Solaris Bandwidth Manager 1.5 Administration Guide

Viewing the Configuration Overview

The Overview window displays the definitions for the current configuration in a hierarchical format. The parameters and values for each definition are displayed in the adjacent rows and can be easily modified. The Overview window is displayed by default when batool is started. Otherwise, select Overview from the tab menu to display it.

The definitions are displayed as a hierarchy from left to right, in the following order:

Interface name

Interface flow direction

Class, sibling class

Child class

Select a definition to display its parameters and values in the adjacent table.

Definitions that contain other definitions are displayed as folders.

In the table, the following interface parameters are displayed:

Bandwidth	The total available bandwidth for the interface expressed in bits per second.
Activation Mode	The level of statistics logging expressed as `stats`, `stats & tos`, `stats tos & scheduling` or `no`.
Default Class	Indicates the presence of a default class, expressed as Yes or No.
IP Transparency	Indicates the IP transparency mode, expressed as Yes or No.

In the table, the following class parameters are displayed:

Bandwidth	The bandwidth allocated to the class, expressed as a percentage.
Priority	The level of priority assigned to the class, expressed as a value between 1 and 7.
TOS Mask	The Type of Service, expressed as a value between 0 and 255.
Flow events	Indicates whether "flow added" events are generated when a new flow is detected in the class.
Filters	Click the filter cell to display the currently selected filters for the class.

You can use the Edit menu or icon bar to create, delete, move, copy and modify these definitions.