A Performance Profile is a set of parameters the define the threshold of performance
of the BSS and wireless devices in your Extreme AirDefense system. A performance
alarm is generated if the performance threshold for the selected profile are
exceeded. No alarms are generated if no Performance Profiles are applied to your
system.
New Performance Profiles are created from the Performance Profiles
screen. Use the icon to add a new Performance Profile.
The same screen is also used to edit an existing profile.
Performance Profile Screen
Define your Performance Profile using the General,
Cumulative, Wireless Clients, and
BSS tabs. Once you have defined your Performance Profile,
click the APPLY button to save your profile.
Use the small X button to the top left of this screen 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 traffic
Enable protection mode.
Cumulative - Assigns thresholds to network characteristics for all wireless clients
and traffic 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.
icon to add a new Performance Profile.
The same screen is also used to edit an existing profile.
