The HSPcomplete service level management tools allow you to track the inbound and outbound network traffic Virtual Private Servers and physical dedicated servers. In order to provide the ability to distinguish between domestic and international traffic, a concept of network classes is introduced. It is important to fully understand this notion, because network classes IDs are used in the values of some network traffic parameters. A network class is a range of IP addresses for which traffic is counted and charged.
HSPcomplete allows having up to 15 different network classes specified. Each class can contain one or more IP address ranges.
Classes 1 and 2 have special meanings. Class 1 defines the IP address range for which no accounting is done. Usually, it corresponds to the Virtuozzo Hardware Node subnet (the Node itself and its VEs). Setting up Class 1 is not required; however, its correct setup improves performance.
Class 2 is defined to match any IP address. It must be always present in the network classes definition file. Other classes should be defined after Class 2. They represent exceptions from the "matching-everything" rule of Class 2.
Traffic classes IDs are assigned automatically and cannot be changed later.
The tools for traffic classes management are grouped under the Service Director - Service Level Manager - Traffic Classes.
The order of traffic accounting follows the order of traffic classes in the list shown on the HSPcomplete screen.
Traffic accounting by classes can be set for all hosting plan (except Miscellaneous and Domain Registration). For all types of Virtuozzo hosting plans (VE, Dedicated Virtuozzo server, Plesk server in VE) and dedicated hosting all traffic classes are applicable. For Plesk hosting plans (Dedicated Plesk Server, Plesk Client, Plesk Domain) only Class 2 is applicable.
To add a network class: