QoS Software Blade

QoSClosed Check Point Software Blade on a Security Gateway that provides policy-based traffic bandwidth management to prioritize business-critical traffic and guarantee bandwidth and control latency. is a policy based bandwidth management solution that lets you:

  • Prioritize business-critical traffic, such as ERP, database and Web services traffic, over lower priority traffic.

  • Guarantee bandwidth and control latency for streaming applications, such as Voice over IP (VoIP) and video conferencing.

  • Give guaranteed or priority access to specified employees, even if they are remotely accessing network resources.

You deploy QoS with the Security GatewayClosed Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to inspect traffic and enforce Security Policies for connected network resources..

QoS is enabled for both encrypted and unencrypted traffic.

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Description

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SmartConsoleClosed Check Point GUI application used to manage a Check Point environment - configure Security Policies, configure devices, monitor products and events, install updates, and so on.

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Security Management ServerClosed Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to manage the objects and policies in a Check Point environment within a single management Domain. Synonym: Single-Domain Security Management Server.

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QoS Policy

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Security Gateway with QoS Software BladeClosed Specific security solution (module): (1) On a Security Gateway, each Software Blade inspects specific characteristics of the traffic (2) On a Management Server, each Software Blade enables different management capabilities.

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Internet

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Internal network

QoS leverages the industry's most advanced traffic inspection and bandwidth control technologies. Check Point patented Stateful Inspection technology captures and dynamically updates detailed state information on all network traffic. This state information is used to classify traffic by service or application. After traffic has been classified, QoS applies an innovative, hierarchical, Weighted Fair Queuing (WFQ) algorithm to accurately control bandwidth allocation.

For more information, see the R81 QoS Administration Guide.