Bandwidth Limiting Policies Overview

You can use Bandwidth Limiting policies to prevent specific IP addresses (generally, for specific trading partners) from transferring files inbound to FTP/SFTP servers at high speeds, which can take up bandwidth that might be required for high priority customers or trading partners.

You can customize a bandwidth throttling policy by setting:

  • IP addresses or users.

  • Maximum bandwidth that should be allowed for any IP in this range (in kilobytes per second). The bandwidth is given to every session from any IP in the range or any user in the selected set. For example, if the bandwidth limit is 100KBs, and three IP addresses are selected, each IP address gets a bandwidth of 100KBs.

  • Maximum concurrent connections allowed from this IP address.

  • Whether the lockout is permanent or for a specified time period.

  • Which protocol the policy applies to: FTP or SFTP.
When planning bandwidth throttling policies, consider the following:
  • For protocol level policies, all instances of the protocol (SFTP/FTP) are affected.
  • Instance level policies take precedence over protocol level policies.

Define a Bandwidth Limiting Policy

To create a new bandwidth limiting policy:

  1. From the Administration Menu, select Deployment > Adapter Utilities > Policy Configuration.
  2. Next to New Policy, click Go!
  3. Select Bandwidth Limiting Policy and click Next.
  4. Enter the Policy Name.
  5. Enter Description.
  6. Select the Policy Mode: IP Address or Range or User Based.

  7. Enter the Maximum Bandwidth allowed for this IP address, or any IP address in this range, in kilobytes per second (KB/s).

  8. Enter the Maximum number of Concurrent Connections allowed for this IP address, or any IP address in this range.

  9. Select the Protocol: FTP or SFTP.
  10. Select the Level at which this policy is applied: Protocol or Instance.
  11. Click Next.
  12. The next screen displayed depends on the Policy Mode you selected.
    • If you selected User Based, select the users affected by this policy and click Next.
    • If you selected IP Address or Range, enter the IP address or range and click Next.
  13. Review the policy configuration.
  14. Click Finish to create the policy.

Disable a Bandwidth Limiting Policy

To disable an bandwidth limiting policy:

  1. From the Administration Menu, select Deployment > Adapter Utilities > Policy Configuration.

  2. In the List panel, in By Policy Type, select Bandwidth Limiting Policy and click Go! A list of the bandwidth limiting policies are displayed.

  3. Clear the Enabled checkbox for the policy you want to disable.

Enable a Bandwidth Limiting Policy

To enable bandwidth limiting policy that has been disabled:

  1. From the Administration Menu, select Deployment > Adapter Utilities > Policy Configuration.

  2. In the List panel, in By Policy Type, select Bandwidth Limiting Policy and click Go! A list of the bandwidth limiting policies are displayed.

  3. Check Enabled for the policy you want to enable.

Edit a Bandwidth Limiting Policy

To edit a bandwidth limiting policy:

  1. From the Administration Menu, select Deployment > Adapter Utilities > Policy Configuration.

  2. In the List panel, in By Policy Type, select Bandwidth Limiting Policy and click Go! A list of the bandwidth limiting policies are displayed.

  3. Select Edit for the bandwidth limiting policy you want to edit.
  4. Review and update as required.
  5. Review the updates.
  6. Click Finish to update the policy.

Delete a Bandwidth Limiting Policy

Before you can delete a bandwidth limiting policy, you must disable it.

To delete a bandwidth limiting policy:

  1. From the Administration Menu, select Deployment > Adapter Utilities > Policy Configuration.

  2. In the List panel, in By Policy Type, select Bandwidth Limiting Policy and click Go! A list of the bandwidth limiting policies are displayed.

  3. If the policy you want to delete is enabled, clear the Enabled checkbox.
  4. Select Delete for the policy you want to delete.
  5. Review and confirm that you want to delete the policy, as the action can not be reversed.
  6. Click Delete.