WAN Traffic Manager

WAN Traffic Manager allows you to manage how and when traffic is sent across WAN links, thus reducing network costs. It consists of three elements:

• WTM.NLM, which resides on each server in the eDirectory^TM tree. Before eDirectory sends server-to-server traffic, wtm.nlm reads a WAN traffic policy and determines whether that traffic will be sent.
• WAN traffic policies, which are rules that control the generation of eDirectory traffic. WAN Traffic Policies are text stored as an eDirectory property value on the NetWare^® Server object, the LAN Area object, or both.
• WANMAN ConsoleOne^TM snap-in which is the interface to WAN Traffic Manager. It allows you to create or modify policies, create LAN Area objects, and apply policies to LAN Areas or to servers.

  When WAN Traffic Manager is installed, the schema will include a LAN Area object and three new detail pages on the Server object:

  • LAN Area Membership
  • WAN Policies
  • Cost

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