Adding an application slice to a bandwidth shaping policy

Prerequisite

• Allocating bandwidth to applications.

Procedure

1. On the BANDWIDTH menu, under the Control submenu, click Shaping policies.
2. From the Shaping policies table, click the expand arrow to display the Application slices table and click Add new slice.
3. In the Add new slice dialog box:
   1. Type the Name of this application slice.
   2. From the Applications list, expand the categories and select the applications that you want. To select all the applications in that category, select the category.
   3. Type the Incoming relative weight as a ratio number between 1 and 100.
   4. Optionally, type the Incoming cap for the maximum incoming bandwidth usage.
      • Change the unit to the relevant one.
   5. Type the Outgoing relative weight as a ratio number between 1 and 100.
   6. Optionally, type the Outgoing cap for the maximum outgoing bandwidth usage.
      • Change the unit to the relevant one.
   7. Optionally, type a descriptive Comment for this rule and click Add.