AMP Navigate to VisualRF gt Import n TE Select the Import floor plans from MMS link Please provide the following information from MMS Input the following information Host enter the hostname or IP address of the jii MMS server Username enter the MMS administrative user account Password Context optional restrict to a particular building campus context or leave blank for all floor plans Click on the Export button and it will automatically redirect to the page below detailing the status of the export Figure 64 MMS export status Performing MMS export When this link lt Validate gt is available the MMS export is complete and ready for validation The output log will automatically refresh every 5 seconds until complete M2A login succeeded Converting MMS data model to AWP Write campus Main Campus Write campus Dev Campus Write building RF Lab Writing floor RF Lab Floor 1 Writing floor image var airwave data batch 0a05366b cd14 46e7 85a9 8f5b728041dc building 2689597b 118e295e4b5 7fcc 1 jpg Writing floor RF Lab Floor 2 Writing floor image var airwave data batch 0a05366b cd14 46e7 852a9 8f5b728041dc building 2689597b 118e295e4b5 7fcc 2 5jpg Write campus Campusi3 Write campus Campus12 Write campus Campus11 Write campus Campus10 Write building Building 12 Writ
46. ill experience problems then you can proceed to adding interior walls Step 6 2 Location Training for Stationary Devices QuickView provides the ability to statically assign a permanent x y coordinate to stationary devices like PCs Scales and Point of Sale terminals This will reduce the calculation requirements on the VisualRF location service and increase the accuracy of the RF characteristics of individual floor plans Process e Left click and hold client device that you want to utilize for the survey e Move to proper location and release left mouse button A popup menu will Figure 23 Add Static Training MAC 00 19 D2 92 08 7C BW kbps 5 min avg o Signal Strength dBm 54 Training www airwave com 25 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide e Select Surveys and Training option e Click the Add button for Static Training gue 24 TEMO Stale Ualning Note The static locations are automatically saved so the save button floppy disk will not appear e To remove a statically trained left click on the client and select the Surveys and Training option e Click on the Delete button f
47. ing floor Building 12 Floor 1 Writing floor image var airwave data batch 0a05366b cd14 46e7 852a9 8f5b728041dc building 6766dea5 11959361124 7fdd 1 jpg Write building Building 11 Writing floor Building 11 Floor 1 Writing floor image var airwave data batch 0a05366b cd14 46e7 85a9 8f 5b728041dc building 6766dea5 11959361124 7fdf 1 jpg Write building Building 10 Writing floor Building 10 Floor 1 Writing floor image var airwave data batch 0a05366b cd14 46e7 85a9 8f5b728041dc building 6766dea5 11959361124 7fe1 1 jpg Write building Building 9 Writing floor Building 9 Floor 1 Writing floor image var airwave data batch 0a05366b cd14 46e7 85a9 8f 5b728041dc building 6766dea5 11959361124 7fe3 1 jpg Write building Building 8 Writing floor Building 8 Floor 1 Writing floor image var airwave data batch 0a2a05366b cd14 46e7 28529 2f5b728041dc building 6766dea5 11959361124 7fe5 1 jpg Write building Building 7 Writing floor Building 7 Floor 1 www airwave com 51 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Once the exportation process is complete the lt Validate gt tag will change
48. ion of 4096 horizontal pixels at 100 quality prior to cropping If you crop then you will lose clarity CAD files may not exceed 10 MB Metric CAD files are supported Importing GIF files for floor plans will result in blank QuickView thumbnails Click on Next arrow to proceed to Step 4 Size Step 4 3 Optionally Size a Floor Plan background image mainly for non CAD images Note You should not have to resize a CAD drawing unless you see nonsensical dimensions e Click on the Manually Measure Floor button e The pointer will change to a cross hair icon e Locate two points within the floor plan that you know the distance Most door jams Size door openings are 3 feet e Left click and hold to establish the first point and drag your mouse to the second How far is the distance you ve drawn on the floorplan point and release e A distance dialogue box will appear Input the proper length in feet If this line represented a door jam then you enter 3 feet e Click on the OK button e Floor plans can be resized in VisualRF after they have been uploaded Within VisualRF you will also be able to zoom in on a room or doorway to increase the accuracy of your SIZING Figure 16 Sizing example The line you have drawm is 2 96 feet long Step 4 4 Optionally remove color from the uploaded image Figure 17 Assign Campus Building Floor Step 4 5 Assign Campus Building and Floor Number ee A
