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Hi,

We have a  sudden increase in the number WLAN users after we embrace BYOD, now WLAn is slow, how would I measure the controller load and traffic to make sure that our controller is resource capable of handling the current traffic/no bottleneck in terms of controller hardware.

Thank you

Take a look at:

show datapath utilization

show cpuload

Also, it also wouldn't hurt to make sure that you are saturating your uplinks into the controllers.

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@nointerference wrote:

Hi,

 

We have a  sudden increase in the number WLAN users after we embrace BYOD, now WLAn is slow, how would I measure the controller load and traffic to make sure that our controller is resource capable of handling the current traffic/no bottleneck in terms of controller hardware.

 

Thank you

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noninterference,

Wifi contention is typically the problem before controller network utlization/resources.   A good rule of thumb is to have a gigabit port for  each 100 access points you have connected to the controller.  Check to see what else could be your bottleneck here:  http://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Technology-Blog/Removing-the-Bottleneck-in-Wireless/ba-p/77978

More data is needed here, what controller, how many ap's, how many users.  How is your network designed, could this be a broadcast issue, possibly turning on the  BCMC (Broadcast-Multicast) Optimization feature may take care of it?

A 5 minute wireshark while 'parked' on an SSID would be a good idea.  Then evaluate the 'pie chart' for proportions of BC, MC, Protocol A, B, C.      "Before" info is valuable to have as we manipulate the Nerd-Knobs to tweak performance and gain "After" performance data.