Chapter 19 Policy Rule
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19.3 Viewing and Editing Policy Configuration
To view a summary of the classifier configuration, scroll down to the summary table at the bottom
of the Policy screen. To change the settings of a rule, click a number in the Index field.
Figure 103
Advanced Application > Policy Rule: Summary Table
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
19.4 Policy Example
The figure below shows an example Policy screen where you configure a policy to limit bandwidth
and discard out-of-profile traffic on a traffic flow classified using the Example classifier (refer to
Out-of-profile
action
Select the action(s) to be performed for out-of-profile traffic.
Select Drop the packet to discard the out-of-profile traffic.
Select Change the DSCP value to replace the DSCP field with the value specified in the
Out of profile DSCP field.
Select Set Out-Drop Precedence to mark out-of-profile traffic and drop it when network
is congested.
Select Do not drop the matching frame previously marked for dropping to queue
the frames that are marked to be dropped.
Add
Click this to create a new entry or to update an existing one.
This saves your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses these changes
if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel to save
your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.
Cancel
Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Clear
Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.
Table 74
Advanced Application > Policy Rule (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Table 75
Policy: Summary Table
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Index
This field displays the policy index number. Click an index number to edit the policy.
Active
This field displays Yes when policy is activated and No when is it deactivated.
Name
This field displays the name you have assigned to this policy.
Classifier(s)
This field displays the name(s) of the classifier to which this policy applies.
Delete
Click Delete to remove the selected entry from the summary table.
Cancel
Click Cancel to clear the Delete check boxes.