49. isualRF gt Setup page Tweak Rogue Location Filters O OOOO O O O O O www airwave com 44 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Consult the AMP Sizing Guide location on the Home gt Documentation page to properly size your production server to properly support VisualRF www alrwave com 45 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Appendix B CAD Importation The Floor Plan Upload Wizard FUW should inherit all pertinent information from your CAD file Most Common Importation Problems and newer support UNITS Undefined Determine MEASURE Legacy CAD versions 2000 hes gt and older used a simplistic Imperial or Metric system iles S o If UNITS are 0 or undefined then the standard Millimeters 4 4 dictates defaulting to MEASURE value Centimeters 5 o If MEASURE is 0 or undefin
50. k for timing errors 2 Review ssl_error_log and error_log e Check for out of memory errors e Check for Apache web server errors 3 Review VisualRF gt Floor Plans page It provides a complete status of how long each floor plan is taking to generate and when it will be generated next you can tell if AMP is keeping Up 4 Review the System gt Performance page could be out of memory on AMP or AMP Apache could be so bogged they can t service VRF 5 Send customer support the VisualRF Diagnostic Tar file e Navigate to VisualRF gt Floor Plans page e Click on Create VisualRF Diagnostic Tar File link e Save the tar file locally e Email tar file to support airwave com www airwave com 56 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved
51. ks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide 3 6 Automatically provision access points onto floor plan e Click on the region drawing icon within Edit Tools pull down A new provisioning popup will appear e You will see a new cross hair with circle pointer e Draw your polygon o Left click to initiate the process The tool will automatically shade in your provisioning area Complete the polygon by double left clicking the mouse Once you have finished drawing the region select a type of Planning Click on the ok button O O O O Figure 46 Drawing Provisioning Polygon DrawingPo dll Ending Polygon a Device amp Coverage Selection Autoprovision APs Coros Sacar AP Type Auba AP LOSA Plan ere Fr egin q Wa Y Leda Escrorart ral Dieta Fate Lane Enter the following information into the auto provisioning popup e Device MFG amp Model e Radio information o Phy 11n 5 GHz or 2 4 GHz 11a 119 or 11b o Transmit power o Optional antenna gain for APs that support external antennas e Office Environment e Plan by coverage o Desired Data Rate or Required Signal values o Signal e Plan by APs o Number of desired APs e Other o Plan sensors if you want to auto plan sensors in a single step o Save regions as walls so you don t need to draw exterior walls o Update environment and data rates for the entire floor Click on the Ok button www airwave com 3 Confide
52. ll campuses within your WLAN e Campus View all buildings within a campus e Building View all floors within a building e Floor Plan View all devices access points clients and rogues within the floor www airwave com 33 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide 7 5 Tree View view floors from a logical tree from VisualRF gt Floor Plans page e Click on the Tree icon at the bottom right of Figure 41 Tree View any 3 D view EA e Network Tree View window will appear on the screen e Select the Campus Building or Floor gt 63 Kia Fairchild Med b 5 Korea Pp 0 New Jersey T gt RCRMC Y gt Hospital Floor 1 Floor 2 Floor 3 Floor 4 Lower Level e 53 Sunnyvale www airwave com 34 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Pre deployment Planning
53. llow After minimum timer 90 seconds check to see if the number of data samples received from all APs that hear this client are greater than or equal to the number of samples setting for Legacy Laptop legacy laptop devices Default of 3 data samples Min Max sec 90 360 If so Yes to question above then recalculate the client device s location based on the samples received If not No to the question above then wait until the number of sample setting is met and recalculate If the number of samples is never met wait until the maximum timer 360 seconds and recalculate Legacy Laptop a Number of 3 See definition above Samples All of the other device types use the same methodology as detailed above To tune the wall settings within the VisualRF Ul navigate to the Wall Attenuation Settings section www alrwave com 11 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Setting Default Desaripion Specifies the attenuation for any glass walls that are drawn in VisualRF Note All of these values are global variables that can t be Glass overridden for individual floor plans These values are utilized Atte
