Client Quality of Service
Policy Map
Cisco Small Business WAP121 and WAP321 Wireless-N Access Point with PoE 129
7
Policy MapPackets are classified and processed based on defined criteria. The classification
criteria is defined by a class on the Class Map page. The processing is defined by
a policy's at tributes on the Policy Map page. Pol icy attributes may be defined on a
per-class instance basis and determine how traffic that matches the class criteria
is handled.
The WAP device supports up to 50 policy maps. A policy map can contain up to
10 class maps.
To add and configure a policy map:
STEP 1 Select Client QoS > Policy Map in the navigation pane.
STEP 2 Enter a Policy Map Name The name can contain from 1 to 31 alphanumeric and
special characters. Spaces are not allowed.
STEP 3 Click Add Policy Map. The page refreshes with additional fields for configuring
the policy map.
STEP 4 In the Policy Class Definition area, ensure that the newly created policy map
shows in the Policy Map Name list.
STEP 5 In the Class Map Name list, select the class map to apply this policy.
STEP 6 Configure the parameters:
•Police Simple—Establishes the traffic policing style for the class. The
simple form of the policing style uses a single data rate and burst size,
resulting in two outcomes: conform and nonconform. If you select this field,
configure one of these fields:
-Committed Rate—The committed rate, in Kbps, to which traffic must
conform. The range is from 1 to 1000000 Kbps.
-Committed Burst—The committed burst size, in bytes, to which traffic
must conform. The range is from 1 to 204800000 bytes.
•Send—Specifies that all packets for the associated traffic stream are to be
forwarded if the class map criteria is met.
•Drop—Specifies that all packets for the associated traffic stream are to be
dropped if the class map criteria is met.