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Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync 

 

Tracy Alonzo, Network Solutions 
Engineering 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN 
Mobility Controller Optimizations for 
Microsoft Lync 

Summary of Contents for PowerConnect W-AP134

Page 1: ...ing W Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync 1 Tracy Alonzo Network Solutions Engineering Dell Networking W Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync ...

Page 2: ...or omissions in typography or photography Dell the Dell logo and PowerEdge are trademarks of Dell Inc Intel and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U S and other countries Microsoft Windows and Windows Server are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this...

Page 3: ...ticast Rate Optimization BC MC 7 Adaptive RADIO Management ARM Profile 8 VOIP Aware Scan 8 Power Save Aware Scan 8 Quality of Service QoS Profile 9 Airtime Fairness 9 Lync Access Control List ACL with Classify Media 9 Employee Lync User Role 9 Appendix A 10 References 10 Figures Figure 1 AOS Version 4 Figure 2 Licenses 5 Figure 3 Virtual AP Profile 5 Figure 4 SSID Profile 6 Figure 5 Local Probe Re...

Page 4: ...r based deployment Media collaborative applications like Microsoft Lync providing voice video and instant messaging IM are expected to reliably run across wireless LAN networks WLANs and provide the high quality of service required by these applications This guide outlines the steps needed to set up the Dell W Series controllers Configuration Settings AOS Version Dell W series controllers must be ...

Page 5: ...tual AP Profile profile name Virtual AP Profile Details Select Dynamic Multicast Optimization DMO Virtual AP Profile Figure 3 Band Steering See Figure 3 Click the Band Steering checkbox to enable the feature Steering Mode defaults to Prefer 5ghz Verify that it is selected Click Apply to carry out the changes It is good practice to save the configuration With the Band Steering feature enabled Dell ...

Page 6: ...When setting DTIM to a value of 3 it means that every third Management Beacon frame is a DTIM beacon for client stations to wake from a power management state to retrieve multicast traffic from Dell access points Wireless Multimedia WMM See Figure 4 Select Wireless Multimedia WMM checkbox to enable the feature The Wi Fi Alliance includes Wi Fi Multimedia WMM as part of its Certification Program Wi...

Page 7: ... Code Point for Expedited Forwarding http datatracker ietf org doc rfc3246 Local Probe Request Threshold Figure 5 Local Probe Request Threshold dB See Figure 5 Set the Local Probe Request Threshold dB field to value of 25 Broadcast Multicast Rate Optimization BC MC See Figure 5 Select the BC MC Rate Optimization checkbox to enable the feature This feature suppresses broadcast and multicast traffic...

Page 8: ...can Adaptive RADIO Management ARM Profile Figure 6 This feature prevents any single access point from becoming congested with voice calls Dell access points will not attempt to scan different channels if one client has an active VOIP call Power Save Aware Scan See Figure 6 Select the Power Save Aware Scan checkbox to enable the feature With this feature enabled if Dell access points detect one or ...

Page 9: ...t it In the Station Shaping Policy field select fair access This feature allows each wireless client station equal access to the wireless medium Traffic Management Profile Figure 7 Lync Access Control List ACL with Classify Media Employee Lync User Role See Figure 8 Navigate to Configuration Security Access Control Policies Firewall Policies Create six new rules Add an IP access list session named...

Page 10: ...erences Dell Networking W Series Mobility http www dell com Wireless Dell Networking W Series Mobility Support http support dell com support edocs network PC_Wser Microsoft Lync Qualified Infrastructure http technet microsoft com en us lync gg131938 Microsoft Lync Server 2010 on Dell Systems http www dell com Learn us en 555 business solutions engineering docs en Documents lync server 2010 solutio...

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