54. ly the access point in focus is displayed e Radios the heatmap represents all radios within the access point of focus www airwave com 31 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Rogues all rogues are off Client Rogue Surveys all surveys are off Walls all walls on displayed Lines client to AP of association are displayed Labels all labels are disabled 7 3 Floor Plan View view a floor plan s RF environment from VisualRF gt Floor Plans page Figure 38 Floor Plan List View SiteName Size Last Location Calc Time Next Location Calc Time Dan Augustine 150 x115 2 58 5 22 2007 4 25 PM 5 22 2007 4 26 PM 4 13 2007 9 43 AM A G Edwards 500 x386 23 03 5 22 2007 4 24 PM 5 22 2007 4 25 PM 1 3 2007 7 54 AM Borel Financial 4164 x 3218 3 66 5 22 2007 4 25 PM 5 22 2007 4 26 PM 5 18 2007 3 06 PM Remax 500 x 386 0 00 5 22 2007 4 25 PM 5 22 2007 4 26 PM 1 2 2007 3 12 PM AirWave 124 x 161 40 36 5 22 2007 4 24 PM 5 22 2007 4 25 PM 5 21 2007 8 52 AM Penthouse Suite 400 x 309 0 00 5 22 2007 4 24 PM 5 22 2007 4 23 PM 5 18 2007 1 47 PM 400by300PNG 400 x 309 0 00 5 22 2007 4 25 PM 5 22 2007 4
55. m Floor Above This Floor default Floor Below o Chanel Utilization Current Maximum Overlays o Channel provides channel interferences by color and PHY o Wired Range Displays the distance an Ethernet cable can be pulled from an IDF The max range is equal to 300 feet minus 5 percent minus 1 1 times the floor height o Voice provides coloring based on number of radios covering each grid cell with a minimum of 70 dBm of signal and assuming a client transmit power of 100 mW www alrwave com 4 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide o Sensor Coverage provides the farthest area which a sensor can hear Heatmap provides the highest dBm energy level for all areas of a floor plan o Data Rate provides the highest data rate a user will receive for all areas of a floor plan o Show Overlays From combines all floors APs selected to show the highest e Overlays Control Widget provides ability to increase or decrease the current overlay o Heatmap RSSI Ring Evaluate coverage based on signal levels o Channel Overlay Data Rate Slider Evaluate coverage based on data rate o D
56. n on the map background Note QuickView automatically saves background map images campus locations building locations and building types e Add appropriate geographical background or upload a personalized image by right clicking on the background o Set Map allows you to browser with AirWave included maps o Custom launches the image upload wizard documented below in the Importing Floor Plans section Figure 12 New Building on map www airwave com 16 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide e o change building types right click on building icon Figure 12 Change Building e Select proper building type Note QuickView automatically saves background map images campus locations building locations and building types e Click on the newly created Building icon from the previous step You will be redirected to a blank canvas without a background You are now ready for Step 4 www alrwave com 17 Confidential 8 Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Netwo
57. ntial amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide 8 7 Edit or tweak planning region e If there the planning layout does not meet your expectation you can edit by right clicking within the region and you will see the following options Figure 47 Edit Planning Region US Ly ee tr o Deleted Planned APs in the Region deletes only provisioned APs in the region o Delete the Region deletes the region and all planned APs o Edit the region change the name of the region o Copy the Region to floors above will copy the region and auto plan for floors above Delete Planned APs in this Region Reprovision APs Note must have create floors in PE advance see next section Chey tian lo aia Settings Global Settings About Adobe Flash Player 10 3 8 Replicate floor plans e Navigate back to the Building view by click on the navigation tags in the bottom right Remove corner of the window Duplicate Bill Of Materials e Right click on the floor and select Duplicate e Enter the following information o Starting and ending floors Note starting floo
