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Traffic shaping policy

Traffic shaping policy

The section describes how to create new traffic shaping policies.

On the Policy & Objects pane, from the Tools menu, select Display Options, and then select the Traffic Shaping Policy checkbox to display this option.

To create a traffic shaping policy:
  1. Ensure that you are in the correct ADOM.
  2. Go to Policy & Objects > Policy Packages.
  3. In the tree menu for the policy package in which you will be creating the new policy, select Traffic Shaping Policy. If you are in the Global Database ADOM, select Traffic Shaping Header Policy or Traffic Shaping Footer Policy.
  4. Click Create New, or, from the Create New menu, select Insert Above or Insert Below. By default, policies will be added to the bottom of the list. The Create New Policy pane opens.
  5. Enter the following information, then click OK to create the policy:

    IP Version

    Select the IP address version: IPv4 or IPv6.

    Matching Criteria

    Source

    Select sources from the object selector pane.

    Destination

    Select destinations.

    Service

    Select services.

    Application Category

    Select application categories.

    Application

    Select applications.

    URL Category

    Select URL categories.

    Users

    Select users.

    User Groups

    Select user groups.

    Apply Shaper

    Outgoing Interface

    Select outgoing interfaces.

    Traffic Shaping

    Select traffic shapers.

    Reverse Traffic Shaping

    Select traffic shapers.

    Per-IP Traffic Shaping

    Select per IP traffic shapers.

    Advanced Options

    class-id

    Set the class ID (2 - 31, default = 0).

    internet-service

    Enable or disable Internet service (default = disable).

    internet-service-id

    Select the Internet service ID (default = None).

    internet-service-src

    Enable or disable the Internet service source (default = disable).

    internet-service-src-custom

    Select a custom Internet service source (default = None).

    internet-service-src-id

    Select the Internet service source ID (default = None).

    schedule

    Set the schedule (default = None).

Traffic shaping policy

The section describes how to create new traffic shaping policies.

On the Policy & Objects pane, from the Tools menu, select Display Options, and then select the Traffic Shaping Policy checkbox to display this option.

To create a traffic shaping policy:
  1. Ensure that you are in the correct ADOM.
  2. Go to Policy & Objects > Policy Packages.
  3. In the tree menu for the policy package in which you will be creating the new policy, select Traffic Shaping Policy. If you are in the Global Database ADOM, select Traffic Shaping Header Policy or Traffic Shaping Footer Policy.
  4. Click Create New, or, from the Create New menu, select Insert Above or Insert Below. By default, policies will be added to the bottom of the list. The Create New Policy pane opens.
  5. Enter the following information, then click OK to create the policy:

    IP Version

    Select the IP address version: IPv4 or IPv6.

    Matching Criteria

    Source

    Select sources from the object selector pane.

    Destination

    Select destinations.

    Service

    Select services.

    Application Category

    Select application categories.

    Application

    Select applications.

    URL Category

    Select URL categories.

    Users

    Select users.

    User Groups

    Select user groups.

    Apply Shaper

    Outgoing Interface

    Select outgoing interfaces.

    Traffic Shaping

    Select traffic shapers.

    Reverse Traffic Shaping

    Select traffic shapers.

    Per-IP Traffic Shaping

    Select per IP traffic shapers.

    Advanced Options

    class-id

    Set the class ID (2 - 31, default = 0).

    internet-service

    Enable or disable Internet service (default = disable).

    internet-service-id

    Select the Internet service ID (default = None).

    internet-service-src

    Enable or disable the Internet service source (default = disable).

    internet-service-src-custom

    Select a custom Internet service source (default = None).

    internet-service-src-id

    Select the Internet service source ID (default = None).

    schedule

    Set the schedule (default = None).