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10. Network and System Management 10

This chapter describes the tools for managing the network traffic to optimize its performance and the system management features of the UTM. This chapter contains the following sections:

•Performance Management

•System Management

•Connect to a ReadyNAS and Configure Quarantine Settings

Performance Management

•Bandwidth Capacity

•Features That Reduce Traffic

•Features That Increase Traffic

•Use QoS and Bandwidth Assignments to Shift the Traffic Mix

•Monitoring Tools for Traffic Management

Performance management consists of controlling the traffic through the UTM so that the necessary traffic gets through when there is a bottleneck. You can either reduce unnecessary traffic or reschedule some traffic to low-peak times to prevent bottlenecks from occurring in the first place. The UTM has the necessary features and tools to help the network manager accomplish these goals.

Bandwidth Capacity

The maximum bandwidth capacity of the UTM in each direction is as follows:

•LAN side (single WAN port models and multiple WAN port models). 4000 Mbps (four LAN ports at 1000 Mbps each), except for the UTM50, which has six LAN ports and therefore supports up to 6000 Mbps.

•WAN side

-Load balancing mode (multiple WAN port models only). 2000 Mbps (two WAN ports at 1000 Mbps each), except for the UTM150, which has four WAN ports and therefore supports up to 4000 Mbps.

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