58. nuation dB by the VisualRF service to calculate path loss and client locations Walls within VisualRF are interoreted as pure dB loss without adjusting for wall thickness ibid Specifies the attenuation for any cubicle walls that are drawn in VisualRF Attenuation dB Specifies the attenuation for any drywall walls that are drawn Drywall in VisualRF Attenuation dB Specifies the attenuation for any concrete walls that are Concrete drawn in VisualRF Attenuation dB When tuning the VisualRF server be sure to utilize the default settings as recommend above If you do change any of these setting above change one at a time and see how the system performs Each time you restart the VisualRF service it will take at least 30 minutes to return to normal processing If you use top command to check on VisualRF resource utilization ensure you use the 1 and H flags to show cores and threads Remember top also takes 1 2 minutes to normalize and provide accurate data It is normal for VisualRF to consume 20 of each core with a combination of threads It will utilize excess CPU cycles on all cores when required Figure 4 Example top Output Figure 5 Example Threading E y ep root zm10 svn mercu A ae Si ta Te ee m Process Location Thread Core Thread Ul Thread Async_logger PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S CPU SMEM TIME COMMAND jul T
59. o more accurately place clients e Client Surveys Client surveys are facilitated completely within VisualRF and utilize access points to understand which clients they hear and at what signal strength e Rogue Surveys Rogue surveys are facilitated by AMC and VisualRF and utilize the client s radio to understand which access points they hear and what signal strength AWMS is the only WLAN management application that understands unique RF characteristics for every enterprise WLAN manufacturer This includes receive sensitivity at all data rates antenna characteristics and supported transmit power levels for every architecture and individual model AMP normalizes signal metrics which might come as RSSI or SNR into dBm enabling customers to visualize and compare different vendors models and architectures Figure 1 Sample Vendor Specific Implementation of RSSI C Jwanvencom Lols s 2s 1 _ Vendors assi weanvendoraz J a 2 14 vendorsz L o ee COB Vendor 3 15 5 E 20 dBm 20 10 40 B0 dam mW of losal ss as Tortosa o1 oorl oor ooo 0 00001 0 000004 0 000000 0 0000000 mW Min a Receive Basic QuickView Navigation QuickView is designed to be very intuitive with easy to use pull down menus The RF pull down menus are split into two major categories display toggles and editing tools Display Toggles e Overlays select which overlay to view o Show Overlay Fro
60. oor Edit Tools section A green border will appear around the icon e Left click and hold at the begin point of the wall e Move the cursor to the end point of the wall e Release the left mouse button www airwave com 24 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Figure 22 Draw a wall e To toggle off wall drawing tool click on the Wall icon in the Floor Edit Tools section e To move or resize the wall grab one of the end point handles black squares with green borders e To change the attenuation of a wall left click on the wall and select the appropriate building material e To delete a wall left click on the wall and select the Delete Wall option Once all walls are provisioned on the floor plan click the Save button floppy disk at the bottom right of the page A Save Changes dialogue box will appear Click the OK button to commit the change A Changes Saved dialogue box will appear Click the OK button to continue Note AirWave recommends only drawing outside walls If you are seeing inaccurate client locations or heat maps after entering exterior walls proceed to Client Surveys If you st
61. oor gt K vi sua ler Sire batehs number 23 building id 218 width 523 34 www airwave com Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Appendix E MMS to AMP Floor Plan Conversion The instructions below will enable you to seamlessly migrate all building campus and floor plan information previously entered into MMS Pre conversion checklist The conversion tool is only supported in IE7 or IE8 Prior to importing floor plans ensure you VisualRF s memory allocation is sufficient for the anticipated number of floors plans To change the memory allocation navigate to the VisualRF gt Setup page and configure the memory allocation accordingly Memory allocation should equal 5 GB for 1 75 floor plans 1 GB for 76 250 floor plans 1 5 GB for 251 500 floor plans and 2 GB for 501 1 000 floor plans Note Importing a large number of floor plans can impact performance of the AWMS server The VisualRF service must create a thumbnail provision APs create attenuation grid and locate all clients on each imported floor plan This can cause the VisualRF gt Floor Plans page to be unresponsive Process F
