Managing network traffic

As you monitor your traffic, you may recognize patterns of activity that you need to manage. The Exinda Appliance provides the ability to define policies, based on several criteria, that you can use to control, by either limiting or giving priority to, specified classes of traffic on your network.

• You can create network objects to isolate particular parts of the network. Using network objects, you can create policies that apply to only specific branches, departments, classes of devices, and so on. A static network objecta logical definition created and stored in the Exinda lilbrary, can represent any network component can include one or more subnets and one or more IPInternet protocol addresses. For more information refer to Adding network objects .
• You can configure Active Directory to identify users and user groups on the network. By identifying users and user groups, you can create policies that apply to only specific users or user groups. For more information refer to Integrate with Active Directory. To make specific network users or network user groups available to the policy configuration, they must be accordingly flagged to be used in the policies. See Configure Network User Objects to create a network object based on a network user. See Configure Network User Group Objects to create a network object based on a network user group.
• You can configure VLANs to isolate particular parts of the network that is unrelated to their physical location. Using VLANs, you can create policies that apply to particular functions within the network. For more information refer to Configuring VLAN objects.
• You an create an application object if a new or custom application is not identified by the system. Configuring your own application objects allow you to create policies that apply to these specific applications. For more information refer to Adding application objects.
• You can create schedules to define time periods that more closely match your business. Configuring your own schedules allow you to create policies that change based on time periods that are important to your business. For more information refer to Configuring schedule objects.
• You can create adaptive response limit rules to automatically restrict a user’s bandwidth once a set transfer limit has been reached within a specified period of time. For more information refer to Configuring adaptive response limits.