Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE 26.1.x

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Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Software Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS XE 26.1.x

Auto QoS information

Updated: April 10, 2026

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Lists wireless Auto QoS features that automate deployment of wireless QoS policies and traffic prioritization.

Wireless Auto QoS automates deployment of wireless QoS features. It has a set of predefined profiles which can be further modified by the customer to prioritize different traffic flows. Auto-QoS matches traffic and assigns each matched packet to qos-groups. This allows the output policy map to put specific qos-groups into specific queues, including into the priority queue.

Autoqos policy configuration

Table 1. Autoqos policy configuration

Mode

Client Ingress

Client Egress

BSSID Ingress

BSSID Egress

Port Ingress

Port Egress

Radio

Voice

N/A

N/A

P3

P4

N/A

P7

ACM on

Guest

N/A

N/A

P5

P6

N/A

P7

Fastlane

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

P7

edca-parameters fastlane

Enterprise-avc

N/A

N/A

P1

P2

N/A

P7

P1

AutoQos-4.0-wlan-ET-SSID-Input-AVC-Policy

P2

AutoQos-4.0-wlan-ET-SSID-Output-Policy

P3

platinum-up

P4

platinum

P5

AutoQos-4.0-wlan-Dot1x-Output-Policy

P6

AutoQos-4.0-wlan-GT-SSID-Output-Policy

P7

AutoQos-4.0-wlan-Port-Output-Policy

Configure wireless auto-QoS on profile policy (CLI)

You can enable AutoQoS on a profile policy to automate deployment of wireless QoS features.

You can enable AutoQoS on a profile policy.

Procedure

1.

Enable privileged EXEC mode.

Example:

Device# enable

Enter your password if prompted.
2.

Configure AutoQoS wireless policy.

Example:

Device# wireless autoqos policy-profile test-profile mode voice

  • enterprise-avc—Enables AutoQoS Wireless Enterprise AVC Policy.

  • fastlane—Enable AutoQoS Wireless Fastlane Policy.

  • guest—Enable AutoQoS Wireless Guest Policy.

  • voice—Enable AutoQoS Wireless Voice Policy.

Note

AutoQoS MIB attribute does not support full functionality with service policy. Service policy must be configured manually. Currently, there is only support for AutoQoS mode.

What to do next

Note

After enabling AutoQoS, we recommend that you wait for a few seconds for the policy to install and then try and modify the AutoQoS policy maps if required; or retry if the modification is rejected.

Disable wireless autoqos

Disable wireless AutoQoS functionality to manually control QoS parameters or troubleshoot QoS-related issues.
Wireless AutoQoS automatically configures QoS settings for optimal wireless performance. You may need to disable it when implementing custom QoS policies or when troubleshooting network issues.

Procedure

1.

Enable privileged EXEC mode.

Example:

Device> enable

Enter your password if prompted.
2.

Shut down the policy profile.

Example:

Device# shutdown

Shuts down the policy profile.
3.

Globally disable wireless AutoQoS.

Example:

Device# wireless autoqos disable

Globally disables wireless AutoQoS.
4.

Enable the wireless policy profile.

Example:

Device# no shutdown

Enables the wireless policy profile.

Note

Disabling Auto QoS does not reset global radio configurations like CAC and EDCA parameters.
Wireless AutoQoS is now disabled globally, allowing for manual QoS configuration or troubleshooting without automatic QoS interference.

Rollback auto-QoS configuration (GUI)

Before you begin

Follow these steps to rollback AutoQoS configuration using the GUI:

Procedure

1.

Choose Configuration > Services > QoS.
2.

Click Disable AutoQoS.
3.

Click Yes to confirm.

Rollback AutoQoS configuration (CLI)

Before you begin

Note

AutoQoS MIB attribute does not support the full functionality with service policy. Currently, there is only support for AutoQoS mode. Service policy must be configured manually.

Follow these steps to rollback AutoQoS configuration:

Procedure

1.

Enable privileged EXEC mode.

Example:

Device# enable

Enter your password if prompted.
2.

Reset AutoQoS configuration.

Example:

Device# clear platform software autoqos config template guest

  • enterprise-avc—Resets AutoQoS Enterprise AVC Policy Template.

  • guest—Resets AutoQoS Guest Policy Template.

Clear wireless autoqos policy profile (GUI)

Before you begin

Follow these steps to clear wireless AutoQoS policy profile using the GUI

Procedure

1.

Choose Configuration > Tags & Profiles > Policy.
2.

Click on the Policy Profile Name.
3.

Go to QOS and AVC tab.
4.

From the Auto Qos drop-down list, choose None.
5.

Click Update & Apply to Device.

Clear wireless autoqos policy profile (CLI)

Clear the AutoQoS configuration from a wireless policy profile to reset or remove QoS settings.
Use this procedure when you need to remove AutoQoS settings from a wireless policy profile, typically during reconfiguration or troubleshooting scenarios.

Procedure

1.

Enable privileged EXEC mode.

Example:

Device# enable

Enter your password if prompted.
2.

Shut down the policy profile.

Example:

Device# shutdown
3.

Clear the configured AutoQoS wireless policy.

Example:

Device# wireless autoqos policy-profile policy-name mode clear

Example:

Device# wireless autoqos policy-profile test-profile mode clear
4.

Enable the wireless policy profile.

Example:

Device# no shutdown
The AutoQoS configuration is cleared from the specified wireless policy profile, and the profile is re-enabled.

View Auto-QoS on policy profile (CLI)

Before you begin

AutoQoS is supported on the local mode and flex mode. AutoQoS configures a set of policies and radio configurations depending on the template. It is possible to override the service-policy that is configured by AutoQoS. The latest configuration takes effect, with AAA override policy being of highest priority.

Follow these steps to view AutoQoS on policy profile:

Procedure

1.

enable

Example:

Deviceenable

Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password if prompted.
2.

show wireless profile policy detailed policy-profile-name

Example:

Device# show wireless profile policy detailed testqos

Shows policy-profile detailed parameters.

Note

When the AutoQoS mode is configured to voice within the policy profile, any modifications to the global ACM settings require a shutdown and subsequent no shutdown operation on the policy profile to activate the changes. Without performing this shut and no shut cycle, the updated ACM configurations are not applied to the beacon frames. This causes the beacon to continue broadcasting the old ACM values.

This process ensures that the revised ACM settings are correctly propagated and reflected throughout the wireless environment, thereby maintaining accurate call admission control enforcement.