62. oors plans To change the memory allocation navigate to the VisualRF gt Setup page and configure the memory allocation accordingly Memory allocation should equal 5 GB for 1 75 floor plans 1 GB for 76 250 floor plans 1 5 GB for 251 500 floor plans and 2 GB for 501 1 000 floor plans Note Importing a large number of floor plans can impact performance of the AWMS server The VisualRF service must create a thumbnail provision APs create attenuation grid and locate all clients on each imported floor plan This can cause the VisualRF gt Floor Plans page to be unresponsive Process on Controller On the controller s Ul navigate to the Plan gt Building List page Select the buildings to be exported and click on the Export button When the dialog box appears make sure that you have included all images and click the Save to a file button Process on AWMS Navigate to VisualRF gt Import Select the Import floor plans from MMS link Click the Begin Importing Floor Plans link Select the Import floor plans from Aruba Controller link When prompted for input file use the file saved from the controller process www airwave com 53 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business
63. or Static Training Static Training Step 6 3 Add Client Surveys Client surveys provide a method for increasing the accuracy of the attenuation grid by taking real signal samplings from client devices associated with the WLAN Key differentiators of AirWave s client surveys are 1 they utilize readings from the access points and not the client and 2 they utilize numerous samples This produces a more accurate representation because signals obtained from the client s card what signal a client hears the AP can vary from vendor to vendor The signal levels at which APs can hear a client are already normalized Utilizing multiple samples alleviates spikes or troughs than come from utilizing a single sample Process e Left click and hold client device that you want to utilize for the survey e Move to proper location and release left mouse button A popup menu will appear Figure 25 Client Surveys e Select Surveys and Location option e Select the appropriate transmit power for the wireless client Default to 30mW if you are unsure e Select Duration or the time that you want to sample the client s signal measurements Longer durations will increase Path Loss accuracy and location accuracy e Click OK button to begin the survey To display survey locations e Click on the top left pull down menu widget e Select the survey toggle Figure 26 Survey Toggle Lib www airwave com 26 Confidential amp Proprietar
64. original image background file e Select floor plan of interest by clicking on the floor number or name link www airwave com 32 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Figure 39 Floor Plan View e A QuickView window will open within the floor plan list This view is focused on providing insight into the RF environment of an entire floor RF Objects Users all users associated with all access points on this floor APs all access points on this floor Radios all radios for all access points on this floor are displayed Rogues all rogues are off Heatmaps all are off by default Client Rogue Surveys all surveys are off Walls all walls on displayed Lines client to AP of association Labels all labels are disabled 7 4 Network Campus Building View view floors from a geographical perspective from VisualRF gt Floor Plans page e Click on the Show Network View link e This will launch the 3 D QuickView navigation system Figure 40 Floor Plan View Network Building Floor Plan This view provides Network View contains a
65. r will add one to the highest floor in the building and the ending floor defaults to 10 more than the starting floor o Select the toggles to copy walls regions data rates and AP placement e Click the OK button to save your changes www airwave com 38 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide e Manually refresh page and your will be redirected to the VisualRF gt Floor Plan page Figure 50 Floor Plan List Page E New Campus New Building Ground 132 x 164 5 6 2008 7 30 AM 5 6 2008 7 32 AM 4 8 0 0 w F New Campus New Building Floor 2 0 132 x164 5 6 2008 7 31 AM 5 6 2008 7 33 AM 4 8 0 0 P 7 New Campus New Building Floor 3 0 132 x164 5 6 2008 7 30 AM 5 6 2008 7 32 AM 4 8 0 0 y FJ New Campus New Building Floor 4 0 132 x164 5 6 2008 7 31 AM 5 6 2008 7 33 AM 4 8 0 0 X E New Campus New Building Floor 5 0 132 x164 5 6 2008 7 31 AM 5 6 2008 7 33 AM 4 8 0 0 yy New Campus New Building Floor 6 0 132 x164 5 6 2008 7 32 AM 5 6 2008 7 34 AM 4 8 0 0 P E New Campus New Building Floor 7 0 132 x164 5 6 2008 7 30 AM 5 6 2008 7 32 AM 4 8 0 0 y E New Campus New Building Floor 8 0 132 x 164 5 6 2008 7 31 AM
