Bandwidth Management Methods

The Bandwidth Management feature can be implemented in two separate ways:

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Per Policy Method
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The bandwidth limit specified in a policy is applied individually to each policy
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Example: two policies each have an independent limit of 500kb/s, the total possible bandwidth between those two rules is 1000kb/s

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Per Action Aggregate Method
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The bandwidth limit action is applied (shared) across all policies to which it is applied
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Example: two policies share a BWM limit of 500kb/s, limiting the total bandwidth between the two policies to 500kb/s:

Bandwidth Aggregation Method is selected from the Firewall > Action Objects page, as described in Configuring BWM in an Action Object, and the Bandwidth Management Type is set to Advanced on the Firewall Settings > BWM page. For more information about the Bandwidth Management Type settings, see the Bandwidth Management Overview.