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Measures reported by CisAPMemUsTest

In a wireless local area network (WLAN), an access point is a station that transmits and receives data (sometimes referred to as a transceiver). The access point is attached to the WLAN controller (WLC) and it onnects users to other users within the network and also can serve as the point of interconnection between the WLAN and a fixed wire network. In some instances, excessive memory utilization by an access point can lead to network connectivity issues. To avoid such issues, you have to constantly monitor the memory usage of every access point connected with the target wireless LAN controller. This is where the CisAPMemUsTest helps. This test measures the memory utilization of every access point, and points you to those access points that have been consistently over-utilizing memory. The test also reports the current memory utilization of each access point, so that sudden spikes in memory usage can be promptly captured.

Outputs of the test :One set of results for every access point connected to the target Cisco WLAN Controller.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
totMemory Indicates the total amount of memory allocated to this access point. KB  
currMemUsage Indicates the memory utilized by this access point currently. Percent If this measure reports an unusually high value for an access point, it could mean that memory usage of that access point has increased unexpectedly and inexplicably
avgMemUsage Indicates the average memory utilized by this access point. Percent Ideally, the value of this measure should be low. An unusually high value or a consistent increase in this value is indicative of abnormal memory usage which requires further investigation.