66. rks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Importing a Floor Plan Step 4 1 Import Floor Plan background image file e Right click on the background image and select the New Floorplan option Figure 13 Import floor plan image Supported file types dwg dxf dxb dwt pdf jpg gif bmp and png e Browse your local file system by clicking on the Browse button to locate a floor plan image file e Use the file system file browser window to select the proper file and click the Upload button Figure 14 Step 2 of the Floor Plan creation wizard Width ft 473 87 Height ft 361 14 Grid Cell Size ft 10x10 v Manually Measure Floor Used for sizing non CAD floorplans and overriding CAD sizing Image Manipulation Image e Color BRW kd 4 Floor Info Assign to building _China Beijing Office Floor Number Floor Name Ceiling Height ft Ceiling Attenuation dBm o 3rd floor plan 0 1 3rd floor plan 0 7 3rd floor plan 0 A DIMENSIONS 3rd floor plan 0 A HATCH 3rd floor plan 0 A LEADER 3rd floor plan 0 A LIGHT 3rd floor plan 0 A MEDIUM 3rd floor plan 0 A NOTE If floor plan does not require cropping sizing or layer control then click Save and Close to begin provisioning APs or
67. s 5 GB 64 bit only Above 300 8 GB 64 bit only Note If you see Out of Memory errors in the SSL error log on the System gt Status page you should increase memory allocation Number of threads that calculate path loss for each floor 1 times These threads also regenerate a floor s RF properties when Core Threads number of new APs walls or regions are added to a floor plan cores Number of threads that calculate the location of all clients 1 times associated with access points on this floor plan number of cores Location Caching Threads Number of threads that service users accessing QuickView as well as AMP to VisualRF communication 1 times UI Threads number of e Note If users experience timeout errors while using QuicKView then allocate additional UI Threads This timer indicates how often VisualRF will synchronize state eee 15 minutes new APs and Security with AWMS mer www airwave com 10 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide To tune location accuracy navigate to the Location Setting section on this page Description When VisualRF locates a client or rogue it utilize
68. s signal metrics from all the APs that hear the client or rogue device VisualRF builds a fingerprint location for all clients with similar transmit power capability All subsequent clients that fall within the deviation will be placed on the same location fingerprint or x y coordinates Allowed Deviation for Client Placement Example AP1 hears client1 at 72 and AP2 hears client 1 at 64 VisualRF calculates the client s location to be at coordinates 100 200 Client2 is heard by AP1 at 71 and AP2 at 65 VisualRF will use the average of the difference in signals AP1 72 and 71 to see if the client matches a pre calculated location fingerprint 1 1 differences in signals 2 of APs 1 which falls within the deviation of 2 hence the client would be located at 100 200 Sets the maximum number of rogues AMP will place on a Floor Use this filter in combination with the RAPIDS Export Maximum Threshold configured on the RAPIDS gt Setup page to Rogue APs intelligently control the number of rogue devices displayed per per Floor Plan floor Note Increasing this value could increase the load on the server and the clutter on the screen To tune the frequency for calculating device locations within the VisualRF UI navigate to the Location Calculation Timer Settings section Description This timer determines how often to calculate location for legacy laptop devices Taken with the data samples the calculation would fo
69. se Writes E Database Reads E VisualRF Writes E VisualRF Reads G Web Server Writes Ml Web Server Reads G RRDTool Writes Ml RRDTool Reads O AWRRDTool Writes O AWRRDTool Reads 10 40 11 00 11 20 G AMP Services Writes E VisualRF Writes G Web Server Writes E AMP Services Reads E VisualRF Reads Ml Web Server Reads 11 40 11 40 Maximum 664 5 kB s 2 791 kB s 1 037 MB s 45 11 kB s 18 5 kB s 301 2 B s 2 1 kB s 1 881 kB s 149 7 kB s 9 233 kB s 187 1 kB s 7 356 kB s Maximum 1 074 MB s 112 7 kB s 127 kB s 7 356 kB s 2 171 kB s 44 98 kB s 12 00 12 00 Average 65 27 kB s 144 1 B s 269 1 kB s 762 2 B s 1 457 kB s 2 89 B s 376 7 B s 60 74 B s 20 61 kB s 957 9 B s 24 64 kB s 278 4 B s 12 20 Average 251 6 kB s 35 38 kB s 15 48 kB s 448 6 B s 246 6 B s 545 5 B s Ml AMP Services M Database M VisualRF Ol Web Server E RRDTool O AWRRDT ool 10 40 G AMP Services M VisualRF O Web Server 12 00 Maximum 11 00 11728 11 40 12 00 Maximum 17 7 4 3 4 amp 6 0 amp Average 3 9 No 1 3 h 931 3 mw 709 5 m 18 5 mw 16 0 ms 12 20 Average www airwave com 13 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba
70. ssign to building test T Floor Number 1 e Find the Floor Info Section and assign the following Floor Name information Ceiling Height Ceiling Attenuation Description oo a a this pull down to associate the floor with a building which pull down associate it to a Campus as well The floor number You can enter negative numbers for basements Floor Note Each floor plan within a building must have a unique floor number p10 cut the height from the floor to the ceiling This will cling Hehe Height default to the ceiling height for the building but you can o eta here if needed for atria or basements Ceiling Specifies the attenuation characteristics in dB of the ceiling or 20 Attenuation the floor above www airwave com 20 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Step 4 6 Assign optional information planner installer and owner e Find the Optional Information section and enter the following information ME MOYA EN Description Name oort A descriptive name for the floor It will inherit the floor number if nothing is entered The owner of the floor used in diagnostics and alerts
71. sualRF gt Floors page If any floor s location calculation duration exceeds the location caching timer value configured on VisualRF gt Setup page then VisualRF is not able to calculate locations for clients per your desired interval Floor Specific Elements Impacting VisualRF Performance e Number of clients VisualRF calculates location for every client associated with access points on the floor per the value of location calculation timer Hundreds or thousands of clients on a floor may cause location calculations for that floor to take minutes instead of seconds e Dimensions of floor plan VisualRF calculates path loss for every radio to every cell on the floor plan If the floor is 2 000 feet by 1 500 feet and grid cell size is 5 x 5 and there are 50 dual radio access points then VisualRF will need to make 12 000 000 path loss calculations 400 cells 300 cells 100 radios e Number of APs Radios on a floor plan VisualRF calculates path loss for every radio to every cell on the floor plan e Floor plan image size the bigger the file size the longer the floor will take to render e Number of Rogue devices on a floor plan VisualRF calculates location for every rogue device heard by APs on the floor per the value of the rogue calculation timer Identifying Performance Problems e Ensure all floors are calculating locations per specifications navigate to the VisualRF gt Floors page e Check Memory Utilization na
72. t transmit power and data rate from campus Click on the OK button to save You will see a new Campus icon appear on the campus canvas Note AMP ships with a default campus and building Add appropriate network geographical background or upload a personalized image by right clicking on the background o Set Map allows you to browser with AirWave included maps o Custom launches the image upload wizard documented below in the Importing Floor Plans section Drag the Campus icon to the appropriate location on the map background Note QuickView automatically saves background map images campus locations building locations and building types 3 2 Create building Click on the newly created Campus icon from the previous step You will drill into to a blank canvas without a background Right click on the background and select New Building When the New Building window appears enter the following information o Building name Select Campus from pull down Enter Longitude and Latitude Distance between floors Attenuation between floors User client device transmit power O O OOO www airwave com 15 Figure 8 New Campus input Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Op
73. to clickable link Click on the Validate link to validate the XML exported from MMS This will automatically redirect you to the Bulk Importation Wizard The program will automatically launch the Bulk Upload Wizard to import the exported floor plans into AMP lf there are errors in the XML you will the following information Figure 65 Validation Errors Prev GS Next Access Point name ap 60 4 mac 00 0b 86 c2 22 86 not found Access Point name ap 60 5 mac 00 00 36 0c 2 11 25 not found Access Point name ap 65 3 mac 00 00 36 0 1 00 52 not found If there XML are no importation errors click on the Next button to complete the process www airwave com 52 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Appendix F Import Floor Plans from an Aruba Controller The instructions below will enable you to seamlessly migrate all building campus and floor plan information previously entered into MMS Pre conversion checklist The conversion tool is only supported in IE6 or IE7 Prior to importing floor plans ensure you VisualRF s memory allocation is sufficient for the anticipated number of fl
