6-GHz Band Operations

The following topics describe the features that are specific to 6-GHz band radio:

Configuring Preferred Scanning Channels in the RF Profile (GUI)

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Tags & Profiles > RF/Radio.

Step 2

In the RF tab, click Add.

The Add RF Profile page is displayed.

Step 3

Choose the RRM tab.

Step 4

Choose the DCA tab.

Step 5

In the Dynamic Channel Assignment section, select the required channels in DCA Channels section.

Step 6

In the PSC Bias field, click the toggle button to enable the preferred scanning channel bias for DCA.

Step 7

Click Apply to Device.

Configuring Preferred Scanning Channels in the RF Profile (CLI)

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

Example:

Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

ap dot11 6ghz rf-profile rf-profile-name

Example:

Device(config)# ap dot11 6ghz rf-profile rf-profile-name

Configures an RF profile and enters RF profile configuration mode.

Step 3

channel psc

Example:

Device(config-rf-profile)# channel psc

Configures the RF Profile DCA settings and enables the preferred scanning channel bias for DCA.

Configuring Broadcast Probe Response in RF Profile (GUI)

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Tags & Profiles > RF/Radio.

Step 2

In the RF tab, click Add.

The Add RF Profile page is displayed.

Step 3

Choose the 802.11ax tab.

Step 4

In the 6 GHz Discovery Frames section, click the Broadcast Probe Response option.

Step 5

In the Broadcast Probe Response Interval field, enter the broadcast probe response time interval in milli-seconds (ms). The value range is between 5 ms and 25 ms. The default value is 20 ms.

Step 6

Click Apply to Device.

Configuring Broadcast Probe Response in RF Profile (CLI)

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

Example:

Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

ap dot11 6ghz rf-profile rf-profile-name

Example:

Device(config)# ap dot11 6ghz rf-profile rf-profile-name

Configures an RF profile and enters RF profile configuration mode.

Step 3

dot11ax bcast-probe-response

Example:

Device(config-rf-profile)# dot11ax bcast-probe-response

Configures broadcast probe response.

Step 4

dot11ax bcast-probe-response time-interval time-interval

Example:

Device(config-rf-profile)# dot11ax bcast-probe-response time-interval 20

Configures broadcast probe response interval.

Configuring FILS Discovery Frames in the RF Profile (GUI)

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Tags & Profiles > RF/Radio.

Step 2

In the RF tab, click Add.

The Add RF Profile page is displayed.

Step 3

Choose the 802.11ax tab.

Step 4

In the 6 GHz Discovery Frames section, click the FILS Discovery option.

Note

 

To prevent the transmission of discovery FILS frames when the discovery frames are set to None in the RF profile, ensure that you disable FILS discovery frames by either switching to the 5-GHz or the 2.4-GHz bands on the AP or by selecting the Broadcast Probe Response option.

Step 5

Click Apply to Device.

Configuring FILS Discovery Frames in the RF Profile (CLI)

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

Example:

Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

ap dot11 6ghz rf-profile rf-profile-name

Example:

Device(config)# ap dot11 6ghz rf-profile rf-profile-name

Configures an RF profile and enters RF profile configuration mode.

Step 3

dot11ax fils-discovery

Example:

Device(config-rf-profile)# dot11ax fils-discovery

Configures the 802.11ax FILS discovery.

Note

 

To prevent the transmission of discovery FILS frames when the discovery frames are set to None in the RF profile, ensure that you disable FILS discovery frames by either switching to the 5-GHz or the 2.4-GHz bands on the AP or by changing to Broadcast Probe Response.

Configuring Multi BSSID Profile (GUI)

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Tags & Profiles > Multi BSSID.

Step 2

Click Add.

The Add Multi BSSID Profile page is displayed.

Step 3

Enter the name and the description of the BSSID profile.

Step 4

Enter the following 802.11ax parameters:

  1. Downlink OFDMA

  2. Uplink OFDMA

  3. Downlink MU-MIMO

  4. Uplink MU-MIMO

  5. Target Waketime

  6. TWT Broadcast Support

Step 5

Click Apply to Device.

Configuring Multi BSSID Profile

To configure the multi BSSID profile for 6-Ghz band radio, follow the steps given below:

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

Example:

Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

wireless profile multi-bssid multi-bssid-profile-name

Example:

Device (config)# wireless profile multi-bssid multi-bssid-profile-name

Configures the multi BSSID profile. Enters the multi BSSID profile configuration.

Step 3

dot11ax {downlink-mumimo | downlink-ofdma | target-waketime | twt-broadcast | uplink-mumimo | uplink-ofdma}

Example:

Device (config-wireless-multi-bssid-profile)# dot11ax downlink-mumimo

Configures the 802.11ax parameters.

Configuring Multi-BSSID in the RF Profile (GUI)

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Tags & Profiles > RF/Radio.

Step 2

In the RF tab, click Add.

The Add RF Profile page is displayed.

Step 3

Choose the 802.11ax tab.

Step 4

In the Multi BSSID Profile field, choose the profile from the drop-down list.

Step 5

Click Apply to Device.

Configuring Multi-BSSID in the RF Profile (CLI)

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

Example:

Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

ap dot11 6ghz rf-profile rf-profile-name

Example:

Device(config)# ap dot11 6ghz rf-profile rf-profile-name

Configures an RF profile and enters RF profile configuration mode.

Step 3

dot11ax multi-bssid-profile multi-bssid-profile-name

Example:

Device(config-rf-profile)# dot11ax multi-bssid-profile multi-bssid-profile-name

Configures 802.11ax multi BSSID profile name, in the RF profile configuration mode.

