Chapter 14

Bandwidth Allocation Management

About this chapter  

This chapter describes the appliance bandwidth allocation feature. The bandwidth allocation feature enables you to control bandwidth usage for specific types of traffic. You can also use the rules described in this chapter to completely deny or allow the flow of specific traffic types through the appliance.

Topics in this chapter  

This chapter provides information about the following topics:

• About bandwidth allocation
• Creating and using virtual bandwidth buckets
• Constructing bandwidth allocation rules
• Bandwidth allocation rule examples

  Note
  This chapter describes bandwidth allocation management using the Appliance Manager. For descriptions of CLI commands for bandwidth allocation management, see the descriptions for the config.ipfw options in the CLI (show config.ipfw.*).

Procedures and option descriptions  

See the Appliance Manager online Help for configuration procedures and option descriptions related to bandwidth management.

Location of configuration options  

To access the bandwidth allocation options in the Appliance Manager, select:

Setup tab > Network > Bandwidth Allocation

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