Chapter 9. Solaris Bandwidth Manager Software

The Solaris Bandwidth Manager software allows you to manage your network resources to provide quality of service (QoS) to network users. It allows network traffic to be allocated to separate classes of service (CoS), so that urgent traffic gets higher priority than less important traffic. Different classes of service can be guaranteed a portion of the network bandwidth, leading to more predictable network loads and overall system behavior. Service level agreements can be defined and translated into Solaris Bandwidth Manager controls and policies. Tools and APIs provide the interface for monitoring, billing, and accounting options.

This chapter explains how to use the Solaris Bandwidth Manager software as part of a resource control framework.