Configuring Dynamic Channel Assignment Freeze (CLI)

When the 6-GHz radios receive the right channels, disable DCA for 6-GHz by issuing the following command:

Before you begin

Ensure that Dynamic Channel Assignment (DCA) for 6-GHz is enabled. Wait for the 6-GHz radios to get stabilized with the right set of channel assignments.

Procedure

Command or Action Purpose

no ap dot11 6ghz rrm channel dca global auto

Example:

Device# no ap dot11 6ghz rrm channel dca global auto

Disables DCA for 6-GHz bands.

Information About 6-GHz Client Steering

The 6-GHz band provides more channels, more bandwidth, and has less network congestion when compared to the existing 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz bands. As a result, wireless clients that are 6-GHz capable connect to the 6-GHz radio to take advantage of these benefits.

This topic provides details about 6-GHz client steering for APs supporting 6-GHz band.

The 6-GHz client steering takes place when the controller receives a periodic client statistics report from the 2.4-GHz band or the 5-GHz band. The client steering configuration is enabled under WLAN, and is configured only for clients that are 6-GHz capable. If a client in the report is 6-GHz capable, then client steering is triggered, and the client is steered to the 6-GHz band.

Configuring 6-GHz Client Steering in the Global Configuration Mode (GUI)

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Wireless > Advanced.

Step 2

Click the 6 GHz Client Steering tab. Client steering is configurable per WLAN.

Step 3

In the 6 GHz Transition Minimum Client Count field, enter a value to set the minimum number of clients for client steering. The default value is three clients. The value range is between 0 and 200 clients.

Step 4

In the 6 GHz Transition Minimum Window Size field, enter a value to set the minimum window size of client steering. The default value is three clients. The value range is between 0 and 200 clients.

Step 5

In the 6 GHz Transition Maximum Utilization Difference field, enter a value to set the maximum utilization difference for steering. The value range is between 0 percent to 100 percent. The default value is 20.

Step 6

In the 6 GHz Transition Minimum 2.4 GHz RSSI Threshold field, enter a value to set the minimum value for client steering 2.4-GHz RSSI threshold.

Step 7

In the 6 GHz Transition Minimum 5 GHz RSSI Threshold field, enter a value to set the minimum value for client steering 5-GHz RSSI threshold.

Step 8

Click Apply.

Configuring 6-GHz Client Steering in the Global Configuration Mode

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

Example:

Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

wireless client client-steering client-count min-num-clients

Example:

Device(config)# client-steering client-count 3

Sets the minimum number of clients for client steering. The value range is between 0 and 200.

Step 3

wireless client client-steering window-size window-size

Example:

Device(config)# client-steering window-size 5

Sets the minimum window size of client steering. The value range is between 0 and 200.

Step 4

wireless client client-steering util-threshold threshold

Example:

Device(config)# wireless client client-steering util-threshold 25

Sets the maximum channel utilization difference (2.4-GHz or 5-GHz to 6-GHz) for steering. The value range is between 0 to 100 percent.

Step 5

wireless client client-steering min-rssi-24ghz -70

Example:

Device(config)# wireless client client-steering min-rssi-24ghz -70

Sets the minimum value for client steering the 2.4-GHz RSSI threshold.

Step 6

wireless client client-steering min-rssi-5ghz -75

Example:

Device(config)# wireless client client-steering min-rssi-5ghz -75

Sets the minimum value for client steering the 5-GHz RSSI threshold.

Configuring 6-GHz Client Steering on the WLAN (GUI)

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Configuration > Tags & Profiles > WLANs.

Step 2

Click Add.

The Add WLAN page is displayed.

Step 3

Click the Advanced tab.

Step 4

Check the 6 GHz Client Steering check box to enable client steering on the WLAN.

Step 5

Click Apply to Device.

Configuring 6-GHz Client Steering on the WLAN

Procedure

  Command or Action Purpose

Step 1

configure terminal

Example:

Device# configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2

wlan wlan-name wlan-id SSID-name

Example:

Device(config)# wlan wlan-name 18 ssid-name

Enters WLAN configuration submode.

Step 3

client-steering

Example:

Device(config-wlan)# client-steering

Configures 6-GHz client steering on the WLAN.

Verifying 6-GHz Client Steering

To verify client steering, run the following commands:

Device# show wlan wlan-id
WLAN Profile Name     : wlan1
================================================
Identifier                                     : 1
Description                                    :
Network Name (SSID)                            : ssid-demo
Status                                         : Disabled
Broadcast SSID                                 : Enabled
.
.
.
6Ghz Client Steering                           : Enabled
.
.
.


Device# show wireless client steering
Client Steering Configuration Information
  Macro to micro transition threshold                  : -55 dBm
  Micro to Macro transition threshold                  : -65 dBm
  Micro-Macro transition minimum client count          : 3
  Micro-Macro transition client balancing window       : 3
  Probe suppression mode                               : Disabled
  Probe suppression transition aggressiveness          : 3
  Probe suppression hysteresis                         : -6 dB
  6Ghz transition minimum client count                 : 3
  6Ghz transition minimum window size                  : 3
  6Ghz transition maximum channel util difference      : 20%
  6Ghz transition minimum 2.4Ghz RSSI threshold        : -60 dBm
  6Ghz transition minimum 5Ghz RSSI threshold          : -65 dBm

WLAN Configuration Information

WLAN Profile Name                     11k Neighbor Report       11v BSS Transition
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12   test1                            Enabled                   Enabled
8    test                             Enabled                   Enabled