Chapter 12 Policy and Static Routes
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Description
Enter a descriptive name of up to 31 printable ASCII characters for the
policy.
Criteria
User
Select a user name or user group from which the packets are sent.
Incoming
Select where the packets are coming from; any or an interface. For an
interface you also need to select the individual interface.
Source Address Select a source IP address object from which the packets are sent.
Destination
Address
Select a destination IP address object to which the traffic is being sent.
DSCP Code
Select a DSCP code point value of incoming packets to which this policy
route applies or select User Defined to specify another DSCP code
point. The lower the number the higher the priority with the exception of
0 which is usually given only best-effort treatment.
any means all DSCP value or no DSCP marker.
default means traffic with a DSCP value of 0. This is usually best effort
traffic
The “af” choices stand for Assured Forwarding. The number following
the “af” identifies one of four classes and one of three drop preferences.
The “wmm” entries are for QoS. For more information on QoS and WMM
categories, see
User-
Defined
DSCP Code
Use this field to specify a custom DSCP code point.
Schedule
Select a schedule to control when the policy route is active. none
means the route is active at all times if enabled.
Service
Select a service or service group to identify the type of traffic to which
this policy route applies.
Next-Hop
Type
Select Auto to have the NXC use the routing table to find a next-hop
and forward the matched packets automatically.
Select Gateway to route the matched packets to the next-hop router or
switch you specified in the Gateway field. You have to set up the next-
hop router or switch as a HOST address object first.
Select Interface to route the matched packets through the specified
outgoing interface to a gateway (which is connected to the interface).
Gateway
This field displays when you select Gateway in the Type field. Select a
HOST address object. The gateway is an immediate neighbor of your
NXC that will forward the packet to the destination. The gateway must
be a router or switch on the same segment as your NXC's interface(s).
Interface
This field displays when you select Interface in the Type field. Select
an interface to have the NXC send traffic that matches the policy route
through the specified interface.
Auto-
Disable
This field displays when you select Interface in the Type field. Select
this to have the NXC automatically disable this policy route when the
next-hop’s connection is down.
Table 70
Configuration > Network > Routing > Policy Route > Add/Edit (continued)
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