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SonicOS 5.8.1 Administrator Guide
• “App Rules Policy Creation” on page 630
• “Match Objects” on page 634
• “Application List Objects” on page 640
• “Action Objects” on page 642
• “Email Address Objects” on page 646
Actions Using Bandwidth Management
Application layer bandwidth management (BWM) allows you to create policies that regulate
bandwidth consumption by specific file types within a protocol, while allowing other file types to
use unlimited bandwidth. This enables you to distinguish between desirable and undesirable
traffic within the same protocol. Application layer bandwidth management is supported for all
Application matches, as well as custom App Rules policies using HTTP client, HTTP Server,
Custom, and FTP file transfer types. For details about policy types, see the “App Rules Policy
Creation” section on page 630.
If the Bandwidth Management Type on the Firewall Settings > BWM page is set to Global,
application layer bandwidth management functionality is supported with eight predefined,
default BWM priority levels, available when adding a policy from the Firewall > App Rules page.
There is also a customizable Bandwidth Management type action, available when adding a new
action from the Firewall > Action Objects screen.
Bandwidth management can also be configured from the App Flow Monitor page by selecting
a service type application or a signature type application and then clicking the Create Rule
button. The Bandwidth Management options available there depend on the enabled priority
levels in the Global Priority Queue table on the Firewall Settings > BWM page. The priority
levels enabled by default are High, Medium, and Low.
All application bandwidth management is tied in with global bandwidth management, which is
configured on the Firewall Settings > BWM page. Two types of bandwidth management are
available: WAN and Global. When the type is set to WAN, bandwidth management is allowed
only on interfaces in the WAN zone. With a type of Global, interfaces in all zones can be
configured with bandwidth management. All App Control screens that offer an option for