• SonicOSX 7 Profile Objects
• Endpoint Security
• Bandwidth
  • Understanding Bandwidth Profiles
  • Bandwidth Profiles
    • Configuring Bandwidth Object Settings
      • Elemental Bandwidth Object Settings
    • Configuring BWM on an Interface
    • Configuring BWM in a Security Rule Action
    • Editing Bandwidth Profiles
    • Deleting Bandwidth Profiles
• Block Page
  • Customizing Block Page Settings
  • Cloning Block Pages
  • Deleting Block Pages
• Log and Alerts
  • Adding Log and Alerts Profiles
    • About Event Profiles
  • Editing Log and Alert Profiles
  • Deleting Log and Alert Profiles
• Intrusion Prevention
  • Configuring Intrusion Prevention Profiles
  • Deleting Intrusion Prevention Profiles
• QoS Marking
  • Classification
  • Marking
  • Conditioning
    • Site to Site VPN over QoS Capable Networks
    • Site to Site VPN over Public Networks
  • 802.1p and DSCP QoS
    • Enabling 802.1p
    • DSCP Marking
      • DSCP Marking and Mixed VPN Traffic
      • Configure for 802.1p CoS 4 – Controlled Load
      • QoS Mapping
      • Managing QoS Marking
  • Configuring QoS Marking
• DHCP Option
  • Configuring DHCP Option Objects
    • RFC-Defined DHCPV4 Option Numbers
    • RFC-Defined DHCPV6 Option Numbers
  • Editing DHCP Option Objects
  • Deleting DHCP Option Objects
• AWS
  • AWS Objects
    • About Address Object Mapping with AWS
    • Viewing Instance Properties in SonicOSX
    • Creating a New Address Object Mapping
    • Enable Mapping
    • Configuring Synchronization
    • Configuring Regions to Monitor
    • Verifying AWS Address Objects and Groups
• SonicWall Support
  • About This Document

Bandwidth

Bandwidth management configuration is based on policies that specify bandwidth limitations for traffic classes. A complete bandwidth management policy consists of two parts: a classifier and a bandwidth rule.

A classifier specifies the actual parameters, such as priority, guaranteed bandwidth, and maximum bandwidth, and is configured in a bandwidth object. Classifiers identify and organize packets into traffic classes by matching specific criteria.

Configuring Bandwidth Objects

To add or configure a bandwidth object

1. Navigate to Object > Profile Objects > Bandwidth page.

2. Do one of the following:

   • Click on the Add icon to create a new bandwidth object.

   • Hover on the bandwidth object which you want to edit and click the Edit icon.

   The following dialog screen is displayed:

   

3. In the Name field, enter a descriptive name for this bandwidth object.
4. In the Guaranteed Bandwidth field, enter the amount of bandwidth that this bandwidth object will guarantee to provide for a traffic class. Type in the number and then select the rate, Kbps (kilobits per second) or Mbps (megabits per second) from the drop-down list.

5. In the Maximum Bandwidth field, enter the maximum amount of bandwidth that this bandwidth object will provide for a traffic class. Type in the number and then select the rate, Kbps or Mbps, from the drop-down list.

   The actual allocated bandwidth may be less than this value when multiple traffic classes compete for a shared bandwidth.

6. From the Traffic Priority drop-down list, select the priority that this bandwidth object will provide for a traffic class. The highest priority is 0 Realtimewhich is the default. The lowest priority is 7 Lowest.

   When multiple traffic classes compete for shared bandwidth, classes with the highest priority are given precedence.

7. From the Violation Action drop-down list, select the action that this bandwidth object provides when traffic exceeds the maximum bandwidth setting:

   • Delay - specifies that excess traffic packets will be queued and sent when possible which is selected by default.
   • Drop - specifies that excess traffic packets will be dropped immediately.
8. In the Comment field, enter a text comment or description for this bandwidth object.

9. Click the Elemental tab.

   

10. Optionally select the Enable Per-IP Bandwidth Management option. This option is not selected by default. The Maximum Bandwidth fields become active.

    When Enable Per-IP Bandwidth Management is enabled, the maximum elemental bandwidth setting applies to each individual IP address under the parent traffic class.

11. Enter the Maximum Bandwidth value (number).
12. From the associated drop-down list, select the rate as either Kbps or Mbps.
13. Click Save.

Configuring bandwidth objects in an access rule is described in Configuring BWM Settings with Advanced BWM and Configuring BWM Settings with Global BWM in Policy > Rules and Policies > Access Rules > Adding a Rule chapter.