300-425 Question 284
Single answerA network administrator is configuring a Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) for a new branch office. The branch office has multiple SSIDs for different user groups, and the administrator wants to ensure that employee traffic is prioritized over guest traffic. Which feature on the WLC should the administrator configure to achieve this?
- A
QoS profiles
- B
FlexConnect groups
- C
Airtime Fairness
- D
Load Balancing
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
To prioritize employee traffic over guest traffic on a WLC, the administrator should configure QoS profiles. QoS profiles allow the WLC to classify and prioritize traffic based on the SSID or application, ensuring that critical traffic, such as employee data, is handled with higher priority than lower-priority traffic, like guest data. Other options, such as FlexConnect groups and Airtime Fairness, do not address traffic prioritization, while Load Balancing focuses on client distribution across APs.
- A. Correct.
QoS profiles on a WLC allow you to define traffic prioritization rules, ensuring that certain SSIDs or applications have higher priority over others. This is the correct feature to prioritize employee traffic over guest traffic.
- B. Incorrect.
FlexConnect groups are used for managing access points in remote or branch office deployments, but they do not provide traffic prioritization capabilities.
- C. Incorrect.
Airtime Fairness is a feature that ensures equal access to wireless resources for all clients but does not specifically prioritize traffic between SSIDs.
- D. Incorrect.
Load Balancing is used to distribute clients across access points to avoid overloading a single AP, but it does not prioritize traffic.