HP Network Direr Software Products manual Network traffic on the 3Com devices on your network

15 PRIORITIZING NETWORK TRAFFIC

Overview	This chapter describes how 3Com Network Director is used to prioritize
	network traffic on the 3Com devices on your network.
	By enabling prioritization, you can specify the importance of certain types
	of network traffic (such as traffic to and from database servers or NBX
	phone traffic) over others. This can ensure that important traffic on a
	configured device flows quicker than other traffic and is less likely to be
	dropped in times of congestion.
	Prioritizing network traffic also enables you to ban certain types of
	network traffic (such as games traffic or connections to streaming media
	servers). This is called blocking. If a configured device sees traffic that has
	been blocked, the blocked traffic is prevented from being transmitted
	over your network.
	The following topics are covered in this chapter:
	■	Key Concepts
	■	Components
	■	Examples
	■ Useful Information and References
	■	Key Considerations