Overview
To prioritize traffic to a specific host or subnet user has to define the host or subnet as a network object then create a policy based on that network object under the applicable Circuit (bridge) and Virtual Circuit (VC). This article provides step-by-step instructions for prioritizing traffic.
Process
Create a Network Object:
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Navigate to Objects > Network.
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Name the network object as
Server_XYZ. -
Define the location of the server as either internal (on the LAN) or external (on the WAN).
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Under subnets, type the IP address of the server and its mask length (/32 if just a single IP address) if it is a subnet, type in the subnet address and the mask of the subnet.
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Click on the Add New Network Object.
Create a policy based on the Network Object (server):
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Click on Optimizer > under the appropriate Circuit/VC Click on the Create New Policy underlined in green.
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Name the policy as
server YZ. -
Type the VC policy number (note: the Optimizer performs a top to bottom per virtual circuit so the more specific the policy, the higher it should be in the virtual circuit tree and thus the lower the VC policy number should be).
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Define the schedule this policy will be active, e.g., Always.
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Determine the action the policy takes, e.g., Optimize.
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Click to Check the Policy Enabled box.
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If desired, configure the guaranteed bandwidth of the policy as either a percentage of the overall VC (virtual circuit) bandwidth or as Kbps(Kilobits Per Second) (make sure to check-mark the box next to this configuration).
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If desired, configure the burst bandwidth of the policy as either a percentage of the overall VC bandwidth or as Kbps.
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Under filter rules, define the source and destination host(s) as one or all the configured network objects and determine the direction of the filter. For example, one can define the first host (source) as the LAN network object and the destination host as the newly created server network object.
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Press the button at the bottom of the page titled, Add New policy.