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Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync
Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN
Mobility Controller Optimizations for
Microsoft Lync
Tracy Alonzo, Network Solutions
Engineering
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  • Page 1 Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync Tracy Alonzo, Network Solutions Engineering...
  • Page 2 The content is provided as is, without express or implied warranties of any kind. © 2013 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Dell and its affiliates cannot be responsible for errors 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.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync Contents Introduction ......................4 Configuration Settings ....................4 AOS Version ......................4 Licenses ......................... 5 Virtual AP Profile ...................... 5 Dynamic Multicast Optimization (DMO) ................5 Band Steering ......................5 SSID Profile ......................
  • Page 4: Introduction

    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.
  • Page 5: Licenses

    “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 access points will ignore 802.11 management Probe Requests from 2.5GHz RADIO client stations, responding only to Probe Requests from client stations in...
  • Page 6: Ssid Profile

    Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync SSID Profile Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM) See Figure 4. Navigate to Configuration ->All Profiles -> Wireless LAN -> SSID Profile -> <profile name>. In SSID Profile Details, click the Advanced tab, and enter 3 into the DTIM Interval field.
  • Page 7: Differential Services Code Point (Dscp)

    Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync Differential Services Code Point (DSCP) See Figure 4. Set DSCP mapping for WMM voice AC field to value of 46. (See RFC 3246 section 2.7 Recommended Code Point for Expedited Forwarding: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc3246/)
  • Page 8: Adaptive Radio Management (Arm) Profile

    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 more clients in power save mode, the access point will not scan across other channels.
  • Page 9: Quality Of Service (Qos) Profile

    Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync Quality of Service (QoS) Profile Airtime Fairness Navigate to Configuration -> All Profiles -> QOS -> Traffic Management Profile -> Profile Details. Add Lync, then select it. In the Station Shaping Policy field, select fair-access.
  • Page 10: Appendix A

    Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync Figure 9. Employee_Lync Policy Rules Figure 10. Employee_Lync Policies The Dell W-Series Mobility controller optimization is complete. Appendix A References 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/...

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