74. utput data 2 Increase the Location Caching Timer to 1 hour so the VisualRF does not overload the server calculating client locations while calculating path loss and process floor plan images Upload Processing Steps 1 Create CAD XML files which contain drawing filename dimensions and optional information like device manufacture and model device coordinates wall coordinates and building material e This step is usually preformed by your facilities or CAD department e The output of AutoCAD will not be properly formed XML so you may need to massage the output data 2 Copy all CAD drawings and corresponding XML files into a single directory on Windows machine 3 Zipall files into a single file 4 Open browser and navigate to your AMP 5 Navigate to https lt AMP_NAME gt Nisualrf site batch Figure 60 Batch CAD Importation Wizard Prev lt 1 Next O O O Config Walidate Upload Results Start New Batch Select the XML confia file and click the Next button www airwave com 48 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide 6 Click on the Browse button which will launch the File Explorer Window
75. vigate to the System gt Performance page and locate System Memory Usage graph Ensure there is free memory Check trending after adding new floors or making change to the VisualRF gt Setup page e Check Swap Utilization navigate to the System gt Performance page and locate the System Swap Usage graph Ensure the server is not swapping e Check System CPU Utilization navigate to the System gt Performance page and locate System CPU Utilization graph Ensure the server has average idle time e Check System Load Average navigate to the System gt Performance page and locate the System Load Average graph Ensure that load average is below 2 times the number of cores For example if you have a dual dual core server the average load time should be at or below 8 Resolving Performance Problem e Floor location calculation duration exceeding Client Location Timer Migrate to faster hardware Increase Core Caching Threads Increase Location Caching Threads Decrease the Location Caching Timer Increase Grid Cell Size e Memory or swap issues o Add more memory o Reduce polling intervals on AMP on the Group gt Basic page o Reduce polling interval polling router and switches e Server load issues o Migrate to faster hardware Decrease polling frequency of various polling buckets on Groups gt Basics page Increase Min Max timers and samples per devices on VisualRF gt Setup page Increase Cell Grid Size Increase the AMP Synchronization timer on V
76. works Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Appendix C AP Deployment Planning for Location Accuracy Deploying access points for client location accuracy can be different than deploying access points for capacity Rules of Thumb e Ensure at least 3 radios can hear each client devices at 85 dBm or below e Ensure you deploy an access point approximately every 3 500 square feet e For square or rectangular floor plans ensure access points are deployed on the exterior walls of each floor with access points in the middle as well Figure 59 Rectangular Floor Plan AP Deployment Guide q 400 0 gt www airwave com 47 Confidential amp Proprietary 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide Appendix D Batch Floor Plan Upload Wizard This process provides the ability to automatically upload many CAD files and auto provision existing walls and access points Requirements e Operating System Client machine must be Windows XP Windows Vista or Windows 7 Pre Processing Steps 1 Increase Memory Allocation on VisualRF gt Setup page e 25 floors or less 512 MB e 25to 75 floors 1 GB e More than 75 floors 1 5 GB e massage the o
77. y 2011 Aruba Networks Inc AirWave Aruba Networks Bluescanner For Wireless That Works Mobile Edge Architecture People Move Networks Must Follow RFProtect The All Wireless Workplace Is Now Open For Business and The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of Aruba Networks Inc All rights reserved VisualRF User Guide To delete surveys click on the top right pull down menu widget Select the delete Surveys icon A Confirmation dialogue box will appear Click the OK button to commit the change Figure 27 Delete Surveys LEA o Note The static locations are automatically saved so the Transmit save button floppy disk will not appear Client Type Power 11g Note Ensure the client will remain in the same location for at least 30 minutes SOHO WLAN Cards e D Link 30 mW Note You should delete and resurvey an area or a floor e Net Gear i plan after a remodel or significant interior movement e LINKSYS Note Surveys should be conducted during normal AE business hours to reflect normal RF activity on the floor Note 11a clients automatically inherit the proper transmit power from the 11g configuration Most people know the 11b g transmit power Example 30mW Pre 2006 Laptops equate to 20mW for 11a clients Note AirWave dynamically assigns a transmit power to every client based on OUI This step increases the accuracy for surveys by allowing an override Step 6 4 Fine Tuning Location Service

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