Set a Priority Policy

Priority policies are used to establish a priority for traffic without specifying a particular rate. Use a priority policy for short, non-continuous traffic flows or traffic that does not burst. The priority determines the importance of the traffic class; you specify a value from 0 to 7, where 7 is the highest priority. The Inbound/Default and Outbound/Default classes are factory-set to a priority of 3.

Note: To perform this task from PolicyCenter, you must first select a configuration from the Editing Configuration drop-down list at the top of the page.

To apply a priority policy to a traffic class:

1. Click the manage tab.

2. In the left window pane, select the class to which you want to apply a rate policy.

3. Click policy and select add. The New Policy window appears.

4. Click priority in the New Policy window.  show screen

5. Select a priority (0 through 7) from the pull-down menu. Note that 0 is the lowest priority and 7 is the highest. See Priority Guidelines.

Certain types of traffic offer specialized priority policy options. The Policy window displays buttons for the following functions if they are relevant to the selected traffic type: Diffserv and Scaling.

6. Click add policy.

Note: In order for policies to take effect, traffic shaping must be enabled. See Enable/Disable Traffic Shaping.

See also:

Priority Policy Examples

Protect Critical Application Performance

How Bandwidth is Allocated

Policy Overview