User's Guide

Add a New Performance Profile
Click the New Profile button to add a new profile. Define your Performance Profile using the General,
Cumulative, Wireless Clients, and BSS tabs. Once you have defined your Performance Profile, click OK
to save your profile or Cancel to exit without saving the profile.
All profiles have four tabs that are used to set performance threshold policies for your system:
• General - Names your Performance Profile and specifies whether or not you want to:
◦ Use a short time slot
◦ Allow streaming trac
◦ Enable protection mode.
• Cumulative - Assigns thresholds to network characteristics for all wireless clients and trac in the
APs BSS (Basic Service Set). ADSP generates an alarm if any of the thresholds are exceeded.
• Wireless Clients - Assigns thresholds that apply to any individual wireless client in the APs BSS and
will typically be lower than the aggregate wireless client thresholds. ADSP generates an alarm if any
single wireless client reaches one of these thresholds. From these alarms, you can identify the high
bandwidth users, and the times they are using the network. You should base wireless client
thresholds on either the normal transmission rate for your wireless LAN, or on arbitrary numbers
designed to detect your high-bandwidth users.
• BSS - Assigns thresholds for transmitting data to/from BSSs. ADSP generates an alarm if any of the
thresholds are exceeded.
General Tab
The General tab is where you name your Performance Profile and specify whether or not you want to
use certain functions.
The Name field specifies the profile name. If you are adding or copying a Performance Profile, ADSP
gives the profile the default name New_Performance_Profile. You should change the default name to
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Extreme AirDefense User Guide for version 10.5. 1085