# Bandwidth management

Bandwidth management means giving a guaranteed minimum portion of the available bandwidth to some types of traffic. It also sets limits for how much of the total available bandwidth each type of traffic is allowed to consume at any given time.

You can set a limit, a guarantee, or both for any given type of traffic. These features can be used to guarantee the quality of time-critical communications (even under normal network load), prepare for malfunctions, and limit the total bandwidth needed.

Note: Bandwidth management applies to outbound traffic only. The engine can only indirectly limit the bandwidth use of incoming traffic.