QoS

In the settings of the QoS Software Blade for the plan, you can give more bandwidth to more important traffic.

You can override the QoS Software Blade settings in a plan for a specified gateway. You must first unlock the QoS Software Blade from the plan.

To configure the QoS Software Blade settings of a plan:

  1. Go to Home > Plans.

  2. Click the plan name.

    The Edit page opens.

  3. Click Security Software Blades > QoS.

  4. Select Manage in SMP.

  5. Select Ensure low latency for delay sensitive services to give more bandwidth to delay-sensitive traffic. These services are defined by default as delay sensitive:

    • H323 and SIP services for Video over IP

    • MGCP services for media

    • SCCP services for Voice over IP.

      You can change the list of services in the WebUI of the gateway.

  6. Select Guarantee % of the bandwidth to to set a minimum ratio of the bandwidth for traffic that is not preferred.

  7. Select Limit bandwidth consuming applications to set the limits for upload and download for applications that are defined as bandwidth consuming. These application types are defined by default:

    • P2P file sharing

    • Media sharing and streaming

      You can change the list of application categories in the WebUI of the gateway.

  8. Click Save.

To override the QoS settings set by a plan:

  1. Go to Home > Gateways.

  2. Click the gateway name.

    The Edit page opens..

  3. Click Security Software Blades > QoS.

  4. If the QoS settings are locked, click Unlock from plan.

  5. To stop remote management of the blade, clear Manage in SMP.

  6. Set the Policy options (see above).

  7. Click Save.

To connect to the appliance:

  1. Go to Home > Gateways.

  2. Click the gateway name.

    The Edit page opens.

  3. Click Security Software Blades > QoS.

  4. Click Access Gateway: QoS.

    A browser page opens and shows the progress of the SMP connection to the gateway. The appliance opens on the QoS page. You can now update the local appliance.

    Note - If a local administrator is already logged in to the appliance, click OK to override that connection. Click Cancel to cancel your login attempt.