Configuration Overview

To configure Solaris Bandwidth Manager you must create a group of classes that will be used to determine how network traffic is handled. Classes are defined in terms of the filters that are used to allocate traffic to a particular class, and filters are composed of a a number of elements. Therefore, you must create both the filter elements and filters you require before you can create classes. All classes are assigned to a particular physical interface, so you must also define the interface(s) that you want to use in your configuration.

The Solaris Bandwidth Manager configuration file cannot contain forward references, so you must configure the definitions in the following order:

• Filter elements:

  • URL groups

  • Host groups

  • Subnet groups

  • Services

• Filters

• Interfaces

• Classes.

The rest of this chapter describes the files and directories used to hold configuration information, and explains how to specify the configuration you want by editing the files directly.