Bandwidth Management & QoS Policy

This chapter describes the QoS Policy’s SET actions and how the Shaper defines and manages the traffic classes assigned in the QoS Policy.

It also explains how to configure traffic classes in the Shaper for optimized and pass-through traffic, along with providing best practices guidelines for effectively managing bandwidth.

In This Chapter

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Overview

n	What Path a Flow Follows for Shaping

n	Best Practices for Bandwidth Management

n	Defining Traffic Classes and Limits with the Shaper

n	QoS Policy Page Organization and Management

n	Handling and Marking Packets

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