Configuring the WSM using Device Manager

URL-based BWM

URL-based BWM lets the network administrator or Web site manager control bandwidth based on URL, HTTP header, or cookie. All three types of BWM are accomplished by following the configuration guidelines on content switching. You must assign a contract to each defined string, where the string is contained in a URL, an HTTP header, or a cookie. BWM based on URLs lets you:

Allocate bandwidth based on the type of request.

The WSM allocates bandwidth based on certain strings in the incoming URL request. For example, if a Web site has 10Mbs of bandwidth, the site manager can allocate 1 Mbs of bandwidth for static HTML content, 3Mbs of bandwidth for graphic content and 4Mbs of bandwidth for dynamic transactions, such as URLs with cgi-bin requests and .asp requests.

Prioritize transactions or applications.

By allocating bandwidth, the WSM can guarantee that certain applications and transactions get better response time.

Allocate bandwidth for requests that can be cached.

Users can allocate a certain percentage of bandwidth for Web cache requests by using URL parsing and